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Old 06 June 2011, 05:28 PM
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Thumbs up Subaru car on the TT circuit
Apparently Subaru have set a new lap record for a car on the TT circuit with an average speed of 113mph (the bikes manage 131mph, lol).

Here's a picture taken by my mum at Ballaugh Bridge, a budding amateur photographer. Subaru had several photographers out on track and will be uploading pictures on their website tonight.

Pirelli made some special tyres for the car, which was fairly standard according to someone she was talking to. A tweak on the suspension and an exhaust remapped for race fuel. Not sure how accurate this info is though...

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Old 06 June 2011, 05:33 PM
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Great pic!
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Old 06 June 2011, 05:37 PM
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Well done Subaru!

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...tempt-car.html
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Old 06 June 2011, 05:39 PM
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Yup great pic and would be nice to see the full spec of that car

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Nice pic, wonder if the official photographers managed to capture the marshall beaming with delight like your mum did.
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May be wrong but I think this was a practice run...I believe Mark Higgins will be really going for it on Thursday....would love to see it!!!
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Old 06 June 2011, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by yorvik
May be wrong but I think this was a practice run...I believe Mark Higgins will be really going for it on Thursday....would love to see it!!!
I think you're right, practice today and Wednesday and lap record attempt on Friday
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Anders great pic thanks to you and mum
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Awesome pic
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Go Subaru Go !!!!
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The car was mapped by our very own scoobynet member Engine mapper aka Graham.
I have been fortunate enough to have him map my cars.
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Great Pic...
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Great pic.
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Cracking shot there, well done Mum!
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Great pic. Hope this is shown on the sky coverage at some point.
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I was just chatting with The Graham (engine mapper) It was just a practice lap, the car has been tweaked a bit but more or less standard, cracking picture.
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Would love to see video of it!
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Great.........and almost standard road car is only 18mph behind full-race bikes.
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That's a great picture. Well done to your Mum.

Look a the fellas to the left. The Marshalls face say it all really.


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Originally Posted by skoobidude
Would love to see video of it!
Et voila!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86nLCIxHjg
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post lap radio interview with Mark - plenty to come yet...

http://www.energyfm.net/tt/news_story_153016.html
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Originally Posted by urban
That sounds awesome!
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Great.........and almost standard road car is only 18mph behind full-race bikes.
yes also running normal road tyres too as seen in the quality pic
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good to see so many scooby fans at the TT. I saw him at union mills and he looked soooo impressive through there. As fast as the superbikes. 600cc Sidecar lap record is about 118MPH and the consensus before his lap was he would be nowhere near that, but after his lap my guess would be over 120. I dont see him getting anywhere near the 130 mark simply due to the gearing (max speed of 160mph against 200 on the superbikes). First lap of practice on closed roads at race speeds 113.5!!!!!. So impressive.
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Thats impressive
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That sounds pukka! I don't really know too much about bikes so out of interest how would it compare to bikes in the wet I wonder?
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A professional photographer has very kindly given permission to post a couple of his photos. I've left them full resolution so you can see all the detail.

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impressive pics of a car travelling at speed....
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He looks quite relaxed in there :-)
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