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[chris_uk]

Good show! - 2:18.950 is none too shabby....    

fcuk me! Thats probably the nicest thing youve ever said to anyone on here! Good job man!

[fiveoclock]

Good show! - 2:18.950 is none too shabby....

 

 

Thank you   That was Jez's in qualifying in only his 3rd ever race. The boy's got talent

Edited by fiveoclock, 07 April 2014 - 12:37 PM.

[Scuffers]

 

Good show! - 2:18.950 is none too shabby....

 

 

Thank you   That was Jez's in qualifying in only his 3rd ever race. The boy's got talent

 

not sure what to suggest your ultimate pace should be, looking at Elise Trophy times, the best can do a late 2:12 with about the same power you have but  less weight etc... (thinking 111R's here, and the fastest 111R is a guy that has years of experience).

 

I guess ultimately, I would be looking to get to half way between? so a ~2:15?

[fiveoclock]

 

 

Good show! - 2:18.950 is none too shabby....

 

 

Thank you   That was Jez's in qualifying in only his 3rd ever race. The boy's got talent

 

not sure what to suggest your ultimate pace should be, looking at Elise Trophy times, the best can do a late 2:12 with about the same power you have but  less weight etc... (thinking 111R's here, and the fastest 111R is a guy that has years of experience).

 

I guess ultimately, I would be looking to get to half way between? so a ~2:15?

 

That time was done in trackday trophy where class b is the limit (175 per ton, we are 174bhp/ton), we ballast to 1012kg with 75kg, In Team Trophy we could be class A with around 187bhp/ton witha class limit of 200.. With no ballast I believe there's a 2.15 in the car.

 

TBH in Team Trophy we are quite aware we havent got a chance of a race win/class podium in A so we choose to be class B and take class podiums (as we did last season in class C). I am doing Silverstone GP on my own on 27th April and am considering taking the ballast out and running in class A just to see what the car will do. In Team Trophy at the weekend for the first couple of laps when I was bunched with class A cars nothing beat it in the corners, the straights however were a different matter. 

[fiveoclock]

Back On Track have had some awful news. Earl, who some of you may have seen or met when coming to BoT, who has done photography for our races has had a serious stroke and is not expected to make it through the night. He's a big, strong and lovely lad and if anyone has the strength to make it then he has. We're all desperate for you to turn it round mate.

 

 

 

[CocoPops]

Omg! Come on buddy!

[Goosenka]

Lovely fella. Very sad news.

[Sutol]

That's terrible news, he's a really nice guy. Everything is crossed for him.

[fiveoclock]

I'm sorry to have to say that we lost our lovely friend Earl late last night. I'm devastated.

[Goosenka]

RiP. Such an awfully sad outcome. Thinking of you chaps.

[siztenboots]

RIP Earl

[CocoPops]

RIP Earl to all at BoT.

[rob999]

RIP

[Firthy]

So sad I cannot believe it.... only saw him 2 weeks ago such a massive shock  RIP 

[Sutol]

Big man with a big personality, RIP

[fiveoclock]

In car video of Saturdays Trackday Trophy race from the car behind me on the grid

 

[Goosenka]

Cracking start!!!

[Bargi]

Cracking start!!!

 

you can just imagine Mark in the car impatiently waiting for lights. Swearing and tapping his fingers on the steering wheel

Edited by Bargi, 10 April 2014 - 09:51 PM.

[fiveoclock]

 

Cracking start!!!

 

you can just imagine Mark in the car impatiently waiting for lights. Swearing and tapping his fingers on the steering wheel

 

They were red for far too long for my liking   Things are going to have to change    

[Captain Vimes]

Just caught up on this thread - sorry to see the sad news above... but great to see the pole position! Shame about the final result on the weekend but it's looking promising for some great results this year! I'll be following with great interest and try and get along to a race this year!

 

 

 

 

Good show! - 2:18.950 is none too shabby....

 

 

Thank you   That was Jez's in qualifying in only his 3rd ever race. The boy's got talent

 

not sure what to suggest your ultimate pace should be, looking at Elise Trophy times, the best can do a late 2:12 with about the same power you have but  less weight etc... (thinking 111R's here, and the fastest 111R is a guy that has years of experience).

 

I guess ultimately, I would be looking to get to half way between? so a ~2:15?

 

 

For comparison, in my NA I was running 2:23's fairly consistently with a passenger on board and roof off - I guess power to weight would be around 120bhp/tonne (1050kg, 125 wheel bhp?). I think Firthy on here was well into the 2:22's in his NA.