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It represents “The Dark Side of the Force” Said the SCCA Steward Jim is, as a local radio show guy would say, a Lottery Winner! Being taken under the wing of the Meathead
Racing crew and their Driver Development Program. As part of the program Jim has built the
#49 SSM, a 1990 Miata for the 2008 DC Region’s MARRS Series. The pictures below follow the Miata tear
down and build as well as it’s first on track
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The new Miata |
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Coming up the driveway it looked innocent
enough, but it was a Red Sports Car and what a car. We’re not sure where this came from but it
was almost too nice to strip. The
carpets were actually clean and looked reasonably new, the convertible top
was new and even the access panels in the floor and on the rear deck where
shiny. |
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Gutting the car |
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While the pictures don’t show it well with the Carpets looking dirty,
but this was a very well cared for car, look at the access plates. The Odometer reads (I believe)
169,940! But give a kid a car and tell
him to strip it, guess what? |
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The Roll Cage |
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The cage was installed by York Automotive and dash has been
reinstalled. And work continues on
final preparations for its initial track appearance. |
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The Finished Race Car |
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The car was finished in Mid August its first real run as the # NR 49
came Labor Day at MARRS VIII & IX with Well the car is good but Chris is REALLY good behind the wheel. We really appreciated his willingness to do
the shake down and his courage(?) for doing at the
MARRS Double. Jim FINALLY got to drive the car, beyond moving it around the pits,
on September 8th at the DC Region’s Last PDX event of the year and
by all observations he did well. He
didn’t set the world on fire, but impressed his instructor The Left 2 pictures are Chris from Turn 3 on the ‘Big Track’ while
the 2 on the right are Jim on the Shenandoah in Turn 1. If you look closely at the nose you might
be able to see the “Toland Racing” decal. |
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