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NOTE - Use Tartan Red paint from the Marcos Mini Marcos to get white stripes on the Willment Coupe
In 1963 an AC Cars Ltd entered AC Cobra Hardtop driven by Peter Bolton and Ninian Sanderson finished an incredible seventh overall and first in class. This was an amazing result given the cars relative lack of straightline speed - it and its sister car (which blew an engine) had been fitted with a swept back hardtop known as a Le Mans hardtop which increased top speed of the 289 Cobra by about 10mph to 163mph - well short of the 180mph of the Ferraris. It was obvious to all that a Cobra fitted with an aerodynamic body would be capable of a better result and so the race began in the USA and UK to build a Cobra Coupe for the 1964 Le Mans race.
The AC A98 Cobra Coupe designed by Alan Turner became infamous before the race even started - questions were even asked in the British Houses of Parliament when it was discovered that "Gentleman" Jack Sears had been testing the car on public roads at 185mph (the M1 motorway was used because there were no British tracks long enough to mimic the Mulsanne Straight). During the race, at one point the AC Coupe was ahead of all the Shelby Coupes except one, but disaster struck on the 78th lap when a tyre blew and the car collided with and fatally injured three people watching the race from an unauthorised vantage point. The car remained damaged and forgotten under a tarpaulin until it was re-discovered and restored in 1972.
The Shelby Cobra Coupe was designed by Peter Brock and was a great success winning the 1965 Sports Car championship and was named the Daytona Coupe following its success at the Daytona circuit. The Coupe driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant was 4th overall and first in class at Le Mans in 1964.
John Willment a major UK team owner wanted to enter two Cobra Coupes in 1964. Shelby refused to sell him the cars, but Ford persuaded Shelby to release a copy of the plans to Willment who set about building his own, but with a modified body to reduce frontal area. The two cars were not finished in time for the 1964 Le Mans and in fact one was never finished. The other was raced extensively, first in the 1964 South African Springbok Series and later in Europe and went on to secure more victories than any other Cobra Coupe, although these victories were less prestigious in nature than those achieved by the six Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupes.
This series will be contested over 9 rounds using the Cobra Daytona Coupe painted to resemble the three types of Coupe and will recreate an epic motorsport clash which was scheduled for 1964, but was sadly never fulfilled.
Race 2 - Avon Tour 1973 (No pit stop) 15 Minutes
10 rounds - NB Round 4 is Avon Tour only using Time Trial mode to replicate rally special stages (Nissan Bluebird Rally Car - Tuning Prohibited is used for Round 4 by all drivers). Rounds 1-3 and 5-10 will be contested in 3 cars, tuning unlimited at 504PP maximum, 290bhp maximum, 785kg minimum. Cars will be changed over at rounds 5 and 8.
Race 1 - Team Trucks (No pit stop) 15 Minutes
Tuning prohibited on Sports Hard tyres. There will be no car changeover - racers will stick with the same team truck for all 6 rounds.
Race 3 - Cobra Coupe Shootout (1 compulsory pit stop) 25 Minutes
Tuning prohibited on Race Hard tyres. There will be no car changeover - racers will stick with the same team car for all 9 rounds.
Further information on Race 3 - Cobra Coupe Shootout
This will contain both an individual championship and a team championship. There will be three teams. Sick Cylinder will lead the AC team. Flaco will lead the Willment team. Lex Lathor will lead the Shelby team. Teams will be similar to those used in the previous Trans Am 1 Championship and will be posted shortly before the start of the championship.
Team points will be scored down to the position of the last team mate present in all teams in that round. For example if 11 people race and two teams have 4 members that week and one team has 3 members that week only the points from the first 3 finishers in each team will accrue points that round - this prevents a team which is short of members from being disadvantaged. If a driver qualifies for a race and either retires or is disconnected he will be deemed to have finished in last place and will therefore score last place points for his team and in the individual championship.
To add a bit of extra spice each racer will have a team truck painted in the colours of their team (Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 - please pretend that it is a 1964 Ford). The points from the Team Truck races will be added to the total team points. NB purchase of the El Camino's is necessary to obtain the correct paint (Mountain Green)for the AC A98 Cobra Coupe. Purchase of a Marcos Mini Marcos is necessary to obtain the correct paint (Tartan Red) for the Willment Cobra Coupe and Team Truck.
The team trucks (30,000 credits) must be fitted with a race number (Type A Font A) and age appropriate wheels - no wire wheels or modern looking wheels. The Team Trucks will be raced tuning prohibited and on the standard Sports Hard tyres - it is anticipated that this will produce close racing.
How to create your Cobra Coupe
Team Shelby - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change. If you have an anniversary edition model you can use this for Team Shelby. Do Not paint your Cobra Coupe!
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 in Deepwater Blue (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
Team Willment - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change. Purchase a Marcos Mini Marcos in Tartan Red.
3. Respray your Cobra Coupe in Tartan Red - it is now a Willment Coupe. Respray your Chevrolet El Camino in Tartan Red - it is now a Willment Team Truck.
