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 Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:25 pm Post subject: ALMS: Highcroft Racing DeltaWing project moves ahead |
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SANTA ANA, CA, Tuesday, September 13, 2011: Over the past 46 year’s Dan Gurney’s All American Racers organization in Santa Ana, California has produced 157 individual racing cars which have won in Formula 1, the Indy 500 plus major international sportscar events.
But for Gurney, the latest machine to come out of his facility has the 80-year-old American racing legend feeling like a kid at Christmas again.
The revolutionary DeltaWing sportscar is being designed and built at Gurney’s facility and will hit the track for the first time later this year with 2-time American Le Mans Series champions, Highcroft Racing
Not only are two race cars being built, the extensive “to do” list also includes two wind tunnel models and a show car.
“When I was growing up as a young boy I used to really look forward to Christmas morning when all the presents would be downstairs under the tree,” Gurney said.
“I now feel the same about this project – we’ll need a lot bigger living room and a significantly larger tree!
“It is a great challenge ahead but all of us have ‘been there and done that’ when it comes to building racing cars.
“Now we are well underway on the DeltaWing, everyone has a great sense of anticipation about seeing it run for the first time.”
The DeltaWing project was awarded the 56th entry for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans – a place on the grid reserved for technologically advanced technologies.
The new car features all the performance of a traditional LMP1-spec sportscar but with half the weight, half the aerodynamic drag and half the horsepower.
“We’re very pleased with the way things have been unfolding and guys can’t wait to get more and more into the project,” Gurney said.
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