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Re: Wheel-in-the-air GTAs



Greg Hermann wrote:
> 
> >So for those of you whose GTs don't lift a front wheel, maybe you're
> >just not trying hard enough! :-)
> 
> OK--Now explain that bloke, name of Surtees, who had a reputation for
> cornering FI cars with BOTH inside wheels off of the ground!! :-)

Oh, that's too easy -- Surtees started out as a motorcycle racer, and he
just didn't want to bother with the extra drag of the second (and
obviously unnecessary) set of wheels...

- --Scott Fisher

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