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The fleet of 24 class 442 EMUs were ground-breaking in many ways as they were the first BR Southern Region EMUs to be built for operation at a maximum speed of 100 mph (most BR Southern Region express EMUs back in the late 1980s had a maximum speed of 90 mph). The class 442 EMUs were also the first ever five-car EMUs to be built for British Rail and they were also the first multiple units to be built on the 75-foot long bodyshell of the Mark 3 carriage, with the units being fitted with another first in the form of sliding plug passenger doors. Also when introduced in 1988 the class 442 EMUs were the first trains to enter service with Network SouthEast fitted with an onboard British Telecom Payphone located in the vestibule of the former Buffet/Lounge carriage.
During the 1950s the styling of Vauxhalls were very American.
The modle range was quite simple at first, being based around the E-type bodyshell.
This was replaced in 1957 by the F and P types.
MNM194 Bedford
313AMJ Bedford
KGD196 Glasgow
Leicestershire registered blue SAY310 is a Vauxhall Cresta 2262cc that is currently taxed,
So I've managed to manoeuvre halfway through the chicane. The exit around the gate and the bollard again requires full steering lock (which isn't very much: the turning circle is 11 metres) and dropping the outside front wheel onto the flowerbed, while trying not to scrape the bodyshell on either the bollard or the wall.
Original IMAG0632
Model loosely fitted together for photograph. The Massey cab tapers towards the screen pillar therefore the glazing will need to butt end on to the windscreen pillar. A hidden retaining stop will help achieve the correct body profile. Glazing on all windows designed to be from the inside. For those interested in such things, the basic bodyshell is made of 30thou sheet backed partly by 20thou sheet. Radiator, wheels, steering wheel, lights from MBF shop, wiper and mirror from Mark Hughes.
Went to the local "train and toy" show (because I know a good time) and picked up a few nice Matchbox cars.
The jingoistic "streaker" model.
I had this one already, but this model is in much nicer condition...
In real life, this was a bizarre (but cool) car:
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"The 'S160' began life as a project for Marcos as a GT with a Hillman Imp engine. However, Marcos dropped the concept and SIVA re-designed it into the SIVA S160 Spyder. The car debuted in the 1971 Racing Car Show. The 'Spyder' was based on a VW beetle floorpan. The Spyder was unique in that all the car switchgear was housed in the driver's door. A bare bodyshell was available for £525 or a completed car was available for £895. There were 12 'S160 Spyder' produced in total."
Here's a couple pictures of my original 1970 Meyers Manx fiberglass Dune Buggy. The kit car was built using the Manx bodyshell coupled with the VW Volkswagen Beetle bug frame and 1500 engine.
Monday 11th June 2012.
950001 at Wakefield Kirkgate with test train working 2Q08, the 05:12 Derby R.T.C. - Doncaster West Yard.
The Class 950 (950001 - 999600 + 999601) is a purpose-built diesel multiple unit for departmental use as a track assessment unit. Built in 1987 using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 "Sprinter" units that were built between 1985 and 1986.
Display Car
Estimated : € 20.000 - 30.000
Sold for € 92.708
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Auction - Artcurial
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Flins-sur-Seine
Aubergenville - France
December 2025
- Show car true to the Benetton B195
- Benetton’s best season in Formula 1
- In the colours of Michael Schumacher, 1995 World Champion
In 1995, the new FIA regulations imposed a reduction in engine size from 3.5 to 3 litres, in the hope of limiting the cars’ performance and, in so doing, the risks for the drivers. The new Renault V10 engine, the RS7, was supplied for the first time to the Benetton team and proved a brilliant combination with the B195 chassis designed by Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne. Add a gifted driver, Michael Schumacher, into the mix, and there you have it. The team run by Flavio Briatore had an exceptional season, with eleven victories (nine for Schumacher and two for his team-mate, Johnny Herbert), enabling it to claim both the Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles in the World Championship.
The car presented here is a show car, created for promotional purposes. Bearing Schumacher’s name and his racing number 1 (reserved for the reigning World Champion), it consists of a bodyshell built specially to this end and has no mechanical components other than those that can be seen. The cockpit has a bucket seat and steering wheel. It is a superb show car, in very good condition, and a reminder of the Benetton team’s best season in Formula 1, thanks in large part to the Renault engine.
