The Olympic skating competition · Pursuit "I tried it by car" Movie is on sale

One of the skating competitions adopted for the Winter Olympics "Pursuit". It is a competition where three skating players slide in a line, shuffle time with technique and teamwork while switching turns, competing for speed. A movie that actually carried out a car with a car was released on the official Youtube channel of the best motoring, because that's how it should be interesting to do it by car.

Winter Olympics Japan gold medal !! Pursuit done with car! 【Best MOTORing】 2011 - YouTube


This project was the opportunity that wrote that Takayuki Kinoshita of the racing driver in the column of automobile magazine "AUTO SPORTS" "It should be interesting to do a parachute by car". It was this movie that was realized in 2011 because it had a lot of repercussions, "So let's actually do it", it was released on YouTube in February 2018. It is named "Battle Pursuit" because of the battle of the Pursuit conducted by car.


Three people, racing driver Arajiro (left) and Kinoshita Takayuki (middle), and Oshima Kazuya player (right), ride a car and do a parachute. Three cars that three people drive will become teams, and will circle as they circle the course in groups.


The course of the battle pursuit reproduces the courses of 400 meters in length, the same as the international regulations of the skate's parachute, side by side with pylons. The course width has been expanded from 4 meters for human beings to 12 meters, equivalent to a mini circuit, according to the size of the car. First of all, I will actually run a car on this course and test if I can do a battle pursuit.

We prepared three compact sports cars that are light in nature to check the set of passkey courses "What is in the car?"

The detailed specifications of the three units are as follows

[Three racing drivers using passion vehicles】
◆Kinoshita
·model:Honda CR - Z
·transmission:MT
·size:Overall length 4080 mm, total height 1740 mm, full width 1395 mm
·Vehicle weight:1130 kg
·Engine maximum output:127 ps / 6000 rpm
·Engine maximum torque:22.7 kg / 4800 rpm
·Used tire:BS POTENZA RE 050 A (195/55 R 16)
·price:249.8 million yen

◆Oshima player
·model:Honda CR - Z
·transmission:CVT
·size:Overall length 4080 mm, total height 1740 mm, full width 1395 mm
·Vehicle weight:1160 kg
·Engine maximum output:128 ps / 6000 rpm
·Engine maximum torque:22.8 kgm / 4800 rpm
·Used tire:BS POTENZA RE 050 A (195/55 R 16)
·price:249.8 million yen

◆Rough players
·model:Suzuki SWIFT SPORT
·transmission:AT
·size:Overall length 3765 mm, total height 1680 mm, full width 1510 mm
·Vehicle weight:1060 kg
·Engine maximum output:127 ps / 6800 rpm
·Engine maximum torque:15.1 kg / 4800 rpm
·Used tire:DLSP SPORT (195 / 50R16)
·price:¥ 161.7 million

The time when three cars run one course at a time is varied from 21 seconds 40 to 21 seconds 91 as follows. The top speed of each car is less than 90 km / h, but Oshima of the CR - Z (CVT), the slowest time, has the lowest speed, the highest speed being 86.7 km / h. Although the road surface of the pursuit course looks gentle, the posture of the car body is disturbing because the irregularities are severe than it is seen from outside.


◆Three Pursuit Courses Lap time list
·Black CR-Z (MT):21 seconds 40 (Kinoshita player)
·White CR-Z (CVT):21 seconds 90 (Oshima player)
·Yellow SWIFT SPORT:21 seconds 51 seconds (rough player)

Each racing driver tells the impression of the course. Kinoshita (middle) player said, "With this size course you can replace the parachute." Mr. Ara (left) says, "It's difficult to replace peculiarly and a technique is necessary. Running according to the character of the car seems important." Oshima players (right) talked about impressions such as "Course width is a little short when stepping on accelerator", I was checking the course of the pirates and the feel of the car.


Running once and checking the sense of course with a car, I decided as it is without changing the course of the battle pursuit.


Skate's Pursuit will conserve physical strength by replacing the beginning one after another in order to prevent the leader's physical strength from being eliminated by air resistance. On the other hand, will the reduction of air resistance occur even if the car is switched by a car of less than 90 km / h?


By the way, in races such as Fuji Speedway and Sportsland SUGO, the maximum speed reaches as much as 200 km, fighting for reduction of air resistance "SlipstreamBattle "will be unfolded.


