The Car »
| Type: |
Opel Vectra |
| Driver: |
Kurt Thiim |
| Race: |
1997 STW (9 races) |
| Result: |
Number 18 (180 points) |
Comments
In the STW championship Kurt Thiim was reunited with the Zakspeed-team, for who he had driven very succesfully in the DTM. The partnership was to be a short one in STW, though. Already early in the year Zakspeed and Opel disagreed upon the amount of developement work Zakspeed could do at the Vectra and Zakspeed left the championship as a result.
Thus Kurt Thiim was without a car after only a few races. But the two cars engineered by Zakspeed continued in the championship, run by the two other Opel teams - Holzer and SMS, and Kurt Thiim continued driving for the SMS team.
The Models »
| Manufacturer: |
Onyx |
| Model ID: |
XT065 |
This model shows the Zakspeed car Kurt Thiim was driving in the first two races.
| Manufacturer: |
Onyx |
| Model ID: |
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This model shows the car Kurt Thiim drove for the SMS-team in a special livery promoting the new Opel Astra. The team used this livery at the 9th round at Lahr. At the plastic plint it says Zakspeed, but this is because the model is based upon the yellow Zakspeed-Opel, which has been repainted and redecorated.
| Manufacturer: |
Onyx |
| Model ID: |
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This model is quite a mix of all elements of the year. Kurt Thiim drove for Zakspeed and SMS, this livery was used by Holzer and at the plastic plint it says Zakspeed. The plastic plint has the simple explanation that the box for the model is the box for the yellow Zakspeed-Opel.
At the beginning of the year this livery was used at the Holzer cars, but after Zakspeed left the series, the liveries were used a bit across the teams. Kurt Thiim was driving for SMS, but at the 4th race at Sachsenring his car looked like this.
I am a bit curious about the origin of this model. I bought it for next to nothing at eBay in a bundle of Onyx-touringcars. All the cars were apparently from a sell-out because the boxes all carried a red lable saying "Special price 15 EUR". What puzzles me is that Onyx - as far as I know - never has made exactly this version. Neither have I been able to verify, that Kurt Thiim drove a Holzer car during the year. However, the model does not look like a custom modified model. The grey markings, some of the logos and "Thiim" at the window is not decals. This is printed at the car and that is not something you just do at home. And why should a well made conversion end up among models for sale?
I have been chasing cars with danish drivers since the year 2000 and this is the only one of its kind I have seen in all those years. I would like to know more about it.
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