Official Publication of the Central Florida Region Sports Car Club of America Volume 57, Issue 3 April 2015

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Board of Governors Club Admin. & Advisory PDX Chief - Tim Reardon BOG Chair - Michael Wingo Recording Secretary - Charlaine Free 1550 Silk Oaks Ave., Titusville 32796 321-268-2940 • [email protected] 386-748-4149 • [email protected] 386-717-1868 • [email protected] Vice-Chair – Paul Troup Co-Competition Coord. - Dennis Joyce PDX Chief Driver Instructor - Chris Wells [email protected] 404-229-8435 • [email protected] [email protected] District 1 - Ron Offutt Co-Competition Coord. - Leland Miller Photo ID - Patti Socher 321-258-7348 • [email protected] 118 Midway Island • Clearwater, FL 33767 Checker Editor - Kevin Crain 727-239-7932 • [email protected] 2775 Old Dixie Hwy. Unit C, Kissimmee, FL 34744 Pits Chief - Jim Kosco District 1 - Lt. Gov. Sammi Ronshausen 407-933-1820 • [email protected] 941-228-5108 • [email protected] 727-821-4407 • [email protected] Financial Advisor - James Magero Region Points Keeper - Lyn Hodges Watts District 2- Jerry Hicks 941-492-3332 • Toll-free: 855-878-4360 352-286-7756 • [email protected] 12821 Birmingham St. • Tampa, FL 33625 [email protected] Registrar - Robin Ragaglia (see Dist 3 Gov) 813-361-2728 • [email protected] Social Director/Beverage Coordinator - Starter - David MacGregor (see Race Worker Rec.) District 2 - Lt. Gov. John Schimenti Pamella MacGregor Steward Rep. - Leland Miller District 3 - Robin Ragaglia 1252 Clays Trail, Oldsmar FL 34677 Sound Control - Hollye La Plante 5984 Ed Harris Ct., Saint Cloud, 34771 813-765-3061 • [email protected] 727-344-0354 • [email protected] 407-310-4299 • [email protected] Membership Chair - Darren Gunn Tech - Rick Henschel District 3 - Lt. Gov. Bill Martin 300 Timbercove Circle, Longwood, FL 32779 407-671-6017 Home • 407-314-8230 Cell Ph/Fax 407-851-7157 • [email protected] 407-252-1384 • Fax 407-244-0022 [email protected] District 4 - Dave Welsh [email protected] Timing & Scoring - Janet Harhay 13550 SW 73rd St., Ocala, FL 34481 Merchandise - Fran Martin (see Secretary) [email protected] 352-286-7756 • [email protected] Race Worker Recog. - David MacGregor Trophies - Tucker and Amy Alford District 5 - Jerry Larson 813-781-0100 • [email protected] 941-473-0708 • [email protected] Home: 321-984-9074 • Cell: 321-288-5304 Webmaster - Lee Hill [email protected] [email protected] • www.CFRSCCA.org SOLO Board District 5 - Lt. Gov. Don Robinson St. Pete GP Coordinator - Gary Steffen Board Chair - Chuck Lutz [email protected] 727-480-2118 • [email protected] District 6 - Terry Taylor 407-963-5004 • [email protected] 863-381-0721 • [email protected] Club Racing Board Registrar - Chuck Lutz District 7 - Larry Joseph Morgan Safety Steward - Art Trier Board Chair - Dana Deshong 386-562-0004 • [email protected] 386-742-1668 • [email protected] 2937 Chelsea Wood Dr. Valrico, FL 33596 District 7 - Lt. Gov. Byron Kauffman Trophy - Peter Gagne 813-689-7662 • [email protected] [email protected] • 386-316-8023 386-677-5854 • [email protected] Vice-Chair - District 8 - Mike Schiffer Timing and Scoring - Chuck Lutz Chaplain - Steve Kearney West Coast Coordinator - Dave Welsh 239-549-3909 • [email protected] 863-425-5684 • [email protected] District 8 - Lt. Gov. Mary Newman [email protected] Course Marshal - Dave Langston West Coast Registrar - vacant District 9 - Charlie Leonard Daytona Event Chair - Bill Cannons

