Oulton Park Results 7th October
Discussion
A great weekend's racing at Oulton Park and a fitting end to a fabulous season - roll on 2007.
Thanks to everyone who has helped us in the paddock this year - it has been very much appreciated by both myself & JK.
We look foward to doing it all again next year with the guys and gals at Team Wright Racing
Must also say a big thank you and congratulations to Iain Jones for organising such a memorable end of season do at the Daresbury Park Hotel - nice one Iain it was just excellent
... and sorry about the totty Iain - the photos will be appearing here shortly
Edited to say 'What year is it?'
Thanks to everyone who has helped us in the paddock this year - it has been very much appreciated by both myself & JK.
We look foward to doing it all again next year with the guys and gals at Team Wright Racing
Must also say a big thank you and congratulations to Iain Jones for organising such a memorable end of season do at the Daresbury Park Hotel - nice one Iain it was just excellent
... and sorry about the totty Iain - the photos will be appearing here shortly
Edited to say 'What year is it?'
Edited by wedgeman on Tuesday 10th October 19:26
pete.reeve said:
Graham said
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
Hi Pete, your car's quite like Ceejays to look at! That'll cause some confusion for the newer spectators!
Boosted.
Question : What did i never have to practice in five years of Track Days in my TVR's ?
Answer : Standing Starts ,surrounded by a Grid of TVR's
. Result : Stalling on the Start Line - of my first ever race
. So began my Race, the subsequent 11 laps can be briefly summed up as ;
a) making a mental note that Andy Holden just went past me at circa 700 mph whilst im still trying to remember how to re-start the bugger.
b) trying to gain back as many places as i'd lost (after quallifying 5th on the grid)
c) keeping out of trouble (ie avoiding JR - collecting aggregate for his new Driveway - at Cascades).
d) not blowing the engine/box up.
e) counting on a high rate of attrition at the front of the pack.
Thankfull to end the day with a small ,silver piece of objet d'art , a Tuscan that's still recognizably a Tuscan and a mad desire to race "58" a lot more next year.
In fact,without a sprained right ankle,i think i can get the hang of these Standing Starts
. Great day ,great people, can't wait for next season
. Darren (aka WhiteChimp500).
Griff2be said:
heightswitch said:
Great end to the season Chaps. Hopefully I will be joining you in class C next year. (I hope I am not too much like a mobile chicane)
For me though the drive of the day was down to Marc Hocking:
Blew diff and gearbox in Friday test, Changed Diff and Qualified in 4th gear only, (Thats why we were pushing him down the pit road.) Between Qualifying and Race he then swapped the gearbox and Built the car back up.
You deserved The title Marc. Sorry it wasn't to be.
See you all either at croft or next year.
Neil.
For me though the drive of the day was down to Marc Hocking:
Blew diff and gearbox in Friday test, Changed Diff and Qualified in 4th gear only, (Thats why we were pushing him down the pit road.) Between Qualifying and Race he then swapped the gearbox and Built the car back up.
You deserved The title Marc. Sorry it wasn't to be.
See you all either at croft or next year.
Neil.
Edited by heightswitch on Sunday 8th October 17:54
I hope your comment about Marc deserving the title was not meant to imply that Graham deserved it any less?
The two have battled each other closely all year, with each of them at times having the upper hand. Graham had a torrid time at Silverstone and at Combe Marc's superior power enabled him to simply drive past. At other times Graham looked to have the edge.
If you are associated with a driver then you will be more aware of the challenges that particular driver overcomes to race. However, virtually every driver in the series has worked incredibly hard to get their cars out and keep them racing. I don't think there is anyone who hasn't had a major drama to deal with at one time or another.
Congratulations to both Graham and Marc for a keenly fought and clean battle, and to everyone who took part in the series in any way - drivers, mechanics, other halves and all supporters and spectators. Well done to all.
Not at all.
I think Graham won a very hard fought battle which went on all season and congrats to him. My comments were confined to the last race only. Marc got a 4th overall through lots of adversity on the day after having spent most of it under the car on his back.
I think the series can only get better and better Roll on 2007
Hopefully I wont hold too many of you up
Neil.
RetroWheels said:
Question : What did i never have to practice in five years of Track Days in my TVR's ?
Answer : Standing Starts ,surrounded by a Grid of TVR's
. Result : Stalling on the Start Line - of my first ever race
. The problem is Darren, you never get to practice starts - not unless you go to an airfield or similar. You can't do them at test days or track days.
