Le Mans Miniatures Slot Cars 1\32 Scale Mirage GR8 1975 LM GULF #11  Driven by David Bell and Jacky Ickx

Features:

Polyurethane resin body

ABS chassis

side-wider motor mount

turned metal rims

Pressure screw M2 system

injected tires

Weight : 96.7g

History:

In 1975 Gulf became the favorites in front of Ligier and Porsche.

John Wyer came back to Le Mans with two new cars : the wheelbase

has been lengthened and the lower-drag bodywork is new.

Only prepared to contest Le Mans, because of Gulf's budget

restriction in this period of crisis, and with regard to the ACO new

regulations, the design allowed to change fast and easily the main

mechanical components and the power of the V8 Ford engine has

been reduced to 380 ch to fit the new requirements.

During practices it was mounted a previous year big air intake on

the rear bonnet of the car number 10. This bonnet has been used

afterward for the race on the car number 11 without the air intake.

When the start was given the Gulf of Schuppan and Bell took the

lead. Ickx-Bell on Gulf n°11 digged all the more the distance as

Jaussaud-Schuppan on car number 10 was delayed during the 6th

hour : some ignition problems relegated them to the fifth position, 6

laps behind. Placed in fourth after six hour racing, Pescarolo-Migault

were delayed when they collided with the rear hood of the de Cadenet

car, that blew away.

The Ligier car number 5 was third at 10 pm and it was the winner of

the duel with the Mirage of Jaussaud-Schuppan at early morning. At

mid-race Jaussaud was finally again in second place in front of

Lafosse-Chasseuil.

In the course of the morning, Ickx-Bell were 8 laps in front of the last

Ligier that was in front of the second Mirage-Gulf, that was delayed by

a tired transmission.

It must be said that the Cosworth vibrations treated badly the

exhaust pipes fixations. The leaders faced with the same troubles but

only slowed down. John Wyer did not want to alert his competitors. A

shower came to the rescue of Ligier because it provoked igntion

problems on car #10, definitively placed in second position. As far as

Ickx-Bell they crossed the finish line with a broken chassis and a dying

gear system. They only had one lap advance.