Round 6: Ruapuna Park

by desertrainfrog Sun 16 Jul 2017 - 22:35

Welcome to the sixth round of the fifth season of the TORA Spec Cup bringing us to New Zealand. Ruapuna Park.

Raceday: Wednesday, July 18th 2017. Official part starting at 20:00 BST
Layouts: Club (Sprint) and Grand Prix (Feature/Main)

Schedule:

(Optional) Free Practice: Both layouts - 10 to 30 minutes each (between 19:00 and 20:00 BST)

Qualifying: 15 minutes - Ruapuna Park Club Circuit

Warm-Up: 5 minutes (as a small break in between) - Ruapuna Park Club
Sprint Race: 25 laps - Ruapuna Park Club - [Time of day: TBA]

Warm-Up II: 5-10 minutes - Ruapuna Park GP
Feature Race: 27 laps - Ruapuna Park GP - Pit Window between lap 8 and 19 - [Time of day: 6:00]

Weather Forecast:
[TBA]

About the track:
Formerly known as Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (from 2004 to 2013) and now known as Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna is a permanent motor racing circuit owned by Canterbury Car Club Inc. It is located at 107 Hasketts Road in Templeton, 13 kilometres (8.08 miles) west of Christchurch, New Zealand.
The track also features a drag strip, pit garages, racing school, speedway circuit and even a radio controlled car circuit. There are a number of configurations of the circuit with licences from FIA Grade 3 to National grades 1, 2 and 3.
The track surface runs for 3.33 kilometres (2.07 miles) in a counter-clockwise direction with many fast sweeping corners. It rewards smooth and tidy drivers.
The track was first opened in November 1963. The circuit was a fairly simple sealed surface road course, at just a mile in length and comprising essentially a flat tri-oval with an extended main straight down to a hairpin bend. In 1976 the main straight was widened and a staging area added to allow drag racing to take place. The biggest change in the circuit's history came in 1993 when it was extended to 3.3km, along with other renovations.
The circuit hosts both 2 and 4 wheeled events.

source: Wikipedia