FOR SALE: ’81 ITA Mazda RX-7. Good stuff: 3 sets wheels, Autopower cage, Kirkey seat, 5 lb. Halon, Tokico shocks, Suspension Techniques, locked differential, and more. Bad stuff: rusty body, brake leak, stock exhaust. Best offer over $1,500. (Less than the racing parts are worth!) Contact: Erik Nelson (612) 413-0106, chilly@visi.com.
FOR SALE: FF, Fresh Ivey, Hi-Tech, 3 sets Compomotives, rains, spares, very clean, prepared and ready to race, 2-time CenDiv Regional Champ, $12,000, Also lightweight open trailer with tire rack and spare, $1000, Mark Kolell (920) 921-6476 home or (920) 906-7811 work
FOR SALE: 1986 Camaro American Sedan race car. Very dependable and safe. Raced only four times at BIR. Great car for beginner in SCCA. Also 26' car trailer with tool box and tire rack. $5,000 for complete package. $4,000 less trailer. $3,000 less engine. Call Dean at 612-427-0199.
FOR SALE: ’90 Mercury Sable wagon, excellent race support vehicle. White, sunroof, tow-bar, all options imaginable (showroom demo), 3.8 liter with lots of new parts, 108M. $3500 OBO Tony Foster (612) 944-5034.
FOR SALE: 1984 Mazda RX-7. Great rally cross car, stock 12A except K&N air filter. New shocks and struts, matched springs, 5 point harness seat belts, plus stock belts. Wired for rally computer & driving lights (three Hella Rally 2000 lights are extra). Fire extinguisher, five new 13" Nokian Hakkapeliitta tires, extra wheels, some with tires. New windshield. $1500.00 or best offer. Doug Dill, 651-697-7211(w), 612-925-1731 (h).
FOR SALE: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX, turbo, AWD. Great ProRally car. $3500, BILL. 612-473-7919 Home. 612-295-4222 Work.
FOR SALE: 1970 MGB Roadster, Historic Division, EX EP Full Race. No DNF’s, Midwest Vee Motor. Cosworth pistons, Huffaker head, Weber carb, aluminum radiator. Custom cooling set up. Est. 140 HP. Safe; full cage with NASCAR style side impact bars. Tilton hydraulics, MSD-Crane ignition, original Minilites. Best time at BIR 2:07 without hitting rev limiter. Available with completely refurbished tandem axle open trailer. Trailer has new tires, wires, electric brakes, and paint. Well-sorted turnkey race car, $12,5000 package. Contact Jeffrey Edington, 651-777-6737 h.
FOR SALE: New assorted automotive parts. Schrothe, Helwig, PIAA. Used formula jack. Call Dave Erickson, 612-888-0244 for list.
FOR SALE: 13" Mustang Brembo Rotors for 94-99 Cobras. Cryogenically treated for proven competition durability, sold in pairs only and interchangeable, $280/pair. Performance Friction 90 pads, $180, fronts only. Gary Ostberg, 651-437-3709.
FOR SALE: VECTOR MG 96/99 F2000. Pro Farley/Brooks engine. Blueprinted gearbox, Ohlin shocks. Stack dash - all updates. Eight Dymag wheels, 2 sets of rain tires, extra bodywork and additional miscellaneous spares. Finished 4th at June Sprints in '98, only two '99 races. $21,000. Also, "NEW" 99 Haulmark 20' enclosed tag trailer, $5500. 1993 Ford F350 X-cab Dually, $11,500. Package price available. Call Kevin Hummel, 218-692-3835 E or 218-562-5111 Days.
A RACING EPIPHANY
by Bruce Weinman
I attended a ProRally event recently in Michigan. At the awards banquet following the event, several LOL members received awards in front of the assembled competitors, crew and workers. Steve Gingras, second in GT, took the microphone, and instead of thanking his sponsor and such, congratulated Chris Cyzyio, who beat him by a few seconds after almost twelve hours of rallying. "I drove my ASS off all day, and you beat me anyway," Steve told him for all to hear. Mark Utecht won Group 5 and commented on the close finish - 22 hundredths of a minute covered the first three places. A brand new team, Jouni and John (with unpronounceable Finnish surnames) ran their first rally ever and won their class in both ClubRally events. Fifty people they’d never met came up and shook their hands that evening - a welcome to the family.
Later, as I was talking to a couple of road racers trying rally for the first time, a strange thought occurred to me. At road races, this sort of thing just doesn’t happen. Three drivers beat one anothers brains out for a whole race in Formula Ford and a blanket could cover them all at the finish...yet they don’t get to stand up in front of the rest of us to get the recognition they deserve. Each of them wanders into an almost-deserted Driver’s Lounge, picks up his trophy and is on his way. It must often seem like nobody notices.
In Performance Rally, Road Rally and Solo, the party at the endpoint is an important part of the competition. It builds a sense of community, as well as providing a place and time for the best bench racing. Because of the scheduling constraints of road racing, the awards ceremony falls by the wayside. Maybe this is unavoidable, but it’s still worth consideration. A trophy is great, but a round of applause from your friends is better - ask Steve, or Mark, or Jouni.
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