Design 911 take on Time Attack 2010 at Brands Hatch

911UK · 30 Jun 2010

Design 911 in conjunction with Regal-Autosport entered their modified 'Big Bore" 3.8ltr Porsche 996 twin turbo into the Brands Hatch round of the Time Attack series, the car was prepared, and only finished a few days before the event, the roll cage was bolted in place the night before so no time for pre-testing.

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Design 911 were thrown in amongst 'the big guns" Pro-Class, this is mainly where the tuning companies come out to commence battle with their awesome machinery and this Class has now become the benchmark for tuners to showcase exactly what they can achieve with a lot of the top machines putting down lap times that are faster that that seen within BTCC and other established racing formulae.

The Porsche 996 turbo was originally built to test the DesignTek performance products range to the extreme for road and track use. The Porsche is fitted with a range of DesignTek parts like Sports Exhaust with 100 Cell High Flow Catalytic Converters, Turbo Charge Inter-coolers, Boost Pipes, Induction Filter, Brakes Calipers and Disc, 6 Point FIA Harness, Coolant Radiators and much more.

Strapped in the drivers seat was Porsche Carrera Cup driver Tony Gilham focused and ready for the challenge. Both the driver and vehicle performed brilliantly qualifying 4th in class and 'the fastest Porsche" on track.

What is Time Attack ?

Starting off in Japan, Time Attack, Super Lap and Tuner Battles were organized by the media as a proving ground to see the difference between street tuned cars, produced by the tuning industries most respected tuners.

Held at various circuits in Japan although mainly Tsukuba, Time Attack rose in popularity as the stakes began to rise and the tuners had to keep on developing new and improved machines with which to conquer their competition on track with. Since the early days things have moved on and there are now different levels of vehicles entering the competitions, from road cars to full-on specifically engineered Time Attack cars made mostly of carbon fiber as the sport has evolved. Its drivers normally consist of the racing industries finest, drafted-in by tuners to pilot these unlimited machines in the bid to become the quickest.

What happens first for the drivers?

Throughout the day there will be various sessions: Warm Up, Practice, Qualifying and the SuperBattle Final. These sessions are always open pit lane and can vary from 15 minutes to 20 minutes per session.

How does the Time Attack work?

After the Warm Up (un-timed) and Practice sessions the main segments of the day are the Qualifying and the Final. Both Pro & Club Challenge Classes run the Qualifying format and the quickest of these drivers go forward to the Super Battle Finals where they get the chance to go for Series points and trophies. For the 2009 season points are also awarded for Qualifying.