Castle Combe GWS Sprint

[GTO600]

Just had my first event of the year yesterday at Castle Combe, weather was great so no excuses after all the winters upgrades except this time last year the clutch exploded in the practice session so didn't compete then in October l put a wheel on the astro tuff which span me backwards into the tyre barrier damaging the rear of the car. I entered a trackday at CC a couple of weeks ago to get some time with the car but failed noise testing, so after new Piper/Roush silencers & no real running with the car l was very nervous !

The GWS is 1.75 laps long for each run from a standing start, managed a class win with a time of 136.89 secs which 7 seconds faster than my previous 2009 best winning time & 5 seconds faster than last years class record.

The car is fantastic & huge thanks again goes to Dave & Matt @ Jetstream & of course Trevor (Yellowshed)& thanks James of Bridge tyres for somehow getting me a new set of 888's.

Kevin

[2.5bluenob]

congrats, bet your more than happy with that.

[FUNKSTER UK]

Well done Kev........

But tell me.....Did you manage to get full throttle on full boost ?

Well done again....Matty

[Adrian W]

Well done

[TuxMan]

Well done Kev Guess that means you only get half a lap headstart at silverstone

[GTO600]

Thanks guys,
Matty - flat in 5th on full boost through the right hander at the end of start/finish is fast !

Edited by GTO600 on Sunday 27th March 17:26

[Gadgeroonie]

pleased to hear you are sprinting the Noble

i had a go a few years ago in my fiesta and had a great time

did you manage to get much track time ? i found i was spending most of the day hanging around

[YellowShed]

GTO600 said:

Thanks guys,
Matty - flat in 5th on full boost through the right hander at the end of start/finish is fast !

Edited by GTO600 on Sunday 27th March 17:26

Kevin,

Awesome to be flat through that kink. Did they give you flying lap time? Well done and smashed the lap record....

YellowShed

[jamescmr2]

GTO600 said:

Thanks guys,
Matty - flat in 5th on full boost through the right hander at the end of start/finish is fast !

Edited by GTO600 on Sunday 27th March 17:26

great work. well done. i might have to look into these sprint events, they sound pretty good.

cheers

James

[R0162]

That is quite an improvement on time, aboslutely smashed it
It goes to prove that control is nothing without power.

[wessexrfc]

Great job Kevin

[klousehouse1]

That's great, well done. It is good to hear that all that hard work has paid off. Hope to see you a combe soon.
Cheers
Nick

[GTO600]

YellowShed said:

GTO600 said:

Thanks guys,
Matty - flat in 5th on full boost through the right hander at the end of start/finish is fast !

Edited by GTO600 on Sunday 27th March 17:26

Kevin,

Awesome to be flat through that kink. Did they give you flying lap time? Well done and smashed the lap record....

YellowShed

Trevor
Waiting for the official flying lap time but somewhere in the 1 min 11 secs.
Kevin

[YellowShed]

Kev,

That's right up there with chillidog's best times. Impressive. Fastest thing I've seen there was a supercharged Elise doing 1.08's!!

YellowShed

[obes]

Great job Kev! brilliant to see a Noble competing again

[D_G]

Hi Kev,

Well done mate, that is proper fast!! Was a really good day out, looking forward to the next one!

Cheers

Dave

[Loafing Wafu]

Your lap was staggering Kev. Can't think how I'm going to make up the 9 seconds you have over me! Only managed a 145, still 14 seconds faster than I went last year.

Here's my lap:
http://www.vimeo.com/21612857

[FUNKSTER UK]

Keith, Great Video clip....... What camera do you use if you don't mind me asking.

[Loafing Wafu]

FUNKSTER UK said:

Keith, Great Video clip....... What camera do you use if you don't mind me asking.

It's a kodak zi8 with an engine bay mic, mounted using an ultra clamp: http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roll-bar-cage-mounts....