Here are photos of the tube frame car from 1989 to 2004, when I last drove it in SCCA races.
No big changes in the engine, just improved camshaft design and cylinder heads from Richard Longman in England. I was still very busy racing in IMSA so had no involvement other than chassis setup.
We won every race we entered in 1989 qualifying for the runoffs at Road Atlanta.
I qualified fastest more than 3 seconds faster than the second place car and easily won the race.
Because of my increasing involvement with Honda and Acura race programs, I would not drive the car again for 10 years.
Image 1:
The Mini leading into turn 1 at the start of the Atlanta race.
アトランタのレースでスタート直後の第一コーナーにトップで飛び込むMINI.
Image 2 and 3:
Victory stand at Atlanta. Happy people!
アトランタの表彰台で喜ぶメンバー達!
Image 4 and 5:
In the summer of 1992, Mike took the car to Japan for two races one at Fuji and one at Scuba(?) and a big car show. It was sponsored by a Japanese businessman based in San Francisco and a company in Japan. Mike drove the car himself. A Japanese car magazine also wrote an article on the car. It was very popular.
1992年の夏、Mikeはこの車をフジとツクバ行わる2つのレースに出走させるため、そして展示会のために日本に持って行った。
そのイベントは日本で事業を運営しているサンフランシスコ在住の日本人がスポンサードしてくれたんだ。
その時Mikeは自身で運転したんだよ。
日本の自動車雑誌もこの車の事を取材し記事にして・・・くれ有名になったんだ♪
Image 6:
In 1999 Mike again convinced me to drive the Mini again. The SCCA runoffs had moved from Road Atlanta to Mid Ohio.
The car was the same except for a nice new yellow paint job with a purple roof and bright orange borders on the graphics. It looked really good!
A competitor in California, Joe Huffaker, built a beautiful rear drive Mini that was very fast. We raced against each other every year from 1999 to 2004 during the season and at the runoffs.
We both did not finish in 1999 and I finished second to him in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
1999年は2台とも途中リタイヤだったし2001年と2002年は彼が1位で自分は2位だったんだ。
Image 7:
On track at Mid Ohio. Good looking car!! (I think).
Image 8:
We stripped the car to a bare chassis in 2002 to inspect and do a complete overhaul. Changed the chassis color from red to light gray.
Image 9 and 10:
The big change was moving the front coil over dampers to a horizontal position. This made ride height and damper adjustment much easier.
I fabricated new upper suspension arms and added mounting plates to the chassis.
大きな変更点はフロント側のコイルダンパーユニットを水平配置にレイアウト変更した事かな。
車高調整やダンパーの調整がとてもしやすくなったね。
自分自身で新しいアッパーアームやブラケット類を作って溶接したんだ。
Image 11:
We also fabricated stronger rear trailing arms.
リヤのトレーリングアームもより強い物に作り替えたのさ。
Image 12:
This view of the engine shows the longer, straight intake manifolds we fabricated back in 1984 when SCCA allowed us to modify the old yellow cars firewall.
このエンジンの写真には、1984年に黄色のミニ用に溶接し製作したストレートで長いインテークマニホールドが写っているんだ。
Image 13:
Engine installed in updated chassis. Dampers and springs are under the carburetors.
改良された車体にエンジンが搭載され、ダンパーとスプリングはキャブレターの下に来たんだ。
Image 14:
In 2003 and 2004 we again won the SCCA runoffs, 18 years after the car had won its first Runoffs in 1986!
In 2015 Mike sold the car to Mini enthusiasts Andy and Rachel Nelson in Toronto Canada. They have restored beautiful vintage racing Minis and have done a very impressive rebuild on it. The car is in good hands. Andy let me drive it at a vintage event at Watkins Glen New York in September 2018.
So I was able to drive it again 14 years after I last drove it!
Doug Petersonからの写真 10 MINI ENGINE
https://www.saclam.com/todays/todays_saclam/2019/02/doug-peterson-10-mini-engine.html
Doug Petersonからの写真 09
https://www.saclam.com/todays/todays_saclam/2019/02/-doug-peterson-9tube-frame-mini-1.html
Doug Petersonからの写真 08
Doug Petersonからの写真 07
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Doug Petersonからの写真 06
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Doug Petersonからの写真 05
https://www.saclam.com/todays/todays_saclam/2019/01/doug-peterson-05-1.html
Doug Petersonからの写真 04
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Doug Petersonからの写真 03
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Doug Petersonからの写真 02
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Doug Petersonからの写真 01
https://www.saclam.com/todays/todays_saclam/2019/01/doug-peterson01.html
For Old Boys CAN-AM 01
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