I think we've all done it - its a fine line between too many revs and lost of wheel spin, and not enough revs and stalling. Made more difficult by not being able to hear your own engine over everyone elses on the grid and not being able to check the rev counter. I tend to set the revs then try to hold them there by feelingthe vibration through the car.
You did very very well for a first race though - well done!
boosted Ls1 said:
pete.reeve said:
Graham said
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
Hi Pete, your car's quite like Ceejays to look at! That'll cause some confusion for the newer spectators!
Boosted.
But mine's Black & Yellow and Ceejays is Yellow & Black ;-)) Also my car was not the one in the armco (sorry Ceejay). By the way, the timing chain is still holding together Mike.
ATB
Pete
No 19
pete.reeve said:
boosted Ls1 said:
pete.reeve said:
Graham said
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
"Cool how much of the season are you thinking of doing?"
As many as possible and will decide when the venues and new regs are published. Am looking forward to it.
Pete
No 19
Hi Pete, your car's quite like Ceejays to look at! That'll cause some confusion for the newer spectators!
Boosted.
But mine's Black & Yellow and Ceejays is Yellow & Black ;-)) Also my car was not the one in the armco (sorry Ceejay). By the way, the timing chain is still holding together Mike.
ATB
Pete
No 19
So it should
ATB to. No doubt we'll have a natter sometime. Boosted.
teamHOLDENracing said:
RetroWheels said:
Question : What did i never have to practice in five years of Track Days in my TVR's ?
Answer : Standing Starts ,surrounded by a Grid of TVR's
. Result : Stalling on the Start Line - of my first ever race
. The problem is Darren, you never get to practice starts - not unless you go to an airfield or similar. You can't do them at test days or track days.
get to a Hillclimb or sprint - there you'll get at least 2 practice runs and 2 or 3 timed runs which often will have a split time for the first few yards so you can see how well your starting. and since you dont have to go on the green light you can concentrate on the start - without being rushed - you have 2 mins from the light going green to get accross the line.
get to one of the hill's practice days and you'll get as many runs up the hill as you want.
just a thought like
pete.reeve said:
Also my car was not the one in the armco (sorry Ceejay).
Just look at the qually times Pete and tell me it wasn't worth it, that was with a fuel starvation problem too without which we'd have run a mid 53s lap. Sure it ended up in the barriers but everytime I look at the qually timing sheets I smile to myself!!!!!!!
As for Oulton, I desperately wanted to get the car out for it's final race but because of work commitments the repairs had to go on a back burner and it really wasn't ready. The car hadn't turned a wheel since Brands and on the outlap it was obvious we had a problem. Above 60mph there was a chronic high frequency vibration which was so bad it blurred my vision, not ideal given the track conditions and the wrong tyres. TBH it probably blurred my judgement too, there was no way I could have raced it for more than 5 laps without being sick in my helmet but instead of calling it a day I decided to try and get one good committed qually lap out of it. It didn't work and now I have a few more bits to fix before the Birkett followed by a re-engineering program over the winter.
On the upside I really enjoyed the racing this year (when I made it to the grid), wheel to wheel with Kev at Mallory, a good battle with Tim at Combe and a decent performance at Silverstone to name a few. We've also had some really great new drivers join the series this year and the end of season doo was a fitting end to a long season (come to think of it....it was a looong night too). Congrats to all of the class winners and thanks to all the TVR racers who got their cars out of the garage and onto the track where they should be. Roll on 2007 which will see more new drivers and a number of new cars inc my T350.
Ceejay
P.S. If anyone is interested I know where there is a complete rolling Tuscan Sp6 shell less engine and gearbox which would make an ideal basis for a racer in 07.
lord summerisle said:
teamHOLDENracing said:
RetroWheels said:
Question : What did i never have to practice in five years of Track Days in my TVR's ?
Answer : Standing Starts ,surrounded by a Grid of TVR's
. Result : Stalling on the Start Line - of my first ever race
. The problem is Darren, you never get to practice starts - not unless you go to an airfield or similar. You can't do them at test days or track days.
get to a Hillclimb or sprint - there you'll get at least 2 practice runs and 2 or 3 timed runs which often will have a split time for the first few yards so you can see how well your starting. and since you dont have to go on the green light you can concentrate on the start - without being rushed - you have 2 mins from the light going green to get accross the line.
get to one of the hill's practice days and you'll get as many runs up the hill as you want.
just a thought like
Pretty certain i wont make the same mistake again, although i have been harbouring thoughts of entering the Chimaera in a couple of TVRCC Sprints next year
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