PO Box 865, Palmetto, FL 34220 386-322-3663 West Cost Event Chair - vacant 941-729-1537 • [email protected] Chief Driver Instructor - Andy Fox Tire Rack Street Survival (TRSS) District 9 - Lt. Gov. Debbie Beebe 407-416-5411 • [email protected] Coordinator - Art Trier 2011 Mission Valley Blvd., Nokomis, FL 34275 Driver’s Rep - Beau Gabel 3010 Butler Ridge Rd., Deltona, FL 32738 941-484-4085 • [email protected] Home: 407-324-1874 • Cell: 386-562-0004 407-365-7219 • [email protected] [email protected] Driver’s Rep SARRC -position open Club Officers & Administration Driver’s Rep Vintage- Greg Piehl RallyCross Board Regional Executive - Chuck Dawson 727-573-1373 • [email protected] Chairperson - Doug McCabe 5505 US 27 S. Sebring, FL 33870 Equipment/Flagging - Jim Hooker 863-314-9200 (Bus) • [email protected] 11723 Pineloch Loop, Clermont, FL 34711 [email protected] [email protected] • 407-405-8438 Assistant R.E. - Leland Miller Grid Chief- Sammi Ronshausen 941-928-3521 • [email protected] 727-821-4407 • [email protected] Secretary - Fran Martin Medical Director - Dave Langston Area 3/SEDiv Officials 2504 Overlake Ave, Orlando, FL 32806 Novice Permits - Joyce Hayward Area 3 Director - Lee Hill 407-851-7157 • [email protected] 4607 Ridgecliff Dr., Brandon, FL 33511 457 Drage Drive, Apopka 32703 Treasurer - Walt Williams 813-684-4741 • [email protected] 407-884-7889 • [email protected] Driver Licensing Admin. - Pete Magnuson 5903 Soaring Ave, Temple Terrace, FL 33617-1399 Pace Car - Jack Ragaglia 813-857-2593 • [email protected] 561-309-3916 • [email protected] 407-568-6902 • [email protected] Assistant Treasurer - Pamella MacGregor Paddock Marshal - Charlie Leonard 1252 Clays Trail, Oldsmar FL 34677 See the SEDIV website for other 941-729-1537 • [email protected] 813-765-3061 • [email protected] SEDIV contact information. Rally Times by: Larry Vanscoy New Club Membersby: Doug McCabe District 1 James Harvey Winter Park Steve Mansfield Sebring Want A Close Up View of Race Cars Remember When... Bill McClendon St Petersburg Gary Jensen Orlando James Hopkins Winter Haven George Lutich Palm Harbor Szczepan Luczynski Casselberry Derek Herchko Lakeland When & Where & A Chance To Meet The Drivers? Pictures Submitted by Louis Galanos Bobby Kostopoulus New Port Richey Eric Moye Longwood District 7 John Hudak St Petersburg Robert Palmblad Orlando YOU MIGHT BE A TECH PERSON. • We check their vehicle logbook and gear and [email protected] David Raymon Winter Park Michael Zucco Daytona Beach New to the club? Andrew Dill Saint Petersburg Robert Wolf Daytona Beach District Meeting issue a tech sticker. Chris Brimmer Saint Petersburg Terri Vance Ocoee Your For general information on the membership or meetings WHAT WE DO… In the '50s & '60s the Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance Peter Van Weele Port Orange please call your district governor. Or, if you want to know • If the car needs an Annual Inspection (a more in- Drew Braun Belleair Beach Owen Brock Orlando Times and Places • We inspect every car at least once a year. was considered by many to be the premier motorsports event in Judson King Ormond Beach about a specific “specialty” call the “chief” listed on the inside depth inspection once every year), we're North America. As such artists were encouraged to produce posters District 2 District 4 James HerleyAd Daytona Beach District 1 – 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – cover. Use this list and map to find your District: • At a race impound, we weigh the cars and check 7:30 pm at Perkins Restaurant 2626 Gulf to Bay Blvd., District 1: Pinellas and Pasco County to Port Richey. available all weekend to do it. and souvenir program covers for the event. Stephen Zongker Riverview David Walters Keystone Heights Leora Gardner Daytona Beach items for compliance. William Peterson Brandon Timothy Gonzales Glenwrick Elliott Palm Coast Clearwater- NE corner of US 19 District 2: Hillsborough and Pasco County *When the scales are set up, they're available at Here? except Port Richey. Many of those souvenir programs and vintage posters are highly J.Lyndon Olson Lithia Gainesville Billy Bies Daytona Beach District 2 – 4th Wednesday of each month except December • We get called when someone is building a new some time every weekend whether there is $50 a Year! – 7:00 pm at Beef O’Brady’s, 9311 N. 56th St., Temple District 3: Lake, Orange, Osceola, and car to check it and make sure there won't be a sought after by collectors and command a high price today. Joe Lauget Zephyrhills Andrew Crogan Fruitland James Smith Port Orange Seminole Counties. impound or not – (it's nice if we have a few Terrace problem when it arrives at the track. Blake Farrell Tampa Park Nick Shaw Holly Hill District 3 – 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – District 4: Alacuha, moments for lunch). Jerry Rigoli Sun City Center District 5 Jack Roose Daytona Beach 7:30 pm at Rossi’s Pizza & Pasta 5919 South Orange Bradford, Citrus, Dixie, • Drivers buying an existing race car usually call us Lorenzo Rizzardi Ormond Beach Gilchrist, Hamilton, • We'll gladly do courtesy weighs but we don't District 3 Tammy Moffett Blossom Trail Orlando 321-228-0430 to look at the car, make sure it's safe and visually Daniel Rizzardi Ormond Beach District 4 – Contact Governor for details. Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, push cars. David Crawford Orlando Melbourne Levy, Madison, Marion, Sumter, right (we don't normally take things apart). Lee Reynolds Deland District 5 - 2nd Monday of each month except December – • We field questions and check out and write up James Smeltzer Sorrento Tom Liska Melbourne Suwanee, Taylor and Union James Smith Casselberry District 8 dinner at 6:30 pm and meeting at 7:30 pm at Charlie & Jakes Counties. • We answer questions like…..Is this or that any race cars damaged during the event. Cheryl Dietrich Stuart Brewery & Grill 6300 Wickham Rd in Melbourne, FL Joseph Szoke Winter Springs District 5: Brevard, Indian River, compliant? When does my helmet expire? Can I William Daniels Cocoa Elwyn Wenzel Port Charlotte District 6 - 3rd Wednesday of each month except December, • We provide results for practice, qualifying and Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie do whatever? Ryan Tecklenburg Saint Cloud Gary Burnette Cocoa Jeff Gerardt Cape Coral dinner at 7:00pm and meeting at 7:45pm at Beef O’Brady’s race sessions at Tech. John Tremblay Orlando Counties. Allan Bonn Port St Lucie District 9 2940 US 27 North Sebring. District 6: Glades, Highlands, and WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…OR NOT… John Tremblay Belle Isle Brian Atkinson Sebastian District 7 - 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – Polk Counties. COME JOIN US! Stuart Mullan Sarasota Brett Richardson Winter Park District 6 dinner at 6:30 pm and meeting at 7:30 pm at Louie’s Pizza District 7: Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, • You don't need to be a mechanical wizard. Daniel Crain Orlando Wayne Johnson Venice House – 1347 Beville Rd - Daytona Beach FL 32119 and Volusia Counties. None of us are. CFR’s TrophyWe have a goodWinners time together and get some up close Juan Vargas Diaz Apopka Richard Plank Winter Haven Richard Harris Holmes Beach District 8 - 2nd Wednesday of each month except December District 8: Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, and • You don't need to memorize the GCR. None of and personal time with the race cars, crew and Shomari Edwards Orlando Sherry Panaccione Lake Wales Bruce Andersen Sarasota at 6pm at Jerseys Sports Café - 13971 North Cleveland Lee Counties. Darrendrivers. Seltzer We're always happy to show someone with Jordan Mitchell Sebring Avenue, N. Fort Myers, FL 33903. District 9: Manatee and Sarasota Counties. us has. We just know where to look or who to ask. District 9 – Call Governor for details Solo Nationalan Champion, interest in TF-Modifiedech what we do. We're good at on- • We stay current with any new SCCA rule changes the-job-training and you'll have plenty of support. OLD FART RACERS’ REUNION 2014 by checking the “Fastrack”. It's published around Greg Shumaker th 4th Place - FM We want to take this opportunity to thank several A special thank you to Carol Swanson for making the the 20 of every month. Oh – and there's always time for some serious bench HICKS TROPHIES IN FC Patsyracing. 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by Darren Gunn Event Schedule For CFR and Surrounding Regions

