Informal sprint day at Curborough THIS FRIDAY
Discussion
I go with my Chimaera to informal sprint days at Curborough (near Lichfield - WS13 8EJ if you want to look at it on Google maps/aerial photos), organised by some nice young geezers once a month. They run a three lap course that is challenging, interesting and fun.
This month's event was originally scheduled for this Thursday and was fully booked, but the date has had to be changed at the last moment (due to an influx of pork on Thursday), so the date has been moved at short notice to this FRIDAY (23rd May).
The days are huge fun, you will probably do 20-30 runs during the day, which will be as many as you want, use about 50 miles fuel and have a broad grin on your face as you try to be best in class against all the other TVRs. There are five TVRs already booked - lets see how many we can get! There will be a nice mix of other cars, including some exotica and some ordinary stuff. There is an 18 car limit for the day to make sure that you don't have to wait long between runs, and it runs from 9.30 to 5.30, but come along as and when you like. A fish and chip run is done at lunchtime (£5), and there is a meet at the pub afterwards if you want to go.
Standard cars will be fine, track tyres a bonus if you have them. You don't need a helmet, but I choose to wear one. Bring your driving licence. The cost is normally £60, but this time due to the change of date, it is a stunning £40.
To join in, email Dan on sprintandtrackday@hotmail.co.uk.
To ask questions, either ask Dan, or call me on 07736 774325
This month's event was originally scheduled for this Thursday and was fully booked, but the date has had to be changed at the last moment (due to an influx of pork on Thursday), so the date has been moved at short notice to this FRIDAY (23rd May).
The days are huge fun, you will probably do 20-30 runs during the day, which will be as many as you want, use about 50 miles fuel and have a broad grin on your face as you try to be best in class against all the other TVRs. There are five TVRs already booked - lets see how many we can get! There will be a nice mix of other cars, including some exotica and some ordinary stuff. There is an 18 car limit for the day to make sure that you don't have to wait long between runs, and it runs from 9.30 to 5.30, but come along as and when you like. A fish and chip run is done at lunchtime (£5), and there is a meet at the pub afterwards if you want to go.
Standard cars will be fine, track tyres a bonus if you have them. You don't need a helmet, but I choose to wear one. Bring your driving licence. The cost is normally £60, but this time due to the change of date, it is a stunning £40.
To join in, email Dan on sprintandtrackday@hotmail.co.uk.
To ask questions, either ask Dan, or call me on 07736 774325
Looking forward to it!
The list of those taking part is now:
SteveSPG (Tamora)
QBee (Chim)
Phazed (Chim)
AcidRich (Griff)
Rib (Chim)
an Arial Atom
an Ultima CanAm/Focus RS
a Caterham R500
a Fuego race car
a Scooby
an MR2 Turbo
an MX5
a Peugeot 106
a Clio 197
So an interesting mix - remember, it is run in classes, so you will be up against the other TVRs.
4 spaces left - c'mon TVR guys, we could have a lot of fun with four more TVRs.
The list of those taking part is now:
SteveSPG (Tamora)
QBee (Chim)
Phazed (Chim)
AcidRich (Griff)
Rib (Chim)
an Arial Atom
an Ultima CanAm/Focus RS
a Caterham R500
a Fuego race car
a Scooby
an MR2 Turbo
an MX5
a Peugeot 106
a Clio 197
So an interesting mix - remember, it is run in classes, so you will be up against the other TVRs.
4 spaces left - c'mon TVR guys, we could have a lot of fun with four more TVRs.
Was lovely today until 4pm despite forecast for heavy rain all day!
The Mrs will be down with specials from the car parts place she works at with car cleaning stuff and possibly tools at good prices too so bring ya dosh with ya, man maths means you have £20 to spend with the reduced cost tomorrow
The Mrs will be down with specials from the car parts place she works at with car cleaning stuff and possibly tools at good prices too so bring ya dosh with ya, man maths means you have £20 to spend with the reduced cost tomorrow
Right, bit delayed but here's my round up of the day
1st of all, just a quick thanks to Dan and the team for organising it and despite the last minute change of date due to the track organiser, we had a fantastic turn out, including 7 TVR's which for me was fantastic! Along with these though one of the regulars was there in his face bending supercharged Atom, a self built Can Am Ultima which I think stole the show, an R500 caterham which seemed to ignore the laws of physics at times aswell as a great mixture of cars from Fuegos and clios, to EP3's and Imprezzas.
