Rain Stops Play...
Discussion
Well, a first for me, been to a good 100 or so race meetings over the years,
never had rain stop play.
Excellent win for Michael Caine in his return with David Mason charging hard behind.
Lee Caroline was out of it in about sixth IIRC, his car certainly looked very sideways
a lot of the time!
Well done to Nathan Freke who had an excellent debut.
Nice race long battle between 'the boss' and Andy Holden with them changing
places most laps.
Such a shame the plug got pulled for race two.
Anyway, getting the 'bug' for this now, so see you all again soon I hope.
Jamer - you had the right idea mate.
>>> Edited by GCerbera on Sunday 18th April 18:05
never had rain stop play.
Excellent win for Michael Caine in his return with David Mason charging hard behind.
Lee Caroline was out of it in about sixth IIRC, his car certainly looked very sideways
a lot of the time!
Well done to Nathan Freke who had an excellent debut.
Nice race long battle between 'the boss' and Andy Holden with them changing
places most laps.
Such a shame the plug got pulled for race two.
Anyway, getting the 'bug' for this now, so see you all again soon I hope.
Jamer - you had the right idea mate.
>>> Edited by GCerbera on Sunday 18th April 18:05
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Not the best weekend for Chris Stockton. However Graham and Andy have improved the car and Chris is happy with the handling. We were ready for the 2nd race and were in good shape. Gearboxes were a problem! The first one was destroyed by a stuck trottle and Chris only had 5th gear for the whole of race 1.
regards
James
BTC Racing
regards
James
BTC Racing
) battling it out most laps, good racing. 
Edt said:Cheers Ed. Sounds good.
Sorry not to bump into you GCerb.. hope to one day !
Regards, Ed
I think the rain killed off lots of meet ups, although I had an amusing phone
conversation with Jamer from all of 10 feet.
Lots of frantic waving to other owners on the way out of the paddock and then there
is that Swordfish Tuscan sent from above to follow me...
See another thread.
Griff2be said:
Yup. Hang on, I'll go and dig them out of my (rather wet) bag...
Back in a mo...
I'll save you the search:
1 99 Michael CAINE De Walt/Racesport 13:11.695 8 82.03 1:37.565
2 2 David MASON Kerridges 13:13.840 8 2.145 81.81 1:36.950
3 41 Philip KEEN Keen Motorsport/ Racing 13:13.978 8 2.283 81.80 1:37.631
4 77 Richard HAY TVR Engineering 13:16.054 8 4.359 81.58 1:37.590
5 7 Darren DOWLING 13:19.568 8 7.873 81.22 1:37.899
6 38 Lee CAROLINE Chelsea Football Club 13:27.741 8 16.046 80.40 1:38.893
7 10 Tim HOOD Rachmann Europe/JBM 13:28.535 8 16.840 80.32 1:38.682
8 28 Nathan FREKE 13:40.776 8 29.081 79.13 1:39.538
9 58 Ben SAMUELSON TVR Engineering 13:45.610 8 33.915 78.66 1:39.986
10 23 Chris STOCKTON HSC 13:47.853 8 36.158 78.45 1:40.398
11 6 Andy HOLDEN IMR/Insane Racing 14:07.454 8 55.759 76.63 1:43.131
12 8 Peter WHEELER TVR Engineering 14:08.117 8 56.422 76.57 1:43.911
13 20 Peter OSBOURN Innovative Logistics/JB 14:37.489 8 1:25.794 74.01 1:44.385
14 16 John HARTSHORNE Peninsula TVR 14:44.780 8 1:33.085 73.40 1:46.625
15 4 Bob ROSS 14:46.902 8 1:35.207 73.23 1:46.721
16 27 Rob TALBOT County TVR Cheltenham 14:51.783 8 1:40.088 72.82 1:47.490
17 5 Gerard COAKLEY Co-Tron/Insane 14:52.518 8 1:40.823 72.76 1:47.054
Fastest Lap
2 David MASON Kerridges 1:36.950 5 134.39kph 83.51
Results from MST
>> Edited by jeremyc on Sunday 18th April 22:53
Thanks Jeremy. I didn't realise the MST guys were quite so quick off the mark!!
