0-100-0... three guesses...

0-100-0... three guesses...

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Bruce Fielding

Original Poster:

2,244 posts

289 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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No, it's not the CSR - strange that...

It's the Atom! (Beaten only by a Suzuki GSX-R1000)

Atom 10.88 vs. Caterham CSR260 11.41

See today's Autocar for more.

No mention of tyres there, though...

0-60 = 3.16 (vs 3.27 CSR)

fast buck

238 posts

235 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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I get prouder every day! it's like watching your kids win on school sports day!

atomic

150 posts

239 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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Does anyone have any idea how this time compares to non road legal track/race cars like a Touring Car, LMP, F1, F3000 etc?

Nick

Bruce Fielding

Original Poster:

2,244 posts

289 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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And you can see it doing it on video!

www.autocar.co.uk/

fast buck

238 posts

235 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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good to see some more film footage, but i would have made him do it again with his reverse light working! reckon he took it out for weight loss!

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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Looks like I'll have to strenghthen my caravan tow bar after all!

JC

PS Did anyone manage to download and save this video? If so, could you please email it to me at
john@datasafe.org.uk

Cheers

>> Edited by datasafe on Tuesday 28th June 14:14

ross.mcw

393 posts

264 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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Excellent vid clip - we could really do with getting a copy of that on the Atom club site....

John Lloyd

926 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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fast buck said:
I get prouder every day! it's like watching your kids win on school sports day!



Funny you should mention that I won the Dads race at my daughters Sports day yesterday. All on the straight over 50m, not a spin in sight, but I did have to have a bean bag on my head. Guess the 0-60??!!



>> Edited by John Lloyd on Tuesday 28th June 15:32

fast buck

238 posts

235 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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I think about 4secs ,there seems to be a little extra weight involved so i don't think it's under 4 secs. Secondly I think it's unfair to make people dress up as Jews with skull caps just for peoples amusment!

>> Edited by fast buck on Tuesday 28th June 15:47

>> Edited by fast buck on Tuesday 28th June 15:48

atomic

150 posts

239 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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John

Were you wearing track or road shoes?

Nick

John Lloyd

926 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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Atomic said:
John

Were you wearing track or road shoes?

Nick



Definately road shoes, a nice pair of brown brogues!

The trick is rather than put the bean bag "left to right" across your head (it slips off easily this way) put it "front to back" and it tends to stay on longer. Years of testing at previous Sports Days!!

>> Edited by John Lloyd on Tuesday 28th June 18:13

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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You look like Little RED Riding hood!

Did you stick it to your toupee?

JC

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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Interesting follow-up article on the NZ Open Wheeler site to be found here:

www.openwheelers.co.nz/newmodel/reviews.htm

I particularly noticed the line that read - Read the full article here. And the Avon ZZRs are road legal ...

So what's the definitive answer, was the Ariel legal?

JC

John Lloyd

926 posts

238 months

Tuesday 28th June 2005
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datasafe said:
You look like Little RED Riding hood!


But I look a better winger than Shan Williams!!!!

>> Edited by John Lloyd on Tuesday 28th June 23:09

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Wednesday 29th June 2005
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The best thing Sir Clive Woodward could do to give the Lions a chance would be to draft in the entire 2005 Grand Slam Winners of the Six Nations.

Now which team won the Grand Slam? Hmmmmmm ....

(I see Woodward has partly taken the hint)!

JC

John Lloyd

926 posts

238 months

Wednesday 29th June 2005
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If Shane Williams scores a try I'll eat my lions shirt.

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Wednesday 29th June 2005
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I just bought Autocar and chuckled at the caption to the picture of the Caterham & Atom, it reads:

'Caterham might lead Ariel in this photo, but against the clock the CSR was blown away by - wait for it - an Atomic explosion'

Didn't see that mentioned on the Caterham site when I had a look last night!

Nothing like a bit of stirring to caused debate - I dare you...

JC

badge70

93 posts

249 months

Wednesday 29th June 2005
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Very good, We just need to beat the Ultima GTR now!!!!

(10.30sec)

Bugger!

John Lloyd

926 posts

238 months

Thursday 30th June 2005
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Following taken from the Ultima forum.

"And the pictures show that the Caterham wasn't even road legal with no lights,no indicators,no number plates and no passenger seat. Not to mention the race numbers and avon slicks it was shod with!"

Don't know if the cars had to be road legal, but it's nice to see Caterham had to turn up with a race car to try and beat the Atom and still failed!!! That's one in the eye for them after gloating over the Atom being disqualified from the Sunday Times test.


Ultima drivers are very unhappy that their car has not been in either of the recent tests!

datasafe

911 posts

238 months

Thursday 30th June 2005
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Good stuff!!