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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => SpeedWeek 2018 => Topic started by: GH on July 15, 2018, 03:11:17 PM

Title: Body class AIR????
Post by: GH on July 15, 2018, 03:11:17 PM

I was looking in the pre-entry list and ran across this body class. What is it?

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: desotoman on July 15, 2018, 03:26:47 PM

It stands for American Iron Roadster. A Gas/Fuel roadster powered by an American gas powered iron production car or light truck motor made prior to 1973, with only one engine class which is a C engine. 306"-372". And some other stuff but that is the basics.

Hope this helps,

Tom G.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: RichFox on July 15, 2018, 05:44:45 PM

Iron OEM heads which may be ported and such. Kind of an econo roadster class.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Stainless1 on July 18, 2018, 02:10:08 PM

Quote from: RichFox on July 15, 2018, 05:44:45 PM

Iron OEM heads which may be ported and such. Kind of an econo roadster class.

Econo.... You spend $40000 or so if you can.....

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: RichFox on July 18, 2018, 04:31:43 PM

Different people have different spending habits.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Ron Gibson on July 18, 2018, 05:04:13 PM

Yeh, some spend $100,000 on an econo class. :-D :-D

Ron

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: jimmy six on July 20, 2018, 03:11:23 PM

The class should have never allowed Chevrolet V8's or Chrysler Hemi's. The thought was good...execution was poor. The plan was for older other engines. Buick, Olds, Studebaker, Packard, Merc, Lincoln, etc....never going to happen.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Happy Pappy on July 20, 2018, 03:42:11 PM

Would the 351 Cleveland fall into the AIR plan?

Chris

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: dw230 on July 20, 2018, 04:03:47 PM

JD,

Some engines lend themselves to rules restrictions better than others. There are still 10s of 1000s of roadsters "out there" that have yet to surface.

DW

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Dynoroom on July 20, 2018, 04:22:00 PM

Quote from: Happy Pappy on July 20, 2018, 03:42:11 PM

Would the 351 Cleveland fall into the AIR plan?

Chris

Yes

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Skip Pipes on July 20, 2018, 04:24:53 PM

351 Cleveland with a date code of 1969 through 1972 are allowed. No trick one-offs. The burden of proof is on you so if your not used to DW scrutiny than play it safe. Of course it only matters in impound.
 
I like the class but side with JD & DW, you got to really want to prove something to try this in its current form.

Skip Pipes

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Stan Back on July 20, 2018, 04:47:11 PM

The class never made a dent in what it supposedly was created for.  Outmoded engines can run in any Roadster, Coupe, Lakester, and Streamliner displacement class they want.  The older cars are usually outmoded in areas besides their engines.  Usually their owners (and/or drivers) are getting ancient, too.

Thinking it's a low-buck entry class is not quite the truth, either, when you're running against Mariani, Davidson and Stringfellow.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: jimmy six on July 20, 2018, 06:22:30 PM

Well said Mr. Kit..

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: RichFox on July 20, 2018, 06:49:41 PM

Had the rules makers required the engines to be single rocker shaft engines only, the class may have evolved as imagined. As it is it seems pointless to me and others.

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: jimmy six on July 22, 2018, 05:01:55 PM

 :cheers:

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: dw230 on July 22, 2018, 10:40:31 PM

Direct comments to Spacek.

DW

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: typo41 on July 26, 2018, 01:20:13 PM

Yea, but we are having fun
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Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: Stan Back on July 26, 2018, 03:00:27 PM

Tony –

I know that for sure.

But the fun would be the same in C/GR.

Stan

Title: Re: Body class AIR????
Post by: typo41 on July 29, 2018, 10:19:19 AM

AIR record restrictions to Motor
C Gas is as fast as your check book
At El Mirage we are actually getting close to Beck, until he sees us in his rear view