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Great pics 
Really enjoyed the racing today.
Great to be back doing a bit of flag waving and supporting and catching up the the teams and drivers who all made us really welcome.
Congratulations to Ginge who won overall for the season and a storming finish by Darren Dowling on top form...... a really excellent drive and a pleasure to watch.
Good also to see David Mason younger brother Elliot take to the Tuscan stage, although it was strange to see David watching rather than racing.
Glad Lee's dad David suffered only minor injuries....hope to see him back in the car soon.
And Andy did a great job under pressure getting his Tuscan back on track and keeping it there for race 2.
Mrs Hui....what happened to Hugh in the last race, we saw him pull into the pits...?
Great day, even the MX5 were entertaining too, especially when it got a wee bit wet
Thanks to all for the company today.
YP
>> Edited by yellow peril on Sunday 23 October 22:46
Really enjoyed the racing today.
Great to be back doing a bit of flag waving and supporting and catching up the the teams and drivers who all made us really welcome.
Congratulations to Ginge who won overall for the season and a storming finish by Darren Dowling on top form...... a really excellent drive and a pleasure to watch.
Good also to see David Mason younger brother Elliot take to the Tuscan stage, although it was strange to see David watching rather than racing.
Glad Lee's dad David suffered only minor injuries....hope to see him back in the car soon.
And Andy did a great job under pressure getting his Tuscan back on track and keeping it there for race 2.
Mrs Hui....what happened to Hugh in the last race, we saw him pull into the pits...?
Great day, even the MX5 were entertaining too, especially when it got a wee bit wet
Thanks to all for the company today.
YP
>> Edited by yellow peril on Sunday 23 October 22:46
waggy said:
had a great day today at snetterton watching the tuscans racing plus a griff and some wedges,,,thought you might like to see some pics,, i have put them on daves site follow link and go to bottom of list marked snetterton.....
http://ph.uncle-dave.co.uk/upload/ind
cya
Alex
the Site seems broken at the mo
Twas a good day though and I thought the mix worked well, dispite it probably being the worst track in terms of speed differentials to try it first... and the very sick A class wedge wasnt very representive, so it should be very interesting next year with plenty of new cars
G
Great to see everybody there yesterday for the first of hopefully many more combined TVR races. It was the first time that the Tuscans and the TVRCC boys have raced together, and whilst there was a speed differential between the cars (exaggerated by the long straights), all the drivers enjoyed it and we accept this is a necessary compromise in order to have a full enough grid to make a TVR only series a reality for 2006. Provided we always have enough groups of cars with similar performance, everybody should have fun and a good race, and fundamentally, that’s what it is all about The both paddocks combined well with a very friendly and supportive atmosphere.
As usual, I had an “interesting” day. The car was playing up at the end of qualifying, so in the hour available we threw a couple of fixes at it and crossed our fingers for the race. I got a great start, gained 2 places and headed up to Riches in 2nd place, when the misfire returned – everyone streamed past and managed to avoid me – apologies to the rest of the grid for being a mobile chicane. I got as far as the entry to the pit lane before it would go no further. The race had been red flagged as a Taz had gone off at Riches, so I pushed the car up the pit lane (uphill!!!), where we once again changed the ECU and fired up using an external battery. I joined the grid from the pit lane, but the car died on the green flag lap on the Revett straight. Bugger
Unfortunately Elliott and Dave Caroline had a coming together on the restart, with Dave hitting the pit wall heavily. The race was red flagged again to allow the medical crew to extract Dave from the car – after initial concerns about neck injuries fortunately he had only hurt his thumb (caught in the steering wheel) – and a bang on the head from the rollcage.
The race was cancelled and instead we would run a single 15 lap race.
No 6 had a faulty alternator – the car would run for as long as there was charge in the battery, but with the small race battery that meant about 6 laps on a full charge. We didn’t have time to change the alternator, so we nicked the big battery out of my step dad’s road car, and ratchet strapped it into the race car. We had no idea whether it would last 15 laps.
We had another scare on the grid when the car wouldn’t restart but Darren’s mechanic came sprinting onto the track with an auxiliary battery and got us started.
The race itself was great fun – I got another good start and took two places – held second place for a lap and a half until I made a mistake at Sear which let Tim and Elliot through on the straight. It took me three laps to retake Elliot – and whilst I was then able to pull away, there were a couple of occasions when I hit traffic at unfortunate places on the track. I came up on Graham having a ding dong battle with Mark in the Griff, with both of them overtaking poor George in the very sick Tasmin – three abreast round an oil-covered Coram was not really an option, so I had to sit tight until the straight, then go past. Elliot had now closed right up, which increased the pressure somewhat!
Tim and Darren had a great race, with Darren just holding on for the win. To my amazement/delight the battery held up just long enough for us to finish in 3rd - there were some emotional scenes on the pit wall – none of us thought I’d finish The battery was completely flat by the end – we had to jump start Dad’s road car!
All in all I had a fabulous day – the usual panic and drama with a great result at the end which made it all worthwhile. It was fantastic to see the flags being waved on the banking – and really good to catch up with the Mid Essex posse. Sorry I had so little time to talk – Debs – great cakes as usual! It was just like the good old days…
We will now start the long job of transforming the Tuscan into a V8 Sagaris racer over the winter (which contrary to some rumours I heard yesterday, is very much a reality).