Despite the forecast we had a pretty dry day, the odd spit of rain but nothing major. This ment the track was busy as everyone was wanting to get some times in before the rain might of come! despite this the wait was still never too bad but was probably the busiest I've know it from start to finish!
Within the TVR lot, we had a few new faces, 3 of which were all crazy in their own right. 1st up, Steve in what I believe is a relatively standard Tuscan, and the 1st driver I have met who truly knows how to handle them round the track! Truly driving on the edge and set some times which raised everyone's eyebrows within just a couple of laps. After a quite spectacular spin and hitting a mud mound he slowed down (not by much!) and gradually brought his times tumbling down and by the end of the day he set a fantastic time even beating the dominant GTR (aside from the caterfields etc)
Then there was Peter (Phazed) in his 5.5 Chim which really threw you back into your seat and certainly gave me engine envy! A good base time was set but struggled to beat it untill towards the end, as he said to me, its alot less relaxed than a traditional track day and can be very frustrating at times! Once he started to bring his times back down though the smile started coming back and set a very respectable time for a first day there, and I think could still shave around 2 seconds off his time with abit of fine tweaking.
Lastly was Steves LS3 Tamora, I believe was giving it a bit of a shakedown, and like the ultima struggled with traction at times but looked to be thoroughly enjoying himself with a sound akin to an old WW2 Spitfire!
Also we had Matt in the tuscan with no dash which certainly made gear changes plenty of fun! He set a 1'40.2 In seventh was Richard Cresswell with a 1'41.4 which I'm sure will be improved on as he's very keen on returning soon!
Nigel Pugh smashed the joint record with an incredible 1'21.8, which is a massive 0.9 seconds quicker than the previous time - considering the conditions, we were all surprised with the time! It certainly gives Nige an edge in the light hearted banter war! Kev in the Atom returned to his second home to set a new PB of 1'25.4 which moved him upto third in class, just above Russ Halley. With a set of new front tyres Kev could certainly be challenging the 1'22s! Third in class, and possibly stand out car of the day, was probably Mark Harries' wonderful LS powered Ultima. A tad big for the small confines of Curborough perhaps, Mark had oversteer on tap, and was very exciting to watch all day, he ended the day with a 1'29.0.
With being busy trying to get on track and take pics I didn't get chance to talk to everyone but was a great day ended as the rain started to come down come 5 o'clock and everyone I did manage to speak to had said they would love to come back again and had really good fun whilst not being pressured with other cars on track.
Master Leaderboard
(Turbocharged and supercharged cars are capacity times 1.4)
Lap record - Nigel Pugh - Caterham R500 - 1'21.8
Track/none road legal class
Michael Andrews - Westfield (VX engine) - 1'22.7 (FTD)
David Sibley - Renault Fuego race car - 1'31.1
Dan Smith - Renault Clio 1.2 - 1'35.8
Specialist production
Nigel Pugh - Caterham R500 - 1'21.8
Marcus Hickling - MK Indy (R1) - 1'22.7
Kev Jarman - Ariel Atom 300 - 1'25.4
Russ Halley - Westfield (Ford engine) - 1'25.6
Mark Harries - Ultima Canam - 1'29.0
Michael Ratcliffe - Sylva Striker - 1'38.5
Supercar
Andy Green - Nissan GTR - 1'24.9
Carson Wong - E92 BMW M3S - 1'29.7
British Sports car class
Steve - TVR Tuscan - 1'22.9
Jony Ellis - TVR Chimaera 4.3 - 1'28.0
Peter High - TVR Chimaera 5.5 - 1'28.4
Anthony Bristow - TVR Chimaera 5.0 - 1'29.5
Steve Gullick - LS TVR Tamora - 1'32.0
Matt - TVR Tuscan - TVR Tuscan - 1'40.2
Richard Cresswell - TVR Griffith - 1'41.4
Over two litre class
Gary Meredith - Mitsubishi EVOX - 1'28.8
Mark Wood - BMW 135i - 1'30.3
Shaun Fisher - Nissan 350Z - 1'32.0
Mark Chambers - Toyota MR2 Turbo - 1'32.9
Russ - Nissan 350Z - 1'33.3
Paul Ullah - Subaru Impreza - 1'36.1
Peter Kaiser - E90 BMW 330i - 1'39.1
Daniel Smith - Land Rover Discovery V8 - 2'04
Over two litre class (FWD)
Alex Wallis - Volkswagen MK2 Golf GTI (1.8T VAG) - 1'32.3
Tom Glibbery - R56 Mini Cooper S Mayfair - 1'37.9
