Castle Combe 4th May

[77racing]

See's the mighty car 77



up against the ex Winstanly Sagaris in Castle Combe GT. The race will be live on Motors TV channel 71 on free view or 447 on sky. Angus the new owner is a fairly good peddler so should make for an interesting race. The car has had a lot of work done to it over the winter and this will be the first race in new hands.

Thank You Jon, for the use of your Fantastic Photograph

Edited by 77racing on Friday 17th April 20:27

[RetroWheels]

Have a good race and have fun..
For my part, i'll be cheering for you Perry, I always try and catch the televised Combe race live - when possible - great racing to watch, and an excellent opportunity for me to shirk garden centre and DIY (etc etc) based activities..

That's a Bank Holiday Double Whammy in my book .

[77racing]

Thanx Darren, your a good sport and i'm pleased u won't have to do the coffee shop in your local garden centre for at least that weekend . Still looking into why the belt came off last time out. strange one, all looks ok the only reason I think a belt can come off is a massive over rev on the way down the box as far as I know. I already know what the consequences of that are so I can rule that out I recon , do you have any idea's ?

[Flyin Banana]

cannot wait ill be there !!

Rob

[Guillotine]

Can he go for your lap record Perry!

[77racing]

As it is supposed to be a serious quick car I would expect the GT lap record to fall easy this season. Ian Hall in the wildcat Davrian did a 1:08.5 in qually last time out so I recon that will be the car to beat this year.77 is capable of mid 1:08's but probably not until I have got the new sponsors Airtabs working well. The new resurfaced track will be slow until it has worn in a bit. it is very slippy in the damp and not that grippy yet until the initial oil has worn off.

[77racing]

Flyin Banana said:

cannot wait ill be there !!

Rob

hi Man,

Looking at the time table you won't have to get up early and you may want to pack an evening meal as our race is down for the last of the day 6.10pm. I will call you once I have the gold bars !!!!!!!

[Flyin Banana]

77racing said:

hi Man,

Looking at the time table you won't have to get up early and you may want to pack an evening meal as our race is down for the last of the day 6.10pm. I will call you once I have the gold bars !!!!!!!

cheers chap !! if you can aquire a car park pit pass i could park the sag in next to you, and then you could take debs for a little drive if you have the time

[77racing]

no problem I have a private pass spare but you might have to park on the left as you go through competitors entrance then move up from there.

[77racing]

This is the new look Castle Combe, note the new track surface from just after start line.

[Graham]

77racing said:

This is the new look Castle Combe, note the new track surface from just after start line.

Thats a lot of solar, with a fair bit more to go in by the look of it

[77racing]

55 acres supplying a whopping 4,000 homes so far, area's left out are archaeology and some field mice have nested. The MD of combe hopes to get an all electric race going some time. the village got 65k for local causes and the circuit got 900k of tarmac not quite enough to do the whole circuit. It was a really cheap job , when I walked round it the other week it looked like patching would start by mid summer no joke. looks like just you and me on forums now G. it will be gone soon enough .

[HUI]

77racing said:

............ looks like just you and me on forums now G..

You two are not alone...I read them Perry!

Maureen

[77racing]

Hi Maureen,

Debs and I were sorry we missed you surfing at the weekend. Was looking for a cuppa tea and a biscuit.

[ridgey]

I visit most days , but dont have much exiting information to share.
Always enjoy reading every post.

[HUI]

77racing said:

Hi Maureen,

Debs and I were sorry we missed you surfing at the weekend. Was looking for a cuppa tea and a biscuit.

Ha!Ha!

That afternoon you would have been given a pair of secateurs and roped into helping me chop up garden waste to go to the tip!!
No time for cups of tea!!

M

[ridgey]

Hi Perry , Motors tv listing for 4th is 1.30 to 6.30 do you know your race times yet . Ta Chris

[77racing]

Morning Chris,

GT race is the last of the day 6.10pm , Just to note that Angus has had his Sagaris dropped from class A to Class C that's just because of regulations for each class.

[ridgey]

Because it's still a road car ? Or has he dropped a Pinto in .

[77racing]

Probably because it was a production road car conversion, it has had a full rebuild on engine and rest has been gone through. It is supposed to be very quick round Combe testing last week. certainly quicker than I have gone round. I can only hope for a top five finish