OT: Bathurst results

Recently I managed to view a 1 hour recap of the recent prodution- car version of the Bathurst 24hr race. Here in the States, the Subaru WRX Sti and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 are two really well received cars. Most test results put them very even on peformance. (Suby-more hp but more weight) Mitsu(lighter, barely quicker twitchy) Race results don't tell the full story of a 24hr event, but the top car from each manufactuer finished next to each other. (WRX/Evo/WRX) The rally looking cars are even said to rival some of the faster production V8 Mustangs in quarter mile times. But that 300hp seemed very limited compared to some of the other cars running the event. I would guess the Two cars did well on the mountain top, but the two long straights buried the turbos. There were even some Toyota Celicas(called Altezza's down under it seems) Any Aussies who were there with some insight on how well these cars did? dave henrie

> straights buried the turbos. There were even some Toyota Celicas(called > Altezza's down under it seems) That's news to me - called Celicas AFAIK

"Damien Evans" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:bsbdv6$bc1n5$[email hidden]: >> straights buried the turbos. There were even some Toyota Celicas(called >> Altezza's down under it seems) > > That's news to me - called Celicas AFAIK > It was on the TV coverage that they were called Altezza's. The Bathurst website (which I went to AFTER I made the post) < :) > had them listed as Celicas too...wierd. dh

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > There were even some Toyota Celicas(called > Altezza's down under it seems) AFAIK, the Altezza is the Bimmer knock-off known as the Lexus IS300 to the U.S. market. -jde

http://www.bathurst24hr.com/ This is the official site which may be able to give you some help. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Recently I managed to view a 1 hour recap of the recent prodution- > car version of the Bathurst 24hr race. Here in the States, the Subaru WRXSti > and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 are two really well received cars. Most > test results put them very even on peformance. (Suby-more hp but more > weight) Mitsu(lighter, barely quicker twitchy) Race results don't tell > the full story of a 24hr event, but the top car from each manufactuer > finished next to each other. (WRX/Evo/WRX) > The rally looking cars are even said to rival some of the fasterproduction

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> V8 Mustangs in quarter mile times. But that 300hp seemed very > limited compared to some of the other cars running the event. I would > guess the Two cars did well on the mountain top, but the two long > straights buried the turbos. There were even some Toyota Celicas(called > Altezza's down under it seems) > Any Aussies who were there with some insight on how well these cars > did? > > dave henrie

There were two Toyota Celica's and one Toyota Altezza in the race. The two Toyota Celica's finished in 16th and 21st position and the Toyota Altezza finished 24th. http://www.bathurst24hr.com.au/ Sid. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Recently I managed to view a 1 hour recap of the recent prodution- > car version of the Bathurst 24hr race. Here in the States, the Subaru WRXSti > and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 are two really well received cars. Most > test results put them very even on peformance. (Suby-more hp but more > weight) Mitsu(lighter, barely quicker twitchy) Race results don't tell > the full story of a 24hr event, but the top car from each manufactuer > finished next to each other. (WRX/Evo/WRX) > The rally looking cars are even said to rival some of the fasterproduction

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> V8 Mustangs in quarter mile times. But that 300hp seemed very > limited compared to some of the other cars running the event. I would > guess the Two cars did well on the mountain top, but the two long > straights buried the turbos. There were even some Toyota Celicas(called > Altezza's down under it seems) > Any Aussies who were there with some insight on how well these cars > did? > > dave henrie