[DeTomaso] Qvale Mangusta/Bigua

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/13 15 06 22, jjdetrich at gmail.com writes:


> Best as I can remember, I think there was Tommy Bahama backed race 
> team for a while. We have a guy here in Dallas who worked on the development team 
> and  says it quite a good car for racing. Efforts were eventually 
> abandoned and most of the team went on to the factory-backed Corvette racing 
> team.  
> 

>>>That car, which actually won the SCCA Trans-Am championship, is owned by 
POCA member Carl Stein in Sacramento.   He has driven it to a regional SCCA 
championship as well.

It's a very fast, well-developed car, but it consumes money at a horrific 
rate.   He figures that it costs at least $2500-3000 each time he runs it 
(factoring in fuel, tires, brakes, maintenance, and other expenses).   So after 
winning the championship, he has temporarily parked it, waiting for the 
economy to turn back around.

It was featured in the 2006 No. 4 POCA Profiles.

Cheers!

Mike