I had a blast in The RCM Gobstopper !!
14 August 2011, 06:46 PM
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I had a blast in The RCM Gobstopper !!
Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome Charity Day. Sat 13th August 2011
What an event this is !
5 quid and you can jump in any car waiting in the pits. Supercharged Mustangs - Ferrari's - TVR's - Caterhams - AMG's - Many Scoobs - Lotus's - Evo's and many more. You can even jump in a artic truck or JCB's and drive for £5.
Air displays and numerous attractions were also going on throughout the day.
Roger Clark Motorsport were also in attendance offering a limited lucky few with a two lap blast for £30.
The Gobstopper (which came out of retirement for this event) sounded awesome whilst mincing everything on track.
RCM also own a stock Scooby (Betty) with EXE suspension and use it to demonstrate the handling of a basic OE Subaru. Matt Clark threw me the keys and asked if I would spend some time taking people out for a lap.
Whilst dropping a guy off in the pits Steve ( a mate of mine) came running down the pits giving me the "swap driver" gesture. He's opened the drivers door and said Olly (Clark) wants you.
Whilst walking down I saw the Gobstopper sitting there with the passenger door open and the engine sounding more than ready.
(I knew RCM were limited to the 36 gallons of VP Import that was available and pretty much knew that this was the last 2 laps of the day)
I wriggled in amoung the NOS tank etc to see Olly sitting there dripping and soaked through. Got belted up and off we went.
What I found out later was Steve had said to Matt "Olly is going to give that some serious with Clive in there isn't he" to which Matt replied "Yepppp"
The machine is just incredible guys. The seq' box is deafening, it sounds like you are sitting in the engine bay, it stinks of VP Import race fuel and it's foookin heaven.
The level of grip blew my mind I own an RCM built P1 so I know how a good road car feels but this is a whole new level. The thing just sounds bomb proof.
Whilst exiting the last bend of the last lap totally sideways Olly floored the thing rather than pull over to the left and enter the pits. I soon realised that I was going to be treated to an extra lap and Olly's Leicestershire grin suggested a fookin riot of a lap ........ and it was !!
Pure magic watching him drive a thing that was trying it's upmost to kill all occupants. I've always hoped I would have a lap in The GS one day and the two laps were something special.
The third lap was a blokes thing showing mutual respect between two guys, and it will be something I will always remember.
What an event this is !
5 quid and you can jump in any car waiting in the pits. Supercharged Mustangs - Ferrari's - TVR's - Caterhams - AMG's - Many Scoobs - Lotus's - Evo's and many more. You can even jump in a artic truck or JCB's and drive for £5.
Air displays and numerous attractions were also going on throughout the day.
Roger Clark Motorsport were also in attendance offering a limited lucky few with a two lap blast for £30.
The Gobstopper (which came out of retirement for this event) sounded awesome whilst mincing everything on track.
RCM also own a stock Scooby (Betty) with EXE suspension and use it to demonstrate the handling of a basic OE Subaru. Matt Clark threw me the keys and asked if I would spend some time taking people out for a lap.
Whilst dropping a guy off in the pits Steve ( a mate of mine) came running down the pits giving me the "swap driver" gesture. He's opened the drivers door and said Olly (Clark) wants you.
Whilst walking down I saw the Gobstopper sitting there with the passenger door open and the engine sounding more than ready.
(I knew RCM were limited to the 36 gallons of VP Import that was available and pretty much knew that this was the last 2 laps of the day)
I wriggled in amoung the NOS tank etc to see Olly sitting there dripping and soaked through. Got belted up and off we went.
What I found out later was Steve had said to Matt "Olly is going to give that some serious with Clive in there isn't he" to which Matt replied "Yepppp"
The machine is just incredible guys. The seq' box is deafening, it sounds like you are sitting in the engine bay, it stinks of VP Import race fuel and it's foookin heaven.
The level of grip blew my mind I own an RCM built P1 so I know how a good road car feels but this is a whole new level. The thing just sounds bomb proof.
Whilst exiting the last bend of the last lap totally sideways Olly floored the thing rather than pull over to the left and enter the pits. I soon realised that I was going to be treated to an extra lap and Olly's Leicestershire grin suggested a fookin riot of a lap ........ and it was !!
