ROTTING MUSCLECARS

[al8apex]

Palm Bay Tire ... me thinks I remember that car at the SCCA Solo Nationals with Mark Childs co-driving it with ??? (crs syndrome here kicking in)

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: al8apex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Palm Bay Tire ... me thinks I remember that car at the SCCA Solo Nationals with Mark Childs co-driving it with ??? (crs syndrome here kicking in) </div></div>

My memory is as bad as yours. Yes, back in 93 or 94 it was piloted by a pro at one of the major SCCA events as my co-driver. If I recall correctly, the name Roger Johnson, maybe??? He had connections to BFG because he basically snapped his finders and new tires would appear, in a size that BFG didnt really make, yet.

(Update: yup, it was Roger Johnson, the famous Corvette racer
http://www.rogues-racing.com/spirt-of-the-sport-roger-e-johnson/. See question #4

This car was the first Viper to show up on any SCCA course as they were so new, no one was crazy enough to play with one...except me, I guess. At the time, the Vipers were not even classed by SCCA yet, so it was placed in the A-Street Prepared (ASP) class.

I let Randy Pobst drive the car at a SCCA SOLO II event in Florida in 1994. His first time behind the wheel, he beat my best time by a half a second. (a very large gap on a short autocross course)

I remember Randy signing off on my SCCA license. His comment was &quot;He drives rather conservatively, shouldn't crash much.&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Here's the rest of the story:
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...per#Post145381