Ultima GTR at Britcar

[LuckyP]

Congratulations chaps!!!

TSL timing looked great after 1hr, running second overall. Not sure what happend after that.

When do we get vid guys?

http://www.youtube.com/user/macgracing

Took it to the big boys!!

Nice.

[LuckyP]

Just heard it was fuel pick up problems.

How did the reat of the car hold up?

[macgtech]

Well, it was a rather epic day! We had only managed to complete 20 laps prior to qualifying due to a few fuelling niggles but hit qualifying and managed to get 4th on the grid - though there was still a lot to come from the car.

We ran in 3rd comfortably until a safety car came along and we did a tactical refuel, and headed out again. Once the Viper had pitted, we ran in 2nd for the next 40 minutes or so, and we came in to the pits for a full refuel. The refuelling seemed to develop an airlock, and we headed back out, only to find that some fuel pickup problems meant that we ran out of fuel on the entrance to the pitlane. The Team pushed the car down the pitlane and refuelled, and we headed back out. A few laps later the gearshift mechanism in the cabin came adrift making it almost impossible to change gear, so we had a 25 minute stop whilst that was repaired.

We headed out for a final stint and the driver put in some brilliant laps to move 8 places up the rankings and take the points for 3rd in class. It was a brilliant team effort and as you say we really did take it to the big boys.

We are not happy with the fuelling/refuelling/pollock valve setup at all so we are looking into getting this sorted for the next round (hopefully with a single tank) - the gearshift is a freak and that can be fixed easily.

Thanks for your support too - its good to know we have guys on here following our progress.

We will post up a full race report shortly.

[V8Dom]

Well Done... a fantastic achievement...

Car looks great and your build diary very good indeed.

Im sure we will all follow your developments on track and pop and say hello at some of the races..

Dom

[macgtech]

Thanks very much.

The Team was fantastic. Its a great achievement as you say, especially as 5 of our Team didn't even know each other 8 weeks ago. Its a good baseline to start the season with and when we iron out the few small glitches we had it will be excellent!

[macgtech]

A more comprehensive race report is available here:

http://www.macgracing.co.uk/BEC2011_round1.shtml

Gallery to follow - I haven't got the pictures yet but will put them up as soon as I do.

[LuckyP]

Great news.

I think a few of us will be watching your progress!!

Now....where's the video???;)

[deadscoob]

That's definitely taking it to the big boys. Excellent stuff.

[macgtech]

You want this video don't you! We haven't got anything on board but had a lot taken of the pitstops etc - still yet to get it off our photographer though!

[adam001]

Being part of the team and having had worked on the car for a little while now I would just like to say thank you to the people on this forum, the information here has been invaluable

Lots more to come!

Adam

[LuckyP]

macgtech said:

You want this video don't you! We haven't got anything on board but had a lot taken of the pitstops etc - still yet to get it off our photographer though!

Ha! It's an ongoing joke here Mr Macgtech. We crave track vids, but they are few and far between.

Next round please.

Just to see you drag off the line would be great!!!

[LuckyP]

adam001 said:

Being part of the team and having had worked on the car for a little while now I would just like to say thank you to the people on this forum, the information here has been invaluable

Lots more to come!

Adam

They are a very helpful bunch on here you are right Adam.

Normally a bit more helpful than this though - sorry!!:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[adam001]

LuckyP said:

They are a very helpful bunch on here you are right Adam.

Normally a bit more helpful than this though - sorry!!:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

No worries, Got lots of help with the Pollak, I did sort the wiring issue though

[V8Dom]

LuckyP said:

Ha! It's an ongoing joke here Mr Macgtech. We crave track vids, but they are few and far between.

Next round please.

Just to see you drag off the line would be great!!!

Pete, why do you not take them up on their offer on the website and compete in a Britcar round yourself...Being a master at incar cameras and having your own, maybe you could mount yours in the car when racing for all us to only dream of??

Dom

[LuckyP]

V8Dom said:

Pete, why do you not take them up on their offer on the website and compete in a Britcar round yourself...Being a master at incar cameras and having your own, maybe you could mount yours in the car when racing for all us to only dream of??

Dom

5 secs of glory and then slamming into the pitlane wall?? Na thanks!!

[UltimaCH]

LuckyP said:

5 secs of glory and then slamming into the pitlane wall?? Na thanks!!

I'm sure you can do better than that....!

[LuckyP]

UltimaCH said:

I'm sure you can do better than that....!

Ok, 6 secs....

[macgtech]

There is a lot of wall to choose from at Rockingham...

[UltimaCH]

LuckyP said:

Ok, 6 secs....

That's better

[macgtech]

Full race report available here:

http://www.macgracing.co.uk/BEC2011_round1.shtml

Some excellent images here:

http://xynamic.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0000wRHhS...

Enjoy!