Daytona

[AlfaR7@domain.elided]

The Alfa Romeo GTV-6 GT-2 car has done it again!  We won the GT-2 National 
this weekend at Daytona.  This is 8 First Place finishes & 1 second place 
(broken hub) out of 9 starts for the 2002 season.  We already have the 
maximum  points that we can carry into the SARRC Invitational Championship 
Race in September, and all of this before most of the country starts the 
racing season.  The Alfa clipped the radar  on the banking just past the 
start finish line just before the braking point for turn one at 168 mph.  
This was with the short spoiler during the race.  Without the spoiler I felt 
like the car was faster on the banking but it was very loose at speed and it 
definately needed downforce in the infield.  The GT-2 field was made up of 
John Hall`s Mazda and Carl Jung`s Mazda, both very fast, and I think John was 
So. East Div. GT-2 Champion last year.   There seens to be fewer Alfas racing 
in the Club Racing series but we`re still trying to push the envelope with 
this car.  Next year`s car will be the Ron Nash Chassis Third Generation 
Mazda, and I hope I can find the enthusiam for that car that I`ve had for 
Alfas that I`ve had since my first Alfa EP car that I built in 1969.   I was 
told there is a picture of the Alfa in the new edition of TORQUE that just 
came out, taken at Sebring where we set the new SCCA GT-2 long course track 
recordin November  Would love to have a copy if anyone has it.  
Richard
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