2014 "Ford Mustang" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: Marius Nakken (N)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 1
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 18 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 7 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 4 (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 3 (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): 4 (of 18)
Photo taken after heat 1.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.
68153 is a Sentinel CE shunting engine built for the LNER, who classed it as Class Y1/2, in the late 1920s. It has spent the past few years being overhauled; these photos are of its bodyshell.
Proud owner, designer and engineer Dave Eaton fields questions about his wonderful creation, the Icon 917. Starting with a bodyshell mould of David Piper's 917K-010, Dave and John Hartland have spent 8 years recreating this marvellous car that has always been intended to run on road and track. Fully IVA-compliant, it has a 3.6 flat-six engine with 280bhp and is only distinguishable from the original by small details necessary for it to run on the road. There is another car in the pipeline for collaborator John Hartland, and for more details see the comprehensive article in the July 2019 issue of Octane magazine.
Available body styles include three-door coupé / hatchback and five-door hatchback, plus a saloon version in certain markets. The saloon version is manufactured in Argentina, where it is sold alongside the three-door version; it is exported from there to Brazil and Hungary as the C4 Pallas, and to Spain as the C4 Berline. A four-door saloon version is also built and sold in China as the Citroën C-Triomphe.
A seven-seater compact MPV version, the Grand C4 Picasso, was introduced in 2006, while a five-seater called the C4 Picasso was introduced in 2007.
A panel van based on the coupé bodyshell is available in some markets, including Ireland.
D1705 built as a Class 47 with a difference. A 47 bodyshell and a Sulzer 12LVA24-type engine, resulted in a Class 48 classification. Refitted with a standard engine in 1969, this turned her the loco into a 47.
Sparrowhawk is seen here on the GCR
TECHNICAL DATA PEUGEOT 207 SUPER 2000
MOTOR
Engine: EW 10 J4S
Location: Front – transverse
Capacity: 1998 cc
Number of cylinders: 4
Power (hp.DIN): 280
Torque (Nm): 250
Maximum engine speed: 8500
Injection: Magneti Marelli
Throttle: Single butterfly
Number of valves: 16
TRANSMISSION
Type: 4-wheel drive
Clutch: Twin disc
Gearbox: Sequential – 6 speed
Differential: 3 Autolocking
CHASSIS
Structure: Bodyshell + Tubular Roll Cage
Front suspension: Pseudo MacPherson Strut with Peugeot Dampers
Rear suspension: Pseudo MacPherson Strut with Peugeot Dampers
BRAKES / STEERING
Front brakes: Brembo 4 pistons
Diameter: 300mm (loose surface) 355mm (tarmac)
Rear brakes: Brembo 4 pistons
Diameter: 300mm (loose surface and tarmac)
Steering: Hydraulic assistance
Wheels loose surface: 18 inches
Wheels tarmac: 15 inches
DIMENSIONS
Length: 4.03 m
Width: 1.80m
Wheelbase: 2.56 m
Minimum weight: 1100 kg loose surface / 1150 kg tarmac
Fuel tank capacity:80 litres
2014 "Chevrolet Camaro" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: Elling Sebastian Aarvik (N)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 27
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 17 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 10 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 18, RET (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 18, RET (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): DNS
Photo taken after heat 1.
One of the norwegian drivers, having a weekend to forget. After doing quite well in qualifying, he crashed instantly in heat one, retired early in heat two and did not make the start of heat three.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.
Looks who's back! Back on the road after a "rest" of more than 5 years after snapping the rear axle! I bought the car on February 6th1995 and drove it on the day of my 21st birthday! It got a brand new heritage bodyshell in 1998 which took 9th months to rebuild.
The obligatory Default outfit photoset with Aqua.
I actually dont like her as a character, and mainly got the doll because the faceup was the first tolerable from volks in a while, and as a minor surprise bonus the new DD F3 V2.0 body.
All poses are done without supports, and none of the poses are anything new that I havent done before, even with a DD2.
