Cannonball Run 2011

Okay folks it's that time again. Lets kick the tires and light the fires.

As I've mentioned in the announcement thread, this is the thirtieth anniversary of the film, The Cannonball Run. For me and a lot of others, it helped forge the love of cars and more specificly car movies. It still puts a smile on my face.

The rules.

Your car MUST represent a car that "could" have appeared in the 1981 film. It must be a 1981 or older vehicle, and must use the technology and stylings of the day. If you plan on using some tech or items that someone finds in question it is up to the BUILDER to provide proof that it was in use back in the day. So rule of thumb, if in doubt, do your research. * I'm no auto expert, so I'm relying on the SA community to help keep us honest on this rule.*

The car must represent a car that you would like to race across country. Remember huge horsepower is great quarter mile, but you should be thinking reliability to drive from NY to LA.

Any scale.

No diecast.

The race is open to vehicles of any origin, foreign or domestic. It does not have to be a car that was commercially available in the U.S.. If you wanna race a Holden, by all means do so.

A started kit are allowed as long as you are NOT more than 25% along.

A parts box build or a tear down & rebuild are fine also.

We'd like to see an unstarted kit or whatever mess-o-parts you are starting from.

Wheels are gonna be a bear on this build. Remember 1 millimeter is roughly 1 scale inch if the kit is 1/25. So if your wheels are much larger than 16 millimeters across, they are gonna be too big .  Mixing scales is gonna be a pain too, a 1/24 scale rim is 17-18 millimeters across so on a 1/25 scale body they are going to look too large.

The last day of this CBP is going to be December 1st 2011. A bout two weeks prior I'll open a thread for you to post pics of your completed builds. On Dec 2 I'll close that thread and open a poll for our peers here to vote on their favorite.

You may build as many models for this CBP as you have time for, HOWEVER, you may only enter ONE car for the poll in December. So pick your best one. After all you can't drive more than one car at a time can you?

Anyone can enter this CBP AT ANY TIME. As long as we see the beginning, a build progression and an end result, I don't care if you knock one out on the weekend before the race.

Let's get to it.

The 2011 Cannonball Rogue's Gallery - so far that is.

Slantasaurus - Mercury Capri II  (a what?)

MillerMeteor - 77 Pontiac Ventura

Alex_bman33 - 69 Chevy Nova

Ace-Motorsport - McLaren Mustang

Wagonmaster - 69 Plymouth

Wraith - (treating us like mushrooms)

Dingo - Ford Falcon XY 350 GTHO (eventually)

Crazyhorse - Farrah's 76 Mustang Cobra II

Bloodyjaws (aka TheDogAteMyCobra)- 70 Chevelle SS

Zenrat - That 70's Chevy Van (sheesh another van)

Highway76 - Lambo Countach LP500S (very discreet entry)

Jantrix - 53 Studebaker Coupe  (bringing some Leowy style)

Bugace - VW Scirocco (challenging all Porsches!)

001Slick001 - 67 Chevelle

Redmountain - 81 Grand Prix 1/16

74F150 - 56 Chevy Bel Air

Jonnogtv - Fiat 500F

Lunajammer - 1968 VW Beetle street machine

Mopardude001 - 1976 Dodge Adventurer 150

Matt21726 - 1970 Monte Carlo

Hvymtl74 - 68 Charger

A.R.C. - 62 Bel Air

VWDave92 - another VW Scirocco - who 'da thunk it, eh?

Pyreman - NJ State Police car.

Generaltso - 79 Bronco

Crzycanuck34 - 79 Camaro

Mamps - Ferrari 308 GTS

Razor 68 - Lotus Super 7 Series II

NewZealand - 67 Chevelle

BKcustoms - 70.5 Camaro

Dvdicvs - 1981 Ferrari 512BB

RS2000 - 1973 Nissan Cherry

tfchronos - 70 Plymouth Cuda

psychomustang - Cobra Street Machine

 

 

 

 

 

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/940157.aspx

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Romain Grosjean: ?It will be a big responsibility for me?

