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Press, 19 October 1978, Page 7

Chevette sets eight New Zealand records for endurance -and that’s official! ' .... ■ funny thing - you can't read a paper while “ ‘" l1 ' ' ■U - M »-erf X,. < ii- >«,' > ! ij? 1 -li ■'! « i 2 Slj - M . &».,>- Bl that car’s out there. All through the night you ‘'‘“TO k.‘'irTTliilwt |japLJfesfe just watch the lights going round and round pBRMBi^CTI^HiBBiL r v-^« I , T.>fe.^^^MBBBMBBKWMB^B[By B track.” t ■— _._.. — I-was an endurance test for car and staff - and , y .— RECORD FIVE -r. 2 ■—BIiRIW' 11 * 11111111 ! 1 * 11 72 hours nonstop- 6.644 kilometres:92 kph ' I / BBBB®****”**- average // . — 7] ■jpw—— ■ _ '■■ r— Rod Lester talks: "I'd been around long enough v_> \Cc>7?N _ r Ik fff Y pmrfZ, I ... to be cynical aboutthings like this event-that \ -7- ~ -—-^—<=> —'-■-- A r—x y x> | J-L —— 3944 mm H !< 2395 mm H J % JBEf ’ Why 3 racing drivers are surprised by Chevette's handling capability - the f 'feta -f* - ' 1k '' '*’ Jmr longest wheelbase in its class • stabiliser bars front and rear • rack and C 4 a ory pinion steering • disc brakes • widest wheels in its class. /W/ iRf« - aM *•- — z ,& «.A ? - "*’• * Sts * . '.■•• K z .&JBk ' • rv i£r a> '* R *W >; 'T- -IjBB '*S*2- ? Z jfißy' B'W and transmission were in perfect working the MANZ Inc. Technical Officer took tne car* - a * * <rW y order at the end of the trial. hand, and it was thoroughly checked. It was •■,<BBwjk* * Bml fe.JiiL. BRB B found to be original in all respects. 4. 1 MBMbBBMmeEBPBBMMB Records held against allcomers BwßibwM- »i ’ XT's*** >. I aOaMP*i These recoidsare outright andam he, i ••• M all-comers. *~•»•-* fiflLie ' ■ ' Hp was be’ore we started. I wasn t sure the car The 3 millionth Chevette model was sola ” V wa -> ir -y hrst time out in a C'nevette -it would la : ,t the distance I'!; te : i you now ■it s this year -sc this is what we did: we took a <s> ' ' .ed me. reahy it d.rt A ca’ cu'te armarent to m-^’w : ;'as:’ .e y .'a: - | HMp jBBmBHmmBwI standard, production line Chevette Hatchback mat sire n's ;ust fantastic the way it a ! tim .n-r .-..w a i ami ' m t ‘' ~ and put it through the toughest automotive endurance handles. The suspension is set up extraord - eyelid.” trial this country’s ever known. Run under the official marily well - lap after lap -1 enjoyed it. That car Still driving as hard as ever, still slamming into El LIT Bhvß supervision of the National Motor Sport Governing Body, MANZ, the Chevette was is a pleasure to drive.” the bends at 80. 120 on the straights hour Jlc I J Hl *Trl I hammered round the Manfeild motor circuit in Feilding, for 5 days and 5 nights by after hour, lap after lap. ■■ racing drivers under racing conditions. O £,f flO || |LJO EE The 10,000 kilometres record Would the Chevette make any records? Would it what! It knocked out a row of records I » IIXEE DLf fjO |J\| Y The big one. 10.000 kilometres non stop, ' like a row of dominoes! 11.000 kilometres in 120 hours non-stop, 8 records all told, 8 n ,oii,i . IvLKvViXU JIA withouttouchingtheengme. without turning it national records proving that the Chevette is the strongest, most reliable, most z 4 hours non-stop-z, 181 Kilometres . off The nroof of this car’s endurance canacitv " enduring car on the market: no other car has made it -no other car will meet our Peter Jarratt put the next record on the board non ' st °P ‘ 8 ' 893 ki!ometres:92 kph o{ jtg reijabjljty The only proof that means The records have a!so been su bmitted to the challenge. The Chevette is New Zealand's endurance car-the MANZ make that with another 520 non-stop kilometres. av erage .... . . , anything-the actual test under hard World Motor Sport Body (the FIA) to see if r " -; a | Average speed-90 kph with very hard ram in 9b hours, 4 days into the event-4 days and w P t an rl d™ anrl under official anXnrid rarnrrictnn J-fce, the early morning. "It gets difficult to see when nights. Lap after lap. it has an effect on you wet and dry and unoer oft cial weve won any world records too •y --7 the track's covered in water: you can't see the k familiar lines in the dark with the headlights' -& {te&gjlßdFjMß W fi W reflection” * • W f**w ' The car going well. Taking all the difficult y', ” . r X /;W- conditions in its stride. The engine hasn't . j faitered - NISH BCg > M.A.N.Z. OFFICIALS worsened at the beginning of Rob Lester's &"•«•> ,' ''’WF* ; z" KS. BURMEISTER W|“f r j r shift. A light rain developed but as Lester, 45 , 4"''*' W ... f !