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24 Aug 2006, 13:34 (Ref:1690354) | #1 | |
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24 Hours of Zolder 2006
Something a bit different - and interesting!
This weekend is the 24 Hours of Zolder in Belgium. It's held as a round of the Belcar Championship. Two Corvette C5-R's are entered (GLPK and PSI), as well as a Marcos, Porsche Bi-Turbo's, BMW 120D, a gaggle of Porsche Cup cars, and even a screaming rotary Mazda RX-7! The-Paddock.net will be having complete coverage of this race througout the weekend. We already have a race preview, spotter's guide and qualifying 1 report up. Here's a direct link to the event coverage page for the race: http://www.the-paddock.net/component...,354/Itemid,1/ Corvette won last year, can they repeat it again? |
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24 Aug 2006, 13:53 (Ref:1690362) | #2 | ||
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You make a small mistake. PSI won't drive there with their Corvette's. They drive there with a Porsche (#38). The C6 is at Donington Park for a LMES race...and the C5 don't drive this weekend. Btw, the 2nd Corvette in the Belcar is for SRT (Selleslagh Racing Team)...and they got the pole!!! |
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24 Aug 2006, 15:55 (Ref:1690793) | #3 | ||
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I think the GLPK Vette will win it. It will be interesting to see how Cor Euser's Marcos does as well. I think there will be live feed again this year on the harmony channel: www.hibn.tv
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24 Aug 2006, 18:33 (Ref:1690909) | #5 | |
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yes your right. I'm sorry. I was writing this quickly before i left this morning, and i have had PSI stuck in my head since last week when they were in the FIA GT race at Paul-Ricard.
It's GLPK's Corvette C5-R and SRT's Corvette C5-R that are at Zolder. PSI is at Donington with their C6.R.. -It's Amazing how theres three customer Corvette teams with two cars each in Europe and no privateer Corvette teams over in America.. |
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25 Aug 2006, 04:12 (Ref:1691174) | #8 | ||
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I inquired about buying a C5-R from Pacific Coast Motorsport, but they already sold them to a BelCar team. A guy in Guatemala wanted one for the GT series over there.
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25 Aug 2006, 15:08 (Ref:1691512) | #9 | ||
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Starting grid for tomorrow: 01.#1Hart/Duez/Soulet/CloetCorvette C5-R 02.#7Longin/Kumpen/Hezemans/MollekensCorvette C5-R 03.#5Goossens/van Dongen/EuserMarcos LM600 04.#33Kenis/De Keersmaecker/Verheyen/SchuybroekMosler MT 900 05.#21Penders/Lamot/Jacobs/DujardynPorsche 996 GT3 RS 06.#38Belloc/Bouvy/Menten/Verbergt )Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 07.#29Vollebergh/De Laet/Maes/Van RossemPorsche 996 GT3 RSR 08.#46Derdaele/Empsen/Verhoeven/De WitUltima GTR 09.#23Severich/Josten/Moore/MuytjensBMW E46 GTR V8 10.#50Van Delm/Haane/Meert/WerckxPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 11.#28Grouwels/Grouwels/Wijnen/CloetDodge Viper Competition Coupe 12.#25Leyssens/Lumbeeck/Moonens/RedantBMW E46 Silhouet 13.#70Cracco/Jonckheere/Duval/SaelensPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 14.#16Bouillon/Kuus/Robinson/Jan Van der SlikPorsche 996 Biturbo 15.#8Wauters/Wauters/Vanierschot/SchreursPorsche 996 Biturbo 16.#24Essers/Vandermaesen/Coens/Van BellingenBMW E46 Silhouet 17.#44Steinberg/Neyens/Loix/LambertPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 18.#54Van Hoepen/Van Riet/Den Otter/Buuren MeindertPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 19.#27Ceusters/Schrauwen/Van MoerkerkePorsche 996 GT3 RS 20.#47Mattheus/Boden/der Zwaan Arjan/NefPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 21.#55Dumarey/Dumarey/Dumarey/Van De WauwerPorsche 997 GT3 Cup 22.#69Tavernier/Kersten/Hahn/LangebergPorsche 997 GT3 Cup 23.#49Maton/Bonnaerens/Colman/Campenhoudt StefanPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 24.#43Van Loo/J Thomas/Decoster/BroodcorenPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 25.