Mazda Rx 8 WinS over PORCHE and FERRARi and others.......
03-05-2008, 03:31 AM
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geez... had to go through some hoops just to find mention of the win on www.MazdaUSA.com "see more" my ***
03-05-2008, 05:13 AM
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yeah Mazda win, Porsche lose.
Both sides played by the rules, and Mazda won.
HAH! Eat that Porsche..... 8)
Both sides played by the rules, and Mazda won.
HAH! Eat that Porsche..... 8)
03-05-2008, 05:26 AM
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IMO, the rules are set up to favor the Grand Am (read, NASCAR) formula of putting templates over tube frame chassis. Reference GXP.R and tell me what the hell that thing is? I would imagine you'll see less Ferrari (only a couple ran this year) and Corvette (only one this year) running in these races as the rules favor tube frame cars. See what the field looked like a few years ago in the GT class as a comparison.
The 2 rotor production based RX8 runs in the ST class in Grand Am's Koni Challenge series.
That said, congrats to Speedsource (which fields cars in both GT and ST class) for the great 24hr win! They are leading the path in pushing Mazda's latest racing effort to the forefront. Last year, the GT class RX8 was already showing what it could do. This year, it seems like things are aligning into place (cross our fingers).
The 2 rotor production based RX8 runs in the ST class in Grand Am's Koni Challenge series.
That said, congrats to Speedsource (which fields cars in both GT and ST class) for the great 24hr win! They are leading the path in pushing Mazda's latest racing effort to the forefront. Last year, the GT class RX8 was already showing what it could do. This year, it seems like things are aligning into place (cross our fingers).
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03-14-2008, 12:20 PM
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03-14-2008, 12:30 PM
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Rotaries were never banned from LeMans. The rule change only affected engine displacement. This meant that the 4 rotors were no longer allowed due to purely size reasons. It had nothing to do with the fact that it was a rotary. They could have still run a rotary but back then it would have had to have been a 2 rotor. This was before restrictor plates so they tried to limit power with size instead. Many other engines were no longer allowed due to this rule change but it did favor piston engines.
03-14-2008, 01:50 PM
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Rotaries were never banned from LeMans. The rule change only affected engine displacement. This meant that the 4 rotors were no longer allowed due to purely size reasons. It had nothing to do with the fact that it was a rotary. They could have still run a rotary but back then it would have had to have been a 2 rotor. This was before restrictor plates so they tried to limit power with size instead. Many other engines were no longer allowed due to this rule change but it did favor piston engines.
03-14-2008, 02:57 PM
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03-14-2008, 03:22 PM
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03-14-2008, 07:50 PM
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03-14-2008, 07:52 PM
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That link states the rule change made the 787B inelligible to race but that's not quite accurate. It was the rule change on engine displacement. Mazda did race the car again. They swapped a turbo 4 cylinder into it and ran it for at least 1 but possibly 2 seasons unsuccessfully.
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