BC Racing Time Attack Impreza #6
10 June 2013, 08:04 AM
#452
A fab weekend up in Norfolk racing in Time Attack at Snetterton. We were ultra prepared for this round and with Phil Glew driving for me it was important to have a trouble free day to get some good set up time early on and blitz it in quali and the final.
The day was running exactly as I dreamed and no issues at all presented themselves... This gave us our first real opportunity to set the suspension, brake balance, diff control up for how Phil felt (and the stopwatch showed) was quickest.
The car never missed a beat all day, not one drop of oil, water but LOTS of drops of fuel used
The car kept getting quicker and quicker all morning in warmup with tweaks done to the suspension and damper set up running on Avon tyres for the first time.
We were asked to race in the bike versus car challenge around the track and we were over the moon to repeat my win against the bike there two years ago with a stunning 7 second margin this time around !! and this was only on cal 3
Qualifying came and we were bang on the pace with a 1.13.1 first hot lap just 8 thousands of a second quicker than gareth Lloyd. We knew he would try again and history has showed us that P1 doesn't always stay that way.... so we waited in the pitlane and went out late in the session and Phil banged in a 1.12.8 to take P1 and 50 points. Great session and really exciting.
Time for the final and we made a couple of tweaks to the set up hoping they would improve things and Phil took a 1.12.9 first flyer lap to take P1 slot. I called him back into the pits to wait, let things cool down and see what everyone else did. Scuffman in the lotus then put in a 1.12.1 and we knew that we had to turn it up. So it was the full 2 bar plus nitrous and out Phil went to try... unfortunately it wasn't to be though and we couldn't better the time. However fantastic weekend and we are over the moon with P1 quali and P2 in the final.
We are on the right tracks and competitive.
Thanks to sponsors and supporters: BC Racing, D2 Brakes, Hardrace, HKS Europe, Owen Developments, Triton Motorsport, Syvecs, Avon Tyres, ABW and Sunoco. Thanks for the support guys !
Also massive thanks to Tony Chambers, Rebecca Deller, Viv Gulliver and Daz Davies for their help, support and company for the weekend.
Last of thanks thanks to Phil Glew for showing me how fast the car I built is
The day was running exactly as I dreamed and no issues at all presented themselves... This gave us our first real opportunity to set the suspension, brake balance, diff control up for how Phil felt (and the stopwatch showed) was quickest.
The car never missed a beat all day, not one drop of oil, water but LOTS of drops of fuel used
The car kept getting quicker and quicker all morning in warmup with tweaks done to the suspension and damper set up running on Avon tyres for the first time.
We were asked to race in the bike versus car challenge around the track and we were over the moon to repeat my win against the bike there two years ago with a stunning 7 second margin this time around !! and this was only on cal 3
Qualifying came and we were bang on the pace with a 1.13.1 first hot lap just 8 thousands of a second quicker than gareth Lloyd. We knew he would try again and history has showed us that P1 doesn't always stay that way.... so we waited in the pitlane and went out late in the session and Phil banged in a 1.12.8 to take P1 and 50 points. Great session and really exciting.
Time for the final and we made a couple of tweaks to the set up hoping they would improve things and Phil took a 1.12.9 first flyer lap to take P1 slot. I called him back into the pits to wait, let things cool down and see what everyone else did. Scuffman in the lotus then put in a 1.12.1 and we knew that we had to turn it up. So it was the full 2 bar plus nitrous and out Phil went to try... unfortunately it wasn't to be though and we couldn't better the time. However fantastic weekend and we are over the moon with P1 quali and P2 in the final.
We are on the right tracks and competitive.
Thanks to sponsors and supporters: BC Racing, D2 Brakes, Hardrace, HKS Europe, Owen Developments, Triton Motorsport, Syvecs, Avon Tyres, ABW and Sunoco. Thanks for the support guys !
Also massive thanks to Tony Chambers, Rebecca Deller, Viv Gulliver and Daz Davies for their help, support and company for the weekend.
