The Road To Mandalay. 

"Svend" (svend) 01/18/2015 at 02:51 • Filed to: None

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In case you've not heard of this, it's a 24 day endurance rally driving the road to Mandalay starting at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore, and drive up through Malaysia into Thailand and on into Burma, finishing in Rangoon after driving the road to Mandalay.

One car that will be taking part is a 1973, Datsun 240Z from Raceworks Motorsport here in the U.K. they have teamed up with Gtechniq to provide protection for the vehicles paint making it more repellent to dirt and mud and also easier to clean (it may sound odd but Gtechniq have been providing this service for Subaru for the World Rally Team from 2009 and Force India Formula One Team).

14.01.2015

Gtechniq joins Raceworks on the road to Mandalay

Leading ceramic surface protection manufacturers have reaffirmed their support for motorsport, today (Wednesday 14 January), this time backing a team embarking on the road to Mandalay.

Northampton-based Gtechniq, the surface protection experts, have joined forces with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to increase the efficiency of their Datsun 240Z during the Road to Mandalay endurance rally, this February.

The 24-day rally across Malaysia, Thailand and Burma is set to test the cars and their drivers' performance and skills. Gtechniq's C1 Crystal Lacquer and EXO Ultra Durable Hybrid coating have been used to prep the car, making it easier to maintain during the almost month-long journey.

Rob Earle, managing director of Gtechniq, said: "People underestimate the impact that having a dirty car can have, not only on safety, but on the performance of a car too.

"With Gtechniq coatings on the Raceworks Datsun, dirt particles, which are often unevenly distributed on a car, are less likely to create drag as air particles cling to the grime. It will obviously also help the driver to ensure the car stays much cleaner in the dirtiest of environmental conditions."

From Sunday 1 February 2015, well-known historic car racing driver and owner, Grant Tromans and his navigator for the event Simon Russell, will be embarking on this Endurance Rally Association venture in the Raceworks Motorsport prepared 1973 Datsun.

Mike Purse, a director of Raceworks Motorsport, said: "We have been treating our circuit racing cars with Gtechniq products this season with great results, so we are really looking forward to testing them to the extreme with our Datsun 240Z on this endurance event covering so many types of terrain."

Pictures below are from the London to Cape Town Rally.

The list of cars taking part is impressive and varied.

This is what cars are made for. Not to be garage queens but driven and driven hard.

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I guess an interesting couple of cars to watch are number 15 and number 16.

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pImpOfThePerverse > Svend 01/18/2015 at 05:08

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my brother was totally within 25 miles of this, once owned a 280 z 2+2 and almost certainly had no idea it was going on.

Svend > pImpOfThePerverse 01/18/2015 at 05:59

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I think this has been going on a while but this year with Burma/Myanmar opening up it's borders they wanted to go in which they haven't been able to do for sometime.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 01/18/2015 at 07:47

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number 66 is the car to watch - Leyland P76!

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/18/2015 at 08:17

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Numbers 3, 14 and 21 should be the most interesting though, doing what they were made to do.

Number 3, 1927 Lagonda 45 Open Tourer, 4500.

Number 14, 1929 Bentley Special Speed 8, 5675.

Number 21, 1925 Bentley 100 Super Sports, 3000.

I have the urge to go out and buy lots of Tweed clothing with brown leather elbow batches, a flat cap, grow some 'mutton chops', leather gauntlets and shout 'fnarr fnarr' everytime someone says something witty and call everyone Bertie.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 01/19/2015 at 02:15

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righto Bertie. LOL :)

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/19/2015 at 03:00

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Fnarr fnarr