Intelligent Money Racing 718 Cayman - Season Deux
Discussion
So last year, we built a race car and, errr, raced it 
.
There’s a huge thread here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
But in short, Julian from PH Finance Forum sponsors Intelligent Money teamed up with me to start up a club racing team. IM already sponsors British GT but this was about some proper home-built achievable racing but still with a suitably IM/PHworthy car
.
So we bought this slightly out of shape Cayman
Did a few things to straighten it out -
Took a few bits out -
Added a few bits in -
Got some help off PHer Chris @racerdesigns to make it look pretty
And came up with a team logo -
And another PHer Andy @BGInstall did all the wrapping (click on the pic!) -
Then we went testing -
And then we went racing -
It was a good season -
But 2021 was always going to be the bedding in season. We ran with three different clubs trying out different championships but I knew that ideally I wanted to go back to the 750 Motor Club Enduro Championship. This is the biggest endurance championship in UK racing with regular grids of 50 cars and over half the cars being run by professional race teams.
The races are 2-3 hours long so they involve pitstops, refuelling and the option to run with two drivers. Tactics, teamwork and consistency are all as important as raw pace so to win you have to tick every box.
But I needed a teammate. Someone who is very handy behind the wheel and up for the battle of a closely run season…………
In 2018 I was fortunate enough to share a car with PHer Mattnoss and we managed to win the Championship but Matt has just upgraded his own car and already has a busy season ahead. But our biggest competition in 18 was for the overall win, we were leading class C and the driver at the front of class B fought us all the way to the last round for the overall trophy, just losing out to us in the end by only two points…….
Enter another Matt, another PHer (fesuvious) and my new teammate
.There’s a huge thread here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
But in short, Julian from PH Finance Forum sponsors Intelligent Money teamed up with me to start up a club racing team. IM already sponsors British GT but this was about some proper home-built achievable racing but still with a suitably IM/PHworthy car
.So we bought this slightly out of shape Cayman
Did a few things to straighten it out -
Took a few bits out -
Added a few bits in -
Got some help off PHer Chris @racerdesigns to make it look pretty
And came up with a team logo -
And another PHer Andy @BGInstall did all the wrapping (click on the pic!) -
Then we went testing -
And then we went racing -
It was a good season -
But 2021 was always going to be the bedding in season. We ran with three different clubs trying out different championships but I knew that ideally I wanted to go back to the 750 Motor Club Enduro Championship. This is the biggest endurance championship in UK racing with regular grids of 50 cars and over half the cars being run by professional race teams.
The races are 2-3 hours long so they involve pitstops, refuelling and the option to run with two drivers. Tactics, teamwork and consistency are all as important as raw pace so to win you have to tick every box.
But I needed a teammate. Someone who is very handy behind the wheel and up for the battle of a closely run season…………
In 2018 I was fortunate enough to share a car with PHer Mattnoss and we managed to win the Championship but Matt has just upgraded his own car and already has a busy season ahead. But our biggest competition in 18 was for the overall win, we were leading class C and the driver at the front of class B fought us all the way to the last round for the overall trophy, just losing out to us in the end by only two points…….
Enter another Matt, another PHer (fesuvious) and my new teammate
QBee said:
I don't race, don't own a Porsche, but love what you are doing.
Keep it coming and good luck in the 2022 season.
Seconded. I'd forgotten how bashed about the Cayman was when you got it! Enjoyed the previous thread, looking forward to following this one. Have a great season guys!Keep it coming and good luck in the 2022 season.
So a quick word about what we are getting up to this year - starting TOMORROW 
The main push this year is the 750 Motor Club, Club Enduro Championship. Most club racing is based round single 45 minute "endurance" races or double 15-20 minute sprint races typically spread over 6-8 race weekends over the season. Club Enduro effectively bridges the gap between the usual club formats and national level racing which is typically run entirely through professional teams and on budgets that most clubbies could only dream of.
Which isn’t to say that even club racing at this level is cheap because it isn’t, but it is achievable and it is possible to compete against those that bring much bigger budgets; or at least, that’s the plan
.
So over 8 races at 7 venues we will (hopefully) total over 16 hours of racing, complete 9 pitlane fuel stops with 9 driver swaps and use over a thousand litres of fuel. At each race we get a 30 minute qualifying session and while many of the teams will be there testing on the official test days on the run up to the events, these quali sessions will be our first runs of the weekend so we will need to be on it from the first lap
.
The championship is run in classes based on the power to weight ratio of the cars so each car must submit a power figure based on a dyno run on one of the named club dynos and we will be weighed regularly after quali and race sessions. The club also owns a mobile dyno which will be at events and used for testing cars to ensure compliance.