Last of thanks thanks to Phil Glew for showing me how fast the car I built is
11 June 2013, 06:50 AM
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Looking at the timesheets and we were recorded as quickest just after the bridge in the braking zone at 154.2mph. I think the D2 brakes are working just great for Phil to have the confidence to do that. Anyone that has driven snetterton will know just how big your gonads have to be to do that and still make the corner 
11 June 2013, 07:56 PM
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11 June 2013, 09:10 PM
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and have a walk round the pit lane and in the garages there is a real art to the cars but really its all about the subarus.
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12 June 2013, 04:33 AM
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12 June 2013, 07:55 AM
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Function over form in my engine bay 
I can't afford to replace things that are still working on the basis that they might be dirty and I wont paint stuff for the hell of it either. It either works or it doesn't IMO.All of the original ancilliaries are still in use along with a lot of other original and unreplaced standard parts that have never broken such as inlet, risers, throttle body, alternator, power steering, gearbox, driveshafts, front and centre diff, suspension wishbones, subframes, hubs, diff carriers, fuel tank, propshaft, wheel bearings and I am sure lots of other things that I cant think of...
Anything that is replaced is replaced because it needs to because it is either dangerous, slowing the car down, breaks or makes life easier for me to repair or maintain/improve it. Even then it has to compete for the budget and make its case for being purchased. Sure, if I had an unlimited budget then a lot of time would be spent to bling stuff up, but every penny of the racing budget has to be fully justified when I am trying to compete at pro level with a budget less than a lot of the club challenge cars. You only have to wander down the pitlane or paddock to see this
I think we do amazingly well for what we spend ... it is about getting value for money rather than chequebook racing
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12 June 2013, 09:00 AM
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pretty much sums it up Function over form in my engine bay I can't afford to replace things that are still working on the basis that they might be dirty and I wont paint stuff for the hell of it either. It either works or it doesn't IMO.
All of the original ancilliaries are still in use along with a lot of other original and unreplaced standard parts that have never broken such as inlet, risers, throttle body, alternator, power steering, gearbox, driveshafts, front and centre diff, suspension wishbones, subframes, hubs, diff carriers, fuel tank, propshaft, wheel bearings and I am sure lots of other things that I cant think of...
Anything that is replaced is replaced because it needs to because it is either dangerous, slowing the car down, breaks or makes life easier for me to repair or maintain/improve it. Even then it has to compete for the budget and make its case for being purchased. Sure, if I had an unlimited budget then a lot of time would be spent to bling stuff up, but every penny of the racing budget has to be fully justified when I am trying to compete at pro level with a budget less than a lot of the club challenge cars. You only have to wander down the pitlane or paddock to see this
I think we do amazingly well for what we spend ... it is about getting value for money rather than chequebook racing
Function over form in my engine bay I can't afford to replace things that are still working on the basis that they might be dirty and I wont paint stuff for the hell of it either. It either works or it doesn't IMO.All of the original ancilliaries are still in use along with a lot of other original and unreplaced standard parts that have never broken such as inlet, risers, throttle body, alternator, power steering, gearbox, driveshafts, front and centre diff, suspension wishbones, subframes, hubs, diff carriers, fuel tank, propshaft, wheel bearings and I am sure lots of other things that I cant think of...
Anything that is replaced is replaced because it needs to because it is either dangerous, slowing the car down, breaks or makes life easier for me to repair or maintain/improve it. Even then it has to compete for the budget and make its case for being purchased. Sure, if I had an unlimited budget then a lot of time would be spent to bling stuff up, but every penny of the racing budget has to be fully justified when I am trying to compete at pro level with a budget less than a lot of the club challenge cars. You only have to wander down the pitlane or paddock to see this
I think we do amazingly well for what we spend ... it is about getting value for money rather than chequebook racing
12 June 2013, 03:13 PM
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Oh i tell a lie, i replaced a wheel nearing after my crash at oulton park in 2008.
there are prettier engine bays and rcms gobstoppers are the best of the best but beauty is in function a lot of the time for me. I do almost all the work myself aside from the full engine build and have a team of one or two friends that helps at TA events
there are prettier engine bays and rcms gobstoppers are the best of the best but beauty is in function a lot of the time for me. I do almost all the work myself aside from the full engine build and have a team of one or two friends that helps at TA events
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