StygianMax's Diecasts

C5-R # 2 - 1999 Rolex24 at Daytona

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Ron Fellows (CDN)/John Paul Jr. (USA)/Chris Kneifel (USA)

The C5-R debuted in 1999.  Although it did not win, the Corvette Racing Team would gain valuable experience with the car to improve it for the 2000 race season.

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This is a beautifully made car.  Apart from the metallic flakes contained in the silver paint, it really is a well-crafted car.  The wheels and exterior overall are impressive.  The engine is a bit weak as it looks a bit on the plasticky side.

C5-R # 4 - 1999 Rolex24 at Daytona

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Andy Pilgrim (USA) / John Heinricy (USA) / Scott Sharp (USA)

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I found this model quite by chance since it's become quite a hard-to-find model.  It is every bit  a gem as the #2 sister car.  A real bonus with this model is that it was autographed by Andy Pilgrim and Scott Sharp.  The previous owner was a real racing enthusiast!

C5-R # 3 - 2000 ALMS (Texas)

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Ron Fellows (CDN)/Andy  Pilgrim (USA)

Result: 1st in GTS Class  

This car represents the first C5-R to win a race.  This took place at the Texas Speedway in 100+ degrees F temperatures.  It beat out the venerable Team Oreca Viper GTS-R.  This would mark the beginning of a long successful career of the C5-R at long endurance races such as the Le Mans and American Le Mans Series.

I was lucky enough to get Ron Fellows to sign under the hood at the 2005 ALMS race at Mosport.  The next mission is to find Andy Pilgrim from the Speed Challenge GT series to co-sign it.  It will be complete then.

Update: I found Andy in 2006 at the Cadillac paddock!

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See above.

C5-R # 3 - 2000 ALMS

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Driven by: Ron Fellows (CDN)/Chris  Kneifel (USA)/Justin Bell (GB)

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See above.

C5-R # 63 - 2001 Le Mans (GTS Winner)

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Ron Fellows (CDN)/Johnny O'Connell (USA)/Scott Pruett (USA)

Result: 1^st in GTS Class  (8th Overall) - 43 laps behind the winner)

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See above.

C5-R # 53 - 2003 Le Mans

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Ron Fellows (CDN)/Johnny O'Connell (USA)/Franck Fréon (F)

Result: 3rd in GTS Class (12th Overall) - 51 laps behind the winner)

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This car has some features that are notably different from the older C5-R bodies.  Aa is to be given credit for doing their homework thoroughly.  As always, their craftsmanship is very good.

C5-R # 3 - 2004 ALMS (12Hr Sebring)

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 From the fact (1) it has no windows and (2) has those front "canard wings" (not sure of proper term), I believe Aa recreated this C5-R as it was setup for the 12Hr Sebring race. I'm not sure why there were no windows at Sebring, but my first guess is that the temperature was very high. So removing windows would allow for much better ventilation within the cockpit in an otherwise very hot interior. Remember, there's no air conditioning in race cars, only cool-suits for the drivers. The canard wings are for increased downforce. Aa's choice to make this version of the #3 is a good one as it won the GTS class at Sebring that year.

C6.R # 64 - 2005 Le Mans

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Team: Corvette Racing

Driven by: Jan Magnussen (DK)/ Olivier Beretta (MC)/ Oliver Gavin (GB)
Result:  1^st in GT1 Class   (5th Overall) - 21 laps behind the winner)

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This car is unfortunately made sealed.  Hopefully Autoart will not continue this way in the future.  That said, its exterior is very well done.  But unless you can find it for less than half the regular cost, without opening doors and hood, you're only getting half the car that the Autoart C5-Rs are.

Courage Peugeot C60 # 2
1000km Le Mans (2003)

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Team: Pescarolo Sport

Driven by: Stephane Sarrazin (F)/Franck Lagorce (F)/Sébastien Bourdais (F)

Result: 2nd Place Overall (3 laps behind the winner)

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Spark makes some amazing models.  They are resin models rather than diecasts.  Overall, the level of detail and quality of finish is very good. 

The glaring problem is the box's sleeve shows that the base/plinthe has the autograph of Jean Christophe Bouchut where is should be S. Sarrazin.  Spark really needs to get things accurate. 

Apart from that, the autograph of the legendary Henri Pesacarolo is on the box's lid, a very nice touch!

Courage C65 # 31 - 2003 Le Mans

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Team: Courage Compétition

Driven by: Philippe Alliot (F)/David Hallyday (F)/Carl Rosenblad (S)

Result: did not finish (Engine) - 41 laps

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Spark makes some amazing models.  They are resin models rather than diecasts.  Overall, the level of detail and quality of finish is very good.  The metallic blue paint does not contain large flakes. The wheels are particularly well-made.

