I still hope it rains, all day please!

Good luck to all.

Buck

 

 

take it everyones gone to bed or scaratching their heads on how to lose some more weight of the car or ring another 1 bhp out the car

Bring on the rain it's a great leveller

 

Very quiet.....

 

 

Last one there is a *****!!!!

 

I'm sure the rian will come!
We had rain at theShelsley Walsh hillclimb testerday and my little Sti is right there on the pace.

It will level all the cars and help the ones easy to drive!

When Kev wakes up with the rest and it all gets going :

GOOD LUCK TO THE SCOOBY 'LOT'

Go get the bloody EVO's!

Graham!

 

any news?

 

i just got back from there and i have to say i was quite disapointed. i was expecting a lot more action than wot there was, but there was a brilliant turn out by our beloved scooby owners

 

lol

 

What a crap day..... time wise.

Not sure what was up (apart from me not really wanting to be there after only having 3.5hrs sleep), but I was actually 4secs slower this time around than when I was in Round 2 at Silverstone.

Who said practice makes perfect!!!

Scoobs mixed it up well...... some on the grass and some in the gravel traps !

Was a good day otherwise though, as driver and machine got home in one piece.

Regards,
Shaun.

 

Had a great time there... lots of stunning cars and some really good driving from all involved!

The only car I recognised was Neil's and he did really well considering the power of some of the other cars Shaun were you in the white JDM with Scooby Net decals?

Loads of Scoobys - loved it!!!



Bring on the finals!

 

I believe rc's evo was first and norris's evo 9 second thats all i know

 

Clucking bell that grass has some grip !
Well done for holding on to it Paul.
That was about all I had chance to see really.


Andy

 

RC's EVO was the one with the exhaust exit infront of the front wheel? That was a ****-quick EVO! Altho, Norris was fast in that green and black beast!

Loved it!

 

Yep.

Regards,
Shaun.

 

did you have any issues today shaun? i didnt get a chance to chat but noticed that you seemed to be down on time.

My tracking is properly buggered now because on my "off" in the very first session.....the exhaust wrap on my downpipe is shredded because of it too!! just VERY glad there was no further damage!!!!

Alex....cheers fella

 

Neil,

Nope.... no problems at all mate.

I just wasnt with it at all today tbh and wasnt in the right mood. I couldnt even be arsed to set the suspension up or put the 888's on for the dry timed run.

Not a good day for me...... I need to get more sleep the night before next time.

Regards,
Shaun.

 

Apart from traipsing back and forth from the stands on the far side of the track to get food and see the competitor's cars(Silverstone could of done better with the positioning of the spectators), I saw Neilo going well and few other Scoobys, Litchfield/ Powerstation's Impreza dump its oil down the pit straight and watched in utter amazement on how fast those Evos went especially the green and black one. Kept missing Zen performance car running. I never knew there were so many blue and grey impreza in this country, glad mine is green

It was a bit of a poor ending with no Impreza in the top ten, but I guess this is racing and everybody has a poor day or two.

Andy

 

There will shortly be a quick clip of the Lateral Performance car appearing here.

Be patient if it is not there straightaway!

Click for car

Rannoch

PS Very impressed that Paul did not spin - ***** of steel

 

Andy,

How did it go today..

John

 

For the road car, great.
Race car spat it's dummy out on the very lap that mattered.


Andy

 

Any idea what caused it Andy?

Shaun, i know what you mean mate, i was outside my folks house at 4.30 packing the car up because i couldnt sleep....(no need to be up at that time as they live 15 miles from silverstone). Im absolutely dead to the world now, dont see me staying up much past 9.30 at this rate!

 

that was a fun day one day, just one day, i'l have a trouble free day first session wet, only got 4 laps in so not much to write home about, not worth pushing so just got a feel for the track (first time at Silverstone) 2nd session was dry so could get on it a bit more, get 3-4 laps in and just about to work out my braking points and i get water pissing out onto my windscreen from the header tank overflow so decide to come in to get it looked at to be on the safe side, get the all clear and off out again, one lap later and i get a black flag apparently i noe have fuel pissing out of my car turns out the breather system for the race tank is overflowing but we run out of time to fix it in the session, the one lap i did manage to get at some speed was a 1.09, i know the car & i can go faster than that! during the break we get everything fixed and ready to go (thanks to all who helped out ) so it's all down to one lap now, no pressure onto the flying lap and get through copse the best i've managed all day, into right hander at becketts and i get the power on earlier than i've managed previously and get a huge 4 wheel drift on but manage to catch it nicely (makes a change ) get through the luffield complex and i know it's going be loads quicker than anything i've managed so far, just woodcote to tackle and were home, go for 4th and it won't go in, try 3 or 4 times and it's getting stiffer and stiffer after every attempt i'm losing momentum, go for 5th and manage to ram it in, floor it and im out of the power band, no boost and i coast over the line *insert every expletive under the sun* time, 1.08.5! **** that would of been fast, easily lost 1-2 seconds at least, not a winning pace but im happy with what we achieved in so little time, just need to work on the handling a bit, curtis from powerstation gave us a setting to start off with and it seemed to work well, just need to exit the corners a bit quicker (and straighter), next time...

 

did i just write all that? apologies if it makes no sense whatsoever



and nice to meet a few new faces to day, Squizz & co

 

I think it went all over luffied, woodcote and the start/finish straight!

 

Ha bloody ha

Not yet Neilo, put in on the trailer and went home.


Andy

 

I thought you did rearly well considering the circumstances mate and im sure with some more time spent behind the wheel and on setup, you will see some good results!

James

 

Right back atchya!

Well, the adrenaline was brown and runny after my spin at Copse in the first session. That car does not like it when it's as slick as a butt. Mid-engined and short wheelbase isn't exactly the best combo. It was an eleventy-million degree spin and it marooned me in the middle of the circuit. Car took several seconds to restart...

Rest of that session was spent showing the D1 boys how to do things properly. I've never learnt so much about car control! Terminal understeer followed by snap oversteer. Muchos correction and swearing. At one point I was going around Luffied 50% on the rumble strip and 50% on the grass...

Second session was much better, and seeing the results I was only four seconds behind Shaun at that point. I was determined to "catch him".

However, once dry and in the Time Attack proper the speed differentials made themselves apparent and I finished dead last with 1:22.9.

Not bad for an optimistic 120bhp, titchy-brakes, and a ginga driver...!

Would like to have met more of you folk, but was busy in my own little world.

 

PS - Hope I didn't get in everyone's way too much.