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2010 SCCA National Championship Runoffs (U.S.) winner. Spec Racer Ford is a class of racing car used in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and other series road racing events. The Spec Racer Ford, manufactured and marketed by SCCA Enterprises (a subsidiary of SCCA, Inc.), is a high performance, closed wheel, open cockpit, purpose-built race car intended for paved road courses, such as ...
The Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), commonly known as the "six-wheeler", was a Formula One (F1) race car designed by Derek Gardner, Tyrrell's chief designer. [1] The car used four specially manufactured 10-inch diameter (254 mm) wheels and tyres at the front, with two ordinary-sized wheels at the back.
The current Academy package (2014) is that for £21,495, [1] entrants get a modified Roadsport kit (although a factory-built option is available for extra cost) with a sealed Ford Sigma engine and 5-speed gearbox. Having completed the ARDS (racing) licence qualification, the season then consists of a setup day, three speed events (sprints and ...
Sparco Racing Cockpit is the official kit for the original GT Force and Gran Turismo 3 A-spec, it was released in Japan in 2001. [5] The kits two parts are named "Steering Pod" and "Bucket Chair". [6] As an official product the steering pod features a Sparco / Gran Turismo double name emblem plate, and the Sparco Speed seat has GT logos.
Full motion racing simulator with all 6 degrees of freedom. A full motion racing simulator, sometimes called a full motion sim rig, is a motion simulator that is purposed for racing, and must provide motion simulation in all six degrees of freedom, as defined by the aviation simulator industry many decades ago.
Only the frame itself can in many cases weigh more than 50-60 kg, and can occupy a floor area of 1.4 meter length by 66 cm wide. In addition, extra area is needed for the seat and monitors, and with a common three-monitor setup the whole rig can easily span an area of 1.4 m × 1.4 m.
Group 7 was a set of regulations for automobile racing created by the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI), a division of the modern Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. There were two distinct sets of Group 7 regulations: Group 7 two-seater racing cars (1966 to 1975) Group 7 international formula racing cars (1976 to 1981)
The turbo configuration that has been mandated since 2014 is a twin-turbo with the pressure range restricted to 1.3–1.6 bar (19–23 psi) depending on track shape. American turbocharger company BorgWarner is the exclusive supplier of turbocharger kits, with all cars since the 2014 season using the EFR7163 model in order to save costs.