The next three will enter the same course, it will be "vertical row without replacement" and will run. Three people at the meeting said that white CR - Z (CVT) Ojima players late in the first lap time was among the three, which is the key to success, and Kinoshita 's black CR - Z (lap time) was the fastest MT) decided to be a strategy to run at the top. The first car speaks a policy to run at a constant pace so that it will not collide with the following car.


Lap times when I ran the course in a vertical row without replacement were almost the same as when I ran at a single unit. It seems that there is not much difference in air resistance between making this course and the whole length.


◆List of lap times with 1 row running without three replacement
·Black CR-Z (MT):21 seconds 40 → 21 seconds 20 (Kinoshita player)
·White CR-Z (CVT):21 seconds 90 → 21 seconds 82 (Oshima player)
·Yellow SWIFT SPORT:21 seconds 51 seconds → 21 seconds 41 (rough player)

In both battle pursuit courses for all three, it agrees with the conclusion that skate-like "there is no reduction in air resistance". Next I will run in a row with "There is replacement".


The three cars are in the same sorted order as before, the world's first "car-based pacho" starts. By the way, practice exercises will be replaced by stubborn duty runs. As expected it is a professional driver.


Just like a skate's parachute, the leading black CR-Z (Kinoshita) goes from the inner in-course to the outer out-courses and opens the following yellow SWIFT SPORT (rough player). It is followed by white CR - Z (Oshima player).


Yellow SWIFT SPORT (Rough player) enters in the in-course, the beginning changes. Successful replacement like a car with a pachinko.


The time we exchanged was as follows and was almost unchanged.


◆Lap time list with replacement
·Yellow SWIFT SPORT:22 seconds 01 (Rough player)
·White CR-Z (CVT):23 seconds 30 (Oshima player)
·Black CR-Z (MT):21 seconds 82 (Kinoshita player)

The result that the lap time is "almost unchanged" while driving at a high degree of difficulty, such as replacing the leading car with a curve. A glimpse of the height of the professional driver's driving skill.


◆Replacement None Single body lap time → Replacement Yes Lap time list
·Black CTR-Z (MT): 21 seconds 40 to 22 seconds 02 (Kinoshita player)
·White CR-Z (CVT): 21 seconds 90 → 22 seconds 30 (Oshima player)
·Yellow SWIFT SPORT: 21 seconds 51 seconds 21 seconds 41 (rough player)

Here Oshima player (left) said this replacement operation "What will happen if people who are not professional do?"


So, three of the amateur representatives' best motoring editing department and professional drivers will prematch with battle pursuit.


Editing department side leader (ed.) The car used by Honda is 420 horsepower and high power "Nissan S15 Silvia".



The editorial department's "Toyota Mark II" with a 2.5-liter turbo with 350 horsepower.



Mr. Tsuji of the last production department on the editorial department side is "Mazda Roadster NR-A" with 170 horsepower and a party race specification.


He told me that he has had a good result at Tsukuba Circuit, "1 minute 8 seconds".


The editorial department that is not a professional driver sees a strategy of "to beat it with the power of the car". After the practice run on the side of the editorial department ended, preparation of both teams was completed. Like the skate's parachute, I start from the opposite of the course 180 degrees for each team and compete for the time I made 8 laps of the course.


The professional VS editorial staff Battle Pursuit 8 lap confrontation started.


The editorial department on the top of the image starts with the white mark II of the university, which is expected to be late for the first lap time from practice. On the other hand, the professional side arranges the time in order from the top in the order of fast as with the previous run. How is the difference in this strategy reflected in the result?


When the camera switches in the car while driving, you can see that the professional is running silently.


On the other hand, the editorial department seems to have overall tension going up, as some members say they are driving while saying "ふ ~!"


The lap time on the first lap is 0 seconds 17 difference, and the editorial section where the power of the car dominates leads slightly.


From the second lap you will be replaced with rules. The professional side is a corner, the editing department side swaps near the straight from the corner, and selects a different method. The professional side exchanges smartly.


On the second lap, the lap time is extended from 0 second 17 difference to 0 second 40 difference, and the editing department further widens the difference to 0 second 23.


Rush into the third lap.


The total time opens further from 0 seconds 40 difference to 1 second 43 difference.


The passing time of the 4th lap which is half of the 8 lap game also differs further from 1 second 43 difference to 2 seconds 93 difference ......


Since the lap times are much different here, confrontation ends.


Honda, (editor) of the editorial team leader, says, "Will it be our winning strategy?" The editorial department that won won looks happy.


"This kind of thing can happen if this car with horsepower comes."


Kinoshita of the professional side commented that "We had to manage it for victory or defeat, but I had to manage it."