The Ginetta G4 part II

This Ginetta G-4 was quite impressive. It is a very pretty little car and very quick. Look closely at the photos and you can see some of the changes to the car during the weekend.

The first thing that they did was to take the top off as it was causing lift on the long straight at Miller, an air scoop was put on the rear deck to cool the differential and the truck lid was raised with spacers to act as a spoiler and I guess to also help reduce lift and maybe to aid in cooling the rear end.
In Saturdays qualifying race the Ginetta had to start at the back of the grid of 22 cars. During this race I was on the other side of the track in the area of “Right Hook.” From Right Hook I could see the field take the green flag and by the time the Ginetta had reached the first turn (Sunset Bend) it had passed by my count 5 cars. At the end of the first lap it was up to 14th and each lap it just kept picking off one car after another. With about three laps to go the pace car came out because of an off road excursion of another car at this point I believe the Ginetta was either third or fourth. The two cars in the lead were Porsche 914/6’s. The Red 914/6 seemed to have it over the whole field, as he was able to pull away at will. On the restart the Ginetta passed the other cars and ended up with a well-deserved second place. This was the great drive of the weekend. Saturday night the course workers got together and voted for their favorite car and driver. They awarded this to Jeff Kline and his Ginetta G-4. They took the victory checkered flag and each worker signed it.