RedMX5 - After the event - the 'Numbers'

[ross campbell]

Info on the mx5 after the targa. Ross.


Everyone wants to know the numbers, so here are some interesting
statistics about the 2003 event for RedMX5

8100 RPM, the maximum revolutions per minute reached, shame really as the
rev limiter was set for 7400, and had failed!

6700 RPM, the average engine revs during Special Stages (race stages)

2400 hits on the RedMX5 web site during the 5 days of the race

841 hours of effort, in build and competition of Targa NZ, that is 105
days!

600 litres of fuel in the MX5, that was up to 160 litres of 100 RON per
day. Plus another 240 litres in the service vehicle.

270 people asking have you got a roof for that?

216 hours taken off work by the team to compete

171 KPH max speed on back straight at Pukekohoe

105 KPH average speed in one road Special Stage

50% the average percentage of new starters in Targa NZ that finish

40 times one of us said "ops sorry"

25 people who said, geez, you were lucky in the accident!

"999 are you OK?" joke about 30 times (i.e. the car is upside down)

"666 no not sex sex sex" joke about 15 times

20 times we said "ouch that would of hurt"

35 cars that failed to finish due to mechanical failure

18 cars destroyed in the five day event

10 Sponsors who supported us in the attempt, Vodafone, Brio, Dimension
Data, Holly, Aculab, Genesys, Citrix, Nice, OpenWave, HP

8 Team members and people who helped get us to the finish. Adam, Dave,
Lou, Terry, David, Steve, Blue, Ross

8 litres of coolant

7 times we said "What went through that fence?"

6 tyres

5 car washes with no roof and a fire hose!

5 days of rain

4 litres of oil used

3 radiators (the original, the race, and the replacement), 1 new
suspension arm, 1 new radiator fan, 1 new set of driving light

3 exhaust welds to make it through

3 major intercom failures

2 off course excursions, one was the big one, and the other at Pukekohoe
race way

1 car, and we brought it home!


Cheers,

Dave Colvin

Dimension Data Australia
0419 812 302

Desk (02) 8249 5217
Fax (02) 8249 5363

C/- 121 Harrington St, The Rocks, NSW 2000

And, if you are finished with work for the day, buy an XP Falcon,
http://XPFalcon.com and go restore it!

If you are more into racing then look at http://RedMX5.com for our Targa
attack.