Castle Combe lap times

[smiles1]

BrotherMouzone said:

Some really quick time there. I need to grow a pair.

Tiff Needell managed 1:15 in a standard 997.1 RS on Fifth Gear in 2007.

I guess the Z4M isn’t standard?

From memory that was from a standing start? But I may be wrong.

Interesting website:

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/castle-combe

[BrotherMouzone]

smiles1 said:

From memory that was from a standing start? But I may be wrong.

Interesting website:

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/castle-combe

Flying.

https://youtu.be/xNm31VddlOw

As suggested, I guess it’s a mixture of old (poorer) track surface and an improvement on tyre technology?

[wellground]

We're not too far off the pace then.

[smiles1]

BrotherMouzone said:

smiles1 said:

From memory that was from a standing start? But I may be wrong.

Interesting website:

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/castle-combe

Flying.

https://youtu.be/xNm31VddlOw

As suggested, I guess it’s a mixture of old (poorer) track surface and an improvement on tyre technology?

My mistake, sorry

[Matt97]

I see someone did a 59.24 in a Gould gr55 during the sprint they had on yesterday!

[wellground]

Matt97 said:

I see someone did a 59.24 in a Gould gr55 during the sprint they had on yesterday!

Was that a full flying lap?

[Galveston]

wellground said:

Was that a full flying lap?

Yep - the sprint is one and three-quarter laps from a standing start in the pit lane to a flying finish after Bobbies. The flying lap is timed from the sprint course finish line.

Mine is 1:25 in a bog-standard Clio 172 Cup on Michelin PS3s.

Edited by Galveston on Tuesday 27th March 07:18

[wellground]

Galveston said:

wellground said:

Was that a full flying lap?

Yep - the sprint is one and three-quarter laps from a standing start in the pit lane to a flying finish after Bobbies. The flying lap is timed from the sprint course finish line.

Mine is 1:25 in a bog-standard Clio 172 Cup on Michelin PS3s.

Edited by Galveston on Tuesday 27th March 07:18

I have seen the footage now. It was a formula car. That's close to the lap record isn't it ?

[Galveston]

wellground said:

I have seen the footage now. It was a formula car. That's close to the lap record isn't it ?

Apparently it beat the record.

[wellground]

Galveston said:

wellground said:

I have seen the footage now. It was a formula car. That's close to the lap record isn't it ?

Apparently it beat the record.

Astonishing, I was told it was doing 160 through Folly. Can you imagine the brown stain that would make ?

[PaulV]

I have put a clip up on youtube of an earlier lap. Was taken from the far end of the pit wall.
Was rather impressive the speeds being carried up Avon rise and around Quarry.
Sorry is a bit wobbly.
Search for Combe Gould GR55

[Chris Sideways]

Galveston said:

Apparently it beat the record.

I think Tony Sinclair had the record from back in the day when Sport GT allowed the big engine cars, I was there it was around 2004/5 he did a very low 61 in. Nissan powered Jade Sports prototype as I remember.

[Chris Sideways]

Galveston said:

Apparently it beat the record.

I think Tony Sinclair had the record from back in the day when Sport GT allowed the big engine cars, I was there it was around 2004/5 he did a very low 61 in. Nissan powered Jade Sports prototype as I remember.

[hunter 66]

Did F3 there and think we did 58-59 sec but that was before the chicanes ...remember the from Quarry was flat and very scary ...the kink was bumpy and on the edge in the Dallara .....
But see the new GT3 road car did a 1 min 12 in Autocar test

[Blatter]

There's a 1:16-ish second lap in on this video

[df76]

hunter 66 said:

Did F3 there and think we did 58-59 sec but that was before the chicanes ...remember the from Quarry was flat and very scary ...the kink was bumpy and on the edge in the Dallara .....
But see the new GT3 road car did a 1 min 12 in Autocar test

The outright record for the current layout (with chicanes) is a 59.3 set by Dan Clarke in a F3 car. Pretty sure that they had only c.200bhp in that spec car, and only giving away about 400bhp to the Gould sprint car. I remember marshalling at Quarry and watching the F3s come over Avon Rise absolutely flat.. Impressive.

[77racing]

Rover V8 TVR Tuscan Race 402BHP on 888,s 1.14sec there abouts. I will be there on Friday in the Rover setting up some new dampers so looking forward to seeing what the track feels like with the new tarmac. I was told Tower now has a nasty bump in it, and a lake forms at the pit in point when it raind any truth in those two coments. Was there last summer in my Chevrolet TVR Tuscan race 525BHP new slix and was consistently in the mid 1:09,s yeee haaar

[wellground]

I am there Friday too. The bump isn’t at Tower, it’s on the apex at Westway. It’s a slight drop, only really affects the car when it’s wet.

[Milkie]

Wow... Some really really quick times!

Ford Puma - 123bhp?
Stripped out
Sport Manifold & Exhaust
AP Coilovers
ST150 Brakes

My fastest is 1:27, avg 1:29, as in nearly every lap I can hit 1:29.(Timed with a 10Hz BT GPS)
Always 2 of us in the car, 120Kg & 75Kg ish.
This was nearly 2 years ago now, hopefully have it running at Combe again in the summer, once we get the cambelt and a few other things sorted.

[HorneyMX5]

Back today in my R53 Cooper S and dipping into the 1.22s. Bloody hot day!