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Well that's novel, I just logged on to see how everyone was doing and managed to watch the restart after it was red flagged due to the fog over night.

Watched some of the onboard footage last night from the 88 car, deff slower than normal cars but still worth watching especially since the sound is running too

Good luck Maxx for the rest of the race

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1998 - 4.6L V8 - Manual Box - Ford Mustang
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just witnessed an 8 min engine change ( Bonn up to down) by team gadgit brilliant!!

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Maxx wrote:just witnessed an 8 min engine change ( Bonn up to down) by team gadgit brilliant!!

I know there's not too much to a 2CV engine but :eek:

I guess they have practiced that before then:gnorsi:(actually, working things out roughly from the times below, they only lost about 4.5 laps doing it too:hurray: )

Here's the results for everyone

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Well done Maxx etc, Guess you will all sleep well tonight

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Just woke up :) na, been on a Donni trackday since and off back to Snett tomorrow for another one :)

Thanks for all the comments, was good to share the experience, posted on a few forums and facebook, was going to tweet but whats the point :)

Was a bit disappointed to finished 15th, we were on for 13th/12th and catching the Dutch entry until the normally fixed steering wheel poisition in the 2cv became "fully" adjustable :)

Soon sorted and back out into the race and after some great laps from one of our drivers we got past the Dutch, not for position but a moral victory none the less.

Considering 2 of our drivers had never even sat in a 2CV before quali and one had only done 3 laps (in the dark) before the race and had his first 2hr stint in the dark, we did a damn good job.

Maxx

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