aeronca65t
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Fake Minis! They are racing *fake* Minis!
I was watching the SCCA Runoffs on Speed TV, Christmas Day. The GT-5 race was on, and the Huffaker Minis was leading until it developed a problem (Huffaker Engineering has been involved in road racing of BMC Spridgets and Minis for 40 years...they are part of Brit-car race history in the U.S. along with the Team Spreen, Fred Opert, John Sprintzel, Hank Thorpe and others).
Anyway, the Huffaker car came into the pits and they flipped open the nose....and I noticed that the little "A" engine was positioned "North-South" instead of tranverse! What the heck!?!?
Then I went to the Huffaker website.....their racing Mini is rear-wheel drive! Sacrilege! So is the other top Mini (the Fortech car).
https://www.huffakerengineering.com/html/1992-2003.html
So I guess now that all the top SCCA racing Minis are just Sprites with a roof. Just venting here, but I'm kind of disappointed...I guess it's like NASCAR, with all those RWD Tauruses.
Huffaker rear-drive Race Mini
I was watching the SCCA Runoffs on Speed TV, Christmas Day. The GT-5 race was on, and the Huffaker Minis was leading until it developed a problem (Huffaker Engineering has been involved in road racing of BMC Spridgets and Minis for 40 years...they are part of Brit-car race history in the U.S. along with the Team Spreen, Fred Opert, John Sprintzel, Hank Thorpe and others).
Anyway, the Huffaker car came into the pits and they flipped open the nose....and I noticed that the little "A" engine was positioned "North-South" instead of tranverse! What the heck!?!?
Then I went to the Huffaker website.....their racing Mini is rear-wheel drive! Sacrilege! So is the other top Mini (the Fortech car).
https://www.huffakerengineering.com/html/1992-2003.html
So I guess now that all the top SCCA racing Minis are just Sprites with a roof. Just venting here, but I'm kind of disappointed...I guess it's like NASCAR, with all those RWD Tauruses.
Huffaker rear-drive Race Mini