{"id":351390,"date":"2010-02-22T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/22\/hyper-pro-racer-because-the-ariel-atom-really-is-a-bit-lardy-i\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:25:00","slug":"hyper-pro-racer-because-the-ariel-atom-really-is-a-bit-lardy-isnt-it-wvideo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/351390","title":{"rendered":"Hyper Pro Racer: Because the Ariel Atom really is a bit lardy, isn’t it? [w\/video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Hyper PRO Racer – Click above to view the video after the jump<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nAh, those Aussies, they never quit, do they? Ten years in the making, a fellow by the name of Jon Crooke has developed the Hyper PRO Racer, a so-called “Superkart” delivering massive power and minimum weight. Using a Yamaha 450 WR four-stroke motorcycle engine that runs through a five-speed sequential gearbox, the Hyper PRO weighs just 352 pounds minus the weight of a person tucked into the cramped driving position. That isn’t too much more than the enduro bike the engine is taken from.<\/p>\n

The weight savings is courtesy of the superkart’s spaceframe, which also acts as an FIA-approved roll cage. Instead of building a frame that accessories would be mounted to with brackets, the superkart’s externals are mounted directly to a highly designed and minimalist chassis frame without additional hardware. Those externals include Ohlins aluminum-bodied race shocks, four-wheel cross-vented disc brakes with billet four-pot aluminum brake calipers.<\/p>\n

The result, according to Hyper PRO, is a track runner that can lap a little faster than an Aussie racing car (not a V8 Supercar), a little slower than a GT Production car. But it beats them all for price: the track day Racer S is $29,500 Australian ($26,546 U.S.), the hillclimb Racer R is $35,500 ($31,947 U.S.). Follow the jump<\/a> to check out video of the Hyper Pro Race in rather fast action, or have a slower look in the gallery below.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Hyper Pro Racer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Hyper Pro Racer<\/a> via Caradisiac<\/a> (translated<\/a>)]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Motorsports, Australia, Racing The Hyper PRO Racer – Click above to view the video after the jump Ah, those Aussies, they never quit, do they? Ten years in the making, a fellow by the name of Jon Crooke has developed the Hyper PRO Racer, a so-called “Superkart” delivering massive power and minimum weight. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}