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    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

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    You been googling your name again Cap'n? :P

    All is pretty quiet on the forum from these days, except when Savman wants to "anonymously" suggest someone is shitkunt cheating kunt. :P

    I think Facebook has killed the radio star? Sad to see these forums downturn.

    despite that, congratualtions to Team Close, stunningly fast car and crew. It's really great to see all your hard work paying dividends. I know how much time and effort you put into it, and how little assistance there is from outside sources. As is always the case, competing in a fairly rare car is always more of a battle than common stuff.

    Cracking effort from you too Scott (marinetowing). A real shame that you had that issue early on. Once that was sorted you were putting in great times! I'm glad you drove too. Car survived in once piece! :P

    Edit; Scott, surely you're reconsidering retirement and "doing" Big Tugga?

    Thanks Woo!

    Was a tad disappointing to have a simple issue put us out of the running so early in the event, but we still managed to have fun and felt fortunate that we were able to rejoin. After getting back into the event on stage 4 we decided not too push to hard as there was no point in risking a trip into the trees. Come sunday when Mr Ayers got back into the fray we both came to an agreement that we would hold our own personal contest with the loser to be the buyer of beers, this was the carrot that did the trick and I believe we managed to come away 1 second victors!

    It's amazing how this sprint event gets so much faster each year, we made up almost 1.5 minutes on last year (without pushing too hard on Saturday) and I believe that with that extra pace we may have still struggled to finish on the podium given the stage times set by the front runners, hats off to everyone, they set some impressive stage times.

    This was going to be my last rally as I was going to head down the circuit racing path, but after a missed opportunity due to a $2 part fail and being reminded yet again that the thrill factor from tarmac rally eclipses anything that circuit racing offers, I may have to come back for another shot!

    My poor old car is getting a little tired (it was down 3psi on boost all weekend) and had a bad case of turbo wear last circuit meet. It might be time for a freshen up.

    Looking like I might be heading back to school for the remainder of the year so TT will be out, hopefully we can make another comeback ready for TWP 14.

    Oh.....you are spot on about having the car in one piece, I'm not exactly sure how it would have played out after the mechanical issue and the 20 minute penalty, but I'm sure a point would have been attempted to be made, that possibly may not have ended well :no: !!

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    Shame to see you pulling the pin Scott. Focussing on track based stuff or hanging up the gloves for a while?

    Farkin GT3 RS. One day I will at least get a ride in one if not drive one. So much want.

    Going to concentate on the circuit stuff I think Blaise, although it looks like I could be taking the year off work and heading back to school, which will mean a year off from any events.

    Love the tarmac rounds but the costs of even doing the 2 day events are astronomical compared to running circuit racing (plus a whole lot more unforgiving in the event of unforseen errors)!

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    Powerplus isn't immune to gumming and fouling Damo, have seen identical fuel pump and injector issues with cars running both racefuels and powerplus E85. The general consensus was to not leave it sitting in the car for prolonged periods and to flush the system with 98......although I am guilty of leaving the car sitting unused for months with E85 in the tank.

    I was always under the impression that the consistency of drum derived fuel was so minor that a flex sensor would have little effect, it was more suited to road cars running pump E85 (which varies dramatically in octane content)?

    Heard nothing but good reports regarding the martini 116 E85 in terms of blend consistency and being "gum free" although it is nearly $1.00/l more expensive.

    5Th August Test And Tune At Baskerville

    in Events

    Posted

    I would but still not quite ready to hit the track, one point to note that this day is not solely a "test and tune" day, it is in fact the charity kids ride day, which would be my only reason for attending. Having done one of these days before, there is nothing more rewarding to bringing a smile to the faces of some very sick children.

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    Yes Holwell certainly looks interesting! There entry onto that straight is very fast, so no doubt all cars will be pinned in top gear for some time before hitting that big crest!!

    I take it you had a run at Baskerville on Saturday Ben? I passed you at Kempton, I was heading north for recce. Hope to finally have the car back and put in some time at Basky myself over the Easter break.

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    Given that he's broke, and couldn't really afford the tyre's that were on the car, i don't recon there's any truth in that at all..

    i'll bet my left nut on Eddie being on the up and up, the guy is a freak behind the wheel...

    i'll tell you a story about Eddie going to help Vandenberg do a tyre test at baskerville one day, Jamie had done 2 40 lap run's on 2 different sets of tyre's, and couldn't

    get any more from his Evo 9, Eddie jump's in the thing, having never driven the car, on 40 lap old tyre's and ripped over a second off him...!!!!!!!!

    I HATE POOR LOSERS......:mad:

    Agreed Burgz

    I entered the Highclere hillclimb a couple of months ago, Eddie put it over me by nearly 2 seconds- most of which I attributed to it being his local stomping ground. Come TWP and Dover reverse (which is my home town and I like to think I know the road rather well) Eddie proceeds to tear 3 seconds of my run....so much for my local knowledge theory :whistling: He drove the wheels off that thing, any rumours of cheating etc are unfounded garbage and as Burgz said, from sore losers.

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    Thanks for the kind words Benny and Blaise, had a fantastic event and really surprised how well we fared considering it was the first real drive since the off last year. As mentioned previously, the pace for EM was blistering and Matty Rickards certainly unleashed right from the word go. Tony Warren had only finished his car in the eleventh hour and went into the event with little to no testing, although he was still surprised at the pace Matt was setting.

    Considering the amount of bad luck he has had in the past with mechanical issues I could think of no one more deserving of the win, he is a gun behind the wheel and it was fantastic to see him finally reap the rewards.

    I have heard a few rumors from some of the modern crew voicing the familiar "cheater emo" chant due to 4 EM cars finishing within the outright top 10, Rickards times must have left a few in awe :ph34r:

    April won't come round fast enough, although we are only doing rookie I will be ticking the days off the calendar in anticipation!

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