The RLLMUK historic trophy will be making a return this
November, with a repeat of the Low-Spec/High Spec twin series format used in
Season 2, all the way back in 2011.
The Low-Spec "Roadsports" series will once again be for cars manufactured
before 1973. Limited mods, and an upper limit on engine size of 5 litres, and
no forced induction. PI limit will be D400.
There's a huge range of cars to choose from - even with the
engine size limit, we have representations of American Muscle, we have front,
rear, and mid-engined cars to choose from, GTs, Saloons, all with various tune
options to bring them up to speed
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For the High-Spec Series, we're going to take a deep breath, and strap ourselves in to some of the most fearsome cars ever to set out on a race track - the Can-Am cars.
They never raced a world championship - that was mostly
reserved for the big factories - Ferrari, Porsche, Ford. Instead, this was a
garagiste formula - where specialist race car builders like Chapparal,
Lola, and McLaren, using "off the shelf" big-block v8 engines from US
manufacturers.
Two doors, two (Nominally) seats, no roof, and four wheels.
The open rulebook this series ran to in the late '60s gave rise to extreme cars
that pushed forward the state of the art in building a racing car. Slick tyres,
wings, these things started here before making their way to F1.
Eventually, in the early 70's, Porsche committed to Can-Am
with the turbocharged 917s and dominated, leading to the demise of this most
celebrated form of the series, but in the late 60's, it was in its pomp.
Cars built to the rulebook, labelled by FISA as "Group
7" also raced in Europe and Japan in regional series. Nissan and Toyota
both built cars to the rulebook. We have the Nissan, but not the Toyota. Yet.
Technical Regulations for both categories can be found here
Sporting Regulations for both categories can be found here
