{"id":3311,"date":"2018-09-15T06:40:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T09:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=3311"},"modified":"2023-02-22T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:40:44","slug":"aston-martin-vantage-gte-98-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/aston-martin-vantage-gte-98-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Vantage GTE #98 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2014 Aston Martin Vantage GTE #98<\/strong> \nPilots: P. Dalla Lana, P. Lamy, C. Nygaard \nTeam: Aston Martin Racing <\/em> \nRace: 26th overall (6th in LMGTE-Am class) at Le Mans in 2014 <\/strong>\nSpark - S4239 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 09\/15\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the Vantage road car, in 2008 Aston Martin created the Vantage GT2<\/a>. This was the racing variant designed to meet FIA and ACO GT2 class regulations. However, the GT2 car only had moderate success. In 2012 FIA created the World Endurance Championship<\/em>, where a new GTE class substituted the GT2 class. So new regulations and with the disastrous results with their 2011 LMP1 car, consequently Aston needed a new GTE car. So the Vantage GTE<\/strong>, released in 2012, came as the successor to the GT2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Gulf livery – you just can’t go wrong with that!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hence, the GTE was an evolution to the previous car but with significant improvements to the engine, drive train and suspension. The engine was basically the AJ37<\/a> from the road car, but tuned for racing. It was a 4475 cm\u00b3 90\u00ba all-aluminum V8 with 32 valves that delivered over 450 hp. Shifting duty was the responsibility of a XTrac 6 speed transaxle sequential gearbox. The chassis was a lightweight bonded aluminum space frame covered by a carbon fiber body. Of very light construction, it was even lighter than what the GT2 had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Decals for the missing livery? That’s why Spark is one of the best model brands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Vantage GTE debuted at La Sarthe in 2012, and for the 2014 edition of the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> Aston Martin Racing had four Vantages<\/a> in the race. Two of them were in the GTE-Pro class and two in the GTE-Am class. Interestingly the amateur class cars did better than their professional siblings. This is the #98 car<\/a> that came in 6th in class and 26th overall with 326 laps. Not great but not bad for amateurs, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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How can somebody say that is NOT a cool car?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I already had a VERY nice modern Aston<\/a>. But this one is down-right gorgeous. Spark did a spanking job on it, and the livery is just b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. But when I removed it from the box, I found that small decal sheet.  It looks like for some (stupid) legal reason Spark can’t supply the car with the pilots’ names . But to prove that they’re one of the best in 1:43, Spark supplies the decals. And in two minutes I had the car with its livery complete. Definitively a true gem of a model. But what makes this really <\/strong>shine was that it was a gift from He Who Will be My Ruin<\/em>, the Baron of Northumberland. Thanks Gary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2014 Aston Martin Vantage GTE #98 Pilots: P. Dalla Lana, P. Lamy, C. Nygaard Team: Aston Martin Racing Race: 26th overall (6th in LMGTE-Am class) at Le Mans in 2014 Spark – S4239 (resin) Published 09\/15\/18 Based on the Vantage road car, in 2008 Aston Martin created the Vantage GT2. This was the racing variant … Continue reading “Aston Martin Vantage GTE #98 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15277,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311\/revisions\/15277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}