"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
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"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
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The 720hp Motori Moderni powered street car that went to Le Mans.
Between 1989 and 1992 MCA (Monte Carlo Automobile) built a car named The Centenaire. The first road car with a carbon tub and built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Car Club of Monaco. A sales flop, only 5 of the intended 100 were produced. Some with normally aspirated Lamborghini V12s, and others with twin turbo versions producing 720hp.
In 1992 after Chrysler put a kibosh on the deal, the company was sold to a Georgian businessman who renamed the car and decided to race Le Mans. Although shown before the race with a Lamborghini V12 and a fully appointed interior, at weigh-in it would be powered with a Motori Modernia 12 cylinder and be stripped.
Although it was clocked at 354 km/h on The Straight, driver Philippe Renault said, "The chassis is twisting everywhere and it's making the gears jump out". The best time that could be mustered was 5 min 59 sec, almost two full minutes slower than the fastest GT (a Porsche 911), and more than a full minute slower than a road going version of the car that was timed later. Motori Modernia didn't qualify...
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Telumektar
> Goggles Pizzano
10/02/2014 at 22:57 |
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I still have that car's Bburago model, mine is in yellow. I always what it actually was (this was way before easy internet access), and now I know! :D Thanks
Leadbull
> Goggles Pizzano
01/07/2015 at 19:12 |
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WEINER SCHNITZEL
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Goggles Pizzano
> Leadbull
04/02/2015 at 20:47 |
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Wrinkle Bert, Cheek-meat Bologna!
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Leadbull
> Goggles Pizzano
04/02/2015 at 23:55 |
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https://www.linkedin.com/pub/bert-wrink…
DoglegFirst
> Goggles Pizzano
04/14/2015 at 00:51 |
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Sorry to keep commenting on your older articles, but you left out a few cool points. The flat 12 engine was originally designed for F1 (I want to say Life, but I don't think that's right) by none other than Subaru. They built it and Motori Moderni stamped their name on it. It never was put in a chassis that lived up to the engine's coolness, but such is racing.