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daqinggregg said:
I idly speculated about some hero entering a R30, but google turns up an entry list and it would appear number 57 was an R17.soxboy said:
Milkyway said:
Still trying to work out what the lead car is... 
Looks like a mk2 Capri to me
Edited by aeropilot on Thursday 4th April 10:02
I'm amazed to see that the front row '70 Mustang is actually a monster 428SCJ version.......wow.....it was clearly quick to be front row on lap time, being on pole, but, I wonder how many sets of front tyres they went through around Spa with the weight of a big FE motor up front 
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
aeropilot said:
I'm amazed to see that the front row '70 Mustang is actually a monster 428SCJ version.......wow.....it was clearly quick to be front row on lap time, being on pole, but, I wonder how many sets of front tyres they went through around Spa with the weight of a big FE motor up front
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
Yep you could never call an FE light weight but then what BB is? 
Sardonicus said:
aeropilot said:
I'm amazed to see that the front row '70 Mustang is actually a monster 428SCJ version.......wow.....it was clearly quick to be front row on lap time, being on pole, but, I wonder how many sets of front tyres they went through around Spa with the weight of a big FE motor up front
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
Now wonder it DNF'd on failed kingpin
Yep you could never call an FE light weight but then what BB is? 
Ref: 24 hr Spa. Please excuse my ignorance; I know little about either touring/endurance car racing.
Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
I notice several cars, only have two drivers, that’s got to be fairly gruelling?
Is there a rule thing behind the number of drivers, or is it just a teams choice?
Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
I notice several cars, only have two drivers, that’s got to be fairly gruelling?
Is there a rule thing behind the number of drivers, or is it just a teams choice?
daqinggregg said:
Ref: 24 hr Spa. Please excuse my ignorance; I know little about either touring/endurance car racing.
Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
5th place o/a for Tony Dron and & Andy Rouse was an achievement, but maybe not given the calibre of those two drivers, and it was Broadspeed running the cars after all.Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
In fact, if you look at the Sprint's race success subsequently, other than the BTCC wins for Rouse, it was pretty much a high point for the car in terms of good race results.
daqinggregg said:
Ref: 24 hr Spa. Please excuse my ignorance; I know little about either touring/endurance car racing.
Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
I notice several cars, only have two drivers, that’s got to be fairly gruelling?
Is there a rule thing behind the number of drivers, or is it just a teams choice?
Two drivers was the norm for endurance racing right up until the 1980s, when 3 or more became normal. There are instances of drivers trying to complete 24 hour races solo, usually unsuccessfully...Two of the Dolomite Sprints made into the top ten, is that not quite and achievement?
I notice several cars, only have two drivers, that’s got to be fairly gruelling?
Is there a rule thing behind the number of drivers, or is it just a teams choice?
Motorsport in general seems to have softened over the years. When I started watching the Lombard RAC Rally in the 1970s, crews were on the go more or less non-stop for 5 days and nights: now they don't really even need additional lighting. Grands Prix used to last 3-4 hours. The Bathurst 500 from 1970-72 was won by solo drivers (Allan Moffat - twice - and Peter Brock).
Turbobanana said:
Motorsport in general seems to have softened over the years. When I started watching the Lombard RAC Rally in the 1970s, crews were on the go more or less non-stop for 5 days and nights: now they don't really even need additional lighting.
Yep, proper rallying, none of this office hours sprint event and then home for tea and medals nonsense The RAC Rally I was service crew on in '84 was non-stop, which was the 1st RAC I did, was about snatching a hour or two sleep in the chase car.....from getting up at 4am on the Sunday until getting to bed about 1am on the Thursday morning, I got about 12 hrs actual sleep in a bed in total. I remember getting up at 10pm, after 3 hrs sleep in the B&B we stayed in Carlisle to have a full English breakfast
Mad dogs and rally crews indeed..
hidetheelephants said:
I idly speculated about some hero entering a R30, but google turns up an entry list and it would appear number 57 was an R17.
Is that an SM a few cars back?
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