DSC’s Daily Notebook (28/08/2023)
GMB wins ELMS pit stop challenge
A pit stop challenge involving all the ELMS teams was held over the weekend at Aragon, following the success of the Le Mans Pit Stop Challenge back in June.
On Friday all teams took part, fighting for a place in a final that was held on Saturday afternoon.
The fastest crew proved to be GMB Motorsport’s from the GTE class, with a 14.915 stop completed in the final. The quickest LMP2 team was IDEC, with a 16.265-second tyre change, while the Ultimate team won in LMP3 with a time of 18.195 seconds.
Dumas Rebellion
Romain Dumas was reunited with an old friend last week, given the chance to shakedown a restored Rebellion R-13 at Paul Ricard.
Après de superbes vacances, c’est parti pour ma rentrée ! Petit checkdown au circuit du Castellet avec ma voiture des @24hoursoflemans 2020 restaurée par @RebellionMotors . Un vrai plaisir de la retrouver je me suis régalé pic.twitter.com/sPQ6xC23Ul
— Romain Dumas (@RomainDumas) August 23, 2023
Brundle victorious at Silverstone
Alex Brundle and Gary Pearson emerged victorious over the weekend at the Silverstone Festival in the Masters Sports Car Legends Yokohama Trophy race for Le Mans-style sportscars and Group 4 period cars from ’62 to ’74, driving a Ferrari 512M. Second in the race was another driver that will be familiar to DSC readers, Olly Millroy, who was competing in a Lola T70 Mk3B.
Victory in the @ferrari 512M at the @silverstonefestival
What a car! #ferrari #512M pic.twitter.com/veLrId1chZ
— Alex Brundle (@AlexBrundle) August 26, 2023
In addition, Brundle was also in action sharing a Ford Mustang with Sir Chris Hoy and in the E-Type Challenge.
#Brustangs to be qualified in ‘Lunatic mode’…. Only! pic.twitter.com/FtOc84W6Eu
— Alex Brundle (@AlexBrundle) August 26, 2023
The Silverstone Festival bill also included races for pre-1961 sportscars, HSCC Thundersports, pre-1966 GT cars, Masters Endurance Legends and the Masters GT Trophy.
Hot Wheels to produce Cadillac GTP
It appears that the Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh is set to be immortalised in Hot Wheels diecast form, as images of a test pressing have been circulated online via hotwheelshunters.com.
The GM racer has also been released as an RC car, available USA-wide in supermarkets.
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1/8 Cadillac V-Series.R RC cad from New Bright. pic.twitter.com/vnf9l3zt7Q
— Kris Mok (@rednaxelafx) August 11, 2023