BBC Children In Need SPITFIRE Vs LOTUS

[charley]

IWM Duxford will be hosting a special event in aid of Children In Need!

Historic Aircraft Collections Spitfire MKVB, piloted by Charlie Brown will race a Lotus Exige S driven by Martin Anderson, Chief Test Driver for Lotus Cars.

The 'race' will start at 13:30 and will be screened live on BBC Look East.

The Lotus can get to 60 MPH in 4.7 seconds....so who do you think will win the race down Duxford's Runway???? ;)

http://www.historicaircraftcollection.ltd.uk/home/
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/
http://www.grouplotus.com/

[Red 2]

Order of finishing:-

1 Spit

2 RAC recovery truck (towing the )

3 Lotus :D :LOL:

[von hitchofen]

lotus =

Lots
Of
Trouble,
Usually
Serious

[spock1]

Historic Aircraft Collections Spitfire MKVB, piloted by Charlie Brown will race a Lotus Exige S driven by Martin Anderson, Chief Test Driver for Lotus Cars.


:rolleyes: Mr. Charley,

Please do not let the side down..................;) :)

[charley]

Order of finishing:-

1 Spit

2 RAC recovery truck (towing the )

3 Lotus :D :LOL:

Ace.....

C'mon guys get voting with who you think will win....It's a tricky one....:D

[Craig]

Flat out would think the Spit no contest, but with the acceleration of the Lotus may be a close one. fortunately it's a sprint not endurance so the Lotus packing in shouldn't be too much of a problem! :D

[scramble]

Spitfire will win...however if it competed against a Ferrari...well I think the latter would win:) :D

[Martin Bull]

Is the Lotus using Strombergs or Webers....? :o

[Paul F]

Are both starting from a standstill, or will the Spitfire already be airborne?

If both are racing from a standing start then I suspect the Lotus will win (but only just), if the Spit is already airborne then it should be a walkover for Charlie B.

So, do we know how the race will start, as I believe that will dictate the winner.

[charley]

Standing start with engines running, Its tipping down with rain so that should make things interesting....:unsure:

[CFBC]

Standing start with engines running, Its tipping down with rain so that should make things interesting....:unsure:

Grass for Spitfire and tarmac for Lotus I guess? :)

[shuttle]

Didn't 'Top Gear' do this with a RAF Jaguar and a Jaguar car? I hope the weather gets better, I am off today so I will see if I can watch it on TV.

:) Shuttle

[CFBC]

I am off today so I will see if I can watch it on TV. :) Shuttle

It's on TV? What time, anyone know? :)

Edit: :o Just seen. BBC Look East live - 13.30... :rolleyes:

[Rusty]

The car/truck/whatever always wins in these races so I voted for the Lotus (but I still want the Spit to win!)

[Craig]

Didn't 'Top Gear' do this with a RAF Jaguar and a Jaguar car? I hope the weather gets better, I am off today so I will see if I can watch it on TV.

:) Shuttle
Top Gear did it With a Jaguar T2 and an Aston Martin DB7. The Aston Martin was winning most of the way, much faster off the blocks, cue a jubilant Jeramy Clarkson celebrating, prematurely as it turned out as the Jag really kicked the power on and blasted past! :D Was a great bit of TV and would love to get a copy of the video, but can I hell as like find it! :(

[CFBC]

So????? What was the result? I don't or cannot get BBC East.. :(

C'mon, c'mon.... :confused: :)

[mustang1]

Nice to see the spit kick the ar*e out of the Lotus at Duxford!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

[Red 2]

Nice to see the spit kick the ar*e out of the Lotus at Duxford!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Beauty beats the beast!! Bet the Lotus is still half way down the strip....

[charley]

Yeap, Charlie Brown and BM597 took the honors....with a Victory Roll over the Finish line.................................Flashy Sod! :D

[Rusty]

On News 24 now...

hehe, the Spitfire won! Yes!!!

EDIT: Anyone know when it's on Children in Need? Might record it on my computer...

[Martin Bull]

That's really great - would love to see it !:cool:

[CFBC]

Yeah, me too as not seen it. :( Stick it on photobucket and post the link!

Please. :D

[Rusty]

Not been on BBC1, yet... (missed the first hour), and can't watch News 24 and CiN at the same time. :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2006/10/30/cin_duxford_event_intro_1nov_feature.shtml

[Agent X20]

:D Dont think the Lotus was trying....:D :D

Now if Jodie had been behind the wheel......

Quite a day then at Duxford...... new hangar looks nice...

[Red 2]

Quite a day then at Duxford...... new hangar looks nice...

...and the screening facility is the cheery on the cake!;)

[shuttle]

It was great to see the Spitfire beat the Lotus!!! Mr Brown certainly got off the ground quickly and once he had the U/C up it was no contest!! The victory role was just rubbing it in!!!

I will see if the IWM website can get the clip put onto their Duxford page.

:D Shuttle

[CFBC]

Thanks Shuttle, that would be excellent as no clips or pictures about. :)

[shuttle]

Check this out if you are on broadband......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HoLdGR99ik

:D Shuttle

[Rusty]

Check this out if you are on broadband......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HoLdGR99ik

:D Shuttle

Excellent! Exactly what I planned to do but botched the recording when I first saw it on News 24, and never repeated. :(

[neighbob]

Check this out if you are on broadband......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HoLdGR99ik

:D Shuttle

Thanks Shuttle.The blonde at the end is the local news weather girl,I cant stand the sound of her voice.

[simonclarke1034]

Superb! Thanks for the link Shuttle. :) :) :)