A die cast with a personnal connection,,,

[Dave Van]

This die cast model was just released. A 80's era Rabbit SCCA showroom stock race car. So what is the connection??? This car is a model of Joe Klitzsch's race car ran out of the GMP shops in Charlotte NC. My brother in law worked for Joe's tuning biz and I even helped out now and then. When my brother in law decided to go racing we picked the German built Fiesta being Ford guys. This put us in the same class as Joe, SCCA SS/C. Joe was a good driver and had more horsepower and more $$ in the Rabbit. He beat us every race for a year but we kept racing. The next season we had a Spring race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. A home race for both of us. Luck had it rained hard most of the weekend and really hard for our race. The weight and HP did no good in the hard rain, plus we had a new unshaved set of Kleber tires on hand. We WON the race by a good bit, Joe was 2nd. It was our very first win in SCCA and my first as a crew chief. You'd thought we had won the Daytona 500!!!! Thankfully in them olden days the crew was allowed to jump in the car and take a lap if you won.

Joe restored the old race car recently and I guess that is why it was picked for a die cast model. If they picked by story I'd hope to see a #33 Fiesta in a scale model!!!!

[slusher]

Great story Dave and cool little Rabbit!

Edited December 11, 2022 by slusher
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[Dragline]

Awesome story Dave. Having a connection so profound with a vehicle is something thay stays with us always.