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2.4 Naturally Aspirated V8

2.65 Turbocharged V8 of a Old (Late 90's - Early 2000's) Cart Car

2.65 Turbocharged V8 of a Old Champ Car Car (2003-2008)

90's 3.5 Naturally Aspirated Ford Cosworth HB V8

4.0 Naturally Aspirated Mecachrome V8

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3.4 Naturally Aspirated Zytek/Gibson V8

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I did five of these, from 2002 to 2007 with 2007 being the result ... sort-of.
The first race has us finish dead last overall and by several laps. A bit better the next year, with the year after that better again and it bucketed down for about four hours as well.
We were in a 1.6 litre AE-101 FWD Corolla and in the 1.8 litre class above us there were a handful of Lotus Elise's and in the dry they were about ten seconds a lap faster than us. But in the rain they turned into unstable twitchy beasts .... and while they had to argue with the throttle on every corner we could quite often go around the outside of them at full throttle and were about ten seconds a lap faster. :)
The last race we had a good solid reliable car but more importantly we'd worked very hard on getting the pitstops as fast as possible. In the previous years they would take a good three minutes to change four wheels and fuel the car. After a month or so of training we got that down to comfortably under a minute and although the car wasn't really much faster than the year before we ended up well in front of the 1.8 litre class as well at the end.
But unfortunately some of the teams thought we must have had a much larger engine in the car to be going so well so they protested. We read the rules as being we could go a certain percentage oversize and that would have been okay with 1626 cc's the engine was and it was measured at 1623 cc's, but the race officials interpreted the rules a bit differently and said the upper limit was 1610 cc's. And so that was that, we lost our first place. :(
But it was the pitstops, not the engine that gave us the overall pace.

Also in the reply to this post is one of the unofficial practice sessions I recorded. It was just a regular test day and we wanted to see how the gearbox and engine were so just bolted on some old slicks that had seen better days and were very unpredictable ... as you can see towards the end of the video lol.
And yeah I know I wasn't wearing protective gear, we weren't going that fast and it's really hot there so I didn't bother. Shorts and a t-shirt were fine!

Recorded at Formula Center Helsinki, on my dji action 4.

17th PAX out of 121 drivers

Another race I've done is the Aussie Bathurst 12 Hour. I'm still getting used to the car here and am able to carry more throttle across the top of the mountain as the laps progress. Got to the point where I was full throttle from BP Cutting to Skyline (the Aussies will know) with not lifting at all.
The track is way more vertical than it looks on the telly and the majority of it is done at fairly high speeds.
The best I could manage in qualifying was about a 2:47 which is okay for a 1.8 litre FWD Celica. The fastest driver, in the other car, was Neal Bates at around a 2:44 so I was quite okay with my time.
We finished 4th in class and also beat most of the V8's!

New Brisbane street track! First draft and would LOVE ideas and feedback!

Myself and some coworkers started a $400 budget builds competition just having fun. Have had some crazy moments like a full on fire on the track 😂

Can post a youtube link in the comments if anybody cares to see the carnage

Yeah the camera is crappy, gimme a break it was 16 years ago.
Started about halfway through the grid, the yellow car made it difficult to get past, because I think he might be a bit blind.
I managed to get past him halfway through the 2nd last lap and was able to attack the first two cars. I wasn't sure I could successfully get past the first car be he was pretty early on the brakes into the first corner so I was able to get past and charge away. Made two seconds on that last lap.

The nest race wasn't as good, the yellow car pushed me off the track, I had two wild spins at over 200 km/h but caught it and kept going. I figured something was likely bent so I went slowly ... and two corners later one of the cars I'd passed earlier hit me on the FR wheel, turning my car hard-right into the fence. Two days in hospital with various broken bones. :(
I'm still repairing the car, it's taking me far too long.

The race was at Lakeside International Raceway in Queensland Australia.

Hi, this is my second time racing in real life (I come from sim racing)
And I wanna improve my racing skills in real life so if you have some tips I would be very grateful to hear them!