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Brands GP Thursday 27th...
- Thread starter carreraboy
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Hunter ur not wrong , but it was all in slow motion ..................who cares where u overtake just sol long as its what was agreed !
ORIGINAL: Matt
lovely to see you all chaps..and an enjoyable afternoon...shame about the morning where i managed 5 laps, and almost hit 50mph on one of them..
my little rant for the day is about bl00dy radicals & caterhams. why is it that every track day i go to seems to be red flagged by yet another radical sat in the kitty litter/on the grass verge, or a caterham with a feckless driver constantly spinning before finally burying itself in the gravel somewhere.
when the radicals are actually working all they seem to do is badger around behind you on the entry to corners generally getting too close before roaring past on the straights making a god-awful noise for a lap or two before having to pull into the pits yet again to fettle their grunions or grease their weasels or whatever the fcuk they spend all the time doing with bits of bodywork scattered all over the place..
caterhams either buzz around on the entry to corners (see 'radicals' above..) or wheeze around powered by an asthmatic 1200cc ford anglia engine, racing each other badly as they try to out slide each other in every corner whilst bleating on about how many horsepowers they have per ton (forgetting that its reduced dramatically by the two fat middle aged chaps in silly racesuits sat in the thing) and generally just getting in the way all the time. apparantly having a caterham means that their indicators don't work, but also apparantly their rear view mirrors don't work either..
then they fall into the gravel, or bits fall off, or they spend a few hours in the pits polishing their steering wheel centres so that they minimise each little bit of weight...
i thnk they should have their own sessions every track day. the organisers would only need to give them 5 minutes every hour - and that would cover the in & out laps as well...and allow the rest of us in cars to enjoy the trackday.
although to be fair there were two stoppages due to porkers in the barriers today...
Matt
BTW - Vic - hope your car is better mate
Best rant in ages Matt - loved it ! Very cool new piccie in your avatar by the way (I bet you just parked it like that and took the piccie at an angle !!!
Jamie
Steve Rance
Non member
ORIGINAL: carreraboy
Matt spot on [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
Most enjoyable bits of a strange Day:
1. Ride in the Vic Cohen GT2 long time overdue just a really fierce ride and Vic got wound up with a Radicle and let a 996GT2 do his dirty work...fabulous car Vic just awesome
2. Steve Rance driving me round the GP in mine, purely awesome again. Think he reduced the Badger population by 10...Rumble Strip NO let's attack via the lawn!!F**kiNG QUICK!!!
3. Another Ride!!! Yes Matt's mate Matt in a BMW M3 E30....Laugh it was pure Brands GP Drift, literrally throwing round the car, so forgiving and for only 220BHP passed everything.
By the way this was not in any special order......[][][]
Thank you for trusting me to drive your beautiful car Des, it was interesting to feel the differences between the 964 and 996 cup cars.
Steve R
Steve Rance
Non member
Steve Rance
Non member
One day I'll get a ride in that beautiful car of yours Vic
ORIGINAL: carreraboy
ORIGINAL: clubsport
No time for breakfast mate, too busy studying track conditions and preparing myself to get in the zone etc...you know how it is []
You take it very seriously Clubbie.....not sure about your training technique!![][]
Desmond, you naughty naughty boy !
ORIGINAL: Jamie Summers
Best rant in ages Matt - loved it ! Very cool new piccie in your avatar by the way (I bet you just parked it like that and took the piccie at an angle !!!
Jamie
Its a real action shot Jamie, taken at Snetterton last month...carefully picked out of the full series of photos that display the truth of the moment...which actually goes as follows: (some pictures slightly blurred as photographer had to get up from his knees and run back a little..[]) - apparantly i can only upload one pic per post so hopefully it follows ok
ORIGINAL: Matt
or a caterham with a feckless driver constantly spinning before finally burying itself in the gravel somewhere.
You weren't being a bit feckless there then Matt?[]
in my defence however - i try to choose the appropriate places on the track to push the car a little more - ie corners with lots of run off where a spin will result in a little mud down the side of the car and not having to close the track whilst i'm dug out of the gravel. i also only try to do it when theres the track space available as well - ie not when i'm surrounded by loads of other cars..although photographers are fair game[]
no doubt this will all come back to bite me when i stick it in the armco somewhere and cause a half day track closure..
lee fulford
New member
Oh, and Caterhams -I was overtaking past Graham Hill bend and a green one decided to make it three abreast and I only saw him when he was alongside -THAT was TOO close!!
And it wasn't just the C and R cars -red Porsche Open car was EXTREMELY aggressive -this is a track day for fecks sake!!
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