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A Day At The Races to celebrate MarkK's Success!

Pete and Al raced the white car in the day and the 325 at night,I think the Beemer seemed to struggle a bit with lighting???

Neil thanks,I am really looking forward to the CSCC "do"it should be great fun and a great excuse to have a night out with my mrs,the band is meant to be a really good one ,perfect for some night time boogie action!!
As far as turbo charged competion for next year is concerned I am really pleased people are coming around to the idea of a Race 951..., I had a few comments at the beginning of the year how an S2 is way quicker and easier to drive and that I would be dust in a certain persons wake but now suddenly my way of thinking is now approved of.... I am flattered!!:ROFLMAO:
 
Well to be fair Mark you have improved by some margin over the season. As an example compare the FC and your own times at Brands to the PCGB times there at the start of the season. However as a few ppl have noted this year FC has got much more competitive. Kevin told me a few weeks back that 1:21 for example is bang on for an S2 in PCGB championship spec for Snett, low and behold Rob got down into 1:21, Pete and Alex say they didn't get a clear lap in to match that time but both drove very consistently in the race. Have a look at their times at Donny compared to PCGB 2 years back [;)]
 
I havnt improved or got quicker Neil the car has been set-up totally differently,It is completely revised damper settings Arb settings and geowise and has been set-up the way I want it set-up,it goes around bends and doesn't wear it's sidewalls out any more...
Someone said it looked rubbish and was set-up stupidly,that was at Mallory funnily enough[:D]
 
Hi All

Well done Mark great races and watching the cars racing at night is very different! Looks great fun!
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With the dreaded Honda!
Lots more pics of a great days racing - Donington 31 10 10
Will sort out a disc for you soon, Mark.
Cheers

 
Alex and Petes BM is a standard motor (def not M3) and has a rushed and bodged re map during the week which left them well down on power. They are talking about an M3 lump for it, however.

Was a really good day all round ![:)]


 
ORIGINAL: edh

ORIGINAL: paulf968

Must look into the interesting points you made on lap times - wonder what Marcus was driving as he has more than one racecar. Certainly the engine was on its last legs and expired!
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They were in a White S2 I thought
- oh and I think Marcus's 964 had a "for sale" sticker on the front screen as well - I think that might turn out to be a very expensive race for him.
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He was indeed in the car that he's raced all season. The other 964 race car is the ex-Ian White championship winning car which he bought off someone for spares who had crashed it. It's now a few inches shorter than it used to be, so definitely wasn't race ready for Sunday [:D].

Initial diagnosis of the engine problem suffered Sunday is that it might not be too bad. I won't go into details as it's not gone up on a ramp yet for further checks. Stopping when he did and so avoiding a Seb Vettel moment, was definitely the right thing to do though. [:D]

p.s. I think he enjoyed the atmosphere so much at the weekend that plans to sell it might go on hold [;)]


 

ORIGINAL: MarkK

I havnt improved or got quicker Neil the car has been set-up totally differently,It is completely revised damper settings Arb settings and geowise and has been set-up the way I want it set-up,it goes around bends and doesn't wear it's sidewalls out any more...
Someone said it looked rubbish and was set-up stupidly,that was at Mallory funnily enough[:D]
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How could anyone have said that [:D]. Whatever the changes the result is your much faster than early on the season. Kev tells me the conditions for the FC race and the PCGB race at Brands where almost identical. You where a good couple of seconds slower than Marcus at Brands on such a short track yet at Donny you pretty much matched him a lot of the time. Your times compare very favourably to the PCGB Donny round back in May 09.

PM me Mark what you have done unless you don't want to share, I can understand that. I keep being tempted to start again with my car with a setup based on what I used to have on my road mildly modded S2, a car bizarrely I managed to push much harder than I have managed to date in my race car. It hasn't had the dampers re-valved but I am less convinced now it needs it as at Snett with only a couple of clicks extra compression it felt totally planted compared to before (surprisingly still felt really smooth riding to me in the paddock). Basically I am convinced now the car is just not setup right for me yet.
 

ORIGINAL: edh

Andy - While the prospect of racing the civic is tempting, and even apart from the money, another slight issue I have is that I spend all summer playing cricket, so not exactly compatible with racing, and doing the two together would probably = divorce [:D]
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You could still do a couple of races at the start & end of the season! A couple of races wouldn't hurt!

I hope that Marcus comes back out in Future Classics - it would be good to see a 964 regularly. Hopefully he thinks that FC is reasonably competitive. There have been a few 928s racing in FC this year, too, & it would be good to see a mix of Porsches out regularly. Just need to find someone with a 914/6 now!

Finally, I have always thought that 944Ts were the car to have in FC - good handling and good power. Remember they were effectively banned from the PCGB series because they were too quick! (tongue in cheek slightly, but you know what I mean!!). In my dreams I'd race one with a Jon Mitchell 3.4 litre turbo engine & about 450 Bhp, in the top class!
 
