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10 May 2023, 10:42 (Ref:4155364) | #26 | ||
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Unfortunately low numbers are nothing new for Cadwell, back in the late 80s and the 90s I can remember racing there when most of the races were amalgamated to bolster the grids !
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It's an interesting topic all on its own really. I assume it gave less power than the Chevy V8, but was significantly lighter so a better balanced car.
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A good GA was giving about 465bhp back in the day as opposed to our Chevrolet of (as the engine builders used to say!) about 500bhp! But the GA was still an iron block so still heavy but lighter than the Chev.
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And it also sounded more like a Ferrari than most Ferraris did ...
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It'll come as no surprise that the GA is possibly my favourite engine of all time.
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A little bit about Cadwells history .
I believe it was first used as a racing circuit well before WW11 , which makes it one of the UKs oldest circuits as most of them in use now were built on old WW11 airfields . In the 70s I won the championship of Cadwell one year . I think it was from points scored over a number of races . But I was given a large silver cup which I then kept for a year . [ Can,t imagine that happening now ,] But the jewellers who engraved it said it was very old and worth £ thousands . I wonder what happened to that trophy as Cadwell was bought out in the 80s by another company . There have been minor circuit changes since then but it is still very narrow with not much run/off space in some places , but still one of the most demanding / rewarding circuits to race on . |
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My mate Mike Whatley made the papers back in the 70’s . He tripped overs car at Barn and ended up in the trees .
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