There are a few interesting stats on the Le Mans car but, unfortunately, there was not a whole lot of press coverage in the US. Also, because the car was a late entry, there is not much in the official program about it. I know that It did a 215.6 down the Le Mans straight. That engine was another Gary Smith (Carolina Racing Engines) product. It qualified 8th on the grid but did not finish. The magazines of the day reported that the car experienced damage to the fuel cell and that caused its withdrawal from the race.

While the car was being restored by Mark Cody at Creative Motorsports in Tampa, there was one small incident that was heart-stopping. Apparently, a storm front just a little weaker than a hurricane passed through and picked up the front clip (which was off the car) and moved it to the other side of the shop and then set it down without a scratch. They only told me about that one much later!

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Another interesting story about the restoration is the paint job. We had to use a model car kit for the race car and copy the decal pattern. Apparently when the model companies were building their models they would come and take photos of the car and then make the model from that. So we just worked backwards to get that specific configuration.

We did take the Le Mans car entirely apart and do a more thorough job of repairing and restoring things as we put it back together. The injections systems on this car is original but I am not so sure about the injection system on the Sebring car.

In conclusion, I plan to take the cars out and have a good time with them. Some of the vintage racing is getting pretty intense these days, but I think I can stay cool enough to avoid crashing. At least that's the plan. I can only run them in one of the Historic Racing or SVRA series. But both cars are sitting there ready to go. The only thing I need now is a little help from John in getting them setup.
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