Stavros

http://www.timeattack.co.uk/tsukuba%...ain%20page.asp

Should be interesting to see how they compare at last, they have some mental cars out there.

rapidcossie

the zen car is a beast

Twins

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S2martin

Will the mag fly you over Steve?

rs_daz

Yeah you ever been to Japan Steve? Or are you on the waiting list?

Munch

should be intresting

Escort-Ian

Why aren't they sending the 4 fastest cars from the competition?

Should be good to compare though, those crazy Japs have some awesome machines which resemble more of GT spec cars

Bullett

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cool,that will be interesting.steve are the drivers out there good at track times as well as drift?

Stavros

Obv I cant give you the real reasons as I dont know, but my take on it is this...

Zen car is the fastest/winner and is fucking amazingly quick.

RC car is the most powerful and a really special piece of work all round.

350Z is most "interesting" RWD one, and RWD cars are in a different class.

Celica is totally original/different, showing off what we can build over here, just like the Norris Evo, tho thats off the road at mo.

Also those cars are in full working order at mo, which is also pretty vital as its not a 2min job getting cars to Japan.

Stavros

im pretty sure the UK cars will get their arses totally handed to them if thats what you mean.

david

Steve how do you reckon they will get on compared to the Jab boys ?

Stavros

Answered that above.

Read the comments the drivers/owners say on the link in the 1st post, they all know they unlikely to be contenders, but its not about going there to win really.

david

Never noticed it mate, sorry.

without reading it how close are they to the japs ?

Stavros

How close? Well without having the cars on the same tracks, who knows. Its not power, anyone can get power and many of ours are more powerful, its the whole package.

Vids from Tsukuba Time Attack...

Part1-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLjC5Fhnmw

Part2-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEhvEAHDlfc

And the current record holder...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxaWAgibvM

They REALLY can pedal out there

david

Amazing videos

ive only ever seen the drifting first hand at KH this year and skill on show was top notch.

Interested to see how it goes

Bullett

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this is true.any schmuck can have loads of power but it takes a proper driver to be able to lap quickly.
tommy field and martin hadland are both great drivers that if you put on a track with me in one of their cars and them in a standard car i bet they would still whoop my arse

Escort-Ian

That's fair enough, thought it'd be down to availability mainly.

Homer.

only one I am unsure about on that list is the 350z its quick but will get shat on over there would much prefer to see the Audi powered Elise of Stephen Guglielmi in the line up but with Sumo being such a big name in the UK tuning scene I guess and I think they were part of the reason Time attack started last year then they need to be there in some form.

They are way ahead of us over there just normal time attack days have some crazy cars turning up I don't believe how quick the ASM S2000 is just shows its not all about power

Here a link I posted ages ago to give people who done know much about time attack what the UK guys will be up agenst no as far as I am aware this was just a "normal" time attack day nothing overly special

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=446043

Shame there are no Re Amemiya RC7's I have always liked there cars look the bollocks and go like fuck too.

aduz

oh yeah they will get their arses handed to em but good on em for going over there

Chip

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Who will be driving the UK cars?

Proper racing drivers or the owners?

Shame lloyd isnt taking his escos over there, they wouldnt have have a clue what it was, lol

Redkop

The link Stav gave in his initial post.... tells you

Stavros

Same people that did over here.

Half the pro class over here is driven by racing drivers anyhow.

And why would taking him over matter? Have you caught the PassionFord "yeah, hes faster than everyone, deffo, F1 eat your heart out" bug now too?

I know of at least one highly modded EscCos in Japan anyhow, and considering they was a famous GrpA/WRC car for years, im sure they know em

Chip

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Im not under the illusion he would win, but I would be interested to see how he got on.

Stavros

Best to see how he gets on against the UK TA cars first. IMO he would be hard pushed to make the podium in Pro class. And thats with my full GL blinkers on.

Chip

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Is he running next year then?

Ive not really kept up to date with it all.

Stavros

Not to my knowlege, there would probably be an 900 page thread on here praising him and saying he will win already if he was going to.

Remko GT

Cool!
Good luck to the drivers.

Kev.H

with my PF blinkers fully working and on I would love to see Garteh rock up and cause havoc even if its just for one event

RSrussell

They asked me to attend, but sadly i had to decline as i was washing my hair, serious.

Time Attack

Report here guys:

http://www.timeattack.co.uk/Tsukuba%20main%20event.asp

Glen