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We don’t envy the British for many things - certainly little in the dental or gastronomical fields - but they do know how to put on a car show, we’ll give them that. While the conventional London Auto Show may not be at the same level as the shows in Frankfurt, Paris or Geneva, the English take things one step further with moving expositions that put any other to shame. Forget Top Gear Live, we’re talking about the Goodwood Festival of Speed that’s coming up soon, and the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power that just concluded.
Dubbed the Goodwood of the North, Cholmondeley is built around a similar idea: take some drool-enducing supercars and race them up the hill on the grounds of an old castle. This year’s event included Astons Martin, Bentleys, Bugattis and Lamborghinis aplenty. But the fastest vehicle there was a Caterham.
Beating the 62.68 lap record set by Lamborghini in 2010, the Caterham SP/300.R set a new record at 61.89 seconds. Granted, it’s not worth quite the same in bragging rights as, say, a Nurburgring or Laguna Seca lap record, but all things being equal, it shows just what Caterham and Lola’s new track car is capable of.
In case your unfamiliar with Cholmondeley, scroll down to watch a video of the hill climb from this year’s event being run in a Radical SR3 SL.Continue reading Caterham SP/300.R claims new record at Cholmondeley [w/video]
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