{"id":9369,"date":"2020-01-05T11:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=9369"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:59:49","slug":"chrysler-viper-gts-r-51-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chrysler-viper-gts-r-51-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrysler Viper GTS-R #51 &#8211; Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chrysler_viper_51_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1999 Chrysler Viper GTS-R<\/strong>\nPilots: O. Beretta, K. Wendlinger, D. Dupuy\nTeam: <strong>Viper Team ORECA<\/strong>\nRace: 10th overall (1st in GTS class) at Le Mans in <strong>1999<\/strong>\nMinichamps - 430991451 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"> Published 04\/03\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">First  seen in 1996, the GTS-R was a successful racing variant of the Dodge  Viper and developed as an international joint venture. French Oreca  would construct and maintain the racing cars in their shops, the car&#8217;s  basic chassis and other integral parts would be the responsibility of  British engineering firm Reynard Motorsport and the engine would come  from USA\u2019s Chrysler. The car body was heavily based on the Viper GTS of  1995, and the engine was basically the same 356-T6 unit of the passenger  car. The <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.speednik.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2014\/07\/hellcat12a-640x480.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">356-T6 engine<\/a>  was a huge 7998 cm\u00b3 naturally-aspirated V10 with aluminum alloy block  and head and with 20 valves, capable of frightening 620 hp of power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chrysler_viper_51_02.jpg\" alt=\"GTS-R #51\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A true monster of a car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning the GT2 class at Le Mans in 1998, ORECA was back at La Sarthe for 1999. But this time their <a class=\"postlink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemans.org\/media\/cache\/news_show\/assets\/fileuploads\/58\/74\/5874226f92307.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">Vipers<\/a> were in the GTS class. The team had three cars in the race, and managed 1st (<a class=\"postlink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/578189364a9cda83a2fd61655112cbb1\/tumblr_oj6nr2LpTr1v5jzqco1_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">#51<\/a>) and 3rd (<a class=\"postlink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/f0023805a5ffd69fd13b7da613066775\/tumblr_olut3tga5e1v5jzqco1_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">#52<\/a>) places in the GTS class. Interestingly, the Vipers were the only cars in the GTS class fitted with carbon brakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/chryslers_01.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GTS-R #55 + GTS-R #51. Though #51 is a winner, #55 has the cooler graphics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viper is an old release by Minichamps, and consequently they really can\u2019t compete against the brand\u2019s more current offerings. It\u2019s an okay model in general, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s even \u201cIxo good\u201d. In my eyes the big issue here are the decals. Minichamps has a history of decals getting bad with time, and I think this <strong>GTS-R #51<\/strong> will be another victim. You can\u2019t notice in the pics, but on inspection you will see that decals are starting to yellow. Shame, because it\u2019s a very nifty car. And also or even more important, a gift from <em>The One That Will Bring My Ruin<\/em> (aka Stinky Gary).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1999 Chrysler Viper GTS-R Pilots: O. Beretta, K. Wendlinger, D. Dupuy Team: Viper Team ORECA Race: 10th overall (1st in GTS class) at Le Mans in 1999 Minichamps &#8211; 430991451 (diecast) Published 04\/03\/18 First seen in 1996, the GTS-R was a successful racing variant of the Dodge Viper and developed as an international joint venture. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chrysler-viper-gts-r-51-minichamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chrysler Viper GTS-R #51 &#8211; Minichamps&#8221;<\/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-9369","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\/9369","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=9369"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15335,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9369\/revisions\/15335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}