From the cover of Vintage Motorsports #6 1991
Parade lap at Laguna Seca for the '91 Historics...
Cheers mates
Parade lap at Laguna Seca for the '91 Historics...
Cheers mates
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Chuck Miller
The Australian TYP 901 Register #062
Early 911S Registry #109 - Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator
R Gruppe #88 -
What a pretty little car I'll bet it worked as well as it looked.
Jack looked pretty good back then too! -
Chuck,
This is one of my favorite 2 seater race cars.
While Jack was known mainly for his single seaters,he did produce a small number of sport racers - the BT5,8 and 17.
Powered by Climax 4s of 2,2.5 and 2.7 litres and reputedly a 2.1 BRM V8, the BT8 was a step above the similar looking Lotus 23.
I sat in one at the '98 Laguna Seca (Pre)Historics and spoke to one of the minders who said that the regular driver could give the much bigger CanAm V8s a big fright at tighter circuits !
Similar to 908/3s I suppose !
BT8 drivers of note have included Denis Hulme and Peter Revson.
Here endeth the lesson.
Cheers,
Dennis.
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