racing a real race car

nzsimon · February 13, 2004, 12:36:11 AM

My fiancee bought me a day in a race car for xmas so yesterday we headed off to the track to do the deed ( 3hour drive ) the weather held off which was great
The cars are purpose built for a special series on TV and are similar to a formula 1 car with tip tronic and sizing but powered by a 1100 motor cycle engine they do 230 kmh the people who lease them change cars for every race

They supplied everything and when i put on the racing overalls I felt two flexi strips down the back thinking this was back support I drove all day with this in the back never giving it another thought untill I took the overalls off at the end of the day and the coathanger fell out ( how embarrasing )

Well I had a blast going round right angle corners at what I would have thought was impossible speeds and each ession of laps shaved off 3 seconds finishing with a time I am really happy with

They also gave Kylie a few laps and with her Lotus racing experience she turned in a respectfull time straight off

The tiptronic down shifts were a bit tricky as you still needed the clutch but the upshifts were easy

anyone who wants to see them here is a link http://www.challengeracing.co.nz/

enjenjo · February 13, 2004, 01:30:07 AM

Neat Simon!! You'll be building one of those next.

Sean · February 13, 2004, 06:46:43 PM

That would be pretty fun. How fast is that in MPH?

nzsimon · February 13, 2004, 08:03:40 PM

Quote from: "Sean"That would be pretty fun. How fast is that in MPH?

about 140mph roughly 100kph is 60 mph

old32 · February 13, 2004, 08:08:37 PM

Easiest way to get approx kph into mph is multiply by 0.6
thus 230kph is about 138mph

nzsimon · February 13, 2004, 08:59:07 PM

see if I can make it work

Bruce Dorsi · February 13, 2004, 11:33:23 PM

That's strange, Simon.....

....You don't appear to be smiling!

Is this the BEFORE or AFTER pic?

nzsimon · February 14, 2004, 02:42:38 PM

I was probably miles away I had just come in after 15 laps