13r

[LARK60]

Hi again Andy.

Had a look in boxfiles for anything else on 13r
All i have are two Autosport[japanese] magazines to go with my video.One has your car on the cover,and drivers,last race reports etc.Other one has race reports & pictures.
Got them off E-bay years ago.
Like the video,i will try to get them scanned or copyed[or swapped for a go in your car!only joking]

The dvd i and Archangel mentioned is also invaluble to you for race coverage.
This was also bought of e-bay,but i recieved a copy,not original.So maybe this will help you because my wife said i might be able to copy it on the computer.She is better than me i'm afraid on anything to do with laptop!

Just watched dvd tonight to see difference between it and the autosport video.As mentioned video covers last two winnig rounds mainly.Dvd has roughly 2 minutes on each of the six rounds,so for rounds 1-4 it is better.But video has about 20 minutes on rounds 5&6.
Dvd has japan gt from 93 to 02[2 disks] It's funny you select which year to view,and then you can have japanese comentry or none at all just engine sounds!
A quick result on your cars performance!

Round 1 suzuka-good pit lane shot-win for car 60
Round 2 fuji-60 car spun after start-61 car win
Round 3 hi-land 60 car rear wheel hanging off,smoking into pits with both
doors open
Round 4 fuji 60 car spin!
Round 5 sugo 61 car smashed by side impact-win for car 60
Round 6 mine cicuit-lights on win for 60 car-61 car champion.

Hope to get something for you soon Andy inbetween work & family comitments
I will cross my fingers for wilton house day,and watch the forum nearer the time.
Best wishes
Keith

[Paulthagerous]

Welcome to the forums!

[tdc911]

Hello Andy, congratulations on the purchase. I took some photos of 13r during it's brief stay in Australia. Don't know if you would like them?

[Sami Aaltonen]

Originally Posted by Andy74b

Mainly want the racing history but will take anything after aswell.

Thanks

Like LARK60 allready put some great detail information about the races; here is a short version about the racing history. This site has some errors on information (sofar #16R and #17R cases), but I think this #13R case is right, no errors. DOC and Erik atleast can confirm this.

http://www.qv500.com/mclarenf1p8.php

Team Lark McLaren, 1996 All Japan GT Championship:
Suzuka 1st (Hattori/Schumacher)
Fuji DNF (Hattori/Schumacher)
Sendai 22nd (Hattori/Schumacher)
Fuji 3rd (Hattori/Schumacher)
Sugo 1st (Hattori/Schumacher)
Mine 1st (Hattori/Schumacher)

And thanks about that image.

[Le Man]

These (I think ) are the pics that Archangel originally posted, they are of 13R and 14R. The last pic shows 13R on the grid for its first race at Suzuka, which as you know, went on to win .

[Sami Aaltonen]

By the way Andy;
have you seen these clips which are allready on the Video Clips Thread?

#13R and #040

#13R Sugo, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

It must be quite outstanding to see your car way over 10 years ago; on the track racing flat out.

And when those clips just have to say again; it's 100% right decision to keep #13R in it's LARK livery.

[DocGTR]

Here is quite good documentation of the "1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship" with all the results and some comments from the drivers like Ralf Schumacher, Naoki Hattori and David Brabham. At least Google Chrome's built-in translator makes a decent job in translating those to English.

And congrats Andy on your acquisition! Nice to hear it stays in its racing livery and with all the patina of its racing days!

[Le Man]

Here is a rare pic, probably from the Lark press kit. I scanned it from the Autosport page below.



This maybe 13R or 14R in the Lark presentation livery, Maybe our forum friend Andy Blackmore will be able to enlighten us.

Another livery for the model makers .


Small report on 13R,s first win.


Sami, you may like to read the LeMans return article above, although it does not say in the text, but 10R was used for all the LeMans durability work. Look who,s in the driver list, I knew I had it somewhere .

Thought I,d put this in here as well, although I have not got the whole article, I think the pic is rather nice with 14 just ahead of 13, but well ahead of the following pack

[Sami Aaltonen]

Originally Posted by Le Man

Small report on 13R,s first win.


Sami, you may like to read the LeMans return article above, although it does not say in the text, but 10R was used for all the LeMans durability work. Look who,s in the driver list, I new I had it somewhere .

Thought I,d put this in here as well, although I have not got the whole article, I think the pic is rather nice with 14 just ahead of 13, but well ahead of the following pack

Thanks Le Man!

Yes there was some JJ Lehto mentioned!
And I knew #10R was doing that work those days, developing work to 1996 season and Le Mans.
In To The Red-book; that Nick Mason's book; there is clearly seen some documents about those test and; the name JJ Lehto is seen there if you look enough close. Also Nick tells that story about these words: "And JJ Lehto has been driven it......"

[Peloton25]

I found a comment online today from a gentleman who mentioned having photos of the LARK McLarens from the 1996 All Japan GT series so I contacted him to see what he might be willing to share. He was quick with a reply and shared this pair of images - one of 13R and the other of David Brabham and John Neilsen trying not to notice the lovely LARK Race Queens.


Images credit Peter Geran

In his note he explained that all his photos from that time period were shot on transparency film (slides) and while he used to have a slide scanner he was never pleased with the results he could achieve with it. Therefore, those are the only two LARK images he's got in digital form. Still they are far better than most of what can be found online in postage stamp resolution so I am thankful for that.

>8^)
ER

[Le Man]

Andy,

Here,s a batch of pics of 13R in action from around the net. I have increased the sizes a bit in photoshop so they can be viewed . From the land who makes all the worlds cameras, you would have thought that at least the Japanese would host some decent size pics. If you wish to have the original small sizes, please let me know. After the time its taken me, I hope some are to your liking, Enjoy.

Regards,

Martin.

[hurstg01]

Pretty special, as always Le Man!

[Sami Aaltonen]

Yep...pretty cool, really.!

[mini magic]

Welcome aboard and thanks for keeping us McLaren nuts involved!


(so relieved it won't become another LM replica)

[Le Man]

Hi Andy,

Any news on how your "GTR #13R" book is coming along?

If you need anymore pics/info, please feel free to ask.


Great to see how your updates to 13R, have not imposed to much on the cars spec. Have fun .