Santa-Pod, Sunday 18th Jan, Run what ya brung!

[ToooomStuff]

Morning Guys!
On Sunday 18th January, Santa-pod are hosting Their first 'run what ya brung' event of the year, it's normally a great day out and providing it isn't too busy, you can get lots of runs in!
£10 entry and £35 'sign-on'
I'll be heading up in the morning from the Brighton/ Haywards heath area aiming to arrive at santa-pod for 8:30.
If anyone wants to meet en-route, drop me a message or post below.
Let me know if you'll be there and I'll keep a look out for you!
Regards,

[shelgz]

Hi, Have thought about going up on this date too, but very much dependant on the weather though, so will see how the weather is nearer the time

[Richard 858]

^+1 Luckily I'm only 15 minutes away so can make my call on the day. Last time I went (about 15 months ago) it was a bit of a wash out but even then the queueing was horrendous, only got 3 runs in before the heavens opened (again). Might see you there !

[ToooomStuff]

Good Lads. Hopefully most of the crappy weather will be over and done with by the weekend. Fingers crossed though!

[Clubman270]

I'll be there too, fingers crossed for a dry day

[Richard 858]

Sorry I couldn't make it today in the end chaps, how did it go ?

[Clubman270]

Was freezing up there today, the track took until just before 2pm to get prepped so a fair bit of hanging around.

Track seemed fairly slippy early on, but a couple of my friends ran their best times later on in the afternoon so must have warmed up/rubbered in a bit.

I only made 3 runs, my pb of the day was a 14.50 @ 101mph, not bad despite the freezing conditions, first time on track after getting my Clubman mapped (here come the excuses lol) & had trouble spinning the tyres up. Quite pleased anyway & will be back for sure when it gets warmer.

A great turn out despite the arctic weather, really diverse lot of cars there , think it was the C63 AMG that was doing some awesome smoky burnouts . Think I heard someone say a GTR ran a 9!!! That must have been rapid considering how cold it was

[Richard 858]

Thanks for the bulletin John, you must be pleased with your time, awesome Mini. Just had a quick look at your profile, do you know a lad called Chris Haird and or his late dad David from NHRA ?

[Clubman270]

Thanks Richard

It should have run a little quicker to be honest, but now running 275bhp the oem clutch is the weak point on these, so I was a bit too timid I think.

Unfortunately the names don't ring a bell though...

[shelgz]

Was very cold and slippery!, think everyone was struggling for traction off the line. Best I managed was a 13.60 at 110 MPH with only 2mm left on the tyres, will be back in summer to get a decent run in.