<VV> Corvairs/Hillclimb

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Are pig race racers nuts.  I'm not going to comment, but I think the answer 
is in "Solo Is...."  Good luck! and GO PIGS!!!!!\

dp

At 10:10 AM 4/28/2004, Levair@aol.com wrote:
>All,
>   Just a reminder that four Corvair enthusiasts are going to be at the
>Hershey Vintage Hillclimb this weekend May 1,2 in Hershey PA. Mark 
>Gillispie ,
>Michael LeVeque, Jeff Rapp, and myself.
>    The website is:www.SVVSCC.org. There are some very interesting pictures
>there.
>    Hershey is just slightly east of Harrisburg.
>We will be racing up the service road to the Hotel Hershey. The road is .7
>miles with 5 turns and a fourth gear straight. This is like a fourth gear
>autocross/Solo I with very sturdy green and brown pylons lining the way.
>    Mark and Michael will be driving Mark's YS037 vintage Yenko Stinger. It
>has really been spiffed up with new paint and safety equipment. Mark has been
>spiffed up with a new driver's suit with Gulf racing livery. NO one on earth
>could be more excited than Mark!
>    I'm driving my 1964 Corvair roadster as an A/ Sports Racer ( USRRC and 
> Can
>Am) with permission from the organizer. He allows tube frame cars as long as
>they are prepared and identifed as period correct. It's also important that
>the driver have vintage racing history or they may run as a novice which is
>actually the better case as you get more personal instruction. .I qualify, 
>as I
>ran  in SCCA road racing in A/SR in the late 60's and early 70s with 
>essentially
>this very same chassis , engine, drivetrain, and wheelbase. It did have a GT
>40 replica body on it though. The '64 Corvair body is WAY cooler.
>    We/re all staying at my and Michael's house thurs. night so that we can
>get an early start on the 12-14 hour drive.  Are we nuts???
>    See you there.
>Warren