The V2.0 is still mostly the same style F3 frame underneath, with its irritations in a tweaked bodyshell, and the only real improvement has come from the neck notch, which has been a known retrofit for previous bodies since the DD2.
Here's a couple pictures of my original 1970 Meyers Manx fiberglass Dune Buggy. The kit car was built using the Manx bodyshell coupled with the VW Volkswagen Beetle bug frame and 1500 engine.
68153 is a Sentinel CE shunting engine built for the LNER, who classed it as Class Y1/2, in the late 1920s. It has spent the past few years being overhauled; these photos are of its bodyshell.
1/32 resin slot car Ferrari 158 Monza Italian grand Prix 1964. Driven to 1st place by John Surtees. PP resin body and nickel chassis (from www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/ ). Additional rear suspension arms and driver legs.
Legends car racing is a style of race car sanctioned by INEX. Designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down, the specifications are closely regulated to keep the cars similar. The bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American sedans and coupess from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by a Yamaha 1200cc motorcycle engine. Total price cannot exceed $12,995. Some of these cars are driven by racers who are still to young to attain a driver's license for the street.
This is Network Rail's track recording DMU unit. It was built in 1987 using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 Sprinters It was originally classified as a Class 180, but was reclassified into the departmental series. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, it passed to Railtrack in 1994 and then Network Rail in 2002
Sport - a 2-seat Zagato rebody of Coupe with aluminium bodyshell and 1216 cc engine.
Sport 1.3 - An updated Sport with 1298 cc (818.302) engine producing 87 hp (65 kW) at 6000 rpm. Early versions still have all aluminium bodyshells (700 were produced with both 1216 cc & 1298 cc engines), but later ones were fitted with steel bodyshells with an aluminium bonnet and doors.
Sport 1.3s - An updated Sport 1.3 with 1298 cc (818.303) engine producing 92 hp (69 kW) at 6000 rpm. These Sports were normally fitted with brake servos.
Sport 1.3s 2nd series - An updated Sport 1.3 with 5 speed gearbox. Very early versions of these Series 2 cars were fitted with Series 1 'type' bodyshells with a separate spare wheel-hatch and smaller rear lights and aluminium bonnet and doors. Later versions have all steel bodyshells and no spare wheel hatch, and larger rear lights.
Sport 1600 - An updated Sport with 1584 cc engine producing 115 hp (86 kW). This version had electric front windows and was the fastest production Fulvia produced, with a top speed of 118 mph (190 km/h).
The Fulvia saloon was updated for 1969 with a 20 mm (0.8 in) longer wheelbase, new styling, and an updated interior. The Fulvia Coupe and Sport were updated in mechanics and styling in 1970.
RDB975874, also known as LEV 1 was the first of five prototype four-wheel vehicles developed jointly by British Leyland and the British Rail Research Division. These consisted of double-ended Leyland National bus bodyshells (chosen for their strength and cost-effective manufacturing) mounted on top of simple 2-axled railway chassis, which were a derivative of those used on the High Speed Freight Vehicle (HSFV.). LEV 1 was initially constructed as an unpowered trailer and used for testing on the West Coast Mainline at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. In 1979, it was converted to a self-propelled vehicle using a Leyland 510 diesel engine and was then tested at Old Dalby Test Track. In January 1980, it was shipped to the US and was tested on the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Attleboro and the Boston and Maine Railroad between Lowell and Concord. After returning to the UK, it was then tested in passenger service, primarily in East Anglia. It carried its last passengers in July 1983 and was withdrawn in 1987, when it was given to the National Railway Museum. In 2004, it moved to North Norfolk Railway and was restored, returning to passenger service in 2010. In 2012, it was moved to Wensleydale Railway via Locomotion Museum, Shildon where it stayed until 2024, before moving back to Shildon..
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My 1962 Ashley Sportiva, built with an Ashley Laminates "Sportiva" bodyshell and Ford Prefect modified mechanics.
If you know where this car is now please contact me at ashley.sportiva@yahoo.com.au or leave a comment.
To get the complete story goto www.ashleysportiva.weebly.com my story and much, much more.
