the SLIDE RIDE DERBY
- the battle that never happened - Saturday 15.01.11
XJ13 Race car ´66
524* Bhp/7500rpm - 998kg - MR
The development of the XJ13, although treated seriously by the designers, was never a priority for company management (despite assistant MD Lofty England's Le Mans success in the 1950s), and became less so following the 1966 merger with BMC. By that time Ford had developed the 7.0 litre GT40, and so the XJ13 was considered obsolete by the time the prototype was complete. The prototype was tested at MIRA and at Silverstone, which confirmed that it would have required considerable development to make it competitive. The prototype was put into storage and no further examples were made. Only one was ever produced. The car has not been officially valued, but a £7 million ($11 million) bid for it was declined by the owners in 1996.[1]
GT40 Race car ´67
502* bhp/6500rpm - 998kg - MR
The car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules.
The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969 (in 1967 with a different body, though). It is so far the only car, built by an American company, to win overall at this prestigious event. It was built to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari (who won at Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965).
The idea of a mid-engined prototype was first mooted in 1960, but it was not until 1965 that construction began, with the first car running by March 1966. The aluminium body was designed by Malcolm Sayer, the aerodynamicist responsible for the Jaguar C-type, D-type, E-type and XJS, who used his Bristol Aeroplane Company background to build it using techniques borrowed from the aircraft industry.
The XJ13 had mid-engine format with the 5.0 litre V12 engine mounted behind the driver, used as a stressed chassis member together with the five-speed manual ZF Transaxle driving the rear wheels.
Mark IV Race car ´67
513* bhp/6500rpm - 1000kg - MR
Early cars were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototype" vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production" began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that "GT40" was "only a nickname."
http://www.streetfire.net/video/ford-gt40-1967-lemans-win_76598.htm
Time: Saturday 15.01.11 at 21:00 GMT
Track: Nordscleife 05.00
Weather: You'll never know until raceday
Start time: 20:30 GMT (qualifying)
Duration: 8 laps ~ roughly 1 hr 15 minutes of driving + qualifying
Pitstops: 1 mandatory pitstop required between laps 2 & 7
Cars: Jaguar XJ13 VS Ford GT40 VS Ford Mark IV
Tires: Racing hard
* BHP is set after making oil change
* NO AIDS X ABS 1 *
* NO PARTS FROM TUNING SHOP *
PARTICIPANTS
Flash48 AKA John: Jaguar XJ13
JvM AKA Jukka: Ford GT40
Hun200kmh AKA Mario : Ford GT40
Marchbrown AKA Jon: XJ13 in Norwegian pink or GT40 in overdrive
Graffen AKA Bjørn: XJ13
Uk86ze AKA Matt: XJ13
Theewar AKA Warren: XJ13 in Irish green
Mr_Gees AKA Mac: XJ13
Stealthwinner: XJ13
Fair play please AKA Kai: GT40
WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION
Prudentbear
Tzayad
Jjasli - nope gonna be a family man not a racer saturday
Synwraith
Aldo
RESULTS and RACE POINTS
The T&L 2011 season has just started and the first of hopefully manny T&L events are just around the corner. And for some points is the ultimate answer in life. In the name of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the answer is already set - its 42 but - we do it serious. This is the points from the norwegian jury:
1st - JUKKA 16 T&Ls
2nd - WARREN 15 T&Ls
3rd - JON 14 T&Ls
4th - RUNE 13 T&Ls
5th - JOHN 12 T&Ls
6th - MARIO 11 T&Ls
7th - MATT 10 T&Ls
8th - KAI 9 T&Ls
BJØRN - 0 T&Ls
ALDO - 0 T&Ls
Points can be claimed after race 1: The slide ride derby
THE AFTER MATCH RACE
Saturday 15.01.11
Start time aprox: 22:30 GMT (qualifying 10 min)
Duration: 7 laps ~ roughly 25 minutes of driving + qualifying*
Pitstops: 1 mandatory pitstop required between laps 2 & 6
Cars: Jaguar XJ13 VS Ford GT40 VS Ford Mark IV
Tires: Racing hard
* Its a guess and nothing else
- BHP is set after making oil change
- NO AIDS X ABS 1 *
- NO PARTS FROM TUNING SHOP *
RESULTS
1st Warren
2nd Rune
3rd Jon
4th Kai
NEXT IN LINE - RACE WEDNESDAY
Time: wednesday 19.01.11 at 20:00 GMT - 1 hour qualifying
Track: MC or AR version ........
Weather: Sunny only
Duration: 4 laps ~ roughly ....hr ...... minutes of driving + qualifying
Pitstops: 1 mandatory pitstop required between laps 2 & 3
Cars: BMW 2002 Turbo vs Golf I GTI vs Lancia Stratos road version
Tires: Sport
* 200 BHP LIMIT
* NO AIDS X ABS 1
* ENGINE PARTS FROM TUNING SHOP OK UNTIL BHP LIMIT 200
According to Top Gear's highly spurious and questionable scientific knowledge, playing car racing games for hours makes you an 88 per cent better human being. And a better driver.
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