Can you identify this paddock?, 914 content included Options

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On another board that I visit, this picture was posted in a thread about closed-top prototypes. The thread morphed into, "Where was this picture taken?"

Now, the best clues for trying to come up with the answer seem to be possibly identifying the cars in the background.

Can anyone narrow it down?

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Thanks everyone for your input. I've been informed that the location where this picture was taken is Sebring. I really didn't realize that there were so many 914s in the picture until I started to try to determine the location. I was looking mostly at the car in the foreground.

As to the car in the foreground, Paul nailed it. It is a Lola T92-10. It is a Group C car that was built in 1992. It is one of three made. It has specs that would make Paul jealous. It weighs 1,700 lbs. and is powered by a 4 litre V10 Judd engine that puts out 650+ bhp.

I'd like to see how this one would fare at an AX against Paul and his 914. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Thanks everyone for your input. I've been informed that the location where this picture was taken is Sebring. I really didn't realize that there were so many 914s in the picture until I started to try to determine the location. I was looking mostly at the car in the foreground.

As to the car in the foreground, Paul nailed it. It is a Lola T92-10. It is a Group C car that was built in 1992. It is one of three made. It has specs that would make Paul jealous. It weighs 1,700 lbs. and is powered by a 4 litre V10 Judd engine that puts out 650+ bhp.

I didn't think it was Sebring because the pavement in the photo looks too smooth. Sebring's main paddock area is, I think, an old section of concrete runway that isn't as smooth as the photo suggests.

Okay, question on the the Lola's engine. Is that actually a 3.5 liter or a non-original 4.0 liter? I thought the rules for the then new Group C class called for normally aspirated engines with a maximum displacement of 3.5 liters. The apparent reason for this was the FIA wanted to encourage manufacturers to build engines that would be somewhat compatible with the 3.5 liter displacement limit at the time for Formula 1 engines so that F1 would benefit. Jaguar rebadged a 3.5 liter Cosworth V-8 and won the series in 1991 before withdrawing. Peugot and Toyota built V-10s, Mercedes built a troublesome flat 12, and Lola and Mazda used Judd V-8s. Peugot won the series in 92 and Lemans in 92 and 93, and then went on to supply engines in F1 for a few years with little success, the only Group C manufacturer to move on to F1 I think.