<VV> Norm Latulippe, NECC Lime Rock Record

[Mike Stillwell]

 FYI - Jim's car also has drums and a 2.7, or
thereabouts as I'm sure both Jim's and Norm's are
.040, the SCCA legal limit. Not to take away from Norm
- very impressive run!

 Mike 
 YS-117

--- rbuckridge at comcast.net wrote:

> I was at Lime Rock the year Norm set the record at
> 104.09, that was in 1988. I also remember talking
> with Norm and asking why the wheels on the car all
> "looked different". Norm quickly rattled off the
> wheel settings for each corner of his car.
> 
> At the time I didn't know anything about chassis set
> up, but was amazed as to the detail he went into
> about springs, shocks and settings. I was also
> surprised that this car was 2400 pounds. When I
> asked why so heavy, he replied he needed that weight
> to run in SCCA ITA class.
> 
> I was also there when Jim Schardt bettered Norm's
> time to set the new Corvair NECC track record. The
> car preparation was impeccable and the attention to
> detail was A-one, and of course Jim knew how to
> drive.
> 
> And now Norm comes back once again to reset the NECC
> FTD Corvair record at Lime Rock with a 103.16, in a
> 2.7L drum brake car. The man knows how to drive and
> how to set up a Corvair to go fast.
> 
> Roy
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> 
> Posted by: "BRETT ASTON" Brett.aston at snet.net  
> corvair_racer 
> Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:50 pm (PST) 
> I just wanted to add that this was done with a 2.7
> liter and not a 3.1liter engine. Also this car has
> drum brakes and not disks.
> Brett Aston
> 




       
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