we left owens name on the car as a tribute.....we actually discussed the whole land speed thing over a few beers at le mans qualifying in april....it was suggested by some that after le mans could be a good time to do the record run as owens profile may be bigger if we do well...but was too late to change planning by then...Originally Posted by John B
From the sponsorship on the cars, it looks like a lot of New Zealand companies supported the 1996 Le Mans effort...
> New Hardware Clothing
> Giltrap Motor Group
> Destinations Unlimited (Allan Bremner from the Porsche Club)
> Flamecrusher
Another nice touch was the "Le Mans 1966 - Chris Amon - Bruce McLaren" tribute on the roof of the cars.
This is 1:43rd Vitesse model of the #83 car driven by Andrew Bagnall (NZ), Stéphane Ortelli (F) and Andy Pilgrim (GB). Overall, not a bad model, but it is a shame they spelt Bagnall's name incorrectly. You'll note that Owen Evan's name appears on the car, although of course he didn't drive!
we than had the issue of owen having qualified the white car and for a short while the whole entry was in doubt.....by moving Stefan ortelli out of the red car with bill and greg fixed that as he had driven the white car during qually day(which by the way was open track from i think 10am until about 4 or 5 pm with single lap time counting).
the problem was fixed but we were weakened somewhat by having Robert Nearn(capable journeyman and son of the then caterham car company owner) replace Ortelli....with greg and ortelli along with Bill we had two drivers with real speed and bill was competent enough to do a good job as well...
the white car actually stayed close for a good part of the race but lost each side turbo in quite close succession....i remember the boys changed the second turbo failure in 20 mins...and we also lost the rear window when the rattle gun line hooked over the wing and the gun went straight thru the plastic...we taped another in double quick...
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