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No,No Pete, Our racing regulations are far from being liberal and we do have strict criteria to follow but remember that i run in an "historic" based series which allows me with specific RAC/MSA certification to run without being surrounded by "scaffolding".
I guess that i,m of the old school when it comes to racing and thats why my 40 and 917 racing programme are being run to replicate how racing used to be, not like the sanitized world of racing that has turned a once great sport into what it is now.
To race a 40 derivative competitively it is not necessary to spend these huge amounts being spoken of and years of experience have shown me this time after time.Forgive my following comments but personally i despair at the way the very raw racing "essence" of the GT 40 has been lost in a lot of builds.
My 40 as you have seen in my previous posting cost me £18,200 excluding the F GT 40 number plate and as a result of total reliability and preparation saw me have a succesfull and rewarding season last year culminating in GULF sponsorship. If any of you are at the NEC from the 4th to the 6th of March visit the GULF stand and you can see the 40 in the flesh.
All the 40s produced worldwide all have faults and yet are all great. This detailed analysis of each car will never reach a final 10 out of 10. Trevor Taylor rolled his GTD based 40 over here and came out unscathed and the car still races like hell! I lost mine when i hit a damp line at about 90 mph, did a full 360 spin, hit the infield and launched 6 feet in the air and came crashing down. Not a mark,no bent suspension, no nothing. Good fortune, luck or just a very strong chassis. Who knows!
Two weeks previously two of our fellow drivers were killed at Cadwell Park in their Cobras.... Two different chassis..........
Putting a fuel cell in the nose of a 40!!!!
The quickest way to have a crash.Destroy the wonderfull handling and balance straight away!!!!!!!!!!
Regards and forgive my observatoins,
GTA Racing.
I guess that i,m of the old school when it comes to racing and thats why my 40 and 917 racing programme are being run to replicate how racing used to be, not like the sanitized world of racing that has turned a once great sport into what it is now.
To race a 40 derivative competitively it is not necessary to spend these huge amounts being spoken of and years of experience have shown me this time after time.Forgive my following comments but personally i despair at the way the very raw racing "essence" of the GT 40 has been lost in a lot of builds.
My 40 as you have seen in my previous posting cost me £18,200 excluding the F GT 40 number plate and as a result of total reliability and preparation saw me have a succesfull and rewarding season last year culminating in GULF sponsorship. If any of you are at the NEC from the 4th to the 6th of March visit the GULF stand and you can see the 40 in the flesh.
All the 40s produced worldwide all have faults and yet are all great. This detailed analysis of each car will never reach a final 10 out of 10. Trevor Taylor rolled his GTD based 40 over here and came out unscathed and the car still races like hell! I lost mine when i hit a damp line at about 90 mph, did a full 360 spin, hit the infield and launched 6 feet in the air and came crashing down. Not a mark,no bent suspension, no nothing. Good fortune, luck or just a very strong chassis. Who knows!
Two weeks previously two of our fellow drivers were killed at Cadwell Park in their Cobras.... Two different chassis..........
Putting a fuel cell in the nose of a 40!!!!
The quickest way to have a crash.Destroy the wonderfull handling and balance straight away!!!!!!!!!!
Regards and forgive my observatoins,
GTA Racing.