Team AC - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 in Mountain Green (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
3. Respray your Cobra Coupe in Mountain Green - it is now an AC Coupe.
The Avon Tour of Britain was a multi-round championship which took place over four days on rally special stages and short circuits such as Brands Hatch and Oulton Park. Short clips were televised on ITV's World of Sport and it attracted top drivers from both rallying and circuit racing including Roger Clark, Graham Hill, Jody Scheckter, Bernard Unett, Tony Lanfranchi and Gerry Marshall. Not all drivers took the event seriously - one who was sponsored by a well known men's magazine used a glamour model as co-driver on the rally special stages! In 1973 one young man who was taking the event seriously was the winner - James Hunt driving a Chevrolet Camaro.
The event was initially sponsored by Avon Tyres, then Texaco, then a windscreen company before fading away. One problem was that later events were dominated by rally drivers and circuit racers felt that the rules were unfair - the time for each special stage was totalled and the race time for the circuit events was added. The circuit racers could only gain a few seconds over the rally drivers at the short circuits, as the races were only 15 minutes long, but the rally drivers gained more time on the special stages. It is not practicable for me to score the series on total elapsed time therefore it will be based on finishing position in each race (or time trial).
Taking inspiration from the 1973 Tour we will try to replicate the feel of the event on a variety of short circuits. Round four will be done in Time Trial Mode on three short rally stages and one short circuit.
The cars were all road legal, raced on road tyres (there were prizes for competitors using Avon tyres) and the cars were categorized based on purchase price - James Hunt won overall in the top class which was for cars costing over £1,500! As it was a cost based event many Ladas and Moskvich cars competed in the cheapest category. For the sake of simplicity our cars will compete in one class. Tuning is unlimited subject to a power limit of 290bhp, weight limit of 785kg and PP limit of 504. Drivers change cars after every 3 rounds i.e. round 5 and round 8. All drivers complete the Time Trials in round 4 in a tuning prohibited Nissan Bluebird Rally Car.
Tuning tips - the Mitsubishi Lancer is great on standard suspension settings if you lower them so that there is just 10mm of travel left and set the LSD to 12 / 30 / 15. The Pozzi Camaro and Alpine are good on standard race soft suspension settings. At 785kg the Alpine is 504PP with maximum power.
This short clip features the final round at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in 1973 (known then as the Club Circuit):
And this great little clip gives a flavour from 1974:
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NOTE - Use Tartan Red paint from the Marcos Mini Marcos to get white stripes on the Willment Coupe
In 1963 an AC Cars Ltd entered AC Cobra Hardtop driven by Peter Bolton and Ninian Sanderson finished an incredible seventh overall and first in class. This was an amazing result given the cars relative lack of straightline speed - it and its sister car (which blew an engine) had been fitted with a swept back hardtop known as a Le Mans hardtop which increased top speed of the 289 Cobra by about 10mph to 163mph - well short of the 180mph of the Ferraris. It was obvious to all that a Cobra fitted with an aerodynamic body would be capable of a better result and so the race began in the USA and UK to build a Cobra Coupe for the 1964 Le Mans race.
The AC A98 Cobra Coupe designed by Alan Turner became infamous before the race even started - questions were even asked in the British Houses of Parliament when it was discovered that "Gentleman" Jack Sears had been testing the car on public roads at 185mph (the M1 motorway was used because there were no British tracks long enough to mimic the Mulsanne Straight). During the race, at one point the AC Coupe was ahead of all the Shelby Coupes except one, but disaster struck on the 78th lap when a tyre blew and the car collided with and fatally injured three people watching the race from an unauthorised vantage point. The car remained damaged and forgotten under a tarpaulin until it was re-discovered and restored in 1972.
The Shelby Cobra Coupe was designed by Peter Brock and was a great success winning the 1965 Sports Car championship and was named the Daytona Coupe following its success at the Daytona circuit. The Coupe driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant was 4th overall and first in class at Le Mans in 1964.
John Willment a major UK team owner wanted to enter two Cobra Coupes in 1964. Shelby refused to sell him the cars, but Ford persuaded Shelby to release a copy of the plans to Willment who set about building his own, but with a modified body to reduce frontal area. The two cars were not finished in time for the 1964 Le Mans and in fact one was never finished. The other was raced extensively, first in the 1964 South African Springbok Series and later in Europe and went on to secure more victories than any other Cobra Coupe, although these victories were less prestigious in nature than those achieved by the six Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupes.
This series will be contested over 9 rounds using the Cobra Daytona Coupe painted to resemble the three types of Coupe and will recreate an epic motorsport clash which was scheduled for 1964, but was sadly never fulfilled.
Race 2 - Avon Tour 1973 (No pit stop) 15 Minutes
10 rounds - NB Round 4 is Avon Tour only using Time Trial mode to replicate rally special stages (Nissan Bluebird Rally Car - Tuning Prohibited is used for Round 4 by all drivers). Rounds 1-3 and 5-10 will be contested in 3 cars, tuning unlimited at 504PP maximum, 290bhp maximum, 785kg minimum. Cars will be changed over at rounds 5 and 8.
