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3CorsaMeal

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11th Aug 10 at 08:33

last years results....

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/999-2009/results-2009.html

am told its a 1/4 mile drag race, and the prelude appears to be running under 11secs? in fact all the times seem quick to me.

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/999-2010/p999-winners-cars.html

^^^ the prelude mentioned, "very quick engine", yeah but am sure its not 10second quick?

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11th Aug 10 at 08:39

in previous years its been a farce..... 1k my ARSE.

400bhp GTiR's etc

fiddled accounts can make anything possible. I'll sell fee the GTR for £999 and she can go win it.

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11th Aug 10 at 08:40

thery are all VERY quick on the 1/4mile :S

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11th Aug 10 at 08:42

those times cant be correct

Butler

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11th Aug 10 at 08:42

Does it actually say 1/4 mile? I can only see 'drag race'. It wasnt held at the pod last year I dont think.

3CorsaMeal

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11th Aug 10 at 08:42

i just confused, as i see nics corsa struggling to get under 12secs, and alot of these cars are under 11secs, like a BMW 320 and a skoda rapid

3CorsaMeal

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11th Aug 10 at 08:44

quote:
Originally posted by Butler
Does it actually say 1/4 mile? I can only see 'drag race'. It wasnt held at the pod last year I dont think.

well if its an 1/8th its very slow, i did look around and the site said 1/4mile

" We’re going to test straight-line speed in a quater mile drag race, then check out handling over a timed slalom course. And where better than one of the UK’s top drag strips."

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11th Aug 10 at 09:41

Im sure in the rules it states that at any point the organisers can offer to buy the car for £999 and you cant refuse as thats what you have paid for it.

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11th Aug 10 at 09:46

I've been bored this morning, so have done a fair bit of investigating into this, as I was also intrigued by the fast times.

In 2009, the event was held at Mallory Park - whereas in 2010 it will be held at Santa Pod and therefore will include a 1/4 mile drag race.

I found this thread on the PPC forum, which states that in 2009, the drag run was staged on the Kirkby Straight:

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=5670

Therefore, looking at this picture on wikipedia, it can be seen that the straight is not 1/4 mile long - I can't find an exact distance that they used, but it definitely wasn't a 1/4 mile run!

I guess that all explains the slightly odd drag times! This year it should be easier to judge the speed, with them racing a proper 1/4 mile strip.

3CorsaMeal

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11th Aug 10 at 09:55

a couple of us were pretty shocked at the times thinking thats a 1/4 mile

Butler

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11th Aug 10 at 11:30

quote:
Originally posted by VrsTurbo
Im sure in the rules it states that at any point the organisers can offer to buy the car for £999 and you cant refuse as thats what you have paid for it.

I didnt hear that when I was working at PPC. On the subject though, I designed the £999 challenge advert in PPC mag!

Adam_B

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11th Aug 10 at 11:50

whats the prize for winning it?

sumner2k3

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11th Aug 10 at 12:14

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
whats the prize for winning it?

£999 lol

3CorsaMeal

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11th Aug 10 at 13:23

i don't think there is a prize

Ian

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11th Aug 10 at 13:27

I read the bit about buying the car at the end of the event somewhere as well.

And yes, it's easily fiddled.

[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Ian]

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11th Aug 10 at 13:58

if its from ppc i wouldnt be surprised if its all bull!!

iv got a dutton pheaton that the editor owned and was used in an alfa article for the last 3 editions of the mag (its got a gtv engine) says in the mag about work hes done to the thing gotten it motd etc... bloody thing is full of bodges and the amount of things that didnt work eg speedo, horn, fan, alternator, kept loosing fuel pressure so cut out! and thats only the bigger stuff sadly only found most of that out after driving miles from his house

Butler

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11th Aug 10 at 14:10

Never buy a car from Will Holman is the lesson there

rustyarchs

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12th Aug 10 at 01:30

just checked as that name didnt ring a bell
the v5 says it was Kevin Leaper, according to the mag hes the managing director

he had a jag e-type in bits, caterham 7 and a few others under covers all sitting about in the sheds just outside his house

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