Celicas 1st and 2nd in Class in 2008 Bathurst 24 Hour

[neil trama]

For the third time in a row, Colin Osborne (2002 and 2005 Australian Production Car Champ) has won his class in an endurance race at Bathurst, beating the second placed Thrifty Car Rentals Celica by 3 laps, which beat the Conroy Honda Integra Type S by 1 lap.

The Celica co driven by John Roecken and Neal Bates also finished 11th outright.

Colin Osborne also won the Production class outright at the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour and the Hot Hatch class in the 2007 Bathurst 12 Hour.

Neil

[MR22ZZ]

not to forget the other celica which also came in 4th in class and 16th overall...

[SuperDave]

Good work!

These cars give me something to aim for at the track. Any chance they've lapped QR before?

[neil trama]

Mr 22ZZ,

I forgot to mention that I build engines for the Thrifty Celica #72 as well.

And on Toyota related subject, I build engines and race engineer the #10 Lotus Exige that came 3rd in its class and 7th outright.

Neil

[MT]

Awesome results Neil, good to see!

[hotboxcivic]

aren't those engines kept standard with only suspension upgrades?

[neil trama]

Blueprinted engines are still standard.

Exhausts can be changed after the manifold.

Engine management is free - we use Motec.

Neil

[hotboxcivic]

ahhhhhh! i see! i was gonna say the celica team is a bit ballsy to run a standard celica.

[MR22ZZ]

They are standard.

In a competition sense.

[hotboxcivic]

They are standard.

In a competition sense.

gues that's why they're so reliable running the 12 and 24hr.

[neil trama]

They are reliable.

Bathurst 2008 marked 11 2ZZ powered cars in a row that have finished races of 12 or 24 hours prepared by NTE.

It is not just production cars either. We run a Corolla Sportivo in the Nurburgring 24 Hour with a stroked 2zzge which produces 148kw at the hubs on a Dynapack Dyno and we have finished that last 2 events.

BTW a stock standard 2zzge gets about 103kW at the hubs on our Dynapack.

Neil