In the late 1990s, the successful Tuscan Challenge race series was in need of updating and Peter Wheeler began the project that would fulfill his ambition to see TVRs at Le Mans. Work began on a completely new racing car that would be built using modern composites,[1] be more rigid than any previous TVR and be CAD designed to reach speeds in excess of 200 mph (322 km/h) and be stable. The car itself would be a steel tubular frame with full roll cage forming the backbone to a full carbon fibre monocoque.
Typical of TVR there was to be a change of name during the early stages of the production run. Originally it began life as the TuscanR (A natural follow on from the infamous Tuscan Racers (TVR Tuscan Challenge) that the cars were to replace) but as TVR launched the T350 road car it was deemed that the racers should be referred going forward as T400R. At this same time a few cosmetic changes were made to the shell, most notably the design of the rear light cluster changed from a single top corner unit per side to a set of smaller, individual, circular lights down each side.
Between 2000 and 2004 TVR built a total of 7 race cars. The first three race cars were of the TuscanR design but the last 4, (the 2 DeWalt cars delivered in 2003 and the 2 RSR cars in 2004) were T400R body shape (The difference being the rear light housings mainly). Earlier racers in some situations have the later rear, probably due to work after 'racing incidents'.
Racing commenced in 2001 with the final T400Rs racing in the 2006 Le Mans Series season.
The Race Carsedit
The success of the Tuscan Racer series through the 90s had been highly beneficial to the company and their first attempt to build a GT1 class car and associated road cars, the Speed 12 project and the Cerbera Speed 12 project had introduced TVR to some modern composites and techniques but Wheeler had been experimenting with Kevlar and carbon fibre since the SEAC models of the late 1980s. The GT1 projects themselves did not succeed and in traditional TVR style, Wheeler announced that the 800BHP+ road cars would be too dangerous for normal customers. At the time this car was, on paper, the fastest production car in the world.
All this work lead to the creation of the TuscanR, nee T400R, racing project. Between 2000 and 2004 TVR built 7 racing chassis that were campaigned right up until 2006 with great success considering the competition.[2][3]
Most importantly, chassis' 1, 4 & 5 raced at Le Mans. Chassis 4 & 5 raced in both 2003 and 2004 and the most continuously campaigned and most well known chassis 1 in 2005.
TVR TuscanR/T400R RaceSports Salisbury 2002
TVR TuscanR/T400R
TVR TuscanR/T400R
TVR TuscanR/T400R Peninsula TVR
TVR TuscanR/T400R RSR Racing 2004
TVR TuscanR/T400R Team LNT 2005
TVR TuscanR/T400R Rollcentre Racing 2019
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^"TVR T400R – Half A Decade Up Against The Rest". Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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t400r, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 2018, lear. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources TVR T400R news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message In the late 1990s the successful Tuscan Challenge race series was in need of updating and Peter Wheeler began the project that would fulfill his ambition to see TVRs at Le Mans Work began on a completely new racing car that would be built using modern composites 1 be more rigid than any previous TVR and be CAD designed to reach speeds in excess of 200 mph 322 km h and be stable The car itself would be a steel tubular frame with full roll cage forming the backbone to a full carbon fibre monocoque TVR T400RT400R in British GT at Donington ParkOverviewManufacturerTVRProduction2000 4 7 cars produced DesignerGraham BrowneBody and chassisClassRace CarBody style2 door coupeLayoutFR layoutRelatedTVR TyphonPowertrainEngineTVR Speed SixChronologyPredecessorTVR Tuscan ChallengeTVR Cerbera Speed 12By 2000 work was well under way on the carbon fibre TuscanR GT car Contents 1 History 2 The Race Cars 3 References 4 External linksHistory editTypical of TVR there was to be a change of name during the early stages of the production run Originally it began life as the TuscanR A natural follow on from the infamous Tuscan Racers TVR Tuscan Challenge that the cars were to replace but as TVR launched the T350 road car it was deemed that the racers should be referred going forward as T400R At this same time a few cosmetic changes were made to the shell most notably the design of the rear light cluster changed from a single top corner unit per side to a set of smaller individual circular lights down each side Between 2000 and 2004 TVR built a total of 7 race cars The first three race cars were of the TuscanR design but the last 4 the 2 DeWalt cars delivered in 2003 and the 2 RSR cars in 2004 were T400R body shape The difference being the rear light housings mainly Earlier racers in some situations have the later rear probably due to work after racing incidents Racing commenced in 2001 with the final T400Rs racing in the 2006 Le Mans Series season The Race Cars editThe success of the Tuscan Racer series through the 90s had been highly beneficial to the company and their first attempt to build a GT1 class car and associated road cars the Speed 12 project and the Cerbera Speed 12 project had introduced TVR to some modern composites and techniques but Wheeler had been experimenting with Kevlar and carbon fibre since the SEAC models of the late 1980s The GT1 projects themselves did not succeed and in traditional TVR style Wheeler announced that the 800BHP road cars would be too dangerous for normal customers At the time this car was on paper the fastest production car in the world All this work lead to the creation of the TuscanR nee T400R racing project Between 2000 and 2004 TVR built 7 racing chassis that were campaigned right up until 2006 with great success considering the competition 2 3 Most importantly chassis 1 4 amp 5 raced at Le Mans Chassis 4 amp 5 raced in both 2003 and 2004 and the most continuously campaigned and most well known chassis 1 in 2005 nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R RaceSports Salisbury 2002 nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R Peninsula TVR nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R RSR Racing 2004 nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R Team LNT 2005 nbsp TVR TuscanR T400R Rollcentre Racing 2019References edit TVR Typhon Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 1 July 2015 TVR Typhon Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 4 March 2015 TVR T400R Half A Decade Up Against The Rest Retrieved 9 February 2024 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to TVR T400R External links edit TVR Site Typhon Owners site DailySportsCar series review Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TVR T400R amp oldid 1205378828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