April 2015 July 2015 11-12 Driver School & PDX DIR 18-19 Driver School/Vintage/ PDX SIR Daytona School Course TES Enduro 12 RallyCross Sebring Short Course – Green Park Paddock Osceola Heritage Park 26 SOLO 17-19 Southeastern Conference Majors VIR Deland Virginia International Raceway 19 SOLO Brevard Community College August 2015 7 CFR Test Day DIR Daytona Road Course May 2015 8-9 Double SARRC Races DIR 1 CFR Test Day/PDX DIR Daytona Road Course Daytona Road Course 2-3 Regional/SECS/TES Enduro/SOLO DIR Daytona Road Course, Solo on Kart Track September 2015 1-3 Southeastern Conference Majors SPR 4 Test Day SIR Summit Point Sebring Long Course - Conducted by SIR 24 ChumpCar 14 Hours of Daytona DIR 5-6 Regional Races/TES/Enduro SIR Daytona Road Course - Conducted by DIS Vintage/PDX 31 SOLO Sebring Long Course, 12 Hour Paddock Brooksville 17-20 CFR Pre-RunOffs Test Days DIR Daytona Road Course 21-27 SCCA Nat’l Championship RunOffs DIR June 2015 Daytona Road Course 12 Test Day SIR Sebring Short Course – Conducted By SIR 13-14 SARRC/Vintage/PDX SIR Sebring Short Course – Green Park Paddock 20 BOG Meeting Location TBD 28 SOLO Geneva