The Dolomite 1300 replaced the Toledo as the basic model in the range. The body was identical except for the lengthened body giving the larger boot of the original Dolomites. The 1300 retained the single square headlamps of the Toledo however there was no two-door option as there had been for the Toledo and the shorter-boot bodyshell of the Toledo ceased production. Standard equipment included a reclining front seats, cigar lighter, fasten seat belt warning light, driver's door mirror, twin reversing lights and a dipping rear view mirror. There was no overdrive or automatic transmission option with the 1300.
1979 MGB
The MGB is a two-door sports car manufactured and marketed by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), later British Leyland, as a four-cylinder, soft-top roadster from 1962 until 1980. Its details were first published on 19 September 1962.[3] Variants include the MGB GT three-door 2+2 coupé (1965–1980), the six-cylinder roadster and coupé MGC (1967–1969), and the eight-cylinder 2+2 coupé, the MGB GT V8 (1973–1976).
Replacing the MGA in 1962, production of the MGB and its variants continued until 1980. Sales for the MGB, MGC and MGB GT V8 combined totaled 523,836 cars. The MGB bodyshell was reprised in modified form with a limited run of 2,000 MG RV8 roadsters (1993–1995).
Or is it a Testarotta. even a Testa-Rat-a. But I may be disrespecting the guy of course, built form a bodyshell and lots of boxes of bits imported from America
New Year's Day 2019 Brooklands gathering - Post 1986 Sports and Supercars Parking
This is Network Rail's track recording DMU unit. It was built in 1987 using the same bodyshell as the Class 150/1 Sprinters It was originally classified as a Class 180, but was reclassified into the departmental series. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, it passed to Railtrack in 1994 and then Network Rail in 2002
Gaydon, British Motor Museum
The Metro was launched just before the 1980 Motor Show. It was intended to be the 'new Mini', except BL kept the ever green Mini in production and made the Metro a rather bigger car or 'supermini'.
In engineering terms, the Metro was similar to previous small Austins. The three door hatchback bodyshell, however, was all new with styling developed in the Longbridge design studio.
This then top-line Metro 1.3 HLS was one of 300 pre-production models built in May 1980 and formed the centrepiece of Austin Rover’s stand at the 1980 Motor Show. Not long after it was formally presented to the Trust's collection.
1/32 slot car Ferrari Dino 246GT Le Mans c.1972 driven by J.Laffeach and G.Doncieux. Resin bodyshell and GOM chassis, MRRC wheels & tyres.
A series of photographs documenting the release of GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92 044 "Couperin" from the Wabtec Brush works at Loughborough. 044 had spent exactly 14 months there for overhaul, reliability mods and new wheelsets. The assisting locomotive was a fellow Brush Traction machine, Class 60, 60 002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020".
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
This was the 60's first working for GBRf after its long spell in Toton and also its first run on the main line sporting its recently received new name commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Graham Farish.
This was also the first time two of GB Railfreight's Brush "cousins" - the Class 60 and Class 92 - had been together. The locos share a common bodyshell design, built by Procor in Wakefield, and have other similar components.
Potentially most historically of all, though - with the subsequent announcement the Brush Traction works are due to close by the end of the year - there's a good chance this was the last time a Class 60 will visit the place where the 100-strong class were built in 1989-1993.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners (and DB!) with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
60 002 ran from Toton as 0Z60 08:45 Toton TMD to Loughborough Brush, then moved 92 044 to Crewe ETD on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD, before the 60 then ran on solo to resume biomass duties on 0Z62 13:09 Crewe ETD to Tuebrook Sidings.
In Denmark the ADO16 bore the Morris Marina name. The MG models were sold as the MG Sports Sedan there, as it was in North America from 1962, and was available with a two-door bodyshell that would not be available in the UK until 1968.
Bodyshell and separate underframe WSF from Shapeways, Bogie Grey resin from Form 2, underframe tanks PLA from Blaco printer, Bodyside grills HDA from Shapeways
1/32 slot car renault Dauphine Gordini c.1962 track car. A2M resin bodyshell and modified Scalextric chassis with a Mabuchi motor.
