Re: IMSA Milano/75

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<<<<<the cars were red and essentially stock 
appearing 
3.0s, and slightly lowered. >>

Uh, not really. IMSA 75's were aboyt 6 inches 
wider with huge fender flares (box type) I have the 
Evoluzione kit on my car which was for Group A 
homologation and this looks like a joke compared 
to the IMSA 75 bodywork.

Giovanni
75 3.0
 So Cal>>>>>

Apparently we are not talking about the same cars. The cars that were run by the team formed by Al Leake with the blessing of Alfa had virtually stock-appearing bodywork as per the rules as described by both Al and the various period publications. The series run was IMSA as described by Al and the press kit, but Al's decription of the wheel set's condition was far from accurate, so perhaps he may confusing the IMSA series with another, such as the Firehawk series, which I seem to remember being run on the IMSA race weekends way back when. He did state that the cars were required to be US model Milanos, not European model 75s. 

The wheels I purchased are clearly those in the published photos of the race cars as Al still had the cars in the Monterey area at that time in 1994, and the wear and tear on the wheels matched those in the published photos exactly. These O.Z. Monza wheels, being only 15X7, would not hold a tire large enough to justify any type of additional fender flare other than the original 3.0 Verde type as fitted in the photos. 

Now there may have been cars modified as you descibe running the US cicuits, but not in the class of the cars we're discussing here and not part of the factory effort as I remember from Craig Morningstar's (formerly with ARDONA PR around this period) pre-event press presentations. The cars you are describing sound similar to those run in the various European series at that time, which tended to be more heavily modified, though I would not be surprised at all to know a few were brought here during that time by privateers or quasi- factory efforts to race in a more permissive series. This would also explain why the cars you described are identified as 75s and not Milanos. Of course my source material could be wrong too, and further research is warranted as time allows. 
Cheers,
Paul

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