Sports Other Than Football
Still going through my research addiction on racing sports cars and GTs and kit cars and so on. Latest question running through my mind: "What are the ultimate racing cars built by the marques that are/were cars my family owned?"
* Oldsmobile. The final racing Oldmobiles were mainly in IMSA's last years before the reorganization to American LeMans. In addition to Olds-engined WSC cars (the Riley & Scott, Spice, and Courage chief among them), race-configured Aurora sedans were competing in the GT3/GTS-1 classes.
* Chevy. Well, the Corvette and Camaro programs are on-going of course, as well as ongoing NASCAR ubiquity.
* Ford. Mustangs, NASCAR, GT40, Probe GTP--take your pick.
* Pontiac. The final version GTO saw action in GrandAm just before the marque's demise. There was also a Drift/GT-configured Solstice or two. And Pontiac-powered prototype racers in ALMS.
* Buick. NASCAR (up to twenty years ago), dragsters, GTP cars, but not much lately. Buick is sponsoring Holden race cars for Asian circuits, but it's not the same.
* Dodge. The Viper WAS the ultimate racing Dodge, but 2010 was the final year for the car. Can the Challenger pick up where the Viper left off?
* MG. There is a new MG LeMans car? Hmm. Need to find out more about it.
* Toyota. NASCAR, Formula, tuners, drift--they're all over the place.
* Nissan. Z Cars in GT, of course, plus prototypes, touring, drift, some Formula.
* Audi. Dominating P1 in ALMS for years. Plus running in GT, touring, drift, and so on.
* AMC. Well, when I got my Concord, they had already faded from the pale, got acquired by Renault and then Chrysler, and had become Eagle. Their ultimate racers were and always will be the Javelin/AMX family.
Have I left anything out? Must come back to this later.
PS: As a matter of fact, I left out:
* Mercury. NASCAR, hot rod dragsters, Cougars and Capris in IMSA...but not much after 1990.
* Oldsmobile. The final racing Oldmobiles were mainly in IMSA's last years before the reorganization to American LeMans. In addition to Olds-engined WSC cars (the Riley & Scott, Spice, and Courage chief among them), race-configured Aurora sedans were competing in the GT3/GTS-1 classes.
* Chevy. Well, the Corvette and Camaro programs are on-going of course, as well as ongoing NASCAR ubiquity.
* Ford. Mustangs, NASCAR, GT40, Probe GTP--take your pick.
* Pontiac. The final version GTO saw action in GrandAm just before the marque's demise. There was also a Drift/GT-configured Solstice or two. And Pontiac-powered prototype racers in ALMS.
* Buick. NASCAR (up to twenty years ago), dragsters, GTP cars, but not much lately. Buick is sponsoring Holden race cars for Asian circuits, but it's not the same.
* Dodge. The Viper WAS the ultimate racing Dodge, but 2010 was the final year for the car. Can the Challenger pick up where the Viper left off?
* MG. There is a new MG LeMans car? Hmm. Need to find out more about it.
* Toyota. NASCAR, Formula, tuners, drift--they're all over the place.
* Nissan. Z Cars in GT, of course, plus prototypes, touring, drift, some Formula.
* Audi. Dominating P1 in ALMS for years. Plus running in GT, touring, drift, and so on.
* AMC. Well, when I got my Concord, they had already faded from the pale, got acquired by Renault and then Chrysler, and had become Eagle. Their ultimate racers were and always will be the Javelin/AMX family.
Have I left anything out? Must come back to this later.
PS: As a matter of fact, I left out:
* Mercury. NASCAR, hot rod dragsters, Cougars and Capris in IMSA...but not much after 1990.