2015 Publication Deadlines In an effort to keep the content in The Checker as The deadlines for submission to The Checker for fresh and relevant as possible, a floating deadline will 2015 are as follows: be used typically following Club Racing events. With • April 14, 2015 • September 8, 2015 a set deadline of the 15th of the month(the former • May 5, 2015 • September 292015 system), an event which occurs on the 17th of the • June 16, 2015 • October 20, 2015 month would not be included in the following • July 21, 2015 • December 1 2015 month’s issue, but two months following said event, • August 11, 2015 which would make the coverage a bit dated; hence the reason for a “floating deadline.”

April 2015 5 District Meetings District 3 3-10-15 Sunday.” District 3's March meeting was held at Rossi's Pizza in There were 46 CFR Drivers competing, 6 class winners Orlando with Gov. Robin Ragaglia presiding. Our for CFR and 17 trophies awarded to CFR drivers. 1st attendance is growing as we had visitors interested in place winners from CFR: Joan Clark - C Street Ladies; Racing - ITA, IT7, Spec Miata and Solo/Autocross. Ian Stewart - D Street; Jonathan Lawson - H Street; Welcome James, Eric & Dave Moye, Jamie Smith, Scott Minehart - E Modified; Krista Minehart - E and Abby & Jimmy Calloway. Modified Ladies; Terry Tabor - F Modified. CFR also took home quite a number of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place By the time you read this, the March BOG meeting t r o p h i e s . F o r f u l l r e s u l t s , c h e c k will have occurred. Per Gov. Robin, on the agenda SCCA.com/events/results. Congratulations to all! for discussion, among other items, are digital readers for Tech (GCR downloads); our Sebring land lease - RUNOFFS TIDBITS from 1st conference call with renewal status; Solo trailer and the Runoffs contract. Chief Steward - Dennis Dean Also, the will have been - CFR Regional Test Days - Sept. 17-20 (Pre-Runoffs) completed as well as the St. Pete Grand Prix. Many - Registration - anticipated to open July 22 on THANKS! to all our volunteers whose free weekend SCCA.com. Whether you're working or competing, time has been almost non-existent starting with the REGISTER EARLY!! Sebring Majors and Rolex 24 in January. - Parking Spaces - all will be assigned; selected when PDX will have an event during our April Drivers' registration opens. School on the infield course at Daytona. On May 1st, - Overnight camping - will be allowed for workers, PDX will have sessions on the full 24 Hour course! spectators, drivers, crews. Check the web site www.cfrpdx.com for all the - Networks - National will have their own T & S details. network. CFR was well represented at the Tire Rack Dixie - Run Groups - in order for each class have their own Nationals Championship Tour in Adel, Georgia, the run groups, there may be competition Friday night. weekend of March 14-15. - Sound control - will be enforced at the 103 db level. Thanks to Dave Welsh for the following report: - Grid - will be on the pavement near the old tunnel. We might test this at our May and August events. "There was concern prior to the event about how - Scales - Tech will use the existing scales. Victory much rain would fall on Saturday. As it turned out Lane scales will be used as the top three leave the the rain fell on Friday night, so we arrived to a very track and proceed directly to Victory Lane. wet surface on Saturday morning. - Impound - will use 1/2 of the blue garages. The entire field was broken up into 5 run groups, the - Pace Car - lunch time rides are 'in the works'. first group to compete on Saturday included, BMod, - Promo Group - a promo group has been hired by EMod and FMod, which are classes that run slicks. National to 'increase the fun factor'. All these cars brought rain tires to grid, no driver elected to compete on rain tires once the event As always - check the web or with your Chiefs for the began. One driver, who (hrumph) will remain most up to date information. nameless, had an issue with an oil pressure gauge See you at the races! line, had a small fire and deposited oil on the wet surface during his second run. I was not very popular Fran for making an already slippery surface even more slippery. Both the car and I survived to compete on

