Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I spent the weekend at Donington watching a friend drive his Lola F3000 with an F1 3.5 engine in it run in the BOSS series for Indy cars, ex F1 cars, F3000 and other such exotica. Klaas Zwart won as usual, having as much seat time in his 4 litre Benetton B 197's on his own private circuit tells in his immense speed and confidence in the cars, awesome to watch his totally committed out laps!! He didn't set the fastest lap though, the outright lap record has now been broken by Marijyn Van Kalmthout in the first of the two races, with a stunning 57.221 second lap, in his Benetton B 197 running a 4 litre Judd V10 engine, see http://www.tsl-timing.com/eerc/2011/111863.pdf My photos of the day are at http://www.newbury-house.com/donington_britcar/boss.html I particularly likes the stunningly turned out Ex De Cesaris Jordan in period livery, and the totally immaculate Panoz DP01 Indy Champ Car that was driven brilliantly by the Dutchman Henk de Boer. The thing had IMMENSE grunt, and for a big relative barge suited Donington where it could utilize its vast downforce down the Craner Curves, and it's grunt up the Wheatcroft Straight. But my hat went off to my friend Chris Woodhouse who, despite only hearing of the event last Tuesday, running ancient tyres, and with a couple of worrying glitches that would sap the enthusiasm of many, came through to finish well in class in the second race. All run on a budget that probably wouldn't even pay for a weekend's tyres for the more exotically equipped teams. He hadn't even driven the Lola for many many months until tipping up at Donington. Great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Sounds like a good day out, I really need to get myself along to one of these. Getting a 404 on your link Chris, still uploading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Not sure what I do wrong with my links. I made a typo with an undersocre instead of a hyphen in newbury-house.com and edited it, but after saving the edited version when the link is clicked on it still shows an underscore.... See attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 It seems to save two links, the old and the edited, I think it's fixed now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 My mate Ric Wood decided his 7 litre V8 star car wasn't fast enough on the Saturday, so went home to fetch his DTM Astra, a fabulous £150K worth of German technology. Now THIS is what you call a front anti roll bar, and yes, it does twist, and yes, you can feel the adjustments when the link positions are changed. A proper race Supra would probably need something bigger still. http://www.newbury-house.com/donington_britcar/DSC01658.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 got any more pics of that astra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Only the ones in the main link in the first post. Looking for anything specific, I see it in the flesh every now and again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Only the ones in the main link in the first post. Looking for anything specific, I see it in the flesh every now and again? not really mate but as mentioned they are a cracking machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Gutted I didnt get to go along in the end, ahh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Wow some great machines in there Did you know the last few pics are really small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 I will try re uploading them, those are the few I took yesterday. Thanks Wez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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