Andy D
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 09:15 AM |
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NSSCC racing at Croft 17th &18th April
My son Pete was out this weekend for the first two rounds of the Northern Sports & Saloon car championship. The 1.6 Honda Civic performed well,
finishing 2nd in class to the more powerfull Saxo in both races. He should be able to get a bit closer to the Citroen this year I reckon.. if he can
get past some of the slower "quick" cars, if you know what I mean.  In the second race he's up against a supercharged V6
Beetle, 400bhp?  ..all good fun though!
There are some videos up here;
Round One
Round Two part 1
Round Two part 2
...and a few pics from the weekend here:
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 09:53 AM |
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couple of good results for pete
i'll check out the vids later andy, need to go and do some work
altering the tyre pressures improve things for race 2?
did the teg get much damage?
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 10:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigfoot4616
couple of good results for pete
i'll check out the vids later andy, need to go and do some work
altering the tyre pressures improve things for race 2?
did the teg get much damage?
The tyres were better in the second race, but it was colder..well, freezing actually, so everyone's lap times were slower than Saturday.
The Integra got a whack in the right rear, the wheel was toeing out. Very similar to what Pete suffered in the last round, last year. The floorpan
looks better though, no ripples!
From what I can gather it wasn't his fault, he's planning on putting his in car footage up soon.
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 10:13 AM |
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There's some good footage up from the red Sierra XR4
HERE
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55ant
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 11:10 AM |
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quote:
There's some good footage up from the red Sierra XR4 HERE
put the camera on the wrong end, doh! pretty good but a bit disoriantating
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 05:36 PM |
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He must have been getting frustrated with that Beetle in front,it must have been slowing him down a 1 or 2 seconds a lap,your going to have to get
that camera sorted,it was sending my eyes funny every time he hit a bump
Do you have a link to the results and lap times etc Andy.
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beaver34
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 07:51 PM |
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looks good, what are the cost like for this kind of series? per event etc.....
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 08:15 PM |
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You can't beat an eclectic mix all on the one grid.
All different abilities.
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 08:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
He must have been getting frustrated with that Beetle in front,it must have been slowing him down a 1 or 2 seconds a lap,your going to have to get
that camera sorted,it was sending my eyes funny every time he hit a bump
Do you have a link to the results and lap times etc Andy. [/quote
I keep meaning to try the camera with the auto focus turned off, it may stop that blurring,
Re costs, it's not cheap, but not stupid either. Around £280 for a double header weekend entrabce fees. Club mmbership is £15 for the year, plus
fuel, and any other consumables. Not really far off trackday costs, but you get less tracktime, If things go well though, it should be quality
tracktime. 
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 08:37 PM |
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Results are on the DDMC website here
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eccsmk
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| posted on 19/4/10 at 09:20 PM |
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congrats to pete again looks like the little civic is going to give the saxo some grief this year
i'll try and get to the next meet if i can
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Andy D
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| posted on 20/4/10 at 09:28 AM |
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I'd be interested to know what folks think about this little incident..
The camera car (Sierra XR4) apparently fluffed a gear change coming out of "sunny out" allowing the Integra to move up the inside to make
a pass into the next left hander. Meanwhile the Skooby is coming through to lap them both...
Crash bang
wallop
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 20/4/10 at 11:29 AM |
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I think the escort should have waiting to lap them after the corner,he could see on his approach that the Integra and sierra were racing for
position,he was only coming round to lap them,although he was racing his own race,he was not under any pressure at that point with no cars directly
behind him pushing to pass him,at the point when the escort decided to go for the pass, the Integra was already moving passed the sierra,he must have
known it was going to be tight 3 cars all going into the left hander.
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Andy D
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| posted on 20/4/10 at 11:40 AM |
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That's sort of what I was thinking Paul, the Skoob (not an Escort) was not being pressurised, so why not wait untill the straight, and
he'd have easily blown past them.
Did wonder if he'd taken the Integras move to the left as a sign to blast through, thinking the Sierra would also pull over.. even though he
couldn't cos the Teg was there.. hmmm
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 20/4/10 at 02:51 PM |
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Oop's yes a scooby,you even said it was a scooby in your link to the video post LOL.
But yes if he had someone pushing him from behind he could have justified that move,but there was no rush,with all that extra pace and power he had
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 21/4/10 at 04:19 PM |
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looked to me like the scoob went partly on the grass when he passed. should of waited, there's no way 3 cars where going to get through
there.
just found the footage from the integra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXPDivTD2s
[Edited on 21/4/10 by bigfoot4616]
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