Plenty of patronage for sister Class 313s 313055 & 313054 as they roll into Harringay with the 11.13 Hertford North to London Kings Cross on August 1st 2015. Using the same design of bodyshell the 313s were the genesis for the 507s that followed them from BREL York in 1978.
The build to this design which encompassed the Class 313/314/315/507 & 508s eventually totalled 755 individual cars and kept the production line at York Works busy until 1982.
At many times in their history Triumph offered a large number of variations on a small number of basic designs.
Here the Herald formed the basis of the Vitesse, and the 2000 & 2.5 used the same bodyshell.
All the registrations are Coventry issues.
No trace of LDU465F from August 1967.
PKV556H was actually a Triumph 2000, 1992cc last taxed on 1 March 1985.
No trace of PKV537H which like the above an issue of August 1969.
MWK669G was a Triumph Vitesse 1998cc last taxed on 1 January 1994. The registration was an issue of August 1968.
2014 "Dodge Challenger SRT" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: John Nielsen (DK)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 61
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 3 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 5 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 3 (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 4 (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): 3 (of 18)
Photo taken after heat 1.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.
Peugeot 205 'Look' 1.0 L. After the 1.0L engine gave up, I got MMC to fit a secondhand 1360cc unit from a Citroen AX GT. I fitted the genuine Peugeot wheel arch extensions and side mouldings, despite being told by Morrison Motors that it could not be done to a non GTi bodyshell. Brian sourced the front and rear valances, the Devil exhaust and secondhand alloys. I refurbished the alloys and Brian fitted the Renault Clio rear wiper arm.
1/32 resin slot car Citroen DS 19 Monte Carlo rally 1962 driven to 107th place by Pierre Maurel & Claude Courbe. A2M resin bodyshell, PCS32 chassis and ali rims with resin inserts.
2014 "Ford Mustang" in the paddocks of the 2014 CRAA classic race in Aarhus.
Driver: Henrik Ziegler (DK)
Racing class: Auto-G DTC
Race number: 666
Race results in 2014 event:
Training (fri.): 16 (of 18)
Qualifying (sat.): 19 (of 19)
Heat 1 (sat): 12 (of 19)
Heat 2 (sun.): 15 (of 18)
Heat 3, final (sun.): 16, RET (of 18)
Driver of "the beast" (car 666), Henrik Ziegler, lining up for a publicity photo shoot in front of his car for his sponsors Hertz rental.
Photo taken after heat 1.
DTC stands for Danish Thundersport Championship. The cars follow the CCR MkI and MkII regulations. They consist of a chassis built by Performance AutoMotive Scandinavian AB (PASAB) fitted with a clip-on bodyshell. The engines are 5,7 litre V8s, delivering 445 hp. The available bodyshells change a little from year to year, but in 2014 there were 3 options: Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger.
Each race weekend consists of a free practice, qualifying and 3 heats, of which the last one is considered the "final"
After heat one, the top 8 will normally get reversed for the heat 2 starting grid, which often causes interesting results and is a guarantee for highly entertaining racing.
Races take place mostly in Denmark, but with occasional visits abroad. 2 races per year take place on street circuits: this one in Aarhus at the CRAA and one in Copenhagen during the Historic Grand Prix there.
Most drivers are danish, but there's always a few norwegians in the pack as well.
The driver line-up is incredibly mixed and features star drivers (past and present) like Jan Magnussen, "Super John" Nielsen, Ronnie Bremer and Casper Elgaard alongside some of Denmark's finest young racing talents with full backing from big teams, as well as a bunch of privateers, who primarily take part for the fun of racing.
At the end of each season, a driver's 3 worst results get discarded to get the final overall result.
The DTC class is widely regarded as the pinnacle of racing on danish soil and is followed intensely by media as well as spectators.
There have been some voices against the DTC being included in the CRAA, saying that this class is anything but "classic racing", which is, of course, true, but no class causes the stands to be as packed as DTC, so it certainly helps attract people (and media interest)
DTC may not be "classic racing", but it plays a major part in making the annual CRAA event so successful.