NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/autos/rodncu/338

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Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!oasys!mcostell
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm G. Costello)
Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
Subject: Re: Pontiac GTO vs. Ferrari GTO
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 22 Dec 92 17:24:53 GMT
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Reply-To: [e-mail] (Malcolm G. Costello)
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In alt.autos.rod-n-custom, [e-mail] (Neal Howard) writes:
xIn article <[e-mail]> [e-mail]
xs.edu writes:
x>I have no idea where the original term GTO came from so I won't even try to
x>speculate.  But I do know what it is currently used for.  The IMSA uses the
x
xGrand Turismo Omoligatto ?? (not too sure about the "O" word but it's some
xItalian word that sounds something like that)
x
I think you're right about the Omoligatto. I think it had something
to do with a racing class. You had to build a certain number of similar
vehicles to be allowed to race in that class. The English word is
homologize, to make the same. Anything less than the required number
and you had to race in a more open class with the "one offs".
;)
Isn't that similar to why Chrysler had to build street versions of
the Superbird and Daytona, to be allowed to run them in NASCAR?
;)
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