The classes are A 300/ton, B 240/ton, C 180/ton. We are in class B.
Other than power to weight the regs are pretty open so we will be up against front and rear wheel drive cars, some of which may have been factory built for racing. This year class C seems to have a smaller entry so in each race we are expecting around 20 cars in class A and B, and around 10 in C.
Class A has previously been where all the money has gone leaving the lower classes more open to drivers running their own cars on a more moderate budget but this seems to have filtered down now and our class has a good number of professionally run cars with big development programs and reported £60-80k build costs
.
But we are well up for the fight! Our car has (so far) proven to be quick and reliable, it’s fun to drive and can hold pace over a full race distance. Matt has only driven the car once so he’s still getting to grips with it but even on his first day it was obvious he was going to be quick in it so now it’s a question of if I can match his pace and then we see how we match up against the rest of the field.
Tomorrow we are out for quali at 10.45am and it’s going to be busy! If you’ve ever done at trackday at Donington Park and had to queue to get on track, that would be because there was already 35-40 cars on circuit; we will be trying to get a lap in with 50 cars out there so one of the biggest factors will be finding some space to get a clear lap in.
If you want to follow what is going on, live timing will be available here -
https://www.theresultslive.co.uk/750-motor-club/20...
We are car no13.
The race starts just before 3pm and we are live streamed so you can watch it on youtube here -
https://www.750mc.co.uk/live.htm
We are pretty easy to spot
I’m pretty sure you can post comments on there during the streaming so shout up and see if you can get the car some extra mentions on the commentary.
The main push this year is the 750 Motor Club, Club Enduro Championship. Most club racing is based round single 45 minute "endurance" races or double 15-20 minute sprint races typically spread over 6-8 race weekends over the season. Club Enduro effectively bridges the gap between the usual club formats and national level racing which is typically run entirely through professional teams and on budgets that most clubbies could only dream of.
Which isn’t to say that even club racing at this level is cheap because it isn’t, but it is achievable and it is possible to compete against those that bring much bigger budgets; or at least, that’s the plan
.So over 8 races at 7 venues we will (hopefully) total over 16 hours of racing, complete 9 pitlane fuel stops with 9 driver swaps and use over a thousand litres of fuel. At each race we get a 30 minute qualifying session and while many of the teams will be there testing on the official test days on the run up to the events, these quali sessions will be our first runs of the weekend so we will need to be on it from the first lap
.The championship is run in classes based on the power to weight ratio of the cars so each car must submit a power figure based on a dyno run on one of the named club dynos and we will be weighed regularly after quali and race sessions. The club also owns a mobile dyno which will be at events and used for testing cars to ensure compliance.
The classes are A 300/ton, B 240/ton, C 180/ton. We are in class B.
Other than power to weight the regs are pretty open so we will be up against front and rear wheel drive cars, some of which may have been factory built for racing. This year class C seems to have a smaller entry so in each race we are expecting around 20 cars in class A and B, and around 10 in C.
Class A has previously been where all the money has gone leaving the lower classes more open to drivers running their own cars on a more moderate budget but this seems to have filtered down now and our class has a good number of professionally run cars with big development programs and reported £60-80k build costs
.But we are well up for the fight! Our car has (so far) proven to be quick and reliable, it’s fun to drive and can hold pace over a full race distance. Matt has only driven the car once so he’s still getting to grips with it but even on his first day it was obvious he was going to be quick in it so now it’s a question of if I can match his pace and then we see how we match up against the rest of the field.
Tomorrow we are out for quali at 10.45am and it’s going to be busy! If you’ve ever done at trackday at Donington Park and had to queue to get on track, that would be because there was already 35-40 cars on circuit; we will be trying to get a lap in with 50 cars out there so one of the biggest factors will be finding some space to get a clear lap in.
If you want to follow what is going on, live timing will be available here -
https://www.theresultslive.co.uk/750-motor-club/20...
We are car no13.
The race starts just before 3pm and we are live streamed so you can watch it on youtube here -
https://www.750mc.co.uk/live.htm
We are pretty easy to spot
I’m pretty sure you can post comments on there during the streaming so shout up and see if you can get the car some extra mentions on the commentary
.
Spent a bit of time with Steve and the team yesterday, and filmed their pit stop.
Such a shame about the 5 second penalty.
https://youtu.be/ObaKec55Xsg
Such a shame about the 5 second penalty.
https://youtu.be/ObaKec55Xsg
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