Take a look at   http://www.pinterest.com/pin/619948704927544792  for more cars than you can take in a day.

We had a race driving school owner in Dallas in the 70's that raced a 2.0L Pinto in SCCA rally's. He never won one but he always placed well. Why would an Escort make a better rally racer than a Pinto?

A bit of history, My Competition that was an example of serious engineering in 1988 era. This car was nationally competitive and frequently spanked us locals in Solo2 class E/P.

Comptech! Where have I heard that name before? I remember now. Pintosopher worked there! That Escort kicked butt every where it raced. Every time a new copy of North American Pylon came out there would be story's about it in the late 90's and early 2000's. Very fast and rare car. Thanks Joe for the great picture. It's now in my collection of great cars.

Dick,
 When I first saw this car in the Tech inspection line at a Solo event, I was blown away. The radiator was in the trunk, the Solid rear axle was suspended with a watts link , 4 link, and "Rocker arm" Coil over shocks dead center, and the Car had a Twin cam 1.6. After the car was disqualified at the nationals under an obscure ruling about whether it was ever sold in the U.S. with the Twin cam, the Builders Dwayne Komush, and Howard Wolf built a 1.6 pushrod motor that was just as strong. The winning ways continued and I'm not sure who owns it now. Howard Wolf was a Long time employee of Comptech and a nice guy to work with. Dwayne was a Aerospace employee from Lockheed ( If I remember OK).  A first rate build and smart drivers.