Two WTAC Standouts: The Dream Project S15 & GotItRex GC8

Even soon after the two-and-a-half year hole in the Yokohama Entire world Time Assault Challenge schedule, I right away recognised pretty much each and every entrant at the 2022 event.

I’ve tracked the development of most of the groups for close to a 10 years now, witnessing humble road racers renovate into severe devices capable of at the time unfathomable lap occasions. I have noticed wings mature, electric power figures double or even triple, and I’ve viewed groups transition night beers to late-night facts testimonials. This celebration has come to be a breeding ground for incredible automobiles, and at Sydney Motorsport Park a few of weekend’s back, two this sort of creations really stood out to me.

1st up, the Dream Job S15…

I’d come across this Nissan Silvia at earlier functions, but it didn’t look something like this. For 2022, it was sporting fresh carbon fibre on each and every corner and packed a billet SR20DET that I’m explained to can pump out 900hp.

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Severely, each individual inch of this device appears to be like nicely assumed out and cleverly executed. Just check out that translucent blue pearl about the carbon.

The S15 was easily of the finest-presented and most able-hunting vehicles at the party, but the coolest factor is that all the body plugs and moulds had been created in the dwelling garage of the Nissan’s owner, Charles Warland. The kit and aero started off as hand-drawn layouts from ex-McLaren F1 engineer Barry Lock and developed from there.

2022 was the team’s next try at the WTAC Open Class crown. Rob Nguyen, who some of you will undoubtedly remember for his phenomenal 101 Motorsport ‘Mighty Mouse’ Honda CRX again in the working day, steered the S15 to 3rd location on the course podium in 2019. Getting a small back story from the Queensland workforce, just making it to WTAC this 12 months was a obstacle in by itself.

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Taming a 900hp rear-wheel push automobile is no quick feat, but the team believes a Nissan S-chassis powered by a billet SR20 is a winning combination. Unfortunately, the last couple of months lead-up to the function were also some of Australia’s wettest on file, and that performed havoc with their tests and prepared enhancement programme, as it would have for some others no doubt too.

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When the dust settled at SMSP, it experienced been a tough celebration for the Dream Undertaking S15 staff who had been hampered by chassis and mechanical concerns during. Rob’s very best lap? A 1:31.0010, which let us be straightforward is not slow, but there is a whole lot extra to occur. I’ll surely be observing this one at WTAC 2023.

Next up, the GotItRex GC8…

It’s been a long time due to the fact a local staff joined the WTAC Professional Course ranks, but 2022 welcomed Melbourne-based Subaru specialists GotItRex and their wild Impreza WRX STI Type R.

Prior to WTAC, the GotItRex crew experienced a occupied few months prepping this car or truck and four other team equipment for Australia’s SubiNats (aka Subaru Nationals). Their ‘DIY’ WRX took outright honours at the party, and the other automobiles picked up a string of firsts and seconds in their respective courses. While I’m not jealous of the work the gang need to have put in to get all 5 automobiles all set to contend a fortnight later at the Environment Time Attack Problem, I am undoubtedly happy they created it back again up to Sydney.

Their Pro Course significant-hitter was piloted by skilled wheelman Nathan Antunes, with a simple intention: To develop into the quickest outright Subaru at Sydney Motorsport Park. The vehicle certainly has the document in it and the staff pushed hard, earning positive modifications amongst each session although also repairing some of the struggle scars this observe inflicts on the ultra rapid.

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The character of time assault racing prevented a new record staying realised this yr though. Whilst most people only visualise the race versus the stopwatch, pit lane is yet another fight where by campaigns can be received or dropped.

Periods are short and confined and each and every second counts – particularly when some thing goes even the slightest bit completely wrong. The workforce just arrived up brief towards the clock.

If there was a trophy for the most laps at a time assault party nevertheless, these guys would have smashed the opposition. They were also the only group ready to travel each individual vehicle in their fleet out of pit lane at the stop of the evening.

Time will notify if the GotItRex team will be back again for a further record try, but my instincts tell me this is not the last we’ll see of them at the Earth Time Attack Obstacle.

Matthew Everingham
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