Another thread on the same forum (TNF-The Nostalgia Forum) re 26R flares:
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/20430 ... el-arches/mmatthej1--The photos in the thread that you posted I supplied-they are of me in 26R5 at Laguna Seca in 1985 dicing with the prototype Alfa TZ2-the only one with an alloy body. He had the handling, I had the power. (Hart 416B)