As for a start, a nice Mondial from my window, yesterdy
About slalom sprints.. I think you could refer to them as AutoX someway, but in Switzerland there is a national slalom sprint championship too.. sort of scaled down rallies
so it's not just for fun
no big prizes obvously though
Anyway, today was the "amateur" day and I couldn't even stay to much, the real pro will be tomorrow with lot of race cars too as far as I heard
It was the first time I went to this slalom sprint, but not to hard to find your way when on the road you can follow this
And now, the cars I saw in the parking lot while searching for a slot for mine
And now for the cars waiting to be raced:
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I think it's worth to begin with the "best" one
the only Ferrari
a superb 355 GTS
This one was just displayed there.. no idea what is it to tell you the truth
A very nice Esprit V8
note also the nice ass to the right in the first pic, again not there for racing.
And another car that wasn't there for the slalom:
Ok finally the cars taking part in the race, let's start with a rare Renault Spider... not really the best paintjob I fear
Well, Lancers of course were pretty common although they aren't on the streets sadly
Two little pocket rockets
Pretty nice 911
Of course RWD cars are always a good bet, and luckily there were quite a few E30 M3
This E46 wasn't there for the race, but whatever
it's nice
But of course the biggest part of the entrants were FF cars
this one was a but above the others as for exclusivity
Also some bikes just to spice up the show.. the paintjob on the Busa is quite to much IMO! And the Boss Hoss? LOL it's the first time I see one in the metal.. terrible
How to ruin a nice car...
But time to see some action ok?
Well no need to comment every picture, just the "best ones"
of course I didn't posted pics of every car since there were tons of similar 106, Saxo and Clios
but well at least some, yes, we don't like in a supercars world sadly
Talk about liftoff oversteer
Uhm... not sure if the crappiest cars was this one:
Or this one
But who cares if they are not F355
the owners had fun for sure, that's the bottom line
Finally the first RWD cars and finally some oversteer
The only diesel car! A 330d
Probably the biggest and heaviest entrant
Another two "strange" cars. Maybe not the R32 (probably also the best sounding of the day
), but the C320 SC is completely in the wrong place
even worst than the e39
And the smallest entrant
slowest too I fear for him
BTW, just a few VTEC between Civics and Integras.. i was expecting more of them..
And another car that was strangely rare.. old MR2.. usually at such events you see lot of them
This one wasn't interested in the lap time at all
the two pics are the before and after a perfect donut
More BMW power
Wiiiiide!
Sadly I missed the best part of the action here.. the Bimmer guy wanted to do a donut in front of the crowd... you can see in the first picture a hint of scandinavian flick
but he forgot to check in his mirrors since the next car, a Polo G40 was already there... so after the first pic he started the donut, the noticed when he was pointing already backwards the other car, but was to late.. luckily the Polo managed to brake
and as you can see in the second pic, the lad with the yellow jacket is calling him since he was allowed to re-do the run..
Time for some Japanese AWD power
This Sunny was sure very fast in the hands of a skilled driver
LOL this poor Xantia, because of its V6 engine was stuck in a class filled with Imprezas and lancers... ridicolous :roll:
The only proper trackweapon beside Speedsters and Spider...
For AL
a small bunch of Minis
tomorrow some of them will race I think
Oh and some videos for you.. remember, low quality since they are taken with a photo camera, res is still 640x480 though!
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On the day's schedule I read BMW M3.. but not sure it was really one
This lad was the leader in his class despite the wide and 4-wheel drifts
An Impreza as for comparison
And an FF car too
a classic Integra Type R
And finally, the F355, sadly no racng exhaust and quite quiet
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Slalom sprint Bière 2004, amateurs day, 100+ pics (5 vids)
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