Ds. 3 Supercar Like Being Thrown Out Of A Plane Only Faster. SHARE. Ds. 3 Supercar Like Being Thrown Out Of A Plane Only Faster We feature a lot of cars here on Speedhunters that are quick or at least have the promise of speed due to big horsepower numbers, outrageous body kits or some other product or part that infers performance. But there are some cars that just deliver, without any histrionics or showing off, and require you to redefine your concept of quick. This DS3 rallycross Supercar is one of them. It has more mechanical traction than most cars youll ever see, and sometimes its not about what your top speed is but how you get there. Liam Dorans Monster Energy Citron DS3 Rallycross car gets there faster than your eyes can keep up with, and in more outrageous style than should be legal. The reason this modest French hatchback is such a car is due to a number of factors, but a simple way to think about it is to take on board a basic fact this DS3 gets from zero to 6. Formula 1 car. And its designed to do that on a surface which can be optimistically described as loose, and in reality is often more mud bath than racetrack. Super Swiss Army Knife'>Super Swiss Army Knife. Convert Files To Jpg. A mutant hybrid of a highly developed World Rally Championship car, a drag racer and a tank, a rallycross Supercar is a schizophrenic beast. Throughout the sports forty plus year history rallycross has ingested both cutting edge rally cars and homebrew specials, spitting them back out as brutally over powered behemoths. AlRh6zS9B4/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Extreme Rallycross Series' title='Extreme Rallycross Series' />Rallycross cars are built around a basic principle survival. The closest analogy I can think of is that of an A1. Warthog tank buster plane, built to take untold numbers of hits and frightening amounts of battle damage, but at the same time to remain functional and capable of completing the mission. Thats why rallycross cars go from a pristine condition pre race to looking like theyve been blown up in the space of four minutes and still finish. They cannot be destroyed. Except by someone putting in a stupidly long jump with concrete supports, perhaps. The aero might look good but plays little part in the proceedings. Its whats happening under the hood that counts. The best way to understand the insane power of a rallycross Supercar is, as with so many disciplines, to see one race and especially to witness a start. For the PlayStation videogame based on this autosport, see Rally Cross. Rallycross is a form of sprint style automobile racing, held on a closed mixedsurface racing. The combination of extreme power and performance makes ODYSSEY battery perfect for a range of applications. Rallycross has become a sensation in motorsport relatively quickly similar to autocross, a single car races against the clock on a set course or stage, usually in. Extreme Rallycross Series' title='Extreme Rallycross Series' />Fantastic article Jonathan, I saw some of the Speedhunters team at Lydden last year and its great to see you continuing to produce rallycross articles. NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski has said more than once that his lowerlevel Camping World Truck Series team loses about 1 million annually, but that he keeps doing it. David Michael Dave Mirra April 4, 1974 February 4, 2016 was an American BMX rider who later competed in rallycross racing. Mirra held the record for most X. GPhpX/x360-Xvr.jpg' alt='Extreme Rallycross Series' title='Extreme Rallycross Series' />Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventory. Extreme Rallycross Series' title='Extreme Rallycross Series' />If your neck can take it. Thats where the ferocity is plain to see. Imagine half a dozen or more of these things, straining on the limiters, exhausts popping and crackling, waiting for the lights to go out. And when they do, its like time has been speeded up. They are gone. Disappeared. Already 1. 00 yards up the road, bumping and boring into the first corner whilst likely already dealing with a surface change from loose to looser. Rallycross was a sport that was huge in Europe in the 1. Saturday afternoons on mainstream TV in the UK, with its wham bam competition and short, sharp shock races. It made and still makes perfect TV. It blossomed on the demise of Group B rallying, hoovering up the now homeless cars and further developing them into short range tactical nuclear missiles. The traditional story of manufacturer withdrawal led to a low point in the mid 9. Global Rallycross in the States and revived popularity in the UK and Europe. The Doran family name is intrinsically linked with the sport in the UK Liams father Pat is a four time British rallycross champion who came in during the heyday of the sport in the early 9. After initial success in the European championship, Pat partially retired in 1. RS2. 00 Rosie in 2. Fiesta ST Turbo in 0. Fiesta. Competing isnt all he does for the sport the familys commitment to rallycross goes much deeper, and in the late 2. Lydden Hill track in Kent the spiritual home of rallycross. Its gradually being transformed into a modern venue, and every meeting sees the crowds flock to its natural amphitheatre. Pats son Liam grew up around racetracks, so it was no surprise that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps. Liam From the age of three Id be trying to help him fix his car or thinking I was being helpful at least. If anyone ever asks who my hero was, it was always my dad. Ps3 Update 4 50 Size Of Tv more. I always wanted to be like him he gave me the passion. All I ever wanted to do was be a racing driver. I used to try and drive the lawnmower anything to drive somethingWhen I raced in the British Rally Championship for the first time in a Supercar it was in my dads car. He let me try it out, and then gave me the chance for one year to have a go. He was my direct team mate, and I made the most of it, trained as hard as I could and he beat me I came second. But he was happy that Id met his expectations. At some point I guarantee Im going to come back and win the British championship like my dad did. Its something Ive got to do. Hes 5. 2, so Ive got 2. Though Ive got to do it four times of courseThe base car is a Citron DS3 built by M Technology in France effectively the same as a WRC and prepared by Hansen Motorsport in Sweden. But as soon as Liams 2. Doran HQ it was stripped back and prepared for a fundamental change in concept. One of a pair of Citron DS3s run by the team during 2. Pats British Rallycross Championship car ran its engine in the factory inline configuration, whereas Liams European Rallycross Championship car was switched to transverse. Pat explains the reasoning Pat If you see the start line of a rallycross circuit and look down at the black tyre marks, you will see the cars go off at a slight twist. As they leave the line the back wheels try and come round. The reason for that is because the engines are normally inline and so powerful that the internal inertial motion of the engine pulls the car to one side. But with a transverse car, as the engine is facing the direction of travel it gives you more even lateral grip. Its better off the start, but also through the corners. Youll see that inline cars like the older C4 drift through corners, whereas these just grip and go. Its not so dramatic, but its so much more effective. Youd think that changing the engine configuration should be relatively easy, but the problems are well known and go back to the sheer grunt a Supercar spec rallycross engine puts out. Pat The WRC cars went transverse in the 9. Supercar produces. The WRC was easy with only 3. So were using a new Sadev unit, who seem to be the only people who can make a gearbox reliable enough to handle the power. Its a six speed box, though we only tend to use five. The power actually makes the car easier to drive. The comparison I use is with the boats if you buy a little 3. But you drive a 7. Its the same kind of thing here. If you have a small, low powered car youve got work all the time you have to be so precise on where youre braking and accelerating. WRC drivers always say that they cant believe it when they drive a Supercar. They can make mistakes and get away with it. In a WRC, if you approach a corner and youre coming in with the wrong gear and the wrong angle you havent got any power to get you out of it. With these, you can come in at the wrong direction, the wrong angle and the wrong speed, floor the girl and shell just power out of it. And thats the buzz. Thats why they all get out and cant believe it. Thats why Colin Mc. Rae always said that the quickest car he ever drove was a rallycross car better than F1 or anything. He drove Dermot Carnegies 7. Focus in 2. 00. 2 and it blew him away.