Pit Stops

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31279, 27 January 1967, Page 9

Pit Stops

A British racing team, Team Diva, plans to enter a turbine-powered car for the 8.0.A.C. 500-mile race at Brands Hatch on July 30. There is a special award for the highestplaced turbine car. # # One of the new cars introduced at the 10-day racing-car show in London was the Opus-HRF, a “fun car” costing less than £2OO without engine, designed for autocross, hillclimbs, sprints and driving tests. The car is sold as a kit, and takes standard Ford

parts. With a suitable 1300 c.c. engine, it is said to accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in six seconds. * # The Monte Carlo rally coupe des dames winners, Sylvia Osterberg and Inga Edenring (Renault Gordini), had to push their car to the finish—it stopped feet from the line in a cloud of steam. 4: 4: 4: Timo Makinen retired from the Monte Carlo rally after hitting a rock on a mountain road at 80 m.p.h. He escaped unhurt. 4s 4= 4c British motoring writers are expressing concern at the recent homologation as a group one saloon of the Porsche 912, and as a group two saloon of the Porsche 911. Both comply with the requirements of the regulations, but are G.T. cars rather than saloons, and no normal saloons can hope to compete with them. The present regulations say that for homologation as a group one saloon, 5000 cars must have been built in 12 months,. and for a group two saloon, 1000 must have been built in two months. Commentators say that unless these production figures are raised considerably, the original concept of saloon car racing will be defeated. 4c 4« 4< A diaphragm-spring clutch designed for rearengined racing cars has been announced in Britain by the Automotive Products Group.

Sc 4c 4c i Hillman Imps scored a [ class victory in each of i the five international rali lies held in Britain last ' year. In the Welsh rally iin December, A. Cowan ■ finished fifth overall in a [ privately-entered Imp, and i won his class. The 800- ' mile event included 29 I special stages. There were i 120 starters. 1 jJ: jJ: i The Felday Engineering | company, of Britain, will i enter a team of three i Brabham-Cosworths in [ formula three events next i season. The company is ' well known in Britain for [ its four-wheel-drive sports i and hill-climb cars, and [ will probably enter a Felday-Ferguson at Le Mans. 4c 4c 4c The British rally driver, R. Fidler has won the 1966 British rally championship. He drove a Triumph 2000 throughout the rally season. His car was lent by the factory, but did not receive works service during rallies. 40 4< 4c A British conversion firm, Superspeed, Ltd., plans to produce a Cortina G.T., powered by a 3-litre Zodiac V 6 engine. A Christchurch rally driver, M. Wear, carried out such a conversion on his Cortina G.T. several months ago.