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I've been trying to find out more details of the turbo BBC car, but I've never been able to find much info out there.
I wish there had been more serious interest in turbo'ing the BBC from the Chevy guys earlier, as they were just seriously underpowered compared to the Porsche 917-30.
It’s hard to pick a favorite, this was the first big time race/race car I got to see live (at Mid-Ohio at the old USRRC, the precursor to the Can-Am), it’s what got me interested
Last edited by BillytheKidder; 07-22-2018 at 10:06 PM.
Back when I was a kid (lol not very long ago) I got into rally racing, i was never into road racing until recently. but here you go! My favorite "racecar"
I'm not sure why, but I've always loved the Porsche 906. It was the first race car I ever sat in. We went to Expo '67 and it was on display at the German pavilion. There was no rope around it and the doors were open so I climbed in. Nobody said anything. Everyone else must've assumed it was no touch.
It was powered by a rather ordinary 2-liter, 220 hp, air-cooled flat six which propelled it to an amazing top speed of 170 mph. At Le Mans in 1966, the 906 placed 4-5-6-7 behind three factory 427 Ford GTs, but ahead of all the bigger V12-engined Ferraris.
I was lucky enough to go to Watkins Glen for the 1974 Grand Prix race there.
Loved the all black Lotus with the John Player Special team.
Great race except for a driver getting decapitated there. We saw it.
Watkins Glen in the Fall foliage season was a great place. And being able to walk around and see much of the track from different angles was so different from any other race I had seen.
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