Comments on: CLUB RACING PHILOSOPHY

By: COOP

COOP — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:31:49 +0000

Hi Troy. Nice to meet you at Laguna Seca. I’m Larry in the yellow #7 240. Wish you could have driven your car with us. Good to hear you got it sold. Our Z had a broken left front shock and we didn’t have a spare. The thing wouldn’t turn right any faster than a crawl. After driving off at speed in turn 10 on Sunday, we decided to put it on the trailer. No sense doing any damage. Got home and yanked all four shocks and sent them off to Ground Control for overhaul. Also ordered spares for the front and rear. At least now I know how a bad shock feels and will have replacements next time. Other than that, we had a great weekend and will be headed to Thunderhill in May in ITS trim! Again, nice meeting you and fly safe.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:09:17 +0000

Thanks for the compliment, Thom. There are a lot of vintage Z racing enthusiasts out there, and you’ll sure find them the first time you show up at the track with your car. Lots of good internet info out there too, check out HybridZ and ClassicZcars. Please keep us posted and send a few pics along the way.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:45:43 +0000

I live in the heart of Nascar country in Birmingham, AL, 35 miles west of Talladega. However as you know George Barber built a world class road track here in ’01. I’ve been to the Barber track for the Porsche 250 series, IRL test trials and bike races. I have an original ’73 240 Z in the basement and caught the racing bug.

Frustrated at the lack of knowledge (and appreciation) of the car in this area and a false start at a restoration, I’m now looking at getting the Z car ready for club racing and have just found your web site. I compliment you, it’s very complete and should be very helpful as I dive into this sport.

I’ll keep you posted…..

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:16:14 +0000

I would too! I live two miles from Mavericks, and those guys are nuts! I just keep to the small stuff.

By: Kevin O

Kevin O — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:34:29 +0000

I would have to add surfing big waves and downhill ski racing to the Hemingway quote!

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:40:38 +0000

Love that last Ernest Hemingway quote…
Forgot to mention good post! Can’t wait to seeing the next one!