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Pechito López will test a works Honda this weekend and is expected to race the full season alongside PernÃ*a, Altuna, Girolami and Ventana.
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Not familiar with this series, am I right in thinking that they are similar to the old Super Tourers or am I deluded!
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Nothing to do with Super Touring. Don't know the exact technical rules. TC2000 is a bit slower as WTCC (around 1 to 2 seconds).
On the engine side there's lots of involvement of European tuners: Sodemo: Toyota and Renault Neil Brown: Honda Spiess: Chevrolet Some coverage: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f It's a great series. |
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Thanks, I shall be checking it out on You Tube this weekend.
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Curitiba (but not at the same weekend)
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Look for races at the Autódromo Eduardo Copello "El Zonda" in San Juan - it's a beautiful track and the 2008 or 2009 race (can't remember which) was simply insane.
There's a spec engine since 2009: Berta makes a "Jaguar" unit for all brands. it will make about 340hp this year. |
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340 bhp on a FWD car? That's pretty impressive!
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Just checked it out on You Tube, looks pretty good. Proper racing on proper tracks unlike the bore fest from Bahrain I wasted 2 hours watching this afternoon. Looks a bit quicker than the BTCC/WTCC, shall be keeping an eye it. Cheers |
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Thanks NaBUru38, I'll keep an eye out for that one.
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TC2000 uses Ford/Mazda 2 Liter and 4 bangers Duratecs. I doubt they reach more than 320HP, according to the data I have got they rev 1000rpm less than the "expensive" 2008 engines, that where arround 340HP. Yeap, still impressive for FWD cars. Sadly all the factory teams like Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Renault, Fiat and Peugeot will use... A FORD ENGINE!!!!! That is the thing I still cant get from TC2000 BTW, last year I have worked in a couple of TC2000 races as data eng, for a privateer team. Can post some nice pics if somebody wants to. |
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We're approaching first event of the year, that will be at the streets of Punta del Este, Uruguay tomorrow.
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José MarÃ*a López replaces Santiago Ventana at Honda. Source: TCT
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http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4531 31 cars in total! 22 factory cars! (WTCC, DTM, BTCC: eat your heart out! ) López takes pole in Punta del Este (Uruguay). |
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Pechito López was unbeatable today. Each time the safety car got into the pits, he made a big gap in seconds.
Five series raced this weekend: Uruguayan Superescarabajos (old Beetles), Turismo Libre (mainly 1980s Gols, Unos and Escorts) and Superturismo (not Supertouring cars, more like sub-Superproduction - 207 Compact, Clio, Gol), plus the Argentinian Copa Fiat LÃ*nea (for rich driver-wannabes, like Fiat Argentina's president) and finally the TC2000. I took loads of pictures - as soon as I find time and batteries, I'll post links here. |
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17 pictures here. Those are the boring ones. The more interesting, exciing, funny ones of the 300+ I took will be soon in my blog.
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Just watched the race. Impressive race of López. Because of the USF1 drama I imagine he's still frustrated and angry and had not much time to preparate. There were several safety cars and at the restarts every time he managed to create a gap with the rest.
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