John - R53 Mini Cooper S JCW - 1'41.2
Craig Farrow - Skoda Octavia VRS - 1'40.3
1600-2 litre class
Ashley Brown - FN2 Honda Civic Type-R - 1'29.3
Stefan - EP3 Honda Type-R - 1'29.4
Paul Hammant - MK1 Mazda MX5 - 1'30.9
Daniel Morris - Renault Clio 172 Cup - 1'31.2
Matt Harvey - Renault CLio 172 Cup - 1'31.6
Chris Hammant - Renault Clio 200 - 1'33.8
Geoff Heath - Toyota GT86 - 1'34.9
Raymond Chan - Civic EK - 1'35.0
Bede - Renault Clio 197 - 1'37.3
Michael Durnell - Ford Fiesta ST - 1'38.4
William Locock - Subaru BRZ - 1'38.7
Glen Jackson - Toyota MR2 Convertible - 1'39.7
Upto 1600 class
Rich Harman - 106 rallye - 1'33.5
Jake Brown - Fiat Punto 1.4 - 1'46.7
Alternative Fuels class
Michael Andrews - Volkswagen Passat Estate - 1'38.1
anyway enough Jibbering here are some pics, for all the rest please have a look on my page here:
https://www.facebook.com/jonpaulellisgraphics
and if you want to book for next month get in touch with Dan and I shall be there again next month for sure
sprintandtrackday@hotmail.co.uk
[url]https://www.facebook.com/SprintAndTrackday?fref=ts[/img]
Also some images here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/david_s_gullick/sets...
1st of all, just a quick thanks to Dan and the team for organising it and despite the last minute change of date due to the track organiser, we had a fantastic turn out, including 7 TVR's which for me was fantastic! Along with these though one of the regulars was there in his face bending supercharged Atom, a self built Can Am Ultima which I think stole the show, an R500 caterham which seemed to ignore the laws of physics at times aswell as a great mixture of cars from Fuegos and clios, to EP3's and Imprezzas.
Despite the forecast we had a pretty dry day, the odd spit of rain but nothing major. This ment the track was busy as everyone was wanting to get some times in before the rain might of come! despite this the wait was still never too bad but was probably the busiest I've know it from start to finish!
Within the TVR lot, we had a few new faces, 3 of which were all crazy in their own right. 1st up, Steve in what I believe is a relatively standard Tuscan, and the 1st driver I have met who truly knows how to handle them round the track! Truly driving on the edge and set some times which raised everyone's eyebrows within just a couple of laps. After a quite spectacular spin and hitting a mud mound he slowed down (not by much!) and gradually brought his times tumbling down and by the end of the day he set a fantastic time even beating the dominant GTR (aside from the caterfields etc)
Then there was Peter (Phazed) in his 5.5 Chim which really threw you back into your seat and certainly gave me engine envy! A good base time was set but struggled to beat it untill towards the end, as he said to me, its alot less relaxed than a traditional track day and can be very frustrating at times! Once he started to bring his times back down though the smile started coming back and set a very respectable time for a first day there, and I think could still shave around 2 seconds off his time with abit of fine tweaking.
Lastly was Steves LS3 Tamora, I believe was giving it a bit of a shakedown, and like the ultima struggled with traction at times but looked to be thoroughly enjoying himself with a sound akin to an old WW2 Spitfire!
Also we had Matt in the tuscan with no dash which certainly made gear changes plenty of fun! He set a 1'40.2 In seventh was Richard Cresswell with a 1'41.4 which I'm sure will be improved on as he's very keen on returning soon!
Nigel Pugh smashed the joint record with an incredible 1'21.8, which is a massive 0.9 seconds quicker than the previous time - considering the conditions, we were all surprised with the time! It certainly gives Nige an edge in the light hearted banter war! Kev in the Atom returned to his second home to set a new PB of 1'25.4 which moved him upto third in class, just above Russ Halley. With a set of new front tyres Kev could certainly be challenging the 1'22s! Third in class, and possibly stand out car of the day, was probably Mark Harries' wonderful LS powered Ultima. A tad big for the small confines of Curborough perhaps, Mark had oversteer on tap, and was very exciting to watch all day, he ended the day with a 1'29.0.
