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FTO *is* a race car!
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:22 am
by RichardH
Last Sunday was the finals of the MC Motorsport driving comp series. Mine was the only FTO in a field comprised of Lotus Elise, Skylines, Porsches, WRX (30 of the bloody things - they're like flies at a barbecue) and the odd Clubman and EVO VIII.
Six tight, rain-soaked courses later, and I'd claimed 7th place out of a field of 74!
That's by far the best result I've ever managed in the two years or so I've been competing... and don't it feel good!!!
Some more details up on the West Aussie 'FTO Drivers Club' website -
http://www.ftowa.com, including a full Finals event timesheet on the 'Motorsport' page.
Now, it's off to find any FTO-related forum I haven't posted on yet! Gotta get 'em all...
- Rich
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:02 am
by mrx
Congratulations! Good to see you showing that the car does deserve a little more respect than it usually gets.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:58 am
by Boris
That's absolutely awsome, having a look at the list of cars... impressing... if only they had these things around our side of the country!
Well Done
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:00 pm
by FTO338
Fantastic effort Rich
And I've notice your team really is "What The??" with the combination of cars on your team ehehheh
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:12 pm
by sxcfto
Great Result awsome to see .... I always knew it could do it and Im going to insist that they all take back anything bad said about FTO's as they are so underated as a sports racing car !!
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:12 pm
by RichardH
FTO338 wrote:Fantastic effort Rich
And I've notice your team really is "What The??" with the combination of cars on your team ehehheh
Yes, that's the team fielded by Russell from WA Suspensions. Quite a mix! One of the standout vehicles earlier on in the year was a top condition Walkinshaw Holden... an awesome vehicle. A heavy car... but it beat loads of other competitors (including me!) around some twisty technical courses.
"What The!!!" are a great bunch to drive with. Their motto is always, "Just get out there and have fun!".
- Rich
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:16 am
by ph3var
Good result richy boy that LSD must have helped out a lot
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:50 pm
by FTOluv
Thats awesome Richard!! Really happy for you dude!
I cant wait till i tell me non-FTO owner friends about it!!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:33 pm
by FTO338
RichardH wrote:One of the standout vehicles earlier on in the year was a top condition Walkinshaw Holden... an awesome vehicle. A heavy car... but it beat loads of other competitors (including me!) around some twisty technical courses.
- Rich
Man that dude must have some serious skill to beat lighter with a Walkin....the rear spoiler itself is like 30kg.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:23 am
by paladin
i think the key thing here was the word WET, rwd's and turboed cars arnt much fun in the wet compared to a smove high reving fwder with a decent driver !@
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:25 pm
by RallyMad
Boris wrote:That's absolutely awsome, having a look at the list of cars... impressing... if only they had these things around our side of the country!
Well Done
I think the competition that Richard is racing in is sort of a motorkhana or autocross. Or something like it, and if you really want to get into this just contact your local cams office and ask about any local clubs that might run these sorts of events. As far as I know there are clubs running them all over the place. There actually state and national championships.
It's a great way to learn car control and a reletively cheap entre to motorsport.
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:36 pm
by RichardH
Yep...
Go to CAMS website here...
http://www.cams.com.au/content.asp?PageID=Calendar
...select "Motorkhana" or "Khanacross" as the discipline, put in an end date 6 months ahead, and hit SEARCH.
Have fun!
- Rich
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:33 pm
by OC
Conrats Rich
Thats a fantastic result!
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:56 pm
by akuma3
teach those turbo a lesson! haha
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:56 am
by RichardH
More good deeds on-track in an FTO...
Sept 23 - Individual motorkhana comp - 3rd outright, out of 21... including 16 Porsches!
Oct 9 - Round 3 Team comp - our team came 1st. The weather was shocking for the morning session, then cleared up just in time for the arvo session... which was us. With all the Rexes driving on sopping wet tarmac, we had a wonderfully unfair advantage. FTO placed 2nd outright! Gotta love that rain...
- Rich
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:42 pm
by OC
Wow! Thats incredible, congrats dude
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:39 pm
by mrx
Any pics or video's to share?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:26 am
by RichardH
I do, actually. A couple of stills from the individual comp. Here you go...
These were shot by a bloke by the name of Raphael. Nice work.
- Rich
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:37 pm
by kaveman
if anyone in nsw is intrested in motorkhana or supersprint you can contact me
i have been competing this year in the nsw series
robert
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:35 am
by RichardH
So do the "state" Motorkhana formats have reversing tests?
I saw something in the CAMS rules regarding state/national championships about this. Can't think of anything worse!
- Rich