Brands Hatch Sunday

[toymex]

Im out in the nova on Sunday racing in the Quaife ,Motorsport News saloon car championship ,i am going to struggle to be competitive as we are out with the Silhouette,s which are very quick but i will give it my best ,if anyone is there come and say hello:thumb:

[pikey1986]

do you do any events at donny? would love to see it in action

[toymex]

Well another eventfull day at Brands on Sunday (copied off another site i use)
Well another highs and lows day for me at Brands yesterday ,the Qmn were on track with the intermarque series which consist of some very quick spaceframe machines like the shp mk1 escort,not having raced for 18months i was a bit nervous going to qualifying what with all these quick cars,but as soon as we got on track the nerves soon dissapeared,i was lucky that i got out early in quali and started to push quite soon its 1 of my failings im like a kid in a sweet shop as soon as i get on track (this normally results in me spinning on cold tyres) but it paid dividends today as after only 4 laps a bmw gt race car had a very expensive moment on the back straight which resulted in red flags session stopped.As luck would have it i had managed to squeeze in a high 54 sec lap which resulted in me qualifying in 11th overall but first in my series .So to the race and i really was bricking it now as i was right in the middle of some very fast cars and had the likes of Malcolm wise,s escort cosworth and the very fast Gavin Thomson in his 205 behind me .We did the installation lap and i was on the outside of the grid so as soon as the green lights went out i had a few cars come past on the inside into paddock and i still couldnt get to the inside to try to protect my position on the run upto druids so a couple more got past ,but this was no more than i expected after that i managed to get into a rythm and was holding my own.It was a pretty quiet race for most of it i could see Bill Richards in my mirrors who is in the qmn so thought i may be in for a battle to try to keep him behind but i could see his pit boards down the straight and he was 15secs ahead of his class runners so didnt need to battle me so he backed off,i then went into fuel conservation mode as i wasnt sure my tank was big enough.other than getting lapped by the 2 front runners (one either side in a nova sandwich )battling for the lead at Druids the rest of the race was uneventfull.I had managed to finish 17th overall and 3rd in the Qmn and had managed to win my class .Most importantly and the goal i had set for myself was to improve my lap time which i did I had managed to do a 54.2 so was happy with that.That was the high,now the low,race 2 ,starting 17th on the inside of the grid but with Bill richards on the outside and the other class d car behind me ,i got away from the rolling start pretty well and held my position to Druids where Bill was later on the brakes and was level with me on the outside i went in a bit quicker than i should have on cold tyres trying to fend Bill off as i knew if he held the outside i would have had to yeild into Graham hill but just ended up spinning at Druids ,so the whole field flew past so i rejoined with a bit of redmist and set off trying to catch up ,the car had been a bit lively on the back all day and i should have known better but being the Amatuer i am i pushed really hard a car had blown up putting fluids down going into surtees and i nearly went off on that but got away with it then going into Paddock on of the Silhouettes came past and i tried to follow him into Paddock ,big mistake the back just came round ,i tried to catch it but no joy so there i was flying backwards into the kitty litter, day over .
So all in i guess it was a good day i am hoping it had stalled before i hit the gravel and that as i went in backwards that the gravel hasnt lifted the timing belt and damaged the engine ,i have got to sort the loose rear end but think there might be a 53 sec lap in it if i can which should be good enough to challenge for the class if i can keep it on the black stuff

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[Hobbit]

Good stuff, sounds like you had fun up until the off. :)

[toymex]

Here is a pic from the last outing at Brands ,i managed to stay in front of Bill Richards in his Kad sponsered 16v mini and got 3rd OA:eek:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2011/5/2012033119363757542nova%20brands%20march%202012.jp g

[toymex]

Here is another i found ,you would never guess its pissing down outside and im bored stiff
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/532386_2639544727737_1829120458_1632738_1197718287 _n.jpg

[toymex]

And anotherlol

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538172_350894371628257_108696562514707_1033201_285 936393_n.jpg

[Iain]

Looking good! Where's the next outing?