£■ •■'WOglk f R.D.WATSON year~old tearrHeader sa>d. thejcarnever a- A the mechanic: "I don't know whether 12 hours non-stop at 91 k.p.h. average noticed the rain You could put it into the jk -T < ? the car's become part of me or I’ve become J MANZ officials sealed the engine. They passed corne^^ t ®^ c t t 2y tko ! part of the car! We all feel a bit like that I B a wire round the entire engine, sealing the -you can take the same line all the time. The , Jgg| think " * ends and making a distinctive mark on the f Bruce has been working long hours. Like Greg * joint. No way of getting into that engine while the conditions change. Not this one though. < Frampton the R/T control man - log book en !C vnn-or nmviwr a rucvcTTi: MATruHarif rhptnal ison If the engine dies the trial is all Notthisone. - c ~ Loanor lanrnnntpr snH timpr 19 SO IF YOU RE DRIVING A CHEVETTE HATCHBACK over and that’s that. 12 hours into the m the dark of fM hou?s sleep since the event started ' You’re driving the car that completecl the toughest entrance trial this Bruce Hearfield. the mechanic, doesn't even Monday morning, the first record fel . 12 hours The best lap time recorded so far - 1 52- country s ever known. You re driving the car that ran 11,000 kilometres consider it Tm here for an easy week.” he non-stop driving at an average of 91 kph. It round the 3km track at Manfeild. Pushing it all * lthout ‘ urn '"« th ® ® n « ine N ®l Zeal . a " ds entrance c. says. "Apart from the refuelling I won't have a was just the beginning. tho at an average of 91 kph round a race Remember that. And remember the Motorsport Association of New thing to do!” It wasn’t quite so simple for Bruce r>r7l A f/% track. ’ Zealand has made that official -but more of that later-in Record 6. D EffJP fl TIA/fj . It’s enough to make you think twice about Chevettes Ru A standard Chevette KCVUKU I VW BMJ|B DEfV”)Pn WFN * * The Chevette received a pre-trial check and 18 hours non-stop- 1.639 kilometres:9l kph I VUI M I " 1 , Rl"h n ®rX , SAN?? e ch„iea!Off, C er ’™X.d, fast driving » n that circuit - h.tting OEfTWD FAI IQ 120 h.u™w-11.107k»om. MS: XT CHEVtIJt and Ken Burmeister the MANZ Overseeing 120 kph on the straight and slamming into the I Xb/WIV The last dav of the trial And the car hummed CIIIIIIIDII '7 d °^ n t ed^ eSealatt eend ° ,hetrial bends at 80-all through the night. 48 hours non-stop - 4,429 kilometres:92 kph JaoSyhomeThlreSas no telling-it Zht & IMMIU St They found it to be. Norm Lankshear added 178 laps and another K haL»onn»nnanrthPr Arlawsanrl nioh*s Qt? ■< vU, jjy ”a standardl Chevette Hatchback Saloon-n all record to the tally. Light ram fell throughout Were getting into the marathon area now-the In hours-non-stop-the Chevette had BJP v respects without any modifications outside the the 6 hours but Norman kept the average » B th k ilns The sunnnrt team's • chaneed eear 14 664 times BbW specified engine tolerances ma eyt e speed right up there -91 kph. And Norman working together for fuelling sessions and tyre • cornered 18,330 times k . Manufacture. thnnoh R had a good time checks... even watching the Chevette going • covered 3,666 laps at an average speed of d g round and round and round.... “The thing that 92.566 kph „ MEM , unTnDt 7Ci , 4KIB , , ulTe , records away yet. kept us going,” said Bruce Hearfield, “was the • travelled 11,107 kilometres without its GENERAL MOTORS new Zealand limteu backchat from the drivers (over the ■ engine being touched. radio telephone). It's a —jiß ~ * . b* Wk MANFEILD AUTO COURSE ... J| F B, HRhHu|b START - FINISH ?- CHEVETTE The first record to fall 185 f|||i Bairas bbS |B Bkq At 12.06 on a sunny Sunday afternoon Peter »k. (.* , g|F OL- BSiS 2 174 Jarratt 27 Captain of the Manawatu Car Club, STILLTHE LOWEST PRICED HATCHBACK IN THE COUNTRY