Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 05:36 PM |
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Following on from phelpsa's round up
Entered my 1st competitive sprint today run by RAFMSA at Barkston Heath.
Came away with FTD and overhaul win, ran within 2 tenths of target time in morning timed runs and 1 tenth in the afternoon timed runs, ( more luck
than judgment i think) the overhaul win counts for nothing though as whilst I was top of the sheet I'm not registered for the series therefore
the 1st registered competitor takes the event win, which is only fair. Just entered as a guest in preparation for next season.
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bob
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 05:46 PM |
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(more luck than judgement)
Jon you are a very competent driver, your being very modest mate.
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Doofus
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 05:50 PM |
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They are a good bunch up there, and it's not expensive for the number of runs you get to do.
I hope Billy didn't give you too much abuse :-)
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 07:58 PM |
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Well done Jon, pleased you had a good day, if I had not been going to watch the 750mc racing today, I would have joined you, hope to make the next
one, and you can give me a few tips
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Nick DV
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 07:59 PM |
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Well done Jon 
Cheers, Nick
"The force will be with you, always!"
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 08:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
Well done Jon, pleased you had a good day, if I had not been going to watch the 750mc racing today, I would have joined you, hope to make the next
one, and you can give me a few tips
There's one provisionally planned in November no firm date yet will let you know, best tip I can give is don't clip the White markers, 2
seconds is to much to gain back, £40 for the day, bargain.
Today, morning 2 timed practice runs, 3 timed runs, 45 mins playtime, afternoon same again followed by well over an hour playtime, wish I had found
sprinting sooner, ok it's not wheel to wheel stuff but there's a lot to think about, FTD is just that and nothing else apart from a bit of
willy waving, the slowest car of the day can just as easily win the event, your trying to hit your predicted time on the nose not be fastest.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 08:19 PM |
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who calculates what predicted times should be and how do they do it? well done mate!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/10/12 at 08:33 PM |
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Today theyvran 2 separate rounds, one morning one in the afternoon each round consisted of
2 timed runs, they show you your times, you have to tell them what your fastest time will be over the 3 timed runs, closest wins it's a great
format like I said FTD is nothing more than willy waving, nice but wins nothing. There are penaltys for going "all four off" or hitting
any of the markers, very stratigicly placed they are to.
Keeps costs well down, posh tryres, 800 bhp doesn't matter, 1.1 metro can win it on colways.
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