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27 Jun 2005, 18:24 (Ref:1341295)
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27 Jun 2005, 18:56 (Ref:1341309)
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Just got back from nurburgring, intresting weather (v.hot,v.wet) good meeting
more like a british club meeting than the oldtimer. Bad meeting for us, stripped timing belt,bent valves (hart420s). . |
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28 Jun 2005, 07:21 (Ref:1341724)
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what were you both racing?
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28 Jun 2005, 18:45 (Ref:1342240)
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My father was racing his chevron b23 in the supersports race.
I was mechanic and engine taker outer,(Racing fabs were there so engine was put straight into lorry). |
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29 Jun 2005, 06:22 (Ref:1342537)
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oops sounds like Mr Wadsworth has just been given some more work! Does your father do the Orwell series the whole time? Whenever I have been at teh same meeting as them I have always been impressed by how well run it looks
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30 Jun 2005, 18:33 (Ref:1344063)
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Orwell series seems very good and competative so far.This is our first proper
crack at supersports.Usualy we race in group 4 but the b8 is having some well earned tlc (ready for silverstone we hope). |
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30 Jun 2005, 19:44 (Ref:1344155)
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F2.
Spoke with Supersports co-ordinator and they will not take later Thundersports cars. |
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1 Jul 2005, 06:23 (Ref:1344445)
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have you got a slot on the Silverstone grid or are you a reserve? Are you doing Carol's race or WSM? I have my Merlyn in that race.
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1 Jul 2005, 18:55 (Ref:1344930)
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We are doing the wsm if we can finish the car in time,it is currently a rolling
chassis.I hear it is a 1hour 2 driver race. |
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4 Jul 2005, 07:14 (Ref:1346566)
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the B8? yes I am sharing it with Robert Parker - just deliberating asto whether I do Chimay in it the weekend before or am I tempting fate - its quite a bone shaker of a circuit
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4 Jul 2005, 09:31 (Ref:1346649)
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jamesl just seen you do F2 - you must know Chris L-P who bought my dbl deck trailer -
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5 Jul 2005, 19:10 (Ref:1348094)
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I've seen the car, a nice tecno.
Whats it like running a two tier trailer? I could do with one really. I emailed HSCC, they dont have any immediate plans to reintroduce Thundersports at the moment but if enough owners get togeather something could happen in the future? |
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6 Jul 2005, 06:21 (Ref:1348495)
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possibly more interestingly Julius told me that if enough people were interested and someone underwote the cost he would include a 1 hour race in his programme.
the trailers are great I only sold it as I dont have 2 cars at the moment and Chris approached me last year abt buying it. I got Brian James to make and they did it well. It towed perfectly whereas I think a parallel top deck could make the centre of gravity too high. I was able to tow it at 80 behind my LM200 quite happily (obv abroad and only where I was allowed to) |
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6 Jul 2005, 20:16 (Ref:1349042)
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I would certainly support the race with my entry if there were enough similar cars.
I think initially the only way to run them would be to tag onto the back of somebodyelse's race in an invitation class.Around a large circuit like Spa this could possibly work quite well. Also as a side point, when people refer to CN cars what do they mean? |
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6 Jul 2005, 21:06 (Ref:1349096)
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Quote:
http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations...appendixj.html see article 259. Something along the lines of the old 2l Group 6, or in later years the C3 cars. |
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20 Sep 2007, 11:01 (Ref:2018784)
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The cars running in the Sports Car Challenge Series (see the participants listing at www.sportscarchallenge.at ) are modern cars, much newer than the original Thundersports Class.
The LeMans Classic to be run in France july 2008 (see www.lemansclassic.com ) is open for their former kind of cars up to 1979, so too old for Thundersports. But like the musics "going back to '80's", racing does the same: This period is coming back to racing live. Just wait and check the news and keep the sparkplugs clean! |
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24 Sep 2007, 21:08 (Ref:2022105)
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I raced at Dijon 21st-23rd September 2007 in SPCC - a prototype series for cars from 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. At last some where to race - and at good meetings. Hopefully there are more cars out there which should now come out of the woodwork.
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25 Sep 2007, 06:24 (Ref:2022292)
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Well done James. What did you race? What engine? How did it go? What was the circuit like in that car? Who was quickest?
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25 Sep 2007, 18:56 (Ref:2022861)
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I run a 1982 Chevron B60 Thundersports car - Ford 2.0 - white with a red stripe. The quickest car was a Lola 1979 with a DFV. The pace of the cars was fairly similar to Orwell Supersports. The circuit is excellent, well worth making the effort to go. I came 3rd.
For more info about the series check out: http://www.autotecnica.fr/spcc.php For 2008 there will be 4 or 5 races, mostly in France. The cost for Dijon was 550 Euro, for a 30 min practise and 2 x 30 min races. Excellent value for money. |
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25 Sep 2007, 21:25 (Ref:2022978)
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Makes you think about leaving these soiled shores for good.
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Living the dream,Chief instruktor and racing on the worlds best circuits-The Nordschleife and Spa.Getting to drive the worlds best cars-someone has to do it, so glad its me.
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17 Dec 2007, 20:59 (Ref:2090807)
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Provisional 2008 Calendar SPCC
5th - 6th April Magny Cours 3rd - 4th May La Bresse 7th - 8th June Croix 13th - 14th September Charade 4th - 5th October Dijon The website should be updated soon, http://www.autotecnica.fr/spcc.php Its an ideal series if you have a sports proto from 1970's - 1990's. |
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18 Dec 2007, 22:07 (Ref:2091584)
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Just come accross this thread. We used to race our sports 2000 in the RJB. "It was great fun " Sadley the drivers rep and owner of a Chevron B6 kicked us out . We can now race the Sports 2000 in the Yokohama FHR enduro races with meetings at Hockenheim, Nurburgring, Spa ect. Will have a look at the autotecnica and put it foward to owner tomorrow night at our annual end of year Curry House meeting. Thanks James.
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