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Weird, or unusual racing cars
We have had a thread on this a long time ago, but as most images are offline, let's kick off a new thread, starting with this Allard midget, also known as 'The Atom'! The wheelbase was only 4ft 6 inches (137 centimetres!) Seems to be an English creation too
More on this here: http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/John%2 ... ge%202.htm
More on this here: http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/John%2 ... ge%202.htm
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I never quite got the point of this rear wing. Apparently, the rest of F1 didn't either.
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Extra downforce and stability i think.
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Advertising space . I'm sure Goodyear threw in an extra $3.5.John wrote:
I never quite got the point of this rear wing. Apparently, the rest of F1 didn't either.
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Maybe it's too easy to stick this car in here. But it sure deserves to be here. It's also far too easy to post Brabhams fan-car, Arrows front-wing-Monaco special, and a few other F1 cars.
But anyway,
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Well, Brambilla crashed so much, I suppose it was to make the car bigger and therefore more visible.MonteCristo wrote:Advertising space . I'm sure Goodyear threw in an extra $3.5.John wrote:
I never quite got the point of this rear wing. Apparently, the rest of F1 didn't either.
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Another question: Just how successful was that Chapparal 2J fan car?
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A stroke of genius by Colin Chapman to exploit the American racing scene who still thought lots of power and huge, front-engined beasts were the way to go!
Metzo, you're going to have to explain why someone made a racing car out of a people carrier.
Metzo, you're going to have to explain why someone made a racing car out of a people carrier.
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Yes, a Lotus 38 in this thread confused me too. What's weird about it?strad wrote:So weird it won Indy
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Ehm, some Italian bloke in Maranello was also the last one in F1 who thought the same.PTRACER wrote:A stroke of genius by Colin Chapman to exploit the American racing scene who still thought lots of power and huge, front-engined beasts were the way to go!
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All three drivers in the car at the same time. Saves time on driver changes. Genius.PTRACER wrote:Metzo, you're going to have to explain why someone made a racing car out of a people carrier.
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http://www.supertouringregister.com/reg ... hicle/158/PTRACER wrote:Metzo, you're going to have to explain why someone made a racing car out of a people carrier.
Peugeot’s unique 806 people-carrier may have never been officially recognised as a SuperTourer but it is still worthy of inclusion here. The idea came from Peugeot’s Belgium division to build a car to the local Procar regulations and enter it in the 1995 Spa-Francorchamps 24 hours, with Kronos Racing being tasked to build and run the car. The car featured suspension and running gear borrowed from a 1993 Class II 405 Mi16 whilst under the bonnet the engine block from a Group A rally 306 was mated to 405 Supertouring cylinder head, albeit fitted with longer lasting steel valves rather than the usual lighter titanium ones.
Initially the car was greeted with some scepticism and even calls for it to be banned from the event. Some suggesting that the monospace structure and high centre of gravity would make the car too dangerous. Eventually the RACB, Belgium’s motorsports governing body, declared that the car did meet all the technical requirements of Procar Division 2 (effectively FIA Class 2) and should be allowed to race.
Once on the track the car soon silenced many of it’s critics, qualifying 12th on the grid, 3rd quickest in it’s class. In the race any hopes of a good result were soon curtailed when the car was forced to stop with both brake and oil pump problems within the first hour. A string of mechanical failures followed, including bearings, differential and engine mount, before the engine finally expired less than ten hours into the race.
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At the time, it was definitely "out there".EB wrote:Yes, a Lotus 38 in this thread confused me too. What's weird about it?strad wrote:So weird it won Indy
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