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Dubai 24 hour starts Tomorrow ( Friday) at 10 am RJN entered


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#1 Stuart_J

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 04:05 PM

RJN have a couple of Nissans in this weekends Dubai 24 Hour, Also a GTR having a go. Starts 10 am Friday UK time

This web site will give you hours of fun, also large sections live on Motors TV + other reports

Web site also has a live web cam.

Work through the orangy yellow tabs near the top

http://live.24hserie...24H-Series-news


Watch car 3 ( Mercedes) as well, if it avoids accidents should be a a serious contender to do well

Edited by Stuart_J, 12 January 2012 - 04:08 PM.

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 04:39 PM

Brilliant! :bounce: Thanks for the link :thumbs:

Go RJN! :teeth:

BTW, if anyone fancies a quick trip out there you know you'd be more than welcome in their garage!

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 04:59 PM

Hmmm wonder if I could get a last minute flight out there! :plane: I'm sure my boss wouldn't mind!!!

Thanks for the link... It will be as close to Dubai as I'll ever get I think!

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 05:58 PM

Great link. Have driven the Dubai autodrome was very good.
Come on GTRs and Zs!

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 09:21 AM

View Postpaul_k, on 12 January 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

Great link. Have driven the Dubai autodrome was very good.
Come on GTRs and Zs!

And car 3. Incar practicve footage if anyone is interested, note the speed differential of some of the car, will be fun at night !

Edited by Stuart_J, 13 January 2012 - 09:27 AM.

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 11:05 PM

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 11:06 PM

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 11:09 PM

RJN!!!

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 08:40 AM

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EARLY NIGHT FOR GT-R BUT THE NISSAN 370Zs FIGHT ON

• Early race contact blights Dubai 24 Hours for Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
• Both Nissan 370Zs still going strong into the night in Dubai

As the 2012 Dunlop Dubai 24 Hours continues on through the night, the two Nissan 370Zs are still going strong. The ‘Gamers’ car, raced by the four GT Academy winners is currently running in fifth place in the SP2 class in the hands of Jordan Tresson. The No.100 car ran as high as second place before a throttle problem delayed it in the pits but all is well now and the gamers are fighting back.

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2011 GT Academy winner, Jann Mardenborough, was behind the wheel when the gremlins struck.

“Early on in my stint I had to come in as the brake pedal went to the floor,” commented Jann. “I pitted for the fix but then after about an hour I suddenly had no throttle. It turns out that the air filter had broken and damaged the throttle wire so we got the car back and made the repairs. It was an eventful first stint for me but this is the real deal. I had a great time out there. I kept out of trouble, had some fun overtaking, my times were good and most of all I enjoyed it a lot! I’m looking forward to the rest of the race now.”

The ‘Challengers’ Nissan 370Z is also running well with Tetsuya Tanaka, Humaid Al Masaood and Richard Meaden doing a great job.

The sad news of the night though is that the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 has now officially retired from the Dubai 24 Hours after early race contact caused a series of problems that ultimately ended the race for the new car.

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“This race is always difficult when it comes to backmarkers and unfortunately a Lamborghini driver misjudged his braking and made contact,” explained Michael Krumm, who had made a great start from third place on the grid.

“In the end we fell victim to the knock on effect of the initial contact,” said JRM’s James Rumsey. “We brought the car in to check the suspension for damage and changed the tyres as a precaution. We then had to pit again as the steering had become offset. When Michael (Krumm) was running he was fast and when Alex (Buncombe) got in for his stint he was quick too. Alex reported a vibration at the end of his run and it turned out the front splitter mounting was damaged and there was also some damage to a radiator. We took our time to fix these issues but ultimately we decided to retire the car when we started to have cooling issues due to the earlier radiator damage.”

“It has been a weird chain of events,” continued Rumsey. “It’s a shame that we couldn’t complete the race but we have recently had a good 24-hour test in Spain so this won’t put the programme back at all. We qualified in a very comfortable third place so I am confident we are developing a good racing car.”

“The pace of the GT3 car was much better than I expected it to be,” said Krumm. “It is a very fast car and it handles very well. All four of us enjoyed driving it as it is a real GT-R! This car has great potential and I think we are not far at all from where we need to be.”

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:08 AM

3rd in class for RJN!!! :#3:

Well done to everyone in the team :bounce:

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:16 AM

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:19 AM

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:41 AM

Well done to RJN - They are certainly waving Nissan's Flag. Paul_S - can you send congrats from all of us at nissansportz (and possibly mention a factory visit would be great - if they ever get a weekend at home!).
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 11:03 AM

I've already text Liz but I will send an email too.

A factory visit will be goooooooooood ;)

I'l also post up the news in the non-Members area.

Edited by Paul_S, 14 January 2012 - 05:34 PM.
This is in the non-Members area!!


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Posted 15 January 2012 - 05:51 AM

Well done to "ALL" at RJN, hard work well rewarded & good result considering the initial problems


I wish I had put £50 on car 3 winning. They were quietly confident after practice & it appears rightly so.
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