Pure magic watching him drive a thing that was trying it's upmost to kill all occupants. I've always hoped I would have a lap in The GS one day and the two laps were something special.
The third lap was a blokes thing showing mutual respect between two guys, and it will be something I will always remember.
Last edited by SkullFudge; 14 August 2011 at 09:33 PM.
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14 August 2011, 08:18 PM
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here is a link of the gobstopper going round brunters asda day .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce7X8...layer_embedded
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I've driven a 700+ Impreza many times down the drag strip so I knew roughly what to expect regarding acceleration, BUT the handling and bend entry speeds were extremely impressive.
What needs to be mentioned is that The Gobstopper was running WELL short of optimum or race trim. I would guess on the day The GS was running around the 700 Bhp mark where in race trim it's nearer 890 Bhp. They cars set up, tyres and balance would also be different so in reality the "WOW" factor that everyone experienced was the Gobstopper running in the slowest mode.
It says much for the cars build that a 700+ car can spend a large chunk of a day giving people 2 lap blasts whilst only stopping for refueling !
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I've driven a 700+ Impreza many times down the drag strip so I knew roughly what to expect regarding acceleration, BUT the handling and bend entry speeds were extremely impressive.
What needs to be mentioned is that The Gobstopper was running WELL short of optimum or race trim. I would guess on the day The GS was running around the 700 Bhp mark where in race trim it's nearer 890 Bhp. They cars set up, tyres and balance would also be different so in reality the 'WOW' factor that everyone experienced was the Gobstopper running in the slowest mode.
It says much for the cars build that a 700+ car can spend a large chunk of a day giving people 2 lap blasts whilst only stopping for refueling !
What needs to be mentioned is that The Gobstopper was running WELL short of optimum or race trim. I would guess on the day The GS was running around the 700 Bhp mark where in race trim it's nearer 890 Bhp. They cars set up, tyres and balance would also be different so in reality the 'WOW' factor that everyone experienced was the Gobstopper running in the slowest mode.
It says much for the cars build that a 700+ car can spend a large chunk of a day giving people 2 lap blasts whilst only stopping for refueling !
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Hi mate.
I did see your car there (very nice too) and hope to speak to you next time fella.
Yep Olly & the GS were awesome. Dont forget that was running near on 200 Bhp down from race spec !
Looks like Nr 2 injector was playing up on the P1 so parked it up after 2 laps.
Shame as the car felt great on the laps that were completed.
You will have to jump in next year
Chris.
Great Day !! that's in my diary every year from now on.
How much was raised mate?
I did see your car there (very nice too) and hope to speak to you next time fella.
Yep Olly & the GS were awesome. Dont forget that was running near on 200 Bhp down from race spec !
Looks like Nr 2 injector was playing up on the P1 so parked it up after 2 laps.
Shame as the car felt great on the laps that were completed.
You will have to jump in next year
Chris.
Great Day !! that's in my diary every year from now on.
How much was raised mate?
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Hi mate.
I did see your car there (very nice too) and hope to speak to you next time fella.
Yep Olly & the GS were awesome. Dont forget that was running near on 200 Bhp down from race spec !
Looks like Nr 2 injector was playing up on the P1 so parked it up after 2 laps.
Shame as the car felt great on the laps that were completed.
You will have to jump in next year
Chris.
Great Day !! that's in my diary every year from now on.
How much was raised mate?
I did see your car there (very nice too) and hope to speak to you next time fella.
Yep Olly & the GS were awesome. Dont forget that was running near on 200 Bhp down from race spec !
Looks like Nr 2 injector was playing up on the P1 so parked it up after 2 laps.
Shame as the car felt great on the laps that were completed.
You will have to jump in next year
Chris.
Great Day !! that's in my diary every year from now on.
How much was raised mate?
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Hi guys the first two vids were mine and as for a midget im 6 foot tall i had my elbows tooked in to my tummy to try and hold the camera steady well try any way lol
21 August 2011, 07:50 PM
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It cost's a lot of money I would of thought plus a lot of tuners do it to show case there products and ability to produce high power cars however am not sure RCM need to do that.
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