Willow Springs drags Saturday 10/22/16

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Tetge
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Re: Willow Springs drags Saturday 10/22/16

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I assume that you have seen the video of the Camaro in full auto trans mode ripping up the track? Manual trans is a thing of the past now.

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Re: Willow Springs drags Saturday 10/22/16

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Tetge wrote:I assume that you have seen the video of the Camaro in full auto trans mode ripping up the track? Manual trans is a thing of the past now.

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that's what they said in the mid-1960s
"The first Chaparral 2-series was designed and built to compete in the United States Road Racing Championship and other sports car races of the time, particularly the West Coast Pro Series races that were held each fall. Hall had significant "under the table" assistance from GM, including engineering and technical support in the development of the car and its automatic transmission (this is evidenced by the similarity between the Chevy Corvette GS-II "research and development" car and the Chaparral 2A through 2C models).

First raced in late 1963, the Chaparral 2 developed into a dominant car in the CanAm series in 1966 and 1967. Designed for the 200 mile races of the CanAm series, it was also a winner in longer endurance races. In 1965 it shocked the sportscar world by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in a pouring rain storm, on one of the roughest tracks in North A
:lol: Hall was a mad man :clap:

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