Name that Car 2

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

Civic posted the photo. I think he was asking who drove this Reynard.

Location is the last Champ Car race.

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Would that be the Telefonica car from Oriol Servia's rookie season? Sounds like the photo was taken in LB.

It's been established that the car is in Long Beach and that it's a Reynard.

What I'm looking for is the sharp-eyed reader who knows the model year of that Reynard.

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Originally Posted by Civic

It's been established that the car is in Long Beach and that it's a Reynard.

What I'm looking for is the sharp-eyed reader who knows the model year of that Reynard.

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I did not notice it until now what year that car is. I was to busy at LB looking at the 84 Eagle. :D

Looking at the indentations on the front of the sidepods and the flaps at the rear....kind of looks like a 1996 Reynard. 2000 Reynard had endplates on the little sidepod "wings" (sorry, I don't know the technical term).

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Originally Posted by Civic

What I'm looking for is the sharp-eyed reader who knows the model year of that Reynard.

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The rules established in April of 1995, locked in the basic rules of all cars from 1996 through the 2001 season. This went back to the USAC/CART rules of 1989 that set the rules from 1990-1995.

Point is there was not a lot of difference other than under the car from a 1996 Reynard to a 2000 plus since the chassis by rule had to be the same then new body work could be moved to an "older" chassis.

Yes, new teams bought new cars as a way to force other teams to play or leave. Many did just that. leave. It was done to level the playing field but it became an uneven field was car owners were the one's bring in these cars, Carl Haas and Chip Ganassi.

Most show cars are old cars with current bodies if the team has money, otherwise it is an old car. the history of that car could be from 1997 or 1998.

(NO REFERENCE, IMPLIED OR REAL TO ANY POSTER, LIVING, DEAD, or NOT YET BORN.)

ykiki is right. It's a 1996 Reynard. The easiest way to tell is by the sidepod dimples (though the R99I and 2kI have similar dimples) and the cockpit sides. 1997 and newer Reynards have wider cockpit openings with removable "collar pads".

Not all body work is interchangeable, though most of the main stuff like noses, front wings, and rear wings will bolt on. IIRC, Fernandez' Frankenstein had an R97 tub, an R98 undertray, and a mix and match of wings and sidepods from either an R97I or R98I.

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Originally Posted by Civic

ykiki is right. It's a 1996 Reynard. The easiest way to tell is by the sidepod dimples (though the R99I and 2kI have similar dimples) and the cockpit sides. 1997 and newer Reynards have wider cockpit openings with removable "collar pads".

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Then it is a 1995. I kept looking at the cockpit as the 1996 rule made the cockpit wider. It is a 1995 with some 1996 body work. Sound reasonable?

(NO REFERENCE, IMPLIED OR REAL TO ANY POSTER, LIVING, DEAD, or NOT YET BORN.)

Ykiki is right it's a Reynard 96i not a 95i as the shpe of the tub is different from one to the other.

Great job Ykiki. :up:

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

Ykiki is right it's a Reynard 96i not a 95i as the shpe of the tub is different from one to the other.

Great job Ykiki. :up:

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Thanks! It was quite a challenge scouring the web for CART Reynard photos from that era. The dimples on the sidepods caught my eye at first, but the more I looked at pics, I found it harder and harder to find Reynards without endplates at the rear of the sidepods once you get past 96.

Haven't played this game in quite some time (a year?) so I'll try to find a pic soon...

Alright...the usual

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