Courage C60 # 16 - 2005 Le Mans

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Team: Pescarolo Sport

Driven by: E. Collard (F) / J-C Boulion (F) / E. Comas (F)

Result: 2nd Overall - 2 laps behind winner

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Creation Judd # 9 - 2007 Le Mans

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Team: Creation Autosportif

Driven by: Jamie Campbell-Walter (GB) / Shinji Nakano (J) / Filipe Ortiz (BOL)

Result: DNF (Overheated) - 55 laps
 

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An amazing model that re-created the artistic livery on the car. 

Children of Le Mans Link

New Zealand artist, Mark Olsen, was given the task of re-defining Creation's on-track visual appearance. Known for his trademark portrait style and not shy of using brilliant colours in his work, Olsen's approach to the new Creation was to place the car's 'livery' within the context of the countries visited by the Le Mans Series and the classic 24 hour enduro.

Set against a midnight blue pearlescent 'sky' filled with stars, Olsen has painted seven child-like portraits with features representing each individual country visited by these endurance machines. Titled "The Children of Le Mans", the mix of images is colourful, fun and unusual - particularly for a racing car.

Brazil, for example, is represented by a child dressed in a verdant green tunic, wearing a Toucan Hat (Brazil's national bird) with a pendant in the shape of a football. Italy's child is dressed in electric blue with a golden hat in the shape of the Coliseum.

Viper GTS-R # 94 - 1997 Rolex24 at Daytona

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: T. Archer (USA)/O. Beretta (MC)/D. Dupuy (F)

Result: 15th Overall (62 laps behind the winner)

(Tommy Archer autographed under the hood of my car Aug. 2004 at the ALMS race at Mosport.  The #22 shows as that is the number of his Viper that competed in the Speed World Challenge GT 2004)

Technically, this car was entered in as a Chrysler Viper.

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Viper GTS-R # 51 - 1997 FIA GT at Sebring

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: Ph. Gache (F)/O. Beretta (MC)

Technically, this car was entered in as a Chrysler Viper.

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Viper GTS-R # 51 - 1998 Le Mans 

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: Olivier Beretta (MC)/Pedro Lamy (P)/Tommy Archer (USA)

Result: 13th Overall (39 laps behind the winner)

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Viper GTS-R # 55 - 1998 Le Mans

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Team: Chamberlain Engineering

Driven by: Ni Amorim (P)/Goncalo Gomes (P)/Manuel Mello-Breyner (P)

Result: 21st Overall (87 laps behind the winner)

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Viper GTS-R # 91 - 1999 Rolex24 at Daytona

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: K. Wendlinger (A)/D. Dupuy (F)/O. Beretta (MC)

Result: 1st in GTS Class 

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Viper GTS-R # 91 - 2000 ALMS at Petit Le Mans

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: M. Duez (F)/O. Beretta (MC)/K. Wendlinger (A)

Result: 1st in GTS Class 

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Viper GTS-R # 51 - 2000 Le Mans

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Team: Oreca

Driven by: Karl Wendlinger (A)/Olivier Beretta (MC)/Dominique Dupuy (F)

Result: 1st in GTS Class  ( 7th Overall) - 35 laps behind the winner)

(Olivier Beretta autographed under the hood of my car Aug. 2004 at the ALMS race at Mosport)

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Viper GTS-R # 52 - 2002 Le Mans

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Team: Equipe de France FFSA

Driven by: Jean-Philippe Belloc (F)/Jonathan Cochet (F)/Benoit Tréluyer (F)

Result: 14th Overall (49 laps behind the winner)

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Viper GTS-R # 1 - 2002 Nurburgring 

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Driven by: P. Lamy (P)/R. Lechner (A)/P. Zakowski (D)

Result: Winner  

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Dome S101 Judd # 15 - 2003 Le Mans

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Team: Racing for Holland

Driven by: Jan Lammers (NL)/Andy Wallace (GB)/John Bosch (NL)

Result: 6th Overall (17 laps behind the winner)

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This model is very unique because it is the only 1:43 whose engine cover actually opens up.  ALthough the engine is not full of detail the way you might find in a 1:18, it is still quite good when you consider what scale it is made in.

Dome S101 Mugen # 9 - 2003 Le Mans

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Driven by: Masahiko Kondou (J)/Ryou Fukuda (J)/Ukyou Katayama (J)

Result: 13th Overall (55 laps behind the winner)

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Dome S101 Judd # 14 - 2006 Le Mans

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Driven by: J. Lammers (NL) / A. Yoong (M) / S. Johansson (S)

Result: DNF (mechanical failure)

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