Dacia Logan Cup

The Dacia Logan Cup is a One-make racing lowcost series created and managed by Renault Sport. It uses Dacia Logan cars and takes place in Germany, France, Romania and Russia.

The purpose of the series is to make motorsports accessible with an as low as possible operating cost.

The cars

The Dacia Logan Cup car is based on the road-going version of the 1.6 8V 90 hp Dacia Logan (Renault Logan in Russia) with an added kit prepared by Renault Sport Technologies.^[1] There are two different racing kits : circuit racing and rallying (tarmac or gravel). The kits contain safety equipment, parts designed to improve reliability and performance, and design features. The main components of the cars are those of the Dacia Logan to ensure low cost and easy procurement.^[2]

• Chassis :

steel monocoque with bolted roll cage

aerodynamic features: Rear spoiler (circuit version)

• Engine

layout: Front transversely mounted

type: K7M, 4 cylinder, 8 valve, 1598cc

bore x stroke: 79.5 x 80.5mm

fuel injection: Multipoint

maximum power: 64kW (90bhp) at 5500rpm

maximum torque: 128Nm at 3000rpm

The group N Dacia Logan competing in the Romanian Rally Championship have a maximum power of 95bhp/5500 rpm and a maximum torque of 145 Nm/3000 rpm.^[3]

• Transmission

type: Traction

gearbox: Ricardo JH3 5 speeds gearbox + reverse gear, option - gearbox with short gears and main gear 4.5

gearshift: classic H-pattern

clutch: 200mm single disc

differential: free

• Suspension

front: MacPherson strut-like suspension system with triangular wishbone, Bilstein Shock Absorbers and specific springs

rear: H-shaped axle with torsion-beam suspension and programmed deflection, Bilstein shock absorbers and specific helicoid springs

• Brakes

front: 259mm solid discs

rear: 8” drum brakes

wheels: 6x15” standard steel or Toora Competizione aluminium wheels (circuit), 14” (rally)

• Dimensions

length: 4247mm

overall width: 1740mm

height: 1534mm

wheelbase: 2630mm

front - rear track: 1466-1456mm

cx: 0.36

fuel tank: 50 litres

weight (unladen): 1030kg (rally versions)

Championships

The Logan Cup car can be entered in open rallies Group N or open circuit motorsport events. Renault and Dacia organize One-make racing championships in various countries where the Logan is available for sale.

The Dacia Logan Cup has been held in Romania as Cupa Dacia Logan JOE^[4] in 2007. In 2008, the name was changed to Cupa Dacia Ursus and since 2009 it was known as Cupa Dacia.^[5] It was managed from the beginning by Mach1sport-management and since 2010 the competition was sponsorised by Policolor's "Klar Professional". Cupa Dacia is very popular, with fierce competition, as it is part of the Romanian National Rally Championship (CNR) and is affiliated to FRAS (Romanian Federation of Sport Automotive).

ADAC has been organizing the Cup in Germany since 2006 as the ADAC Dacia Logan Clubsport.^[6] This championship rewards not the best driver but the best amateur team.

In France, the Coupe Logan Rallycross was organised by FFSA in 2008^[7] as a rallycross series.

In Russia, the Renault Logan Cup^[8] rally series is supported by local Renault representatives - OAO Avtoframos, which manufacture Logans at a plant in Moscow. Held since 2008, Renault Logan Cup was private at first, sponsored by AGA autocosmetics. The race calendar consists of 9 races: 4 are part of the Russian Rally Championship, 4 in budget-minded Club Rally Cup, and one final race. Championship events usually attract no more than 5 Logans, as they are expensive. Club Rally evens are twice as popular, and there have been approximately 25 cars built (total) by the end of 2009.

The grand prize of the Russian Renault Logan Cup is free participation in the top winter oval racing (named trek) - Star Race by Za Rylem magazine, which is held each February.

Champions

Season	Cupa Dacia[9][10][11]	ADAC Clubsport[12]	Coupe Rallycross [7] [13]	Logan Endurance Cup [14]	Renault Logan Cup (Rally)[15]
2006		Hochrhein Racing Team
2007	Cristian Turbatu Silviu Stefanescu	ADAC Nieders. Sachs.-Anhalt I
2008	Edwin Keleti Victor Ponta	Ahrens Racing Team	Roman Ferrero	Team Erbi Einar Thorsen Piet Kroon Mike van der Vecht	Michael Skripnikov Anton Grechko
2009	Vlad Cosma Florin Dorca	ADAC HTH GTO Motorsport II	David Olivier	Racing Care Cristel Knopper Laurens de Wit Tom Verhoeven	Michael Skripnikov Anton Grechko
2010	Viorel Ivan Gheorghe Dumitru	ADAC Niedersachsen Sachsen-Anhalt	David Olivier		Vladimir Kabanov Paul Chelebaev
2011	Bogdan Nastase Alexandru Popidan	MSC Oldenburg I			Alexey Ignatov Jaroslav Fedorov
2012	Bogdan Barbu Vraja Doru	ADAC Team Hansa			Oleg Myslevich Medvedev Ekaterina
2013	Raul Badiu Razvan Hulea	ATT-Racing			Sergey Alekseev Alexander Vasiliev
2014	Barbu Bogdan Paler Petru	Pronghorn-Racing
2015	Bogdan Talașman A. Mitrașcă	H.A.R.D Speed Motorsport

See also

• Eurocup Mégane Trophy
• Renault Clio Cup
• Sports Renault

External links

• Logan Cup official website logan-cup.com

Championships :

• Cupa Dacia cupadacia.ro
• ADAC Dacia Logan Clubsport dacia-clubsport.com
• Logan Cup Rallycross rallycross.free.fr
• Logan Endurance Cup
• Russian Renault Logan Cup logancup.ru

References