Season Opener for the 928 in SCCA racing!
 

Well, folks, its been a long, dark, wet off season, and we have all gotten a little stir crazy! BUT, We are planning to open our season at the first SCCA event in N. California at Laguna Seca running in ITE class (anything on DOT tires running a production chassis).

Scot Graham will be joining me, but we have much to do on his car right now. We have recieved a 4.7 euro long block that we will be sticking into scots 4.5 liter '82 chassis. we are bolting all his euro intake stuff, and he gets the additional HP from euro heads, cams and 200ccs of engine displacement. We should be getting the engine trucked up this next week and we will have 2 weeks to get this thing together and running! Scot is hoping for 275 rear wheel hp, up from 220ish, but its hard to say. I got 243rear wheel hp with a 4.7 US version, and i think a newer engine, rumored to be built by Greg Brown, higher compression and big ports and valves should kick what i got by about 15 to 20hp, dont you think? if so, scot will be one happy guy, and the camero mustangs we run with, will not be so happy!

so, we will be out there April 1-3rd at Laguna seca, so swing on by if you are close by. We are setting a goal to run most of the formal SCCA season, and hopefully get some class recognition and maybe even put the 928 in the record books. As far as i know, our 928s will be the only cars other than Anderson and Fan running in POC running a full class season and shooting for a championship.

SCCA is an awesome orgainization, with a great website with results posted immediately after the races, and 40 car multiclass fields in the races! they give trophies after each race, and the drivers are a very serious bunch. Now, if the Holbert car can last another full race season!!! (to date, it has competed for 3 full seasons, running as much track time as 2 full 24hour of Lemans, all with only tires, oil and brakes being changed. Not bad (actually, unheard of) for any car, even 15years newer!!!


Mk

Thanks for the alert, Mark. I will try to make it down to the track to cheer you guys on. Now that the weather has cleared, maybe I can finish messing with my 79 and get out in some events too.

MK,

See Ya then... Should I bring a spare cabelt..?

Just Kidding...! :D

Hey, not funny!! (man was i lucky that day!!!!!)

I did pack the old belt, just in case........ uhhhhh, scots non interfernce engine needs one??????

MK

Great!!

Should be a big field, more of the M3 crowd showing up and a few more vets too.

race will more than likely be at 1-2pm on sunday, but no later, as we do get blessed with the loudest group (group 1, gets 103db even at laguna. SCCA has big pull there at laguna, and no one but Scca gets one of those loud days, except the pro events)
Saturday is qualifying.

Mk

YES, definitely get that 79 all geeked up!! scot has been running basically your car, and having a blast. Maybe we can get it out for a few of the open track days soon!

Mark are you going to join us for the American Le Mans?