For 2006 we should be able to combine the two series into a really strong championship with grids of 20 or more cars – something I think everyone would like to see
The both paddocks combined well with a very friendly and supportive atmosphere. As usual, I had an “interesting” day. The car was playing up at the end of qualifying, so in the hour available we threw a couple of fixes at it and crossed our fingers for the race. I got a great start, gained 2 places and headed up to Riches in 2nd place, when the misfire returned – everyone streamed past and managed to avoid me – apologies to the rest of the grid for being a mobile chicane. I got as far as the entry to the pit lane before it would go no further. The race had been red flagged as a Taz had gone off at Riches, so I pushed the car up the pit lane (uphill!!!), where we once again changed the ECU and fired up using an external battery. I joined the grid from the pit lane, but the car died on the green flag lap on the Revett straight. Bugger
Unfortunately Elliott and Dave Caroline had a coming together on the restart, with Dave hitting the pit wall heavily. The race was red flagged again to allow the medical crew to extract Dave from the car – after initial concerns about neck injuries fortunately he had only hurt his thumb (caught in the steering wheel) – and a bang on the head from the rollcage.
The race was cancelled and instead we would run a single 15 lap race.
No 6 had a faulty alternator – the car would run for as long as there was charge in the battery, but with the small race battery that meant about 6 laps on a full charge. We didn’t have time to change the alternator, so we nicked the big battery out of my step dad’s road car, and ratchet strapped it into the race car. We had no idea whether it would last 15 laps.
We had another scare on the grid when the car wouldn’t restart but Darren’s mechanic came sprinting onto the track with an auxiliary battery and got us started.
The race itself was great fun – I got another good start and took two places – held second place for a lap and a half until I made a mistake at Sear which let Tim and Elliot through on the straight. It took me three laps to retake Elliot – and whilst I was then able to pull away, there were a couple of occasions when I hit traffic at unfortunate places on the track. I came up on Graham having a ding dong battle with Mark in the Griff, with both of them overtaking poor George in the very sick Tasmin – three abreast round an oil-covered Coram was not really an option, so I had to sit tight until the straight, then go past. Elliot had now closed right up, which increased the pressure somewhat!
Tim and Darren had a great race, with Darren just holding on for the win. To my amazement/delight the battery held up just long enough for us to finish in 3rd - there were some emotional scenes on the pit wall – none of us thought I’d finish
The battery was completely flat by the end – we had to jump start Dad’s road car! All in all I had a fabulous day – the usual panic and drama with a great result at the end which made it all worthwhile. It was fantastic to see the flags being waved on the banking – and really good to catch up with the Mid Essex posse. Sorry I had so little time to talk – Debs – great cakes as usual! It was just like the good old days…
We will now start the long job of transforming the Tuscan into a V8 Sagaris racer over the winter (which contrary to some rumours I heard yesterday, is very much a reality).
For 2006 we should be able to combine the two series into a really strong championship with grids of 20 or more cars – something I think everyone would like to see
You know you've had a good weekend's racing when you've had an incident with a bag of bananas, a trip to the gents and had your reputation thoroughly reinvented 
All in all an interesting weekend and I hope my favourite pink car feels better soon (seem to be saying that rather a lot recently!).
Glitter anyone?!
edited to add, Mr Walden, I think I may be getting your cold hrumph!
>> Edited by lexie on Monday 24th October 12:44
All in all an interesting weekend and I hope my favourite pink car feels better soon (seem to be saying that rather a lot recently!).
Glitter anyone?!
edited to add, Mr Walden, I think I may be getting your cold hrumph!
>> Edited by lexie on Monday 24th October 12:44
I do like this pic
http://ph.uncle-dave.co.uk/upload/ima
a brace of Tuscan Challenge cars, Little no2 tucked up behind its big brothers, then a turbo Taz and poor old topless v6 Steamer getting in on the action
G
http://ph.uncle-dave.co.uk/upload/ima
a brace of Tuscan Challenge cars, Little no2 tucked up behind its big brothers, then a turbo Taz and poor old topless v6 Steamer getting in on the action
G
trackcar said:
wow sounds ilke you guys had a really eventful time of it. shame we couldn't be there, at the one circuit our car ought to go well at aswell .. bugger!
really pleased to see spirits up though, and here's to big grids and great action next year
yeah I was really please with the way things went, and recently I've been speaking to quite a few new drivers, and a few of the old cars have been sold, so next season should easily see 20+ cars with a mix of Tuscan Challenge/sagaris, THe THorpedo, chevy Tuscan, Old tuscan, Griff, Chimaera, 3000m and not forgeting The Tasmins..
Its Just like Le Mans out on the track....
waggy said:
thought you might like to see some pics,, i have put them on daves site follow link and go to bottom of list marked snetterton.....
http://ph.uncle-dave.co.uk/upload/ind
cya
Alex
Alex,
These are the only pictures I've seen thus far of yesterday's action - would you mind if I used them to illustrate a News Story about the race on the TVRCC site (with appropriate credit of course)?
Kind regards
Ralph Dodds
TVRCC PR Manager
[quote=Ralph Dodds]
These are the only pictures I've seen thus far of yesterday's action - would you mind if I used them to illustrate a News Story about the race on the TVRCC site (with appropriate credit of course)? [/quote
Thats what happens when we get our photographer in a race car <LOL>
so there is a vacancy for a photographer next season as George is racing....
These are the only pictures I've seen thus far of yesterday's action - would you mind if I used them to illustrate a News Story about the race on the TVRCC site (with appropriate credit of course)? [/quote
Thats what happens when we get our photographer in a race car <LOL>
so there is a vacancy for a photographer next season as George is racing....
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