Anyone know this car?

[Greg_M]

Does not look like an FFR. Anyone know anything about the Cobra replica or event?

Tony Drews in his crazy fast TR4, passing a Cobra heading into corner 1 at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, this past October 30th.


Greg

[TD]

Not an FFR. Roll bars, radiator, and exhaust are wrong.

[CobraDVM]

Looks like a midget is driving the cobra - he can barely see over the dash!

[NAGA]

Windshield is too vertical too.

Man, I hate seeing the driver / roll bar position in that TR. There was a driver killed at Ponca City years and years ago (last name Trumbower, I apologize for not remembering his first name) who made it through the hay bales and water barrels and went in under a tree. Trapped him between the roll bar and a low tree branch.
I couldn't race an open Production car without some kind of a front hoop or bar to protect me from something from the front.

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[NAGA]

Originally Posted by CobraDVM

Looks like a midget is driving the cobra - he can barely see over the dash!

You sure it's a "he?" My first thought it was a female.



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[ETriggs]

Originally Posted by NAGA

You sure it's a "he?" My first thought it was a female.



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Originally Posted by CobraDVM

Looks like a midget is driving the cobra - he can barely see over the dash!

Or it could be a 90 year old from a retirement community. Usually they drive Caddys or Lincolns and can't see over the wheel, but there might be one out there spunky enough to get behind the wheel of one of these....

[Jim Bochicchio]

Originally Posted by CobraDVM

Looks like a midget is driving the cobra - he can barely see over the dash!

I think he's slouching in shame... being passed by the TR4

[NAGA]

Originally Posted by ETriggs

Or it could be a 90 year old from a retirement community. Usually they drive Caddys or Lincolns and can't see over the wheel, but there might be one out there spunky enough to get behind the wheel of one of these....

No, or he'd have had "unintended acceleration" and never let the TR by.

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[ETriggs]

Problem:

Originally Posted by Greg_M

Greg

Cure:

[Big-Foot]

That's Jim Duncan running a 289 powered Hi Tech ( I believe ) replica in a Midwestern Council Of Sports Car Clubs event.

If he is being passed, it's not HP that's passing him there at that pot in the track.. It's under heavy braking. I can't tell you how many races I have run on that track over the years. Easily 3 events a year for roughly 20 years.

I don't know the TR4, but I can tell you that Blackhawk Farms favors lighter cars with REALLY big and good brakes..

[ETriggs]

Originally Posted by Big-Foot

That's Jim Duncan running a 289 powered Hi Tech ( I believe ) replica in a Midwestern Council Of Sports Car Clubs event.

If he is being passed, it's not HP that's passing him there at that pot in the track.. It's under heavy braking. I can't tell you how many races I have run on that track over the years. Easily 3 events a year for roughly 20 years.

I don't know the TR4, but I can tell you that Blackhawk Farms favors lighter cars with REALLY big and good brakes..

The more important questions are:

1. How tall is Jim Duncan?

2. If he is of average adult male human height, does his ass have road rash or are his knees burnt from sitting on the headers?

[AC Bill]

Originally Posted by CobraDVM

Looks like a midget is driving the cobra - he can barely see over the dash!

Whereas the Triumph driver looks to be a bobble head..lol