<VV> VV Autocross Article

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It appears to me that Ron did what he was supposed to do. As someone stated here it is up to the driver to say what his/her car has for modifications, if any. Ron did that. He said he had a big bore engine. And, yes, his '62 Monza is stock except for the engine. I know the car well. He said it was his first autocross. The person doing the classifying should have properly placed the vehicle.  I can't see where the problem should become Ron's, especially if he is new to autocrossing and doesn't know the classes. He told the official that his car had a big bore engine. He came out to have fun and see what his new motor would do. 



Now, we have once again frustrated a very involved Corvair/CORSA fan and this bad experience here on VV has convinced him to never autocross again. If we keep it up, we can probably get the autocross participation down to the level of the Concours. 



Ron, when you get the address of where to send the trophy, I will pay to send it Priority mail. I am sorry this has become so painful. At least you got to feel good about your first autocross for a little bit. 



Bob Johnston 

CORSA since '72 

VV since Hank was young 







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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:31:56 -0700 (PDT) 
From: "P.H. Raker" < n556p at yahoo.com > 
Subject: Re: <VV> VV  Autocross Article 
To: AeroNed at aol.com , virtualvairs at corvair.org 
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Ned, 
???? You wrote: 
> The thing that I'm wondering about is his statement in the article that his 
> car is stock except for a 3.1L motor. Wouldn't that automatically put him 
> in? SM-3? Surely the 3.1L isn't legal in Street Stock. 
? 
???? I agree completely.? There is something fishy?about that situation.? The 3.1 motor should have put him at least into IS-1, if not into SM.? The SS rules specify a maximum of .060in overbore.? Even if the motor was stock, why would a 63 be in SS-4?? Assuming that it's a non-turbo, it should be in SS-1. 
???? There must be more to that situation than meets the eye. 
? 
Phil Raker 
65 Corsa Cpe - 140/4 
63 Greenbrier - 110/4"