Bullet Train Cheetah: Pittaway's upgrade
Duncan Pittaway is to explore uprating his rare Chevrolet Cheetah’s brakes with “the same material they use on Japan’s bullet trains” for 2024.
“Its drum brakes work fine while they last but we’re told the stuff they’ve got on the bullet trains could make them last longer,” said the 60-year-old Bristolian who, after an early charge to third place, retired from Sunday’s Historic Racing Drivers Club Allstars race at Silverstone following three spins caused by brake issues.
Pittaway’s Cheetah is the first of only 11 built by Bill Thomas to help Chevrolet beat Carroll Shelby’s Cobras and had not competed since the late 1960s before he acquired it in Arizona in 2015.
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Source: Autosport