A new Camera Angle and Some Good Racing From Oulton Park
A new Camera Angle and Some Good Racing From Oulton Park
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itsallyellow

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3,847 posts

244 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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It was a very interesting weekend..... 40 minutes before qualifying our power steering system caught fire!! We managed to get the pump out, fix and re-wire it with 10 minutes left of Qualifying still to go. Rather than have an accident we decided to just complete the three laps needed to be allowed to race.
I decided that I didn't want to cause an accident at the start if the power steering failed so chose to start from the pit lane at the back of the field. I took it easy for the first lap and once the car felt safe started to push on. We took the lead as we crossed the line to start the last lap!! It was a really enjoyable race and felt great to win from the pit lane!! Race two was quite uneventfull winning from pole position.

I remember people telling us 6 years ago that you could never build a Cerbera quick enough to compete with a Tuscan race car! How things have changed!!

Here is the on board video with our new camera position on the front splitter!!! Quite surprised the camera is still in one piece!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGht3OgpFJA

An up to date picture.



On Saturday the 27th of October were doing the Birkett 6 hour relay race with three other TVR's at Silverstone. Should be fun!

Cheers

Mike


DuncanM

7,313 posts

303 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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The car looks great, can't wait to watch the vid tomorrow smile

Mike, I've always wondered how much of your success is the car and how much is your driving talent?

Watching your previous vids, you car so much speed through the corners!

Have you had a go in a competitors car? I'm particularly interested if you've ever driven a GT3 or 360 challenge to compare them?


Loving your work smile

Bigadz

393 posts

172 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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Awesome race Mike, watched that all the way through, you just leaned on the car more and more as you went on. Some good action! Absolutely killed the field!

jamieduff1981

8,092 posts

164 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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Congratulations! That was good to watch :-)

StPauli

24 posts

176 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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Mike, always a pleasure to watch...go ahead!
Thomas

Byker28i

85,501 posts

241 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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excellent viewing. Loved the cars over braking and the front wheel of th eorange car waving in the air mid corner

camel_landy

5,418 posts

207 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Brilliant, I enjoyed that. Like the camera angle too. thumbup

You could tell that you had started pushing on a bit more at 12:00(ish), taking 3rd & 4th but my favourite was when you took No.77. biggrin

M

amazon

3,704 posts

235 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Liking the camera angle Mike smile. Great entertainment too. Well done! thumbup

a1rak

556 posts

207 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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wached the whole vid, very entertaining,the car looks great and you are obviously a very talented driver.well done. should push up the price of a Cerbera.

crimbo

1,308 posts

252 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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many thanks for the upload, always a great watch last time I sore you in action was at donny where you and a few sags started at the back.

Took this while you were in the pits and was happy with how it came out

BLUETHUNDER

7,881 posts

284 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Great stuffclap Did the other cars actually have engines in them??,as they were being dispatched at such a rate.hehe

Brummmie

5,284 posts

245 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Good vid! The brake pads must have been bloomin good to take that abuse!? wink

Gazzab

21,583 posts

306 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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I'm not worthy. Wow that was very entertaining. Loved to watch you setting yourself up with the orange Tuscan to try the undercut 2 or 3 times. You reeled them in line an m3 v's a mini cooper. Fab stuff. Engine Tvr power / Apm, brake pads brummie.. Who else played a part...!? Aero? Suspension?
Loved the LS £150k cerb playing mid field :-(

itsallyellow

Original Poster:

3,847 posts

244 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Thanks for the compliments guys! It was certainly a good race!

The CL brake pads from Brummie were superb. Really aggressive, great from cold and became even better with heat! They even don't seem to squeal like our old pads!
Gazzab your right! Lots of support from people that most of us know on here. The best engine I've ever driven from TVR Power/APM, great suspension set up from APM, superb brakes from Brummie, all the aero and body mods by Plasticman, brilliant mapping of the engine by TVR Power, cool website/Facebook page by Touching Cloth and most importantly massive amounts of support from all of the above not forgetting all you guys who get down to the tracks and Cheer us on (really does help) too many individuals to mention but special thanks to Fubar for the sponsorship and Amazon for the cakes!!!

Cheers

Mike

itsallyellow

Original Poster:

3,847 posts

244 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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crimbo said:
many thanks for the upload, always a great watch last time I sore you in action was at donny where you and a few sags started at the back.

Took this while you were in the pits and was happy with how it came out
No alcantara in sight!! Certainly no creature comforts....

Obiwonkeyblokey

5,400 posts

264 months

Wednesday 17th October 2012
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or silver key come to mention it. Great Vid Mike!

DavidY

4,492 posts

308 months

Wednesday 17th October 2012
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Nice camera angle, great to see Tuscan's squirming around, just like they should. Reminds me of a Challenge race back in 90's at Cadwell, where Hodgetts and Short started from the pit lane, both finished in the top 6, shame one of them did a lot of tapping to get past!

StPauli

24 posts

176 months

Sunday 21st October 2012
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itsallyellow said:
.... and Amazon for the cakes!!!

Cheers

Mike
Confirmed, simply marvellous lick

itsallyellow

Original Poster:

3,847 posts

244 months

Wednesday 24th October 2012
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Hi all,

Here is the start of racc two. We tried mounting the camera on the edge of the rear wing. Quite a cool angle but i dont like it as much as the splitter view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h6QMzRMjAg

Were doing the birkett 6 hour relay race in a TVR team this Saturday if anyone fancies a trip to Silverstone!

Cheers

Mike

amazon

3,704 posts

235 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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StPauli said:
itsallyellow said:
.... and Amazon for the cakes!!!

Cheers

Mike
Confirmed, simply marvellous lick
Thank you smile Both!