We spent this weekend at HSR’s Classic 24, a long weekend of historic and vintage racing at Daytona International Speedway. The 24-hour schedule had cars racing through the night.
Instead of MGs and Triumphs, though, we saw lots and lots of Porsches–from 944 Firehawk cars through all manner of 911–plus tube-frame Mustangs, Riley prototypes and even a Miata or …
The 1970 #40 Le Mans class-winning Porsche 914. It's one of the biggest reasons I own a 914.
Pretty hard to narrow it down, but pretty much any endurance racer from the '60s or '70s gets my pick. A pre-war race car would also be wild.
I've always had a thing for old silhouette racers
As much as I want to say an endurance car from the ''70s I would pick either a 996 GT3 Cup or a 944 Turbo Cup because of safety. Looking at the older cars up close this past weekend you see just how exposed the driver is and I want a little more cage and car around me.
I have 2.
The 1999 Viper GTS Lemans car
Or the 1990 Cougar IMSA GTO car
In reply to AMiataCalledSteve :
That Mustang is so good.
Bob Tullius's '66 Dodge Dart, to see what the chassis can do when set up correctly.
Audi 200 quattro Trans Am.
Any Group B car. Any. Please!
In reply to Skobie :
You have chosen Honda CRX. 
(At Olympus '86, which was the last time Group B was run internationally, a local entered a CRX. Because it was a two seat car, it was classed in Group B. Results)
I like all the Bs but I would choose something like a Manta 400 or a Celica, just because light weight rear drive fun.
and/or
and possibly:
but on dirt
problem with all of these in this ficticious scenario is that i'm too tall to drive any of them haha
Buick Kudzu DG2 . Because it had a Buick V-6 in it.
As a long time vintage racer and an MGA advocate I'd opt for the factory Le Mans car, SRX 210, that won the class at Le Mans in 1960 and finished 12th over all, beating the three prototype Triumph TRS cars.
Also, if we're adding rally cars into the mix, 1984 911 SC/RS
Williams FW08. The last World Championship winning car that could reasonably be run by two guys with a little trailer.
Ferrari 250 GTO.
In reply to fidelity101 :
You would have no height problems with an RX-3, but sobering is that it is like ten inches narrower than your FC, so your shoulders will be friendly with the window and your codriver
Art Arfons' Green Monster.
I used to sit in this one a lot when I was about eight years old.
I'd really love to drive it now...
Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to fidelity101 :
You would have no height problems with an RX-3, but sobering is that it is like ten inches narrower than your FC, so your shoulders will be friendly with the window and your codriver
I really need to make an RX3 rallycar, not an rx8 rally car. when do you want to get rid of yours? or did logan already beat me to it
One of the rx7 gtu cars from like 86 or 87.
The Jaguar D type from 1955. That was before the windshield rule of 1956 was put into place and it was a single seater with a headrest. Basically the slipperiest race car made where less than 250 horsepower pulled over 180 mph. Down the long Mulsane straight at LeMans.
That car was road driven from the factory in England to the race track in France. Raced for 24 hours and then driven back to England in fact the whole team was road driven.
The Jaguar D type from 1955. That was before the windshield rule of 1956 was put into place It was a single seater with a headrest. Basically the slipperiest race car made where less than 250 horsepower pulled over 180 mph. Down the long Mulsane straight at LeMans.
That car was road driven from the factory in England to the race track in France. Raced for 24 hours and then driven back to England in fact the whole team was road driven.
The tragedy of 1955 was Sir William lost his son John Mitchell Lyons escorting the race team en route to LeMans
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