Maddest race cars

[RB Will]

coppice said:

You will get up close (far closer than any race circuit ) to single seaters with 600 bhp or more, lots of aero , big slicks and breathtaking performance which leaves any tin top or supercar looking feeble. Enjoy.

The top cars really are mad things. I did a day at the Gurston Down hillclimb school a couple of months ago in my supercharged Nomad, a car which you would be hard pressed to call slow. I was crossing the finish line at about 95-100mph. The instructors there said the top cars will be doing 150mph+, which given it is also a slight S bend over a crest is even more mental than something out accelerating me by that much alone!

[Aventador 700]

And another photo of it

[kimducati]

RB Will said:

The top cars really are mad things. I did a day at the Gurston Down hillclimb school a couple of months ago in my supercharged Nomad, a car which you would be hard pressed to call slow. I was crossing the finish line at about 95-100mph. The instructors there said the top cars will be doing 150mph+, which given it is also a slight S bend over a crest is even more mental than something out accelerating me by that much alone!

Marshalling on the finish line post when the top guys are running focusses the mind - up the hill past Burkes Rise, pointing straight at you, then skimming past not three feet away. It's a brave man who doesn't take a step back the first time he witnesses it!!

And the answer to the original question (maddest?) has got to be the Mannic Beattie - it's worth the admission price just to see it.
Not sure if Nic Mann is still campaigning it, I've been out of the loop for 5 years or more.
Kim

[DodgyGeezer]

Halmyre said:

I always thought the Jaguar V12 coupe a mad idea for a racing car, and the Audi 200 a mad idea for a rally car, but motorsport was made more interesting by their existence. Somebody even rallied an Opel Monza . During one rally the rear hatch mysteriously fell off, instantly saving several hundred pounds of weight

there's also a 450SLC rally car....

[Milkyway]

DodgyGeezer said:

there's also a 450SLC rally car....

There was also a Silver Shadow...

[Caddyshack]

mat205125 said:

pablo said:

Hill climbing and time attack are totally different? You may think it’s the same thing but I can assure you it is not.

Time Attack
On a circuit, other cars on track, run off areas, multiple laps

hillclimb
On a course, no other cars, one chance, zero runoff, much bigger balls

Edited by pablo on Monday 8th August 21:50

God forbid someone posts something on the internet, without being immediately met by the attack of the pedantic semantics !!

Exactly, “the birthplace of” and “exactly the same as”are two very different things.

Edited by Caddyshack on Monday 15th August 17:08

[Common Porpoise]

Aventador 700 said:

And another photo of it

The Darracq is actually from 1905, not the 20s. It's not jsut the car that's bonkers...It belongs to Mark Walker who is standing behind Duncan Pittaway's Fiat S76 in the previous post. the Fiat was built from parts of the two original 1910 cars . both chaps are Goodwood heroes and there are some excellent videos of both cars on their YT

[Aventador 700]

Common Porpoise said:

Aventador 700 said:

And another photo of it

The Darracq is actually from 1905, not the 20s. It's not jsut the car that's bonkers...It belongs to Mark Walker who is standing behind Duncan Pittaway's Fiat S76 in the previous post. the Fiat was built from parts of the two original 1910 cars . both chaps are Goodwood heroes and there are some excellent videos of both cars on their YT

It must have been him i was talking to, total eccentric! love talking to people like that, we had a proper engineering dive conversation together and how he solved a fuelling problem, shame i forgot the actual year, maybe 1902 was mentioned, i tend to mix numbers like that thanks for the info, was a memorable encounter on both fronts and a lingering smell of petulia oil to heighten the memory, ahh biker days

[Chunkychucky]

RB Will said:

ChevronB19 said:

Expecting various 6 wheel F1 cars and Chapparal’s, but go for it.

Here’s my nomination as a starter - Shadow AVS Mk1.

Mate of mine driving that if you want anymore info

Just seen this When walking, does the lad require a wheelbarrow to transport his testicles?

Must admit i'd have a go at driving most things but that Shadow has 'hospital visit' written all over it.

[RL17]

Le Monstre
Cadillac at Le Mans in 1950 and back on track this year at Classic


https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/jordan-taylor-b...

[Robmarriott]

kimducati said:

And the answer to the original question (maddest?) has got to be the Mannic Beattie - it's worth the admission price just to see it.
Not sure if Nic Mann is still campaigning it, I've been out of the loop for 5 years or more.
Kim

This is what I was going to post.

For anyone not familiar with it, it’s a 4 wheel drive, 1700 BDT engined single seater with inboard brakes and a helicopter APU which spools the turbo to full boost all the time.

http://raceenginedesign.co.uk/the-manic-beattie/

Bonus Gould Puma (which was also amazing) in this video.

https://youtu.be/sE8S49bzHAg

[RB Will]

Chunkychucky said:

RB Will said:

ChevronB19 said:

Expecting various 6 wheel F1 cars and Chapparal’s, but go for it.

Here’s my nomination as a starter - Shadow AVS Mk1.

Mate of mine driving that if you want anymore info

Just seen this When walking, does the lad require a wheelbarrow to transport his testicles?

Must admit i'd have a go at driving most things but that Shadow has 'hospital visit' written all over it.

He said it is tha maddest, most visceral thing he has ever driven and he races modern LMP2 and classic F1 too.
The onboard video doesn’t look very lairy at all but given he was racing it for the owner I’d say he is only going at 8/10ths.
Straightline speed wise it is about the same as a modern LMP1.

[maxc]

RL17 said:

Le Monstre
Cadillac at Le Mans in 1950 and back on track this year at Classic


https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/jordan-taylor-b...

The Cadillac Le Monstre that ran at the Le Mans Classic this year (and last time) is a very close replica built and driven by Derek Drinkwater. He also has a matching team Coupe de Ville that has run there as well. There is a good feature on him on CSC at https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/cunni...

[satfinal]

I know of a mad race car, but for all the wrong reasons

[mat205125]

satfinal said:

I know of a mad race car, but for all the wrong reasons

WTF is that?

It looks like it's crabbing at the rear

The enormous airbox completely obscures the rear wing, which is tiny and therefore completely ineffective.

It looks like something that's been put together out of scaffold poles and fibreglass repair kits in someone's garage.

[RB Will]

I’ll take 3

[PhillipM]

My god that looks like I made it out of Meccano when I was 6.