#53Jamers/Van Rompuy/Van Gorp/BeliënPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 26.#10Thiers/Thiers/Thiers/Van MolPorsche 996 GT3 RS 27.#48Van Hover/Verhoeven/MathotPorsche 996 GT3 Cup 28.#35Vetters/Jeuris/Van Uytsel/Vos RonnyPorsche 996 HM 29.#30Janssen/Van Audenhove/Raus/RausPorsche 996 GT3 R 30.#17Wim/Ron/Roy Rob/de Plas TomPorsche 996 GT2 R 31.#45Beckers/Van Samang/Van Samang/RaesBMW E46 M3 32.#56Joosen/Vroman/Pampel/GeerinckxBMW E46 M3 WTCC 33.#34Bruynoghe/Leest/Herman/LémeretPorsche 996 GT3 34.#22Kelders/Nelissen-Grade/Van Roy/PonceletPorsche 996 GT3 RS 35.#32Betram/Stielstra/Gemoets/De VriesPorsche 996 GT3 RS 36.#36Van Herck/Booten/Rigo/VoetMazda RX7 37.#65Van de Velde/Grifnée/Uljee/HalnBMW 120 Diesel 38.#9Steegmans/Steegmans/Vancraeynest/GonnissenPorsche 996 Biturbo 39.#52Sluys/Heyman/Vanzeebroeck/van den BroeckSeat Leon Cupra 40.#66Notermans/Binet/VercammenBMW E36 M3 More item's on www.24u.be site! Last edited by Viper GTS-R***; 25 Aug 2006 at 15:11. |
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What sort of spec are the Porsche BiTurbos at Zolder? Are they close to a GT1 type specification, or are a lower level of development? |
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26 Aug 2006, 13:00 (Ref:1692771) | #11 | ||
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Is it Francois Duval driving the #70 Porsche? And who's the Loix in #44?
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26 Aug 2006, 13:08 (Ref:1692775) | #12 | ||
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26 Aug 2006, 14:13 (Ref:1692817) | #13 | |
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Live video stream: http://www.hibn.tv/content/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=378
Race starts at 17:00h CET. |
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26 Aug 2006, 15:11 (Ref:1692848) | #14 | ||
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#22 looks to be out after a few minutes
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26 Aug 2006, 17:31 (Ref:1692939) | #15 | ||
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25 minutes of safety car after a blown motor by Danny Steegmans' Porsche. The GLPK Vette already has a 2-lap lead!
What happened to the Maxime Soulet Vette? He is 2 laps down, but turning laps 5 seconds faster then everyone. Why did they lose 2-laps? www.hibn.tv is so cool! Last edited by Fiorentina 1; 26 Aug 2006 at 17:35. |
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26 Aug 2006, 19:45 (Ref:1693006) | #16 | ||
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Maxime Soulet is a flipping stud! That kid is awesome, man. He got his Vette in the lead from third 2-laps down, right before the end of his stint. I remember him from F.BMW last year at Laguna Seca. The Porsches are having a lot of problems. #8 just dropped out with gearbox problems, and the Red Bull #38 spent an hour replacing their gearbox.
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26 Aug 2006, 19:48 (Ref:1693007) | #17 | |
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He's doing very well. Never heard of him before this race.
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27 Aug 2006, 05:46 (Ref:1693276) | #18 | ||
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Update 15 Hours:
The GLPK Vette built up a lead of over 10 laps over the Hart-Duez-Soulet-Cloet Vette. But at 5:30 a.m the GLPK Vette of Longin-Kumpen-Hezemans-Mollekens came into the pits with gearbox problems. The team lost 30 laps to change the gearbox and are now lying third, 20 laps behind. The Goossens-van Dongen-Euser Mracos is in second place, 2-laps off the leaders. It just started to rain, so things will get interesting. BTW, the Bouvy-Menten-Belloc-Verbergt Porsche who earlier changed a gearbox is flying, and is now in 6th place, 35 laps off the lead. A pair of BMW's are in 4th & 5th. |
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unfortunately, to allow the PSI-BiTurbo's to "close the gap" to the vettes this year, they choose to allow even more power, instead of the larger rear wing the team had asked for. as a result, PSI now runs their RSR. SRT won yesterday, apparently Kumpen was none to happy about the gearbox problems they encountered, he used some non-quotable terms on TV |
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