6 April 2015 BOG Meeting 3-14-15 SOLO Chairman Chuck Lutz reported that the SOLO program is doing very well. CFR is hosting the most The Central Florida Region Board of Governors met at events within the division and boasts the third the CFR Compound at Sebring International Raceway highest driver average per event. Every event is for the quarterly business meeting. All governors maxing out car counts and the financials are good. were present except for District 4 Governor, Dave The club is moving forward on acquiring a new SOLO Welsh who had a racing thing, competing at the trailer, which made Lutz smile... Dixie Championship Tour SOLO event in Cecil, GA. PDX Coordinator, Tim Reardon was also in sunny Much of the discussion involved preparation for the Cecil, GA with Welsh so Art Trier shared his Runoffs in September with reports from Competition knowledge of the program. The program is into its Coordinator, Dennis Joyce and Regional Executive, fifth year. The April Driver School is also the sight for Chuck Dawson. Discussion regarding club a Daytona PDX event with 80 slots available. At the responsibilities and commitments in assisting time of the meeting, 72 had already been filled. national with the execution and hosting of the first Opportunities are coming to the program as well as runoffs event in Daytona in over 35 years. CFR will be the program continues to grow with events hosting the four test days leading into the event with scheduled at Daytona in May and over the summer in seven scheduled days of runoffs racing. Scheduling Sebring. is still being worked on in an attempt to have all car classes running alone. Due to the length of the event, The Tire Rack Street Survivor school will be held twice there should be ample opportunities for worker this year, June 27th and November 14th. Drivers for hours so we should all be prepared to show how CFR instruction are being sought for both PDX events as gets things done. well as the Tire Rack events. The “financial guys” weren’t present for discussion District 3 Governor, Robin Ragaglia brought forth a but reports submitted indicated the club is within its motion which was approved to acquire electronic budget. The January Majors event was very good tablets for Tech which will contain the GCR. District 9 and the February SARRC attendance was described Governor Charlie Leonard brought forth a plan to as “disappointing” but thus far revenues are slightly acquire industrial shelving for the purpose of ahead of budget. improving storage at the CFR building in Sebring as well as to explore other improvements including New Area 3 Director, Lee Hill started off by thanking improved shower/bath facilities. former Director, Robin Langlotz for his help in making Lee’s transition as smooth as possible. Stay tuned for specifics regarding the upcoming Having returned from the National Convention, Hill Worker School slotted for May 16th and 17th, details indicated that there were changes coming regarding to follow. Speaking of training, Daytona will be race sanctioning and insurance. He also discussed offering fire response training with its staff in mid- plans for TNIA - Track Night In America, a program September, dates to be determined... being promoted in urban areas where the hope is to District 2 Governor Jerry Hicks shared the location for appeal to entry level “PDX” drivers on small circle the next BOG meeting on June 20 at the Embassy tracks. Suites at 10220 Palm River Road in Brandon which Putting on his webmaster hat, Hill also reported that coincidentally enough is also the location for the the issues with the website experienced earlier in the Annual Meeting in December which District 2 is year have been addressed and resolved. hosting. Information will be forthcoming as available.

