996 cup In car at Castle combe. Fantastic racing
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Hi guys I thought you may like this in car footage of the recent open race at Castle Coombe. It shows just how bumpy that place is, how close the barriers are and how quick it is in a cup car. Not somewhere to have an off. I'd qualified P2 on the grid and pole in class. Got a bad start with lots of wheel spin and lost places to some class 1 cars on the run to Quarry. Craig Wilkins is driving the black class 1 cup car. It differs from a standard 996 cup car in that it has shorter gearing and a 3.8 litre engine which helps exit speed. I was determined not to compromise the car by racing cars above my class after what happened at Brands Hatch but to be honest, Craig drove very well and only a desperate lunge up the inside under braking would have been possible and I probably wouldn't have tried it anyway. Great close racing and a respected opponent. All the better as we are driving Henry's lovely little 996 cup together along with the very quick Pete Morris and Mr 'Cool' Firman himself in the Britcar 24 this weekend. Henry is one of the most intelligent endurance drivers that I know and is always scheeming away in the car as he is driving. I owe a lot to him for his good advice during the season. Anyway, back to the race, I tried to steel a little road on the entry to the essees on lap 2 but was unaware that behind the plastic marker was a concrete post. it was only a glancing blow as the wheel tapped the post but enough to break my left thumb. I held back for a lap to see if anything fell off and pushed again the lap after. The rest of the race was quite painful and lead to one or two mistakes that I wasn't happy about. I managed to get a better start in race 2 and kept Craig at bay until he had a small off at the esses and lost ground. There's nothing better in racing that good close combat with a respected opponent.
Fantastic footage yet again from fast films
I hope that you like it
Steve R
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Fantastic footage yet again from fast films
I hope that you like it
Steve R
http://www.fastfilms.co.uk/images/Stevecombewmv.wm...
Edited by Steve Rance on Tuesday 4th September 14:50
Edited by Steve Rance on Tuesday 4th September 15:07
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! OOPs... Try that instead!!
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Interesting to see the different lines used around Combe for Racing as opposed to Sprinting where lap time is everything. Lots of room for error on the track (hope your thumb has recovered - ouch!) however, have a look this if you want to see 100% commitment on a hillclimb....
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This was my third practise run at Loton Park last month, beating the previous Porsche hill record by around 0.7secs. I set an official record the following day, but a lift-off slide correction on the last bend cost me around 0.5 seconds against this run. Enjoy.
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This was my third practise run at Loton Park last month, beating the previous Porsche hill record by around 0.7secs. I set an official record the following day, but a lift-off slide correction on the last bend cost me around 0.5 seconds against this run. Enjoy.
I really don't think you should drive with a broken thumb, Steve
. The show must go on however, but how? 
Well, I suppose, if you were to ask me nicely, I may be able to make myself available in your hour of need 
Just till your thumb's all mended, you understand. You might have a fight on your hands to get the keys back though..........
. The show must go on however, but how? Well, I suppose, if you were to ask me nicely, I may be able to make myself available in your hour of need Just till your thumb's all mended, you understand. You might have a fight on your hands to get the keys back though..........Excellent bit of footage. Hope the thumb gets better.
Quote "Henry is one of the most intelligent endurance drivers that I know and is always scheeming away in the car as he is driving" (thats only because he's so slow he has plenty of time on his hands)
Looks like you were racing against the old stuart scott/steve wood car that I raced against in the GT's in 2004. Back then it had a sequential gearbox.
A couple of minor pointers for you and I know it is very easy to be an armchair critic. You never managed to take Folly without a lift, coming out of the esses you again had to take a big lift, when I raced there most laps I was flat but very very scary and finally bobbies. Use 2nd on the way in to really punch it out. I take it your car looks to and runs a standard gear set from the video. I recently found out that our car ran a standard gear set (road spec) and was a little pi**ed to say the least.
All in all very exciting to watch, I really need to buy another race car. For the record 1.10.387 in qualifying and a 1.10.437 in the race. cheers Graeme
Quote "Henry is one of the most intelligent endurance drivers that I know and is always scheeming away in the car as he is driving" (thats only because he's so slow he has plenty of time on his hands
)Looks like you were racing against the old stuart scott/steve wood car that I raced against in the GT's in 2004. Back then it had a sequential gearbox.
