RE: Red Victor 3 sets new record

[Mr Gear]

Lordbenny said:

They look like slicks to me!

Look closer then.

[UK952]

Congrats to all involved - epic!

[Stubbs]

After waiting all day Sunday praying for the rain to stop it was worth the wait for the first run Monday morning!

Well done to Andy and the team, it was good to see the record being taken and all the extatic faces. All the hard work paid off!!!

[paulrussell]

In fact, if memory serves, I think Andy ran a 7.4s pass in street legal trim at just under 200mph.
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I don't think Andy was running in street legal trim, as that was the fastest RV2 ran.

[redvictor]

It was with DOT tyres Paul, albeit the slicks with 3 grooves around them.

I've seen some funny stuff on the net in the last 2 days. Corsasport is the funniest.
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?t...
Apparently it can't be a record because i didn't race it in a street legal state!
You have 2 guys on there who are tyring to explain to the rest how it works,but they're having none of it. None of the people argueing against it have even considered we're racing in a class with rules that say "slick tyres,methanol and wheelie bars required"...
It's funny as f**k....
PS,if anyone from there sees this exhaust system doesn't come off for racing.
Just wheels/tyres changed and wheelie bar is added.

Anyway,thank you everyone (apart from you know who) for the fantastic support you continue to give us. We'll be at PVS this weekend giving Jonny Smith the ride of his life, if it ever stops raining of course...

Edited by redvictor on Friday 8th June 07:54

[MotorPsycho]

Wow, shouldn't have expected much from a bunch of corsa-tards but that level of ignorance is impressive.

[billmac]

nice looking car, reading through older posts on this article,quick question i don't understand is, does the record for fastest street car stand if the car is run in race trim, i.e slicks, race fuel and wheelie bars, as none of these can be used while on the road makes me wonder, the american who went 6.75 was on treaded tyres, what would this car do on treaded tyres.

regards

Billy.

[Turbobird1]

redvictor said:

It was with DOT tyres Paul, albeit the slicks with 3 grooves around them.

I've seen some funny stuff on the net in the last 2 days. Corsasport is the funniest.
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?t...
Apparently it can't be a record because i didn't race it in a street legal state!
You have 2 guys on there who are tyring to explain to the rest how it works,but they're having none of it. None of the people argueing against it have even considered we're racing in a class with rules that say "slick tyres,methanol and wheelie bars required"...
It's funny as f**k....
PS,if anyone from there sees this exhaust system doesn't come off for racing.
Just wheels/tyres changed and wheelie bar is added.

Anyway,thank you everyone (apart from you know who) for the fantastic support you continue to give us. We'll be at PVS this weekend giving Jonny Smith the ride of his life, if it ever stops raining of course...

Edited by redvictor on Friday 8th June 07:54

that thread is funny theres a few here who would fit in there quiet nicely

[smash]

My personal favourite quote from the corsa thread:

"This thread isn't nearly pedantic enough - no one's even bothered to mention that it's got as many original Vauxhall parts on it as the mug of coffee sitting next to my laptop at the moment "

Love it!

Can't someone twist some melons (as the great lord Ryder once said) over there by asking how it's different to turning up at a track day and changing to track tyres...

[Laurel Green]

Well done to all involved!

[redvictor]

billmac said:

nice looking car, reading through older posts on this article,quick question i don't understand is, does the record for fastest street car stand if the car is run in race trim, i.e slicks, race fuel and wheelie bars, as none of these can be used while on the road makes me wonder, the american who went 6.75 was on treaded tyres, what would this car do on treaded tyres.

regards

Billy.

Thank you.
The car races in Pro Mod. Which means you have to run slicks,use methanol and wheelie bars.
It's a no brainer. Use them and i race,don't use them and i don't race.
The record stands whatever trim the car is in,because it's taxed tested and insured for the road wether i'm in race trim or not, and the car has driven on the road,and can be driven anytime i want to.

Like the corsasport thread,i cannot see why they're even questioning it.
The americans have been racing street legal cars this way for decades. So suddenly we break the record and it cannot be right because we raced in a class race trim??