Talking of how competitive a 944T can be.....I think you guys might enjoy this little video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbZXMxjcD4

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ORIGINAL: Andy97

You could still do a couple of races at the start & end of the season! A couple of races wouldn't hurt!
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My car would probably get in FC - its an '89 model. Would be very competitive in class B and up with most of the class C runners I think - even with a dodgy driver.
How much is the race entry per weekend? (Not that I'm in the least bit tempted....really I'm not [;)])

Would also need ARDS, race suit, new helmet, new harness etc.. so is definitely not happening in 2011.
 

ORIGINAL: edh


ORIGINAL: Andy97

You could still do a couple of races at the start & end of the season! A couple of races wouldn't hurt!
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My car would probably get in FC - its an '89 model. Would be very competitive in class B and up with most of the class C runners I think - even with a dodgy driver.
How much is the race entry per weekend? (Not that I'm in the least bit tempted....really I'm not [;)])

Would also need ARDS, race suit, new helmet, new harness etc.. so is definitely not happening in 2011.
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I'm assuming that your car is a 1600c VTEC so would also get in to the current Tin Tops Class B (& be very competitive).

Race entry fees vary, depending on the circuit but the MSVR circuits are usually about £315 for a 40 minute race & places like Anglesey are about £265-285 from memory.

Quite often there is then a 15 or 20 min Sports Vs Saloon sprint race at the end of the day & the entry fees for that are about £100 if ou have already done one of the previous races.

Of course if you share the car in the 40 min races then your running costs can be offset byt the shared entry fee and a "seat hire" fee from your co-driver that will pay for the ARDS, suit, helmet, belts etc!!!!!
 
It's an 1800 VTEC at the moment - but won't be on the pace with those DC5's in class C tin tops. (It might pass as a 1600 as there is no legible engine number on the block but I wouldn't want to fib..) Next year the gearbox will be changing slightly with shorter ratios & a LSD.

I'm averaging £350 'ish all in per trackday at the moment, so a weekend's racing will be a bit more than that. The car is very light on consumables so pads, tyres etc.. will last a good while. It even does around 13 mpg on track - unlike the 944 turbo [:D]

Maybe I just need to work a bit harder...

- sorry for the thread hijack GPF...
 

ORIGINAL: edh

It's an 1800 VTEC at the moment - but won't be on the pace with those DC5's in class C tin tops. (It might pass as a 1600 as there is no legible engine number on the block but I wouldn't want to fib..) Next year the gearbox will be changing slightly with shorter ratios & a LSD.

I'm averaging £350 'ish all in per trackday at the moment, so a weekend's racing will be a bit more than that. The car is very light on consumables so pads, tyres etc.. will last a good while. It even does around 13 mpg on track - unlike the 944 turbo [:D]

Maybe I just need to work a bit harder...

- sorry for the thread hijack GPF...
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1800 VTEC - even better because the club are considering (its only a proposal at the moment but a decision will be made soon) changing the class structure to:

D - upto 1400cc 8V
C - 1401 - 1800 8V & upto 1400cc multi valve
B - 1801 - 2000 8v & 1401 - 1800cc multi-valve
A - 1801 - 2000 multi-valve

Your car would be even more ideal for class B!

The idea behind the change is to attract more cars to Class D & B, especially as there are quite a few 1400cc Fiestas, Metros, Novas, Fiats about & upto 1800cc Hondas, Alfas & Golfs.

I reckon to spend about £600 per meeting offset by the fact that I hire out a shared drive at £600!
 

ORIGINAL: Andy97


ORIGINAL: edh

It's an 1800 VTEC at the moment - but won't be on the pace with those DC5's in class C tin tops. (It might pass as a 1600 as there is no legible engine number on the block but I wouldn't want to fib..) Next year the gearbox will be changing slightly with shorter ratios & a LSD.

I'm averaging £350 'ish all in per trackday at the moment, so a weekend's racing will be a bit more than that. The car is very light on consumables so pads, tyres etc.. will last a good while. It even does around 13 mpg on track - unlike the 944 turbo [:D]

Maybe I just need to work a bit harder...

- sorry for the thread hijack GPF...
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1800 VTEC - even better because the club are considering (its only a proposal at the moment but a decision will be made soon) changing the class structure to:

D - upto 1400cc 8V
C - 1401 - 1800 8V & upto 1400cc multi valve
B - 1801 - 2000 8v & 1401 - 1800cc multi-valve
A - 1801 - 2000 multi-valve

Your car would be even more ideal for class B!

The idea behind the change is to attract more cars to Class D & B, especially as there are quite a few 1400cc Fiestas, Metros, Novas, Fiats about & upto 1800cc Hondas, Alfas & Golfs.

I reckon to spend about £600 per meeting offset by the fact that I hire out a shared drive at £600!
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All very interesting Andy - I like the way your maths work out...
 
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