F#191 - Solved - Paul Newman at 1980 VW Rabbit Cup race at Brainerd

faksta · February 13, 2013, 03:02:25 PM

For one point please tell me what car is this (obvious), what is the event and who is the driver.

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faksta · February 24, 2013, 06:13:59 PM

Up a level

sixtee5cuda · February 24, 2013, 07:25:02 PM

For whatever this is worth, the car is a 1978-1980 Volkswagen Rabbit built in Pennsylvania, USA.

sixtee5cuda · February 24, 2013, 07:33:36 PM

Did this event take place before 1985?

D-type · February 25, 2013, 06:01:12 AM

How do you tell the difference between a Rabbit and a Golf?

billtorrance9999 · February 25, 2013, 06:15:04 AM

Square headlights which were more-or-less compulsory in the USA then

D-type · February 25, 2013, 07:18:26 AM

Thanks. I knew that something looked different but couldn't see what it was. On a scale of 1-100 my powers of observation must rate a single digit number!

nicanary · February 25, 2013, 07:33:57 AM

Celebrity race?

sixtee5cuda · February 25, 2013, 09:29:52 AM

re: Rabbit vs Golf - Also, Golfs are equipped with horizontally mounted side markers, and the Rabbit markers are vertical. (If I recall correctly, during at least one of those years, the diesel Rabbit was built in Germany, so it was sold in the U.S. with round headlights and horizontal side markers.)

faksta · February 26, 2013, 07:40:02 AM

It is a Rabbit, of course. The event took place before 1985, yes. Whether it was a celebrity race or not, I'm not 100% certain, sorry :(

sixtee5cuda · February 26, 2013, 08:32:04 PM

Is this ~~Wally Dallenbach Jr.~~ Horst Kwech, at Mid-Ohio, racing in the SCCA Rabbit/Bilstein Cup? Probably 1981 or 1982

faksta · February 27, 2013, 07:38:41 AM

It is an SCCA VW Rabbit Cup (it was referred to as 'VW Cup' in my source, but I suppose it is the same thing in this case?), but slightly earlier than you have stated. Driver and venue are different, though.

WayneB · February 27, 2013, 12:11:51 PM

1980 SCCA Rabbit Bilstein Cup

Driver Kip Andreas?

D-type · February 27, 2013, 03:23:09 PM

Is the driver Bob Hoskins? ;D

sixtee5cuda · February 27, 2013, 05:48:04 PM

Is the driver Gary Benson?

faksta · February 28, 2013, 01:44:48 AM

1980 it is, right. Driver is none of the above, though. He is a better known person.

sixtee5cuda · February 28, 2013, 07:23:10 AM

Kent McCord?

faksta · February 28, 2013, 08:52:03 AM

Not him.

You're on the right path, though (just looked up who Kent McCord is :P ).

WayneB · February 28, 2013, 09:55:27 AM

Larry Wilcox from CHIPS?

sixtee5cuda · February 28, 2013, 10:02:05 AM

Off the path, but still famous: Roger Mears?

faksta · February 28, 2013, 11:15:08 AM

No, neither. Remember I was not sure whether it was a celebrities race or a normal one - that might be a little (or a big?) clue.

nicanary · February 28, 2013, 11:17:09 AM

Paul Newman?

faksta · February 28, 2013, 01:45:52 PM

Zing!

faksta · February 28, 2013, 01:47:35 PM

Cuda, you've been close, but the final hit was made by nicanary, so a point for him. Better luck next time :)

Oh wait, I forgot about the track! An additional point for naming the track then.

sixtee5cuda · February 28, 2013, 02:03:47 PM

Brainerd is the track

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F#191 - Solved - Paul Newman at 1980 VW Rabbit Cup race at Brainerd