3 MEV EXOCETS RACING AT BRANDS HATCH
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This will be very entertaining, as part of DTM weekend the Nippon Challenge event will have 3 Exocets on the grid on the 2nd/3rd/4th Sept.
It shows what happens when you reduce the weight of an MX5. Racing against much more powerful cars these Exocets nip around the bigger cars on the outside of turns and brake so much later. With only 130bhp they are a surprisingly good match for the Subarus etc. This is not a MEV sponsored event or a MEV advert but please re post this info if this post gets deleted, we are trying to boost support for the drivers and notifying pistonheaders of a good day out.
Regards Stuart Mills
It shows what happens when you reduce the weight of an MX5. Racing against much more powerful cars these Exocets nip around the bigger cars on the outside of turns and brake so much later. With only 130bhp they are a surprisingly good match for the Subarus etc. This is not a MEV sponsored event or a MEV advert but please re post this info if this post gets deleted, we are trying to boost support for the drivers and notifying pistonheaders of a good day out.
Regards Stuart Mills
I have found the running order for the event..
http://www2.motorsportvision.co.uk/media/107860/dt...
Looks like a great day out!
http://www2.motorsportvision.co.uk/media/107860/dt...
Looks like a great day out!
Yes indeed, what a fantastic race, well done to Jonathon Blake (second) and Alac Livesley (third) Only a 4 hundreths of a second separated the fastest laps just showing how close the racing will be next year in the new MX150R series to be run by www.ma5daracing.com Sorry about the wobble on the camera, far too much going off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO7rctrSPhQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO7rctrSPhQ
Edited by Stuart Mills on Tuesday 6th September 17:08
Just heard there will be 2 or 3 Exocets racing at Croft this weekend in the MX5 championship. They will be tagged on the back of the MK3 grid. The MK3's have lots more power than the MEV's so it will be interesting to see if the Exocets have met their match. See www.ma5daracing.com for more info.
Following on from an amazing 2nd and 3rd for Jonathon Blake and Alec Livesley last week at Brands Hatch (Nippon event) they travelled north to Croft this weekend. The race is for MX5 MK3 cars but the Exocets were allowed to enter on special grounds. It was clear from the qualifying times that those who doubted the performance figures we expected must eat some humble pie. The MK3 cars are stripped out and tuned to 180 BHP. The Exocets (MX150R's) are around 140 after a head skim. However the MEV's went so well that the race organisers decided that they should start from the back of the grid and be held for 10 seconds after the green light. What a long 10 seconds that seemed to me, poised with my little video camera. We later checked the on board camera on one car to see an 18 second gap before they were given the green flag. We then witnessed what must have been totally unexpected to everyone. Within 2 laps they had caught the back markers and by the end of the race they finished in an amazing 5th and 6th.
More good news followed too as whilst the noises we heard in the pits were to the effect that these kit cars were no match for the MK3 cars we dicovered after the race that Jonathon recorded the fastest lap time of the race. This suggests that he would have been 1st if he was not delayed somewhat at the start. Alec also achieved very quick lap times, the 2 were separated by only 3 hundreths of a second. Again going to show how close these cars and drivers are matched. The same thing happened on Sundays race too. This time a delay of around 10 seconds seemed to be correctish. Again Jonathon took the fastest lap time with Alec nono seconds behind. Michael Pearson also had a great race and managed to catch and take a few back markers.
Fantastic to watch and a great demonstration of what we have a chieved in a very short time.
Shakey video showing race progress here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvwve2HGWK0
Thinking about joining in the fun? Contact www.ma5daracing.com or come to www.mevltd.co.uk for more details of the cars.
Next weekend the 3 cars will be in action again. These hard working/hard driving trio will be at Mallory. I seriously recommend a visit. This time they will be competing against the best Jap cars on the UK circuits. We are not expecting a win due to the 500 bhp some cars in the race will be running but we have already seen them show a clean set of heals to 7 type cars on many occasions as the Exocet corner exit speed are far superior. It will be great to ee them next week as some of the cars they will fly past have far more power but drive the front wheels. How odd is that?
More good news followed too as whilst the noises we heard in the pits were to the effect that these kit cars were no match for the MK3 cars we dicovered after the race that Jonathon recorded the fastest lap time of the race. This suggests that he would have been 1st if he was not delayed somewhat at the start. Alec also achieved very quick lap times, the 2 were separated by only 3 hundreths of a second. Again going to show how close these cars and drivers are matched. The same thing happened on Sundays race too. This time a delay of around 10 seconds seemed to be correctish. Again Jonathon took the fastest lap time with Alec nono seconds behind. Michael Pearson also had a great race and managed to catch and take a few back markers.
Fantastic to watch and a great demonstration of what we have a chieved in a very short time.
Shakey video showing race progress here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvwve2HGWK0
Thinking about joining in the fun? Contact www.ma5daracing.com or come to www.mevltd.co.uk for more details of the cars.
Next weekend the 3 cars will be in action again. These hard working/hard driving trio will be at Mallory. I seriously recommend a visit. This time they will be competing against the best Jap cars on the UK circuits. We are not expecting a win due to the 500 bhp some cars in the race will be running but we have already seen them show a clean set of heals to 7 type cars on many occasions as the Exocet corner exit speed are far superior. It will be great to ee them next week as some of the cars they will fly past have far more power but drive the front wheels. How odd is that?
Edited by Stuart Mills on Monday 12th September 10:18
Race reporting once again and wearing a big big smile. They socked it to em once again. Finishing 2nd and 3rd in the "up to 550 bhp class" at Mallory today. Brilliant techniques shown once again by Jonathon Blake, Alec Livesley and Michael Pearson in the second race especially as the heavens opend just as they lined up on the grid!
Not expected or we would have switched to wets but the rest of the grid had the same problem too demonsrating how to drive in heavy spray. I even spotted a rainbow as in the picture below, looks like there is gold at the end, in this case an Exocet.
I was delighted to read the lap times and discover Jonathons best to be faster than the fastest Caterham even in the dry Caterham race. I would have expected 7's corner exit speeds to be slower than the Exocets but not to this extent.
Next outing is Pembry. Video to follow I hope.
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