Just in cas you guys don't ....

[Maxx]

... view the Motorsport Forums, thought you might like to see your car is race trim at the fabulaous Yas Marina Circuit in Abu-Dhabi.

They sound even better than the road going version as they have a straight through, side-exit exhaust.

I have lots of onboard videos from the V8s (called Lumina in Middle-East, effecttively the VXR8 (and older HSV) as I am working (as driver-coach) with 3 guys who race in the series. We've tweaked the gain on the mic as it was distorting before, sounds ace now, turn up the speakers and enjoy!

Heres one of the most recent.

Onboard Raed Raffii, Race 2, Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfiDboTXZiQ

This is a good one that has external and onboards mixed and an Aerosmith soundtrack [they played at the event] just to compliment things (although I prefer just the engine sounds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIBhZYtNZC8

A few more to save you searching (if you want to search, just search for "maxxuk v8"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn1TWon5DSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fe7XjaFNQ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiSbtTcJw1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-XlFTZ9qw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqvtpcal_wM

Maxx

[Del-Dredd]

Cheers,Will check them out later, as at work and YouTube nogo.

Del

[El Diablo]

I cought some of this last week. my bro in-law sky plus'd it for me when he was flicking thru the channels and recognised the cars.
Only saw about 5mins but what I saw i liked.

Cheers for the heads up and info.

[Maxx]

Yes, forgot to mention they are showing the races on MotorTV in UK & Europe at the moment, program is called "Chevrolet Supercars".

The editing is pretty poor and the track/engine sounds are way too quite so it makes it look quite dull but def worth watching.

Maxx

[MyM8V8]

Whats the first drivers name: Mr. Gear!?

[Maxx]

... why do I bother







The major problem is the shifter, it's just a sequential shifter mated to a standard 4-speed box and the components just can't stand the torque being put through them. I reckon the team (the cars are all run by the race series mechanics) did well over a dozen gearbox changes and fixes over the weekend (free practice, quali and 2 races) and 3 drivers retired from this race with gearbox problems. This circuit does seem to put more strain on the cars than the other circuits they run (Bahrain and Reem [Saudi Arabia])

Maxx

Edited by Maxx on Monday 15th February 18:26

[Maxx]

Just posted Part 2 of the video where the gearbox really starts playing up. Also worth watching for the, unique to Yas-Marina, underground pit exit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN-H0MxO7aw

Maxx

[Glyn84]

Chevrolet Supercars, is this what we are talking about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vYTbplnHY

How an earth did these guys get race licenses? It's shocking!

[Maxx]

PM me and I will give you the number of the organiser, they have drives available in this series. The European Radical Champion and the ex WRC driver both dropped out as they found they weren't competitive enough, never even troubling the top 5 ... but am sure you can do better.

TV coverage always shows the spins and off track excursions, it's called entertainment. When you have a brand new track which has NEVER been raced on before. A group of drivers, over half of which had never driven the cars (in this spec) before and the other half only having done a handful of laps, put them straight into quali on a 21 turn track that they have never driven before. Add fine sand drifting across the track sometime being there, sometimes not. Cars with over 400bhp and slicks but with very basic suspension, too soft and with 0deg camber (so only using about 1/3 of the tyre in the corners) then you can expect a few mistakes in 50 minutes of racing.

Maxx

[MyM8V8]

Maxx said:

... why do I bother

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Only pulling your pisser Mate.

The real action in these cars is down under.

Edited by MyM8V8 on Tuesday 16th February 10:50

Edited by MyM8V8 on Tuesday 16th February 10:50