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Ford Puma Cup - German Racing Championship. History and Lots of Puma Pictures!! Rate Topic: ***** 1 Votes

#1 User is offline   R5CPD 

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  Posted 13 April 2008 - 11:01 AM

Anyone that gets into conversation with me about Puma's will know what I fan I was of the German Puma Cup series. smile.gif I've spoken about this many times over the years, but never actually posted a thread before. smile.gif I'm much more of a circuit racing fan, so the sight of 20+ Puma's banging door handles round a track always excited me more than any of the rally Puma's competing in the UK. wink.gif

The Ford backed 'Ford Puma Cup' started in 1999 season, and went through to the end of 2002, before it was replaced by a similar Fiesta based series (which is still running). The chamionship acted as a support race for the German domestic touring car series, the BERU Top 10 (In the UK, we had the Ford Credit Fiesta Championship supporting the BTCC).



The cars were based on standard Puma 1.7, but had a number of modifactions for circuit use. The engines were fitted with revised cam profiles (VCT removed), a Remus 4-2-1 manifold, sports cat and exhaust, a K+N airfilter, and revised mapping of the PCM. This resulted in the engine having a power output of 145PS at 7,500 rpm
and torque: 160 Nm at 5,300 rpm. The gearbox I understand was fitted with an uprated clutch, different ratios / final drive, and I think a lsd too.

The standard suspension was replaced with fully adjustable Bilstein kit, with changes also made to the front and rear hubs to allow for the Mondeo V6 front brakes and Escort RS2000 rear disc brake set-up. The ABS system and handbrake was also removed and a larger master cylinder was fitted. I also believe spacers were fitted at the front and rear to increase the track of the car. 7.5" x 16" Borbet Alloy wheels, with Dunlop racing slick (or wet weather) were fitted.


(Prototype / Promotional Puma Cup car)

Inside the car, the standard interior was removed and replaced with a single Recaro seat, an OMP steering wheel, Stack instument cluster, and a racing fuel cell in place of the rear seat. Also the car was fitted with a full FIA approved roll cage, Sparco 4-point harness, and full fire extingusher system. Removal of locks, trim, fitment of air jacks, and other minor changes were made to the cars to make them suitable for motorsport.



The Cup cars also had to have a standard set of sponsor stickers on their vehicles and drivers competing were all given similar racing overalls. For the 1999 season, it cost competitors 39,950DM (£16400 approx) to buy a Puma Cup car, and a further 7,000DM (£2900) to enter the Championship. In order to buy a car, you had to agree to race in the Cup for the season.









German Thomas Marschall won the first 8 race chamionship in 1999, Oliver Eichele in 2000, Harald Hennes in 2001, and with Dirk Werner coming out on top in 2002. smile.gif

Following the end of the championship, some of the remaining Puma Cup cars raced on in the Nurburgring based VLN series and 24hr race. Some others have been converted for use as tarmac rally cars in European domestic series. I also understand at least one has been brought over to the UK to race in one of the modified Ford Championships. smile.gif


I'll download and post some other pictures I have of the championship in the days ahead if there is interest. biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 11:06 AM

very interesting,chris and some great pics ja_cool.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 03:58 PM

I had a Puma cup but sold it on eBay wink.gif

Cool photos- looks like a lot of fun ja_cool.gif Rather sexy carbon door cards wub.gif
Re: the rollover in the video, his tailgate struts are in good working order lol. The video looks like what Pumapeople track time might be like at Ford Fair wink.gif

I'll now refer to my Milly as having 'Puma Cup Racing Series' front brakes tongue.gif

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 04:01 PM

I've got 2 Puma cups biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 04:06 PM

And very nice cups they are too laugh.gif


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Posted 13 April 2008 - 06:03 PM

Excellent pictures Chris...

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  Posted 13 April 2008 - 06:31 PM

These next three pictures are a bit unusal. smile.gif I accidently found these during a websearch for pictures of Puma brakes. They are from a German print design company that posted examples of their work. Of these, three were from the Puma Cup competitor's build manual. wink.gif The first picture is of the Escort RS2000 based rear brake kit, with the second two showing where to place the series sponsors stickers on your Puma's (these were in the same place on all cars. wink.gif )








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Posted 13 April 2008 - 06:32 PM

brilliant pics chris would be great if we could find some more vidoes on them.
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 06:43 PM

I have hunted high and low and sadly that Youtube clip is the only one I have ever found. sad.gif Most of the pictures I've posted above are from a German site motorracetime.de which seem to cover the championship well. smile.gif If anyone does have any video of the Puma Cup then I'd love to see it. biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:07 PM

I was planning a trip to marshal at a Puma cup race a few years ago, but bad health stopped that sad.gif then the series ended and that was that - bugger.
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:15 PM

It was one of those things that I knew was happening, but never thought of going. sad.gif At the time I loved the Puma's competing and found online pictures and reports of the racing. Since I've been to Germany now a few times, I now know how easy it is and wish I'd gone to see a race at the time. sad.gif It was a well supported series and would have been amazing to see all those Puma's racing each other in the flesh!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:22 PM

Interesting stuff. I've searched around for info on the Puma cup before and never found much. What a price for the race car as well; damn good value.

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:28 PM

Almost all of the information on it is in German, so it takes a bit of hunting and using German words in Google to find things. smile.gif After speaking to some PP members recently, it appeared a few never knew this series took place. So I thought it worthwhile posting up details. biggrin.gif
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:29 PM

QUOTE (dzm @ Apr 13 2008, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interesting stuff. I've searched around for info on the Puma cup before and never found much. What a price for the race car as well; damn good value.


There was an ex-Cup race car for sale here some while ago...nice base for a track toy laugh.gif

And proper left hand drive for good brake feel ja_cool.gif

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