Romain Grosjean will get his chance to stake a claim for a 2012 Lotus Renault seat when he drives in FP1 in the last two races of the season. He will replace Bruno Senna in Abu Dhabi and Vitaly Petrov … Continue reading →

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/10/29/romain-grosjean-it-will-be-a-big-responsibility-for-me/

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Q&A: Winner's post-race news conference

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/10/30/1608293/qa-winners-post-race-news-conference.html

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Russian wins roulette

Vitaly Petrov set the fastest time of the Q1 session in India, but with the major players taking it easy this was not an indication of any major breakthrough. Sebastian Vettel was second for Red Bull ahead of Jneson Button, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber. The unusual order continued with Jaime Alguersuari ahead [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/russian-wins-roulette/

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2012 MINI Cooper Roadster - photo album

Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/6j2J01PuDF4/2012-mini-cooper-roadster

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Vettel wins the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won his second consecutive race this year after another dominant performance on the Sepang International Circuit, making it two out of two for both him and his Red Bull Racing team in 2011.

Although the winning margin wasn?t as big as in Australia two weekends ago, the reigning world champion did not look in trouble at any time while in the lead, crossing the finish line a little over 3 seconds ahead of McLaren?s Jenson Button. And just as it happened at Albert Park, the last step of the podium was taken by a Lotus Renault driver, only this time it was Nick Heidfeld who got to enjoy that position.

Vettel kept 1st place from pole position early on and built a comfortable time margin ahead, while Heidfeld started off great and jumped from 6th to 2nd by the first corner, ahead of McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Renault enjoyed a great race start, as Vitaly Petrov also jumped a few positions to 5th place, ahead of Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso.

Mark Webber?s nightmare was again the race start, as he lost no more than 5 positions and dropped to 8th overall.

While Vettel did his race undisturbed in the front, positions in the back changed after the first round of pit stops, where Heidfeld and Massa lost a huge amount of time and returned to the track in 6th and 7th respectively. The two McLarens and Fernando Alonso were easily the beneficiaries going into their 2nd stint, as the trio started putting in fast lap times and threaten Vettel?s leading position.

Alonso moved quickly to pass Jenson Button for 3rd place, before the second round of pit stops messed with the leading pack once more. The Spaniard lost plenty of time in the pits ? while staying more on the track and pitting last ? and returned to the track behind Hamilton and Button.

Again, while finally closing down on the two McLarens, the field began their 3rd pit stop entries, causing Alonso to further lose some positions to Petrov and Webber, while Button and Hamilton switched positions behind Vettel.

Once Petrov and Red Bull?s Webber pitted (the latter for the 4th time on Sunday), Alonso began closing down on Hamilton and, with some 10 laps to go, set up the stage for the most exciting duel of the afternoon. It didn?t last for too long however, as the Spaniard ? whose rear wing stopped working after his 3rd pit stop ? clipped the rear of Hamilton?s car when trying to overtake him and damaged his front wing.

As he was forced to pit for the 4th time, he returned to the track in 7th place, behind teammate Felipe Massa. Hamilton, however, also hit trouble late in the race and, after losing two positions to Heidfeld and Webber, decided to pit and take on a new set of tires.

While Vettel and Button ran undisturbed for 1st and 2nd, Heidfeld had to really struggle to keep his position ahead of Webber, despite having the advantage of using KERS (which neither of the two RBR drivers used on Sunday).

Felipe Massa finished in 5th place, ahead of his teammate Alonso, while Hamilton returned to the track in 7th place after his 4th stop. Sauber?s Kamui Kobayashi scored a great 8th place, at the end of a race that say him overtake Michael Schumacher a handful of times, while the German had to settle for 9th place.

Rookie Paul di Resta (Force India) managed his second point-scoring performance in F1 in 2 races and finished in 10th place, ahead of his much more experienced teammate Adrian Sutil.