Race 1 - Team Trucks (No pit stop) 15 Minutes
Tuning prohibited on Sports Hard tyres. There will be no car changeover - racers will stick with the same team truck for all 6 rounds.
Race 3 - Cobra Coupe Shootout (1 compulsory pit stop) 25 Minutes
Tuning prohibited on Race Hard tyres. There will be no car changeover - racers will stick with the same team car for all 9 rounds.
Further information on Race 3 - Cobra Coupe Shootout
This will contain both an individual championship and a team championship. There will be three teams. Sick Cylinder will lead the AC team. Flaco will lead the Willment team. Lex Lathor will lead the Shelby team. Teams will be similar to those used in the previous Trans Am 1 Championship and will be posted shortly before the start of the championship.
Team points will be scored down to the position of the last team mate present in all teams in that round. For example if 11 people race and two teams have 4 members that week and one team has 3 members that week only the points from the first 3 finishers in each team will accrue points that round - this prevents a team which is short of members from being disadvantaged. If a driver qualifies for a race and either retires or is disconnected he will be deemed to have finished in last place and will therefore score last place points for his team and in the individual championship.
To add a bit of extra spice each racer will have a team truck painted in the colours of their team (Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 - please pretend that it is a 1964 Ford). The points from the Team Truck races will be added to the total team points. NB purchase of the El Camino's is necessary to obtain the correct paint (Mountain Green)for the AC A98 Cobra Coupe. Purchase of a Marcos Mini Marcos is necessary to obtain the correct paint (Tartan Red) for the Willment Cobra Coupe and Team Truck.
The team trucks (30,000 credits) must be fitted with a race number (Type A Font A) and age appropriate wheels - no wire wheels or modern looking wheels. The Team Trucks will be raced tuning prohibited and on the standard Sports Hard tyres - it is anticipated that this will produce close racing.
How to create your Cobra Coupe
Team Shelby - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change. If you have an anniversary edition model you can use this for Team Shelby. Do Not paint your Cobra Coupe!
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 in Deepwater Blue (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
Team Willment - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change. Purchase a Marcos Mini Marcos in Tartan Red.
3. Respray your Cobra Coupe in Tartan Red - it is now a Willment Coupe. Respray your Chevrolet El Camino in Tartan Red - it is now a Willment Team Truck.
Team AC - 1. Purchase a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4.5m) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
2. Purchase a Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 1967 in Mountain Green (30k) from the Dealership and give it an oil change.
3. Respray your Cobra Coupe in Mountain Green - it is now an AC Coupe.
The Avon Tour of Britain was a multi-round championship which took place over four days on rally special stages and short circuits such as Brands Hatch and Oulton Park. Short clips were televised on ITV's World of Sport and it attracted top drivers from both rallying and circuit racing including Roger Clark, Graham Hill, Jody Scheckter, Bernard Unett, Tony Lanfranchi and Gerry Marshall. Not all drivers took the event seriously - one who was sponsored by a well known men's magazine used a glamour model as co-driver on the rally special stages! In 1973 one young man who was taking the event seriously was the winner - James Hunt driving a Chevrolet Camaro.
The event was initially sponsored by Avon Tyres, then Texaco, then a windscreen company before fading away. One problem was that later events were dominated by rally drivers and circuit racers felt that the rules were unfair - the time for each special stage was totalled and the race time for the circuit events was added. The circuit racers could only gain a few seconds over the rally drivers at the short circuits, as the races were only 15 minutes long, but the rally drivers gained more time on the special stages. It is not practicable for me to score the series on total elapsed time therefore it will be based on finishing position in each race (or time trial).
Taking inspiration from the 1973 Tour we will try to replicate the feel of the event on a variety of short circuits. Round four will be done in Time Trial Mode on three short rally stages and one short circuit.
The cars were all road legal, raced on road tyres (there were prizes for competitors using Avon tyres) and the cars were categorized based on purchase price - James Hunt won overall in the top class which was for cars costing over £1,500! As it was a cost based event many Ladas and Moskvich cars competed in the cheapest category. For the sake of simplicity our cars will compete in one class. Tuning is unlimited subject to a power limit of 290bhp, weight limit of 785kg and PP limit of 504. Drivers change cars after every 3 rounds i.e. round 5 and round 8. All drivers complete the Time Trials in round 4 in a tuning prohibited Nissan Bluebird Rally Car.
Tuning tips - the Mitsubishi Lancer is great on standard suspension settings if you lower them so that there is just 10mm of travel left and set the LSD to 12 / 30 / 15. The Pozzi Camaro and Alpine are good on standard race soft suspension settings. At 785kg the Alpine is 504PP with maximum power.
This short clip features the final round at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in 1973 (known then as the Club Circuit):
And this great little clip gives a flavour from 1974:
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