This is the way it is. We now have the record.It's up to someone to come and take it away from us with a street legal and driven car. The nature of these records are that someone will break it eventually.
In fairnes 99% of the world is recognising this record. It seems the only ones questioning it are folk from this country? Strange indeed..

[Turbobird1]

one word...... jelousy......

they all think there littler st boxes are fast..... now someone proves there are realy slow they dont like it....no great mistery

[redvictor]

Turbobird1 said:

one word...... jelousy......

they all think there littler st boxes are fast..... now someone proves there are realy slow they dont like it....no great mistery

Maybe it is..
They have their opinion for sure,however wrong it is..

[aycee]

It reminds me of watching Dave Pollen in the old days run at the pod and doing the Chelsea cruise.I must be getting old.

[Turbobird1]

yes that car ran in pro mod and drove on the street too....although it was 2 secs slower than Andys...pro mod generaly was a lot slower then,

[Bowler]

Just read some of the comments on CS and can't beleive some of the "head in the sand" opinions expressed there

Some spotty ignorant tt on CS said:

it couldnt be put on the top gear laptime board as it is,its not legal imo

Absolutely unbeliveable!

It just goes to show how much a popular entertainment programme has so deeply permeated modern thinking, that comments like this are regurgitated as fact.

FFS!

Actually I’ve concluded that there’s is no hope for you Andy. You should pack-up, sell-up and quit. Oh, and whilst your about it, buy a high powered 1997 Corsa (54 bhp). Then get your ar$e into Halfords and get all those really essential parts to make your car go really fast, look better, help you pull Etc Etc

[Flying Toilet]

Its the same with every dedicated make car forum that attracts teenagers with bean cans on the back and neons in the footwell of 50hp of blazing madness.

The people that matter know the deal and how the records work, just a few blinkered people and one person who calls himself a drag racing fan yet has gone out of his way to question every move Andy and the team makes.

They will sit in there bedroom alone raging with jealousy where as Andy can sit back and know he has done it with an army of followers. Thats what matters.

[MotorPsycho]

Turbobird1 said:

yes that car ran in pro mod and drove on the street too....although it was 2 secs slower than Andys...pro mod generaly was a lot slower then,

Videos somewhere of Fredde & Ronnie Bergstrom with pro mods on the streets of Stockholm too, couldn't possibly comment on roadworthyness though

[NitroWars]

Flying Toilet said:

They will sit in there bedroom alone raging with jealousy where as Andy can sit back and know he has done it with an army of followers. Thats what matters.

Don't be silly Dan, they'll be sitting in their bedrooms holding their manhood (if they can find it) wondering what to do next...

[LukeSi]

redvictor said:

It was with DOT tyres Paul, albeit the slicks with 3 grooves around them.

I've seen some funny stuff on the net in the last 2 days. Corsasport is the funniest.
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?t...
Apparently it can't be a record because i didn't race it in a street legal state!
You have 2 guys on there who are tyring to explain to the rest how it works,but they're having none of it. None of the people argueing against it have even considered we're racing in a class with rules that say "slick tyres,methanol and wheelie bars required"...
It's funny as f**k....
PS,if anyone from there sees this exhaust system doesn't come off for racing.
Just wheels/tyres changed and wheelie bar is added.

Anyway,thank you everyone (apart from you know who) for the fantastic support you continue to give us. We'll be at PVS this weekend giving Jonny Smith the ride of his life, if it ever stops raining of course...

Edited by redvictor on Friday 8th June 07:54

Andy what you really need to do is some more videos of the Victor being used on the road. Or you could even do a video of it (obviously when it is due) passing its MOT. Should shut a lot of people up. Hell take it to a council MOT center and if they pass it then it is obviously road legal. Well done on the result. Much deserved with how much effort you and the team have put in.

On a side note ask Slinky about our (guys he plays Forza with ) genius (utterly retarded) suggestion(s they got worse) for running in the wet

Edited by LukeSi on Friday 8th June 12:03

Edited by LukeSi on Friday 8th June 12:03