I've never seen this one before...OZ zed lap time

Never seen this one before, but some interesting time comparisons....not far off F2 pace (albeit not a VG in sight)....

 

and faster than Craig Lowndes in his V8 Supercar!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Touring Car Championship

 

Oran Park Raceway has hosted a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship every year since 1971. 2008 was the final year of Oran Park in the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Allan Moffat and Mark Skaife are the most successful drivers at Oran Park in the ATCC, with six round wins each.

 

The first ever race in 1971 saw Moffat in his Ford Boss 302 Mustang and Bob Jane driving his 427 cui powered Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 go into the round on 31 and 34 points respectively with Moffat needing to either win or score more 3 or more points than Jane to claim the title. With both drivers starting from the front row a capacity crowd saw a titanic struggle with Jane claiming the win from Moffat and securing his 3rd ATCC championship. In a bizarre happening during the race, a spectator driving a road registered Valiant drove through an open gate and onto the circuit. The race went on and the driver managed to complete a few laps before exiting the circuit.

 

[edit] Lap Records

 

Current lap records for the Grand Prix circuit, italics indicate use of short circuit[7][8][9]

 

As a comparison, in November 1974, Warwick Brown set the outright lap record on the then new "Grand Prix Circuit" with a 1:05.2 lap in a Lola T332-Chevrolet Formula 5000. Ten years later in August 1984, John Bowe set the outright lap record of 1:03.9 in a Ralt RT4-Ford (1.6L) Formula Mondial. When the circuit closed in 2010, the outright lap record stood at 1:01.6718 by Tim Leahey in a Reynard 92D-Holden (3.8L) Formula Holden set in July 2000.Note that in mid-1983 the circuit was changed slightly with the addition of a straight run after turn 3 heading to what was turn 5 and eliminating what was turn 4. This made turn 3, and subsequently the new turn 4, slightly faster and gave the Grand Prix Circuit 12 corners instead of 13. The result was an overall improvement in lap times of approximately 0.5 to 1 second per lap.

 

 

 

Class/Driver/Vehicle/Time/Date

 

 

 

Outright

 

Tim Leahey

 

Reynard 92D Holden

 

1:01.6718

 

30/07/00

 

 

 

Racing Cars:

 

(Formula Holden)

 

Tim Leahey

 

Reynard 92D Holden

 

1:01.6718

 

30/07/00

 

 

 

(Formula Three)

 

Michael Caruso

 

Dallara 301 Fiat

 

1:03.9747

 

13/07/03

 

 

 

(Formula 5000)

 

Warwick Brown

 

Lola T332 Chevrolet

 

1:05.2

 

17/11/74

 

 

 

(Australian Formula 2)

 

Jon Crooke

 

Cheetah Mk8

 

1:05.8

 

08/06/86

 

 

 

(Formula Ford)

 

Steven Richards

 

Van Diemen RF94

 

1:11.5614

 

24/07/94

 

 

 

 

Sports Cars

 

 

(Nations Cup)

 

Paul Stokell

 

Lamborghini Diablo GT

 

1:08.6267

 

13/07/03

 

 

 

(Carrera Cup)

 

Alex Davison

 

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car

 

1:09.6224

 

13/08/03

 

 

 

Production Sports Cars

 

Tim Mackie

 

Lotus Elise HPE

 

1:10.9768

 

31/05/09

 

 

 

(GT Championship)

 

Greg Crick

 

Dodge Viper GTS ACR

 

1:11.2863

 

07/05/06

 

 

 

(Invitation Sports Cars)

 

Stan Adler

 

Porsche 911 Coupe

 

1:15.6234

 

30/08/98

 

 

 

(GT Performance)

 

Bob Pearson

 

Mazda RX-7

 

1:16.0830

 

13/07/03

 

 

 

(Aussie Racing Cars)

 

Nick Percat

 

ARC Falcon-Yamaha

 

1:16.6124

 

12/08/06

 

 

 

(MG-F Trophy)

 

Warren Luff

 

MG-F Trophy

 

1:23.5348

 

17/08/03

 

 

 

Touring Cars

 

 

 

(V8 Supercar)

 

Craig Lowndes

 

Holden VT Commodore

 

1:08.0630

 

15/09/99

 

 

 

(Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series)

 

Dean Canto

 

Ford EL Falcon

 

1:10.3812

 

16/06/00

 

 

 

Sports Sedan

 

Kerry Baily

 

Nissan 300ZX-Chevrolet

 

1:06.8983

 

28/07/01

 

 

 

Super Touring

 

Brad Jones

 

Audi A4 Quattro

 

1:10.0464

 

30/08/98

 

 

 

Performance Cars

 

Chris Alajajian

 

Subaru Impreza WRX STi

 

1:15.6008

 

13/08/05