April 2015 7 Foametix Trans Am 100 Trans Am Championship ‐ Round 1 ‐ SebringSubmitted International by Louis Galanos Raceway Photos by Larry Vanscoy

8 April 2015 #11 Joe Stevens TA2 Challenger

#23 Amy Ruman TA Corvette

#25 Ron Keith TA2 Ford Mustang

April 2015 9 12 Hours

Overall Winner - Corvette Daytona Prototype driven by , Sébastien Bourdais, João Barbosa

2nd Overall - Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype driven by , Jordan Taylor and 10 April 2015 of Endurance photos by Larry Vanscoy

Nicole Hecker

Third Overall - Action Express Racing Corvette DP of , and

Fourth Overall - with Felix Sabates Ford EcoBoost DP of , and .

Fourth in GTD - Riley Motorsports SRT driven by Al Carter, , Cameron Lawrence and

April 2015 11 SNAPSHOTS OF THE 12 HOUR

12 April 2015 WORKING CLASS photos by Dave Green

April 2015 13 14 April 2015 April 2015 15 Jim Zirkel and Michael McKee helped set up a presentation by Ford Motor Corp. for the 12 Hour worker staff. Out of appreciation, The Ford Performance folks came by the compound on Friday evening for a little slide show display and chat on how today's racing technology relates to and helps innovate changes in today’s cars that we purchase for day to day travels. Workers received a 2015 Participant pin from IMSA and a Hot/Cool Thermos from Ford.

16 April 2015 Did You Know?

We have a volunteer incentive Program! Wait! There is more! YOU can claim a referral discount from national on your renewal for every member you Do your friends a favor by inviting them along to introduce. When inviting a guest it is always a good idea to participate as a volunteer at any CFR club meeting for FREE use the Guest Passes issued in The Checker as this will ease and, if they enjoy themselves which of course they will, the registration process; please make sure your guest they can become full members for just $30 for the first year. hooks up with the specialty chief at the event or with Even better news - by being their referring member they Darren Gunn, CFR-SCCA Membership, beforehand so we will get an additional $15 off! So their first year is just $15. can make their first time as pain free and enjoyable as SCCA Volunteer Incentive Program reduced membership possible. rates are renewable for second and third years by working For more information please feel free to contact me at any at least four (4) days each prior year. time, contact info on back page. Be safe out there!

Workers Wanted Drivers - Fill that down time by assisting those who work to maintain a fun, safe racing environment! Club Members - Get involved today! Your help is needed to keep CFR the Premier Club Racing Program in the US. Contact Dana Deshong for more information: 813-689-7662 • [email protected]

Lost & Found Found: Lost and not recovered: Sebring Majors a key ring containing three Sebring Turkey Trot, November 2013: keys and a small light. One key has a Miami A black in color therapeutic magnetic bracelet. Dolphins logo. Sebring Turkey Trot, November 2014 Pro HANS Device; a watch. Contact Paddock Marshall, Charlie Leonard to reclaim/return.

April 2015 17 Classified Ads For Sale 5 VW wheels 13 inch for sale cheap pick up only. Also 1991 Miata FP (limited prep)/ITA two VW race engines 1.7 liter used in ITC Rabbit pro built Fire suppression system, FP Engine by Paul Kullman (No Mo one complete minus accessories. Set lap record at Money), one season on race clutch, newer transmission. Car has Sebring Other engine short block with stock head sale been extremely reliable, and the 2013 CFR/SCCA FP champion $200. for both engines. Call Bob at 321-537-7817 no calls car. Current log book good to Turkey Trot 2015. I have inherited after 830 pm please.(2) another car and there is not enough room for 2 cars and the home improvement project is kicking my wallet. Price includes one set spare upper/lower front and rear control arms, rear subframe- NO hardtop. Asking $6500 Do you need 2 cars? 1992 SM/ITA/FP (car does not have engine modifications), all spares (garage full of suspension, body parts, engines, tires, etc.) and trailer $20,000 Call Lou Ann 239-240-6985 (evenings) [email protected] (2)

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