I had a great race with PW, we both enjoyed it
Shame about my shiny new paintwork though - Mr Wheeler has a blue front corner and I have a slightly rippled effect on my rear wing. I don't have the heart to tell Ewelme Coachworks after the fantastic job they did on the car at virtually no notice. Shameless plug for a great job!
My first time racing in the wet - it was tricky! 450bhp + water is, err, interesting!!
Thanks to all those who turned out to watch. Sorry we didn't get out for the second race. John Reid from TVR Motorsport had a large group of hostile race drivers at him when he said the race was cancelled - we all wanted to get out there but, on reflection, as the rain came down even harder, it was a good call.
We now have 3 races at Snetterton to catch up...
I had a great race with PW, we both enjoyed it
Shame about my shiny new paintwork though - Mr Wheeler has a blue front corner and I have a slightly rippled effect on my rear wing. I don't have the heart to tell Ewelme Coachworks after the fantastic job they did on the car at virtually no notice. Shameless plug for a great job! My first time racing in the wet - it was tricky! 450bhp + water is, err, interesting!!
Thanks to all those who turned out to watch. Sorry we didn't get out for the second race. John Reid from TVR Motorsport had a large group of hostile race drivers at him when he said the race was cancelled - we all wanted to get out there but, on reflection, as the rain came down even harder, it was a good call.
We now have 3 races at Snetterton to catch up...
Griff2be said:
Thanks Jeremy. I didn't realise the MST guys were quite so quick off the mark!!
......
My first time racing in the wet - it was tricky! 450bhp + water is, err, interesting!!
...
Wasn't there but had to laugh at the MST reporting the conditions as Weather = Cloudy and the Track = Dry
Obviously not then, must get to some meeting this year.
Harry
Well, from the state of my bodywork, I can confirm that is was definitely not dry at any point on the track on Sunday.
Gutted, as we all got away from the line in the Ginettas really well. Being a gentleman, and concious of the complete lack of grip, I settled in behind the guys in front, who hadn't really stormed off the line, down the pit straight for about 150m. Aparenely a nudge on the back was the reason that the next thing that I knew was that I was hurtling towards the wall rather too quickly.
Fair play to the car though, apart from a bonet, and a couple of lugs, the only thing to go was the top rose joint on the syspension.
After Andy last week, let's just hope that these things don't come in threes.
Gutted, as we all got away from the line in the Ginettas really well. Being a gentleman, and concious of the complete lack of grip, I settled in behind the guys in front, who hadn't really stormed off the line, down the pit straight for about 150m. Aparenely a nudge on the back was the reason that the next thing that I knew was that I was hurtling towards the wall rather too quickly.
Fair play to the car though, apart from a bonet, and a couple of lugs, the only thing to go was the top rose joint on the syspension.
After Andy last week, let's just hope that these things don't come in threes.
daydreamer said:
Well, from the state of my bodywork, I can confirm that is was definitely not dry at any point on the track on Sunday.
Gutted, as we all got away from the line in the Ginettas really well. Being a gentleman, and concious of the complete lack of grip, I settled in behind the guys in front, who hadn't really stormed off the line, down the pit straight for about 150m. Aparenely a nudge on the back was the reason that the next thing that I knew was that I was hurtling towards the wall rather too quickly.
Fair play to the car though, apart from a bonet, and a couple of lugs, the only thing to go was the top rose joint on the syspension.
After Andy last week, let's just hope that these things don't come in threes.
Sorry to hear that Richard. Us racing PHers are having a rotten run of luck! Sorry not to have caught up with you. We were lucky enough to get pit garages for the weekend, and with the rain we didn't venture out much. Well at all actually!
griff2be said:Once again I had every intention of getting around to saying hello - overheating problems all day Satudray and unfortunately by 10:00 on Sunday I had other things on my mind.
Sorry to hear that Richard. Us racing PHers are having a rotten run of luck! Sorry not to have caught up with you. We were lucky enough to get pit garages for the weekend, and with the rain we didn't venture out much. Well at all actually!
. Still, It's amazing what you can do with two rolls of tank tape - I got off very lightly - apart from the bonet, I'm down a lower wishbone and a rose joint. Bit pissed off about rear bodywork damage (complete with another competitors paint :grr
though. Photos on the car preparation thread are an inspiration though
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