Dead ultima

[teamea]

just found these pictures

www.nsxfiles.com/VCHillClimb.htm

[Steve_D]

Seen these before but it is still worth looking again if only to wonder at the integrity of the roll cage.
80-100 mph over a 400 foot drop and the cage doesn't even look bent. The fact that everything else has departed i.e. Engine, 'box, wheels and suspension demonstrates what a rough ride they had and the driver walks away.
Steve

[GTRClive]

Yep I say full cage not an option, a Must have.

[BigAl1]

Ahh yes,
Randy Bare's Sports - the first Ultima I ever saw. Lust at first sight! It had competed at Run-and-Gun about 2 months before dying at Virginia City. Still have pics of his car at Knott's Berry Farm kit car show. This car inspired my dream for an Ultima - now in construction. You gotta chase your dreams!

Allan

[Stig]

Interestingly, it appears from the pics that he flat floored his engine bay?

Cooling must have been errr.... interesting!

[davefiddes]

I think that a lot of Sports were like that. Ultima changed things for the GTR to not have a flat floor to improve downforce and cooling.