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Sean Kelly in Fresno CA did a great job refreshing the rack & pinion on my Tiga FF. Good price, quick turnaround. Thanks

I have a 30 year old Momo steering wheel on which the leather needs to be replaced. I would like to have it wrapped with suede or Alcantara. Anyone have experience with a company who does this? ...

Two FSTs had what looked like a bad off between Turns 8 and 9 yesterday afternoon. Any report on the drivers?

We run a couple of open wheel cars that would have used Goodyears or Firestones back in their day (60's-70's), but the only tires available now are Avons. We like the idea of a more original look...

Do any of you know Bill at Diamond Racing Wheels? I bought a set of wheels from Diamond for my vintage FF and they didn't fit right on the hubs. He told me to send one back, which I did last...

I registered for the Brickyard event March 2020, paying $850. The event date came and went unnoticed (as Rooster Cogburn would say) without being cancelled. I patiently waited for my refund, and in...

The SVRA has announced the Reunion Program wherein certain events will have an invited class or run group, and they will get free entry. For this year's Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational there...

At PRI Hoosier had their new vintage treaded FF tire on display. It looks similar, but not identical, to the Dunlop. Hoosier guy said it is bias-ply, compound a bit harder than the R60, and cheaper...

Glenn,
"Risk preference." An excellent phrase which I will adopt to explain why I am so slow.

Thanks!

Thanks for your replies. Here is the answer from Phil Lamont, President, Vintage Tyres Limited:

Like most race tyre manufacturers, Dunlop does not imprint date codes on race tyres.

He...

I think that might be the DOT format but I don't see anything like that on these tires (Dunlop FF treaded race tires). The thing that looks most like a date code says "D53" on the fronts and "D22A"...

Does anyone know how to decipher the date code on Dunlop treaded FF tires?

SVRA follows Monoposto rules for CFF. "rain tires are not allowed"

After missing an event with a hole in my radiator it was time for a new one. I got a quote from the big racing radiator shop in Indy of $600 and four weeks. Saldana did it for less than $400 in one...

This tow-strap issue turned out to be no problem at tech. I put a couple of tie-downs and a d-ring in a heavy zip-lock bag and showed it to the inspector; that's all he needed to see. A buddy did...

I am excited to be running next weekend just down the street at IMS. I have never run with SVRA so I've been reading the Supps pretty closely. For those of you running this event, did you read this?:...

We have one for a T95/00 but not for the T90/00 that we're working on. Was this book available for a 1990 car? Anyone have one for sale or loan?
Thanks,
Chuck Smith
Indianapolis, IN

A friend of mine is restoring a Lola T90/00 with serial number HU02. I know that T90 means it is a 1990 chassis and the 00 means it is an Indy car. Two questions: what does the HU in the serial...

That reminds me of the old FF East-West Challenge...except for the money. Hope you guys have a great weekend; I'll try to stay out of your way.

Cars entered from Texas, Georgia, Florida, NC, Maryland. You guys looking for some cool weather or something? Well done guys, I wish we could get that kind of turnout for FF/CFF. See you this...

Ran the VSCDA event at Blackhawk this past weekend, and again they put on a well-run event. Registration was quick and painless, tech the same. Nice people, good drivers, interesting cars. When...

I ran the Spring Brake event at GingerMan this past weekend, my first VSCDA race. It was well run, sessions went off on time, the people were great, dinners Friday and Saturday evening were...

CFFs were 2:38 - 2:47. FFs ran 2:29 - 2:40. Rules are about the same as SCCA but 1150 lbs, plus weight penalties for aluminum head, etc.

I'll definitely run more Midwestern Council events. ...

Clearly, Tigas rule!

Here are the Echlin numbers from NAPA:
Points - CS7550
Condensor - EP30
Rotor - EP51

the heavy duty points from Accel are #8203

I just saw this thread and called Phil Gumpert. He remembered owning that car and thought they had run Jose David (from Brazil), Dominic Dobson and Mark Dismore in it. He's going to check his old...