With being busy trying to get on track and take pics I didn't get chance to talk to everyone but was a great day ended as the rain started to come down come 5 o'clock and everyone I did manage to speak to had said they would love to come back again and had really good fun whilst not being pressured with other cars on track.
Master Leaderboard
(Turbocharged and supercharged cars are capacity times 1.4)
Lap record - Nigel Pugh - Caterham R500 - 1'21.8
Track/none road legal class
Michael Andrews - Westfield (VX engine) - 1'22.7 (FTD)
David Sibley - Renault Fuego race car - 1'31.1
Dan Smith - Renault Clio 1.2 - 1'35.8
Specialist production
Nigel Pugh - Caterham R500 - 1'21.8
Marcus Hickling - MK Indy (R1) - 1'22.7
Kev Jarman - Ariel Atom 300 - 1'25.4
Russ Halley - Westfield (Ford engine) - 1'25.6
Mark Harries - Ultima Canam - 1'29.0
Michael Ratcliffe - Sylva Striker - 1'38.5
Supercar
Andy Green - Nissan GTR - 1'24.9
Carson Wong - E92 BMW M3S - 1'29.7
British Sports car class
Steve - TVR Tuscan - 1'22.9
Jony Ellis - TVR Chimaera 4.3 - 1'28.0
Peter High - TVR Chimaera 5.5 - 1'28.4
Anthony Bristow - TVR Chimaera 5.0 - 1'29.5
Steve Gullick - LS TVR Tamora - 1'32.0
Matt - TVR Tuscan - TVR Tuscan - 1'40.2
Richard Cresswell - TVR Griffith - 1'41.4
Over two litre class
Gary Meredith - Mitsubishi EVOX - 1'28.8
Mark Wood - BMW 135i - 1'30.3
Shaun Fisher - Nissan 350Z - 1'32.0
Mark Chambers - Toyota MR2 Turbo - 1'32.9
Russ - Nissan 350Z - 1'33.3
Paul Ullah - Subaru Impreza - 1'36.1
Peter Kaiser - E90 BMW 330i - 1'39.1
Daniel Smith - Land Rover Discovery V8 - 2'04
Over two litre class (FWD)
Alex Wallis - Volkswagen MK2 Golf GTI (1.8T VAG) - 1'32.3
Tom Glibbery - R56 Mini Cooper S Mayfair - 1'37.9
John - R53 Mini Cooper S JCW - 1'41.2
Craig Farrow - Skoda Octavia VRS - 1'40.3
1600-2 litre class
Ashley Brown - FN2 Honda Civic Type-R - 1'29.3
Stefan - EP3 Honda Type-R - 1'29.4
Paul Hammant - MK1 Mazda MX5 - 1'30.9
Daniel Morris - Renault Clio 172 Cup - 1'31.2
Matt Harvey - Renault CLio 172 Cup - 1'31.6
Chris Hammant - Renault Clio 200 - 1'33.8
Geoff Heath - Toyota GT86 - 1'34.9
Raymond Chan - Civic EK - 1'35.0
Bede - Renault Clio 197 - 1'37.3
Michael Durnell - Ford Fiesta ST - 1'38.4
William Locock - Subaru BRZ - 1'38.7
Glen Jackson - Toyota MR2 Convertible - 1'39.7
Upto 1600 class
Rich Harman - 106 rallye - 1'33.5
Jake Brown - Fiat Punto 1.4 - 1'46.7
Alternative Fuels class
Michael Andrews - Volkswagen Passat Estate - 1'38.1
anyway enough Jibbering here are some pics, for all the rest please have a look on my page here:
https://www.facebook.com/jonpaulellisgraphics
and if you want to book for next month get in touch with Dan and I shall be there again next month for sure
sprintandtrackday@hotmail.co.uk
[url]https://www.facebook.com/SprintAndTrackday?fref=ts[/img]
Also some images here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/david_s_gullick/sets...
Edited by Rib on Monday 26th May 21:56
Skylinecrazy said:
Hope all that attended enjoyed themselves - was certainly a fair few of you!
- Dan
Thanks Dan,- Dan
Great day and well organised, looking forward to another when the work schedule allows.
Nice to meet all of you, a very friendly bunch and thanks to QBee for the loan of the jack to remove the greenhouse from under my car.
Thanks Rib for your comments, I'll try to close the gap on the R500 next time.
Steve.
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