Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts

Friday, 4 November 2016

Peugeot Spider THP

Romain Ronchin in a Peugeot THP Spider at Magny-Cours 2016 during the TTE meeting.
Pour plus de photos de la TTE Free Racing à Magny-Cours, suivez ce lien.  

For more photos of Free Racing at Magny-Cours, click here.

Peugeot Sport et Mygale, France.  THP stands for Turbo High pressure.  The THP Spider series was the follow on from the 207 Spider Cup.  The 207 Spider originated in 2007 and was a cooperation between Peugeot Sport and Mygale at Magny-Cours who designed and built the cars.  The THP engine is a turbocharged 1.6 litre injection engine that was a partnership between Peugeot and BMW.  In the Spider it generates 220hp.


Friday, 3 June 2016

2008 Riley Porsche Grand Am Daytona Prototype

2008 Riley Porsche Dayton, Laguna Seca 2015, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V.
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For more photos of the 2015 Porsche Rennsport Reunion V at Laguna Seca, click on the link above.

Riley Technologies, Mooresville, NC, USA.  Riley produced Daytona Prototype class cars for the Rolex Grand Am series.  Some such as this one were powered by Porsche engines. The sponsor, Ruby Tuesday, is an American restaurant group.  More to come....

Monday, 21 March 2016

2008 BRS 4.0 V6 Proto

Guy Heliou, BRS 4.0L Proto, ROSCAR race at Magny Cours, March 2016.
Pour plus de photos de la course ROSCAR à Magny Cours, 2016, suivez ce lien.

For more pictures of the ROSCAR race at Magny Cours in March 2016, click on the link above.

Tork Engineering, Bouhier d'Amilly, France.  22 BRS were produced for a French green BioRacing Series in 2008.  Sodemo converted a Nissan V6 motor to accept E85 Bioethanol fuel.  It produced 350bhp.   The cars were produced by Tork Engineering in association with Geoscan Concept, E.Design and Aéro Concept Engineering.  A nice looking sports prototype.  One now races in the ROSCAR series.