The loneliness of the long distance club racer
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I enjoyed the write up, thanks for sharing. CSCC is a pretty friendly paddock so don't be afraid to ask for help, someone usually lends a hand. If you let Hugo or David Smitheram (the clubs permanent organisers), or the series organiser, Toby Harris, that you are on your own when you sign on they may be able to help find someone to lend a hand at the pit stop.
Good luck and hope you enjoy it. Please keep posting news and reports.
Good luck and hope you enjoy it. Please keep posting news and reports.
Harris_I said:
geeks said:
I am pretty handy with a torque wrench and can pull a harness tight, I also have the advantage of living 20 minutes from Silverstone so I would like to submitt my CV for pit crew if I am free that date... I will send thee a PM!
Good man, Dan. Will wait to hear.Actually don't PM just yet. I'm watching the below website feedback thread to see when the PM facility is back online:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Mitch911 said:
I've just bought a Caterham to race in the Mag 7s so will be happy to help if we're racing on the same day.
Hope its going better; we met in the Brands paddock as you were packing up. Great tow car by the way!
Hi Mitch. Yes, I remember you. Good luck with the Caterham. I still have a Megagrad which I'm in the process of selling - only managed one Mag 7 race last season.Hope its going better; we met in the Brands paddock as you were packing up. Great tow car by the way!
Your hillclimbing blog inspired me to post my own story. Great stuff.
I thought about hillclimbing having done sprints some years back but there's not a lot down my way that's nearby. I struggled with the idea of trekking halfway across the country to do 4 laps of a minute each and potentially being in the same class as a Jedi. No doubt I'm wrong, and if I tried hard enough I could find the right series and the right class to compete in.
The other thing is friends and family have advised me to try bungee jumping, paragliding, flying a light aircraft and so on. But frankly once you've raced wheel to wheel, everything else seems a bit like taking the blue pill in the Matrix and missing out on a truly visceral existence.
I thought about hillclimbing having done sprints some years back but there's not a lot down my way that's nearby. I struggled with the idea of trekking halfway across the country to do 4 laps of a minute each and potentially being in the same class as a Jedi. No doubt I'm wrong, and if I tried hard enough I could find the right series and the right class to compete in.
The other thing is friends and family have advised me to try bungee jumping, paragliding, flying a light aircraft and so on. But frankly once you've raced wheel to wheel, everything else seems a bit like taking the blue pill in the Matrix and missing out on a truly visceral existence.
Fully understand, having done racing, and more so rallying, the Buzz is hard to surpass!
In the road going class your be up against similar cars, 911's various, Evo's Scooby's lotus, Cossie etc, if you can peddle ok, your GT3 will be right on the money and whilst its short its extremely intense and a big buzz without all the ball ache.
And, drive it there and back, takes all that trailering nonsense out of the equation.
Nice to have a car that you can do all in though isn't it
In the road going class your be up against similar cars, 911's various, Evo's Scooby's lotus, Cossie etc, if you can peddle ok, your GT3 will be right on the money and whilst its short its extremely intense and a big buzz without all the ball ache.
And, drive it there and back, takes all that trailering nonsense out of the equation.
Nice to have a car that you can do all in though isn't it
Harris_I said:
Your hillclimbing blog inspired me to post my own story. Great stuff.
I thought about hillclimbing having done sprints some years back but there's not a lot down my way that's nearby. I struggled with the idea of trekking halfway across the country to do 4 laps of a minute each and potentially being in the same class as a Jedi. No doubt I'm wrong, and if I tried hard enough I could find the right series and the right class to compete in.
You could always look at the PCGB speed championship: http://www.porscheclubmotorsport.co.uk/race_series...I thought about hillclimbing having done sprints some years back but there's not a lot down my way that's nearby. I struggled with the idea of trekking halfway across the country to do 4 laps of a minute each and potentially being in the same class as a Jedi. No doubt I'm wrong, and if I tried hard enough I could find the right series and the right class to compete in.
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