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| Author: | TopCat [Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | donington 15-16 September 2012 |
just to let you guys know that we will be at Donington 15-16 Sept racing in Butch- the famous Camaro Thing is the classic grids are thin as: a everyone is at Goodwood- I have 2 chums racing b the rest are saving their cars for Spa next weekend Various commitments have meant not much racing in UK for us this year and in order to do Spa next year we have to run out twice So as a consequence of the above we have been pitched in with "Deutcsh Marque" racing a whole lot of E36 M3s and Porsche 944s! Warm welcome to anyone coming to watch= we will be bringing the classic GMC camper- I am on ferry with it as I write. there is a bbq Saturday night at paddock- see you then then! |
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| Author: | evilzee28 [Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
Hi Tim, do you have an entry list of who's competing this weekend that you could post on here, or are you just able to tell us which American cars/drivers have entered please cheers...Nige |
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| Author: | TopCat [Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
there are 4 FIA mustangs in my class In the "HM" - highly modified class we have Jackie Cockrane from NI has a seriously specced Tiger- he used to win the Manx Classic "Smart" Alec Hammond has his super modded Camaro- he of Oxford Products fame (owns it) Terry Gisborne in a modded Pantera Simon James has a lovely Tiger a couple of TRV8s and 2 MGBV8s (one of which is really quick) Bob Searles in an Aston V8- co driven by Tony Jardine at Brands- guess he is at Goodwood! And we are up against a stack of E36 M3s and 944s my money is on the MGBV8- or the Pantera we will aim to beat the Mustangs...................... |
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| Author: | sportsroof [Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
Quote: we will aim to beat the Mustangs......................
Shouldn't be too difficult, should it? I don't think any of the Mustangs entered are a match for Butch. Unless the 'great leveller' (rain) has a hand in the proceedings.......  Cheers, Martin |
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| Author: | TopCat [Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
you were corrcet- we did beat the mustangs and won our class in the swinging 60s pantera and alec Hammnd's super modded Camaro broke- as did Baby Bertha! |
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| Author: | chevy-stu [Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
Saw some pics from my friend Phil James (racing in the white MG V8) and it looks like there were a few contact moments over the day... Bably Bertha with front corner smashed in is a shame.. 
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| Author: | TopCat [Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
yes it was a bit rough and ready baby bertha's suspension broke your chum in white MGB V8 had a moment with the Sunbean Tiger of Simon James and an over enthusiastic Elan bashed into the side of Butch into first corner- (I was dozing at the standing start) funnily enough the Deutsche Mark guys were pretty good- I got the Clerk of the course to remind them that we have a big blind spot rear rhs and cannot see them- we have no brakes and out accelerate all on the straights etc etc. my brakes were misbehaving- huge wobble- one disc was warped and spares were no good- so lived with it got a drive thru penalty for speeding in the pitlane (40 kph) on the driver changeover which wrecked my chances in second race honestly we have no speed limits on IOM and I have no speedo! great fun but I can see why I would rather race overseas in big ticket events than club racing in UK- which is in trouble............ IMO the issues: very expensive per track minute for competitors organisers make no effort whatsoever to publicise events venue owners keen to maximise entries' value- demand up front fees for booking and are quite content to let the venue to any paying customer- track days being the favourite since they require much less in ambulances/ set up/marshalling etc competitors are expected to pay for everything since there are no paying spectators no tv crews a lot of fairly inexperienced and lairy driving leading to poor driving standards in some races huge issues over noise limits- we had a strict 108 db limit- the Lambo road car which I think your chum has would not pass, no running of engines before 9.00 and yet first practice at 9.10 (cold engine on WOT = trouble) and yet we have aeroplanes in and out of East Midland Airport all the time........ some rude (by no means all) race staff/pit and paddock marshals the cscc guys were brilliant - but they really are up against it with all of the above eu rules- all of these track tyres Toyo R888 are their ilk are to become non street legal from 2014 due to some eu edict over NOISE! all in all it is no wonder that we don't do many of these UK club racing days these days! the GMC camper was a great success- first time used for racing- lots of nicknames-"Julian" because you can't get a camper van we prefer "Hutch" or "Chuck".................... |
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| Author: | evilzee28 [Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
Does the above mean that you won't be racing in this series again over here? i was hoping to get to this meet & catch up with you for a chat, but unfortunately other things had to take precedence this time, but hoping to get to Castle Combe in October. cheers...Nige ps any pics or in car video?? |
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| Author: | TopCat [Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
will post up some pictures- vids en route to the E21 guy who puts things into You Tube- when done I will post up here no that's my lot as far as UK racing is concerned this season- budget all gone- particularly now I have bought 4 new brake discs and 4 new tyres R888s all ready for South Africa. We have a door to repair as well -thanks to that over enthusiastic Elan! my Yokos are 10 years old and my Hoosiers 4 years old!! I see that the front brake discs were late 2010. Time to change the lot! |
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| Author: | sportsroof [Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: donington 15-16 September 2012 |
I have to agree with much of what Tim has identified as problems with racing in the UK. I feel driving standards are much better in HSCC which is partly why I do not race with CSCC or other clubs. Who knows what the future holds though. Cheers, Martin |
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