02.07.2008
For anyone with a little spare time on their hands and willing to keep an eye on the Nurburgring Webcam, you might like to watch Ultima’s attempt on the outright road-car lap record. They are busy preparing the car in the paddock just now, so sometime later this morning there will be a red Ultima GTR being driven with commitment.
Good luck guys.
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22 Comments
Steve
July 2, 2008Looks like they are preparing for a run..
Steve
July 2, 2008Looks like they are preparing for a run..
Richard
July 2, 2008Any word on what they accomplished?
Richard
July 2, 2008Any word on what they accomplished?
Steve A
July 2, 2008i wont be betting against it. IIRC it was about 10secs faster around the top gear track when they did the unofficial lap.
Good Luck ULTIMA….
Steve A
July 2, 2008i wont be betting against it. IIRC it was about 10secs faster around the top gear track when they did the unofficial lap.
Good Luck ULTIMA….
CyberBilly
July 3, 2008Apparently it didn’t even last the lap – the engine lunched itself at Steilstreke i.e. 3/4 of the way into the lap……..
CyberBilly
July 3, 2008Apparently it didn’t even last the lap – the engine lunched itself at Steilstreke i.e. 3/4 of the way into the lap……..
Trevor
July 3, 2008The GTR didnt lunch its engine
From Richard From Ultima GTR factory
“The engine didn’t lunch itself, we have not run the car today, the fan belt did get stone trapped in it yesterday during testing taking the belt off with it. But engine and car in perfect order no damage done.”
There hoping for a Friday run
Trevor
July 3, 2008The GTR didnt lunch its engine
From Richard From Ultima GTR factory
“The engine didn’t lunch itself, we have not run the car today, the fan belt did get stone trapped in it yesterday during testing taking the belt off with it. But engine and car in perfect order no damage done.”
There hoping for a Friday run
ResB
July 5, 2008Any news? Did they run Friday?
ResB
July 5, 2008Any news? Did they run Friday?
.tribeca
July 7, 2008Stone in the fan belt or something put a stop to their record attempt, then no more track time available so they had to give up…they’ll be gutted going all that way.
.tribeca
July 7, 2008Stone in the fan belt or something put a stop to their record attempt, then no more track time available so they had to give up…they’ll be gutted going all that way.
Kier
July 14, 2008It caught a stone twice (as per above comments)?
Any news?
Kier
July 14, 2008It caught a stone twice (as per above comments)?
Any news?
Graeme Ison
July 17, 2008They ended up not running because it rained them out, so no records yet – they did get 220mph out of it on the way home on the autobahn though!
Graeme Ison
July 17, 2008They ended up not running because it rained them out, so no records yet – they did get 220mph out of it on the way home on the autobahn though!
Sereaspititnew
August 3, 2008Brilliant!
Sereaspititnew
August 3, 2008Brilliant!
Malflorry
September 28, 2008i am gonna show this to my friend, brother
Malflorry
September 28, 2008i am gonna show this to my friend, brother