Daytona Sportscar

Peter Brock's Daytona Sportscar. The photo was taken the day before the fatal accident.

The Daytona Sportscar (sometimes also called Daytona Coupe ) is an Australian replica of the Shelby Daytona in 1964. The car was designed by Ross Holder, built by Richard Bendell and the chassis came from Michael Borland. To date, eight cars emerged at Borland Racing Developments in Braeside (Victoria ), the first of them in 2001. The car has participated in various Australian rallies, eg Targa Tasmania and Targa West.

As the Shelby Daytona also shows the Daytona Sportscar some resemblance to the Ford Shelby GR -1, a concept car, which is also based on the 1964 model.

Specifications

The Daytona Sportscar weighs 1100 kg and is powered by a GM V8 engine, type LS1 gene. III, powered with 5998 cc displacement, as it is also used in the Holden Monaro. The top speed is 290 km / h The chassis was built specially for this car and consists of a grid framework. As the motor comes many other parts of the Holden Commodore SS, such as Brakes, wheels, differential, steering column and instruments. The car has traction control and ABS.

The fatal accident

The Australian race driver Peter Brock (not to be confused with the designer of the Shelby Daytona, Pete Brock ) was killed on September 8, 2006, when he came off with the Daytona Sportscar by Richard Bendell on the Targa West of the road and hit a tree.

In an interview the day before Brock said:

"It's a beautiful designed local car with a retro body on it, so it appeals to people want a car Which one looks like the old 60s -style sports car, but underneath it's two- Thirds the weight of a Holden VE SS ( Commodore ). "(Eng.: it is a beautifully constructed in Australia with retro body, it appeals to people who want a car that looks like an old sports car in the style of the 1960s, but only 2/3 the weight of a Holden VE SS. )