Greetings, Corvair Enthusiasts!

A few minutes ago, I posted the lap times for the Year 2004 Pocono Time Trials on the NECC website. This is hot off the press, as this event occurred only yesterday.

Here's the internet address for the lap times, in pdf format: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/necc/awards/necc_lap_times_for_website.pdf

And in Excel format: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/necc/awards/necc_lap_times_for_website.xls

Here's the internet address for the NECC home page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/necc/index.html

We had 47 drivers consisting of 9 Corvair drivers and 38 non-Corvairs. The non-Corvairs included a Dodge Viper, a Maserati BiTurbo, several Corvettes, a number of BMW M3s, a hord of Nissan NX-2000s, and the usual Mustangs, Camaros, V6 Fieros, etc. Fastest time of the day was driven by James Pettinato in a souped-up BMW M3, at 1 minute, 14.75 seconds, but Bruce Carlton upheld the honor of all Corvairs by posting a 1 minute, 14.98 second lap in his 1967 Monza. That's only two-tenths of a second less than FTD! Both cars were highly modified, but still, it's amazing how a 37 year old Corvair can remain competitive with the world's "ultimate driving machine".

Unlike last year, when a number of water pumpers forfeited their timed laps, just about everybody went out for timing this year, except for cars that bit the bullet with mechanical maladies of one sort or another. For example, three of the Corvettes suffered mechanical breakdowns. And one of our Corvairs had a "mishap", too. Let's just say that a teal green coupe was put out of commission more-or-less permanently.

But all in all, it was our very best year at Pocono. Finally, after four years, this event is catching on, with good attendance and many happy drivers by day's end.

Al Lacki