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Solved NIC#958 - 1970 Protocross racing Hauts de France
« on: July 10, 2018, 04:55:25 AM »
What was the name of the racing series in which these cars competed, and what was the engine?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2018, 10:58:13 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2018, 06:46:47 PM »
European?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2018, 05:13:38 AM »
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2018, 10:46:47 AM »
Francais?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2018, 12:21:30 PM »
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2018, 07:00:09 PM »
Not 2cv powered ….?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2018, 04:40:18 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 01, 2018, 07:00:09 PM
Not 2cv powered ….?

Almost amazingly - no!
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2018, 07:37:58 AM »
Panhard?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2018, 08:38:04 AM »
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2018, 10:39:59 AM »
Renault campus?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2018, 12:00:01 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 02, 2018, 10:39:59 AM
Renault campus?

Renault -yes. Campus - no.
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2018, 01:56:48 PM »
So this is not the French Formula 4?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2018, 02:06:37 PM »
There does seem to have been a Formula 3 based on 750cc - Renault 4cv, Saab etc. Is this it?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2018, 02:19:18 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 02, 2018, 02:06:37 PM
There does seem to have been a Formula 3 based on 750cc - Renault 4cv, Saab etc. Is this it?

It's not F4 or F3, but much more an unofficial class of racing. However, you have stumbled on the engine used.
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2018, 09:38:14 PM »
hmmmm …. nothing is emerging from my google finger. Is this unofficial series purely for Renault 4cv powered single seaters?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2018, 06:21:09 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 05, 2018, 09:38:14 PM
hmmmm …. nothing is emerging from my google finger. Is this unofficial series purely for Renault 4cv powered single seaters?

They were all built with that engine, yes. Later versions used a Dauphine engine.
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2018, 03:08:53 PM »
Are they circuit racers - as opposed to rally cross type racing.
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2018, 04:26:04 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 06, 2018, 03:08:53 PM
Are they circuit racers - as opposed to rally cross type racing.

I don't know much about the races, but from the name I'd say it was a form of rallycross.
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2018, 03:42:41 PM »
Epreuves de racer?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2018, 04:04:03 PM »
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2018, 10:58:12 AM »
Does it have the words racer or Renault in it?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2018, 04:05:59 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 10, 2018, 10:58:12 AM
Does it have the words racer or Renault in it?

Neither. The 4CV engines were used simply because they were freely available, and although the machines took part in races, they were not circuit races as we know it, more offroad in nature.

The image comes from a French language site  ;).
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2018, 07:46:15 PM »
Perhaps it's my French, but I cannot find any reference to this. Would the year help - !963?
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Re: NIC#958
« Reply #24 on: August 19, 2018, 05:41:50 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 18, 2018, 07:46:15 PM
Perhaps it's my French, but I cannot find any reference to this. Would the year help - !963?

My notes suggest a date a few years later than that . Tell you what, since this is proving problematic, it's 1970.
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