Gotta love life in George Poteet's world...! - Lateral-g Forums

buickfunnycar.com · #1 09-22-2010, 01:37 PM

Must be nice to have the means to do things the way you want...and George is right,these are as correct as possible.

From the current HMR eight-page feature...pics speak for themselves:

awr68 · #2 09-22-2010, 04:04 PM

Those look real nice!

NEVER ENOUGH · #3 09-22-2010, 06:17 PM

Impressive, that's for sure.

monza · #4 09-22-2010, 06:42 PM

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.

BritishGreen68 · #5 09-22-2010, 07:01 PM

If he had the tooling made to cast his own wheels in "THE USA" Id be impressed... wheels are way cool though. WAY better then TTII's...

skatinjay27 · #6 09-22-2010, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monza

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.

its cause they were widely used on the trans am series cars in which most people feel are some what the granddads of the pro-touring/g-machine style.
and yes cause they are bad azz!

Northeast Rod Run · #7 09-22-2010, 08:16 PM

I was almost afraid to open this thread, just because I was afraid of total jealousy on my part

**XcYZ** · #8 09-22-2010, 08:25 PM

Very nice.

awr68 · #9 09-22-2010, 08:31 PM

Looking at this pic the car doesn't look mini-tubbed...am I right?

buickfunnycar.com · #10 09-22-2010, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monza

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.

Back in the day,the T/A cars were generating such lateral movement,they were blowing the centers right out of the wheels,especially the magnesium AR 200S wheels,which were so popular with the teams during the 1969-70 seasons.If you go back to those races and look at the final standings,you'll see many DNF results due to wheel-related issues.

It was Roger Penske who spent the money to do the research which led to England's Minilight wheel as being the strongest/lightest option available.
It's all in Dave Friedman's book on early T/A racing...