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Old 2006-10-12, 02:30 PM   #26
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Post 10 chris.
yes post 10 however I too vote this for best race car.
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Old 2006-10-12, 03:11 PM   #27
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yes post 10 however I too vote this for best race car.
3rded... the 787B is one of those cars that appears and just changes racing. Totally phenominal.

Kinda like this car:







The Chaparral 2J. It used a secondary motor running fans to suck all the air out from under it, generating massive amounts of downforce, even when stopped. The car was so incredibly ahead of the competition it was banned after a single season.

The 2J has had far reaching implications aside from just the banning of "sucker cars". Stuff like true ground effects and other extreme aero devices have been all but elminated from motorsports. The problem is that minor contact that damages an extreme downforce element means whipping off the track at lethal speeds.

'Course the 2J is more infamous than famous... but it's certainly one of the "best" cars when stacked up against the competition, even if only due to shear inginuity.
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Old 2006-10-12, 04:50 PM   #28
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I can't get it to work it was a Mazda Cosmo 110S
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Old 2006-10-12, 05:23 PM   #29
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I can't get it to work it was a Mazda Cosmo 110S

Thar she blows

Oh, and I love the Aston Martin DBR-9
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Old 2006-10-12, 05:53 PM   #30
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Oh, and I love the Aston Martin DBR-9
Seconded. As well as the new RallyGT Aston.
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Old 2006-10-13, 05:04 PM   #32
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Yet another revolutionary Formula one car that was subsequently banned.

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Yet another revolutionary Formula one car that was subsequently banned.

Revolutionary, yes... but it wasn't really much faster than the competition except down long straights. Everyone that tried >4 wheels found they weren't much faster, but were plenty more complicated. FIA finally said "4 wheels only, power at the rear, steering at the front".

The Tyrrel P34 is still a pretty damn cool car though... like the 2J, it's a great example of thinking outside of convention. Here's a cool website about other 6 wheel'd F1 cars:

http://www.f1nutter.co.uk/tech/6wheels.php
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