Very nice, Mr. Lari. I never knew any of that shit.Nuvolari wrote: ↑March 26th 2025, 9:59am“By 1952 there were something like ten Porsches
or fewer in the United States, they won every 1500 cc production race the SCCA had, a new coupe sold for $4300 and Porsche was willing to expand its U.S. market.
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The United States was not Europe. Several things here. First, we had money and the urge to participate.
The average German, French, Italian or English fan went home from the races saying, ‘Gee, that was neat. I can hardly wait for next year.’
The American fan went home from the races saying, ‘Gee, that was neat, I bet I could do that.’
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Next, we drew no special distinction between road car and road racing car. The early races were contests between any and all cars owned by members of the tiny SCCA: stripped Duesenbergs, sprint cars with fenders, pre-World War Il Maseratis built for Indy, production sports cars produced in quantities of two, and countless M.G.'s and Jaguars.
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Finally, we had no traditions of our own for the proper way to own and operate sports cars. You can't have a sport without folklore. Because most of the sports cars we saw back then were English, we adopted their traditions.”
_ Allan Girdler
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Alas… small, light, & well-built vehicles are no longer available over the counter “due to lack of interest”.
Today, anything over 2500lbs - which is everything - is heavy AF and usually has the thirst of Diabeetush!
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