For anyone with a little spare time on their hands and willing to keep an eye on the Nurburgring Webcam, you might like to watch Ultima’s attempt on the outright road-car lap record. They are busy preparing the car in the paddock just now, so sometime later this morning there will be a red Ultima GTR being driven with commitment.
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Looks like they are preparing for a run..
Looks like they are preparing for a run..
Any word on what they accomplished?
Any word on what they accomplished?
i wont be betting against it. IIRC it was about 10secs faster around the top gear track when they did the unofficial lap.
Good Luck ULTIMA….
i wont be betting against it. IIRC it was about 10secs faster around the top gear track when they did the unofficial lap.
Good Luck ULTIMA….
Apparently it didn’t even last the lap – the engine lunched itself at Steilstreke i.e. 3/4 of the way into the lap……..
Apparently it didn’t even last the lap – the engine lunched itself at Steilstreke i.e. 3/4 of the way into the lap……..
The GTR didnt lunch its engine
From Richard From Ultima GTR factory
“The engine didn’t lunch itself, we have not run the car today, the fan belt did get stone trapped in it yesterday during testing taking the belt off with it. But engine and car in perfect order no damage done.”
There hoping for a Friday run
The GTR didnt lunch its engine
From Richard From Ultima GTR factory
“The engine didn’t lunch itself, we have not run the car today, the fan belt did get stone trapped in it yesterday during testing taking the belt off with it. But engine and car in perfect order no damage done.”
There hoping for a Friday run
Any news? Did they run Friday?
Any news? Did they run Friday?
Stone in the fan belt or something put a stop to their record attempt, then no more track time available so they had to give up…they’ll be gutted going all that way.
Stone in the fan belt or something put a stop to their record attempt, then no more track time available so they had to give up…they’ll be gutted going all that way.
It caught a stone twice (as per above comments)?
Any news?
It caught a stone twice (as per above comments)?
Any news?
They ended up not running because it rained them out, so no records yet – they did get 220mph out of it on the way home on the autobahn though!
They ended up not running because it rained them out, so no records yet – they did get 220mph out of it on the way home on the autobahn though!
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
i am gonna show this to my friend, brother
i am gonna show this to my friend, brother