A couple of minor pointers for you and I know it is very easy to be an armchair critic. You never managed to take Folly without a lift, coming out of the esses you again had to take a big lift, when I raced there most laps I was flat but very very scary and finally bobbies. Use 2nd on the way in to really punch it out. I take it your car looks to and runs a standard gear set from the video. I recently found out that our car ran a standard gear set (road spec) and was a little pi**ed to say the least.
All in all very exciting to watch, I really need to buy another race car. For the record 1.10.387 in qualifying and a 1.10.437 in the race. cheers Graeme
graeme36s said:
Excellent bit of footage. Hope the thumb gets better.
Quote "Henry is one of the most intelligent endurance drivers that I know and is always scheeming away in the car as he is driving" (thats only because he's so slow he has plenty of time on his hands)
Looks like you were racing against the old stuart scott/steve wood car that I raced against in the GT's in 2004. Back then it had a sequential gearbox.
A couple of minor pointers for you and I know it is very easy to be an armchair critic. You never managed to take Folly without a lift, coming out of the esses you again had to take a big lift, when I raced there most laps I was flat but very very scary and finally bobbies. Use 2nd on the way in to really punch it out. I take it your car looks to and runs a standard gear set from the video. I recently found out that our car ran a standard gear set (road spec) and was a little pi**ed to say the least.
All in all very exciting to watch, I really need to buy another race car. For the record 1.10.387 in qualifying and a 1.10.437 in the race. cheers Graeme
That is interesting, you are right about folly. I was sure I was flat through there but I looked at the data and I was only flat twice! I'm such a tart! A stoke of genius unlocking the diff at the one corner on the circuit where you really need it locked! The Esses are only on flat when your tyres are spot on in my car because I carry 50kg balast. To be honest, after Brands I was determined to get finishes and class wins. I was well ahead of P2 so I wasn't pushing 10/10ths and I saw Old Paddock as a potential off corner as the car was horrible there. Certainly I would have pushed harder through there if I were racing the black cup car for position but flat would have only been on for probably lap 4 - 7. Low 10's are very good times. My aim in qualifying was a low 11. As it was I tried to get over avon rise flat in sixth in my first qualifyer and blew the clutch. My previous lap was a 11.9 but no where near a flyer. It was my first time at Coombe so I was pretty pleased to come back in one piece (well the car was anyway!)and a couple of wins. Quote "Henry is one of the most intelligent endurance drivers that I know and is always scheeming away in the car as he is driving" (thats only because he's so slow he has plenty of time on his hands
)Looks like you were racing against the old stuart scott/steve wood car that I raced against in the GT's in 2004. Back then it had a sequential gearbox.
A couple of minor pointers for you and I know it is very easy to be an armchair critic. You never managed to take Folly without a lift, coming out of the esses you again had to take a big lift, when I raced there most laps I was flat but very very scary and finally bobbies. Use 2nd on the way in to really punch it out. I take it your car looks to and runs a standard gear set from the video. I recently found out that our car ran a standard gear set (road spec) and was a little pi**ed to say the least.
All in all very exciting to watch, I really need to buy another race car. For the record 1.10.387 in qualifying and a 1.10.437 in the race. cheers Graeme
Steve
NineMeister said:
Interesting to see the different lines used around Combe for Racing as opposed to Sprinting where lap time is everything. Lots of room for error on the track (hope your thumb has recovered - ouch!) however, have a look this if you want to see 100% commitment on a hillclimb....
http://9m.xpertwebdesign.co.uk/jon/movies/movie.ht...
This was my third practise run at Loton Park last month, beating the previous Porsche hill record by around 0.7secs. I set an official record the following day, but a lift-off slide correction on the last bend cost me around 0.5 seconds against this run. Enjoy.
Holy Sh*t, if I ever said a bad word about the Porsche sprint series I take back everything....that is one of the most firghtening things I have ever seen. Quite unbelievable in this day of safety regs they let you race along that garden path!! Awesomehttp://9m.xpertwebdesign.co.uk/jon/movies/movie.ht...
This was my third practise run at Loton Park last month, beating the previous Porsche hill record by around 0.7secs. I set an official record the following day, but a lift-off slide correction on the last bend cost me around 0.5 seconds against this run. Enjoy.
...not sure which is scariest... track full of certifiable lunatics or 90mph up someones garden path!!Gassing Station | Porsche General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff