Nippon Challenge

[Ellz]

Well this weekend i was away for a round of the nippon challenge helping out time attack 2 years winner Dixon cheng in his honda integra type r DC2. First round at brans he blew the engine, so this was the first round with the new 2 ltr engine which had only been run in on dyno. We had some problems with crankcase breather system on the first day and then an oil union broken on the oil cooling system on day 2 but we got these sorted just in time.

As we where the only honda there we abviously got 3 first places in that but we also got a 3rd a 2nd and a 3rd in the 3 races, against rx7's scoobies mr2 running much more power.

We had a racing incident where dixon got on the inside on a MR2 and he shut the door which resulted in tyre contact which then flipped the MR2, complete right off unfortunatly, both drivers admitted to the incident as an accident.

Here are some photos

Left london at 5 friday eve (bad time) didnt get to hotel until 12pm :(

Audi centre

Going across bridge into wales

The weapon

Track shots

[Ellz]

As you can see some oil issues

Dixon and some of the team

2 front runners

[Ellz]

And finally just some more

Lap before the flip you can see Dixon was right up his chuffty

I didnt get the flip but you can see how far the car has travelled from the inside line they take, it flipped over twice before landing on its wheels, the guy driving was fine, car wasnt. Its amazing as the only damage to our car was a scuffed wheel arch.

Damage

[Guest inicol63]

Looks like a good day.

Which one is the Stig?

IAN