klaus
April 26th, 2008, 05:54
STAGE 7
SUNDAY
4/25/2008 21:46:22
SS7
Saturday @ Veszprem
Cutting to the chase first. Or the last chase. Our boys had insurmountable time differences to overcome … any change in position would have “required” major issues by the factory Mitsus and Peoples Car guys. Not to happen, not would one expect it.
Never the less the black-on-blacks put on quite a show. BJ and Kev were already in the spot – light and made the most of it, power on, tires turn’ and usin’ all of the track … had it sideways on a downhill in front of the great unwashed masses. On the inbound run they were fourth behind Sainz, Peterhansel, and Depping: heady company indeed. Going head-to head with factory efforts in a SoCal “homie-built!”
Are-Gee and Andy were on the pipe, on the boil … roosting and boosting his rep out of the 11th start slot.
Robby was up to sixth … then dropped some time when they clipped a concrete abutment. The tire went “who knows where”, said Grider. “The rim was wrapped around the caliper. Instead of beating on it, Robby drove it a bit, broke it up, and we got it off. We lost three, fours minutes. And the caliper was not harmed.”
…………STAGE…….FINAL OVERALL OA
BJ……..5th……….7th
RG……..8th……..10th
Sainz got Peterhansel by a whopping 00:2:01, after a start gap of only 00:00:22.
COURSE NOTES
The last day. Rerun the same area, as every Veszprem morning ... clockwise … yesterday was CCW. Like running a lap of Primm fwd and back and fwd. Ends up not being a real navigator’s game.
Sunny. Windy.
The logistics for AOS – they also run the Tour De France – will require packing up the hundreds o power strips in the Media Centre … a ramshackle, deteriorated post-Soviet multistory office building … plus all the antennae for the TV hook-ups.
VW PR NOTES
5-cylinder in-line TDI Diesel, “two-stage supercharging system with turbos and intercooler” mounted up front. 2.5L, 280 bhp. 38-mm inlet restrictor
Cockpit is well-sealed to allow air conditioning.
Rules limit them to five-speeds (sequential) … used to be six, so the ASO screws with everyone, it seems.
Diesel has “extremely good torque and Lower fuel consumptions … can run 440-pounds light fuel load than a gas-engined car.
They will run a “new Touareg TDI” in the “1000”.
Permanent 4WD with three diffs w/ viscous locking. ZF Sachs 3-plate ceramic clutch
BFG 235-85/16 tires
Carbon fibre body
1,787 kilos
Suspension: double A-arms w/ dual Sachs coilovers.
SHORTS NOTES
Klaus has still has not found his Lederhosen. We figger that they were stolen. Shows he’s nuts, huh? Que lastima.
Some buggies had eight (8) identical A-arms: good chasing … maybe not optimized for actual performance.
Saw a few roll-overed (rolled-over) cars: had to be the result of total lack of rebound in the rear coupled with way-hard springs, due to miniscule travel.
Long Event
12 races
Sunday to Saturday
Early mornings, late evenings, many miles to travel before we sleep (Robert Frost)
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SUNDAY
4/25/2008 21:46:22
SS7
Saturday @ Veszprem
Cutting to the chase first. Or the last chase. Our boys had insurmountable time differences to overcome … any change in position would have “required” major issues by the factory Mitsus and Peoples Car guys. Not to happen, not would one expect it.
Never the less the black-on-blacks put on quite a show. BJ and Kev were already in the spot – light and made the most of it, power on, tires turn’ and usin’ all of the track … had it sideways on a downhill in front of the great unwashed masses. On the inbound run they were fourth behind Sainz, Peterhansel, and Depping: heady company indeed. Going head-to head with factory efforts in a SoCal “homie-built!”
Are-Gee and Andy were on the pipe, on the boil … roosting and boosting his rep out of the 11th start slot.
Robby was up to sixth … then dropped some time when they clipped a concrete abutment. The tire went “who knows where”, said Grider. “The rim was wrapped around the caliper. Instead of beating on it, Robby drove it a bit, broke it up, and we got it off. We lost three, fours minutes. And the caliper was not harmed.”
…………STAGE…….FINAL OVERALL OA
BJ……..5th……….7th
RG……..8th……..10th
Sainz got Peterhansel by a whopping 00:2:01, after a start gap of only 00:00:22.
COURSE NOTES
The last day. Rerun the same area, as every Veszprem morning ... clockwise … yesterday was CCW. Like running a lap of Primm fwd and back and fwd. Ends up not being a real navigator’s game.
Sunny. Windy.
The logistics for AOS – they also run the Tour De France – will require packing up the hundreds o power strips in the Media Centre … a ramshackle, deteriorated post-Soviet multistory office building … plus all the antennae for the TV hook-ups.
VW PR NOTES
5-cylinder in-line TDI Diesel, “two-stage supercharging system with turbos and intercooler” mounted up front. 2.5L, 280 bhp. 38-mm inlet restrictor
Cockpit is well-sealed to allow air conditioning.
Rules limit them to five-speeds (sequential) … used to be six, so the ASO screws with everyone, it seems.
Diesel has “extremely good torque and Lower fuel consumptions … can run 440-pounds light fuel load than a gas-engined car.
They will run a “new Touareg TDI” in the “1000”.
Permanent 4WD with three diffs w/ viscous locking. ZF Sachs 3-plate ceramic clutch
BFG 235-85/16 tires
Carbon fibre body
1,787 kilos
Suspension: double A-arms w/ dual Sachs coilovers.
SHORTS NOTES
Klaus has still has not found his Lederhosen. We figger that they were stolen. Shows he’s nuts, huh? Que lastima.
Some buggies had eight (8) identical A-arms: good chasing … maybe not optimized for actual performance.
Saw a few roll-overed (rolled-over) cars: had to be the result of total lack of rebound in the rear coupled with way-hard springs, due to miniscule travel.
Long Event
12 races
Sunday to Saturday
Early mornings, late evenings, many miles to travel before we sleep (Robert Frost)
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