Turn 10 / Le Mans Winners Enter Sebring

[Lorry]

I'm sure I saw one of these IMSA spec 962s race somewhere.  It may have been on display though!.  Le Mans always had an IMSA class - the 961s ran in it.

I think I'm becoming an old git - "they don't make them as good as that any more" - and I know I'm right

[Fax]

During the last few years of IMSA GTP the Porsche (Holbert, Rob Dyson, Joest, Momo-Moretti, Preston Henn, Bayside, etc.) teams came up with some pretty wild aero packages to try and stay competitive with the Nissan's, AAR Toyota's and Castrol Cats.  That car was one of last incarnations of Holbert Racing's 962's, the team becoming increasingly occupied with the Porsche CART Indycar project.
Fax

[Fax]

I take that back, that was Busby Racing.
Fax

[Lee Self]

Correct, Jim Busby, not Holbert.

It was a Jim Chapman built 962, made in California.
Stiffer that the factory tub, less roll. Daytona 24 hr winner
that same year.

more pics of same chassis here:
http://www.selfstudio.com/pages/962_108.html

[Andy Zarse]

Correct, Jim Busby, not Holbert.

It was a Jim Chapman built 962, made in California.
Stiffer that the factory tub, less roll. Daytona 24 hr winner
that same year.

more pics of same chassis here:
http://www.selfstudio.com/pages/962_108.html

Same sort of slab-sided look as the Toyota Eagles but the front end is better looking. Look at the photos of the cockpit/tub construction. They weren't the most sophisticated of car were they?

[Fax]

Agreed Andy, when you pull the skin off them there's not much hi-tech going on there.  The 962's really began to lose a lot of their original elegance when teams began tweaking the aerodynamics in search of more downforce to combat the threat of the Electromotive Nissan's and AAR Toyota Eagles (both of which were butt-ugly but ferociously quick).  The Cats were always pretty though...
Grumpy

[johnevans3]

....and remember the #22 Goodwrench silver and black Corvette in 1987, it was a really pretty car but unreliable at the time.  They learned a lot.  They moved into GT1 and out of prototype, learned to beat the Vipers, and they have done well (despite the one green "guppie" win at Sebring last year).

[Chris24]

You mean this one, the Corvette GTP run by Hendrick Motorsports. What a car !

[Fax]

That beast was fast as hell but rarely made it to the end of a race.
Usually driven by SVDM & Doc Bundy, they'd take off like scalded cat at the start but the car would usually break by mid-race.  One problem was that they ran with a huge amount of turbo boost.
Grumpy

[Martini...LB]

That beast was fast as hell but rarely made it to the end of a race.
Usually driven by SVDM & Doc Bundy, they'd take off like scalded cat at the start but the car would usually break by mid-race.  One problem was that they ran with a huge amount of turbo boost.
Grumpy

Here's one for you Fax (and I beat Steve Brown)

http://premium1.uploadit.org/Martini27//grumpy.jpg

[Lorry]

I'm sure I saw one of these IMSA spec 962s race somewhere.  It may have been on display though!.  Le Mans always had an IMSA class - the 961s ran in it.

I'm not going mad, it was the Momo 962 in 1990

[Lee Self]

oooh, oooh oooh

I saw a MOMO 962 at SEBRING in 1992

-Lee
"Working to keep this thread alive"

[Fax]

Very good Martin, looks just like me
Oh yeah, fondly remember the Momo Porsche's.  '92 was the last year they ran a 962.  Next year they purchased a Nissan and in 1994, GTP sadly ended after a glorious reign.
Grumpy

[Lorry]

This is the era of strange aero packages on 962s, after the factory choice of long and short tails.

See you all in 07.  I'm going to go.

Oh sh*t, are the US wanting biometic passports from now on?.  I'm just about to renew mine, and it seem the days of no visa are over, probably due to the shoebomber.  But didn't he have a valid passport though?  I'm terminally confused.  I think we now have a voluntary ID card.  So what.  And the Brazilian was legal and still got shot.

[Canada Phil]

Correct, Jim Busby, not Holbert.

It was a Jim Chapman built 962, made in California.
Stiffer that the factory tub, less roll. Daytona 24 hr winner
that same year.

more pics of same chassis here:
http://www.selfstudio.com/pages/962_108.html

Hi Lee,
          Looks just like the outline on the golf cart we had runs on through the paddock at Petit! Talking of which is Flamingo boy coming to Sebring?
Canada Phil