-By Ovidiu Panzariu


The Race as it happened via f1livetweets




2011 Malaysian Grand Prix Race times

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	Winner	1	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+3.2 secs	4	18
3	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+25.0 secs	6	15
4	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	+26.3 secs	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+36.9 secs	7	10
6	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+37.2 secs	5	8
7	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+49.9 secs	2	6
8	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+66.4 secs	10	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+84.8 secs	11	2
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+91.5 secs	14	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		+ 1 Lap	17
12	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		+1 Lap	9
13	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari		+1 Lap	12
14	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari		+1 Lap	13
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault		+1 Lap	19
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth		+2 Lap	21
17	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault		+4 Lap	8
Ret	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth		+10 Lap	23
Ret	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth		+14 Lap	22
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault		+25 Laps	20
Ret	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari		+33 Laps	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth		+34 Laps	15
Ret	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth		+42 Laps	24
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth		+48 Laps	18

Fastest lap:
Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 40.571s lap 46

Championship points:

Drivers? championship				Constructors? championship
Pos	Driver	Points		Pos	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	50		1	Red Bull	72
2	Jenson Button	26		2	McLaren	50
3	Lewis Hamilton	24		3	Ferrari	36
4	Mark Webber	22		4	Renault	30
5	Fernando Alonso	20		5	Toro Rosso	4
6	Felipe Massa	16		6	Sauber	4
7	Nick Heidfeld	15		7	Force India	4
8	Vitaly Petrov	15		8	Mercedes	2
9	Sebastien Buemi	4		9	Lotus	0
10	Kamui Kobayashi	4		10	Virgin	0
11	Adrian Sutil	2		11	Williams	0
12	Michael Schumacher	2		12	HRT	0
13	Paul di Resta	2
14	Jaime Alguersuari	0
15	Nico Rosberg	0
16	Jarno Trulli	0
17	Jerome d?Ambrosio	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	0
19	Timo Glock	0
20	Rubens Barrichello	0
21	Sergio Perez	0
22	Narain Karthikeyan	0
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	0
24	Pastor Maldonado	0

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/F1InsightAFormula1Blog/~3/FUAjwPrWw8E/vettel-wins-2011-malaysian-grand-prix.html

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Formula One Goes High Definition

This week FOM, the Formula One Management company run by Bernie Ecclestone, has announced it will be providing native High Definition Formula One coverage for the very first time. �This heralds the entrance of the sport into the super clear broadcast territory. High Definition television has been available for some time now in the United [...]

Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/formula-one-goes-high-definition/

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No frills India set to thrill

Source: http://www.metrof1.com/blogs/metrof1/2011/10/no-frills-india-set-to-thrill.html

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Williams FW33 2011 Livery pictures (24th of February)

Williams F1 Team on Thursday, revealed the livery for its 2011 car, the FW33 during an event broadcasted online. Their interim livery had made its debut at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, on 1 February.

The Williams FW33 2011 livery was released on 24 February, adding white, silver and red to the existing dark blue in a design directly inspired by the Rothmans livery used from 1994 to 1997.

Reigning GP2 champion and rookie driver Pastor Maldonado joined Sam Michael at the event. Maldonado's co-driver, veteran Rubens Barrichello was not present at the event as he was celebrating his 14th wedding anniversary with wife Silvana.

The most visible name on the car is that of energy company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which joined the Williams F1 boat after the British squad signed Pastor Maldonado for the 2011 season. In addition, the new livery also comprises the name of temporary employment company Randstad.

Williams has also announced a new partnership for the 2011 season of Formula 1 with one of Britain's most acclaimed chefs Michael Caines (who will join the team with responsibilities in the hospitality area).

The British chef, who received 2 Michelin stars some 12 years ago and has retained them ever since, said,

"I am thrilled to be involved with the AT&T Williams team as an official partner and to help them develop their already high standards of hospitality.

(...) It is a prestigious relationship and something we are very excited about and proud of. I am a petrolhead at heart and I?m passionate about Formula One. I have followed Williams over many years so for me this involvement is just brilliant"

A touch of nostalgia!

Williams FW33					Williams FW18 Renault

Links

Williams unveil definitive 2011 race livery (The Official F1)
"Williams? technical director Sam Michael was in attendance at the unveiling and spoke to the assembled media about the theory behind the technicalities of the car?s design. Michael drew particular attention to the compact nature of the FW33?s rear end."


Williams FW33 2011 Livery pictures

Sponsor logos on the Williams FW33

Photos � Williams/LAT

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/F1InsightAFormula1Blog/~3/VDQ--D6KqpU/williams-fw33-2011-livery-pictures-24th.html

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