Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 01:06 PM |
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Croft trackday
Myself and son, Pete were at Croft on Sunday. The weather gods were kind to us, as other than the first session (damp) it remained dry throughout the
day. Bit coooooool late afternoon, but hey, it's March, and it's Croft! 
Some pics:
My car, with a megablade behind ..
Pete's car behind an S2000 powered beast..
And some others..
R1, followed by Busa
Me behind a Zetec powered car
Pete behind, I think, a 1.6 VX car
And a couple of vids
Me, among the caterhams.
and
Pete, trailing the flaming S2000
Enjoy..
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Guinness
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 01:18 PM |
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Looks like a cracking day out there.
'tis a pity I missed it, but there is no way I could get past their noise test with my current set up.
Currently investing in a quieter can and new airbox!
Mike
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 02:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Looks like a cracking day out there.
'tis a pity I missed it, but there is no way I could get past their noise test with my current set up.
Currently investing in a quieter can and new airbox!
Mike
Yes, unfortunately you do need to be fairly well silenced nowadays at Croft. Well worth the effort, as it's not only Croft that's
tightening up on noise.
Incidentally, there were a couple of (I think) black MKs parked up at one point through the day, anyone on here?
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Guinness
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 02:20 PM |
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=84607
Marco & Darren?
Cheers
Mike
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 02:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=84607
Marco & Darren?
Cheers
Mike
Ah yes, that would be they..
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marco
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 03:23 PM |
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Yes, that was us.
My girlfiend had a passenger ride out in the white 211 and loved it.
I know the guy with the black one and had a spin down the road, what a machine.
They are both racing them this year....
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marco
Yes, that was us.
My girlfiend had a passenger ride out in the white 211 and loved it.
I know the guy with the black one and had a spin down the road, what a machine.
They are both racing them this year....
Is this your g/f sat in the passenger seat?
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 05:26 PM |
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You don't hang around on them video's,got that caterham in the end,what engine has Pete got in his car,you could see the s2000 had got
the legs on him on the straight,but a bit slower on the twisty bits.
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
You don't hang around on them video's,got that caterham in the end,what engine has Pete got in his car,you could see the s2000 had got
the legs on him on the straight,but a bit slower on the twisty bits.
There was a pattern throughout the day, Let yellow caterham past while warming up tyres, then catch and pass caterham. To be fair, they were low
powered cats, on whatever their race series (road) tyres are. CR500s?
Pete has a Dunnel Zetec, 220bhp, but on the day the rev counter packed in, so he was being conservative with the 8000 available revs. Blue S2000
is 240bhp. When the owner had it mapped at Dave Walker's I think, he was asked, do you want flames? well, it was rude to decline!
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marco
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy D
quote:
Originally posted by marco
Yes, that was us.
My girlfiend had a passenger ride out in the white 211 and loved it.
I know the guy with the black one and had a spin down the road, what a machine.
They are both racing them this year....
Is this your g/f sat in the passenger seat?
Edited
That's not her that must have been his wife..
Julz went out in the last session and afterwards she had a big grin on her face that said it all...
I rang up earlier in the week to try and get on myself but there were already 8 reserves by then..
I think it will be a case of booking well in advance this year trackdays are obviously becoming more and more popular each year...
[Edited on 11/3/08 by marco]
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darrens
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 07:11 PM |
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was there thrashing the kna###rs out of the viento. Few teething probs which restricted track time, but good turn out.
dito the noise regs, few got turned away I think. Anyone on here who owned the white quattro, looked to be stormin round by afternoon.
cheers
[Edited on 11/3/08 by darrens]
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Anyone on here who owned the white quattro, looked to be stormin round by afternoon.
I had an entertaining half a lap following the Quattro, very entertaining! 
quote:
I rang up earlier in the week to try and get on myself but there were already 8 reserves by then..
There's another this Sunday, one of Croft's own, if you're interested. Looks like there's still places.. (I'm not doing
it)
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fishywick
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 08:07 PM |
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dito the noise regs, few got turned away I think. Anyone on here who owned the white quattro, looked to be stormin round by afternoon.
cheers
[Edited on 11/3/08 by darrens]
I was there as well black R1 Striker with cage, as was my mate with black Toyota Striker. The Quattro is owned by a garage owner friend. The wires
were showing on the edge of his tyres at the end of the day! He has another sprint Quattro which is unbelievably fast.
I was told the Porsche GT3 RS was turned away on noise, he had travelled from Northampton!
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 10:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by fishywick
quote:
dito the noise regs, few got turned away I think. Anyone on here who owned the white quattro, looked to be stormin round by afternoon.
cheers
[Edited on 11/3/08 by darrens]
I was there as well black R1 Striker with cage, as was my mate with black Toyota Striker. The Quattro is owned by a garage owner friend. The wires
were showing on the edge of his tyres at the end of the day! He has another sprint Quattro which is unbelievably fast.
I was told the Porsche GT3 RS was turned away on noise, he had travelled from Northampton!
More pics..
Me being entertained by the Quattro
And a pair of black Strikers, Fishywick and mate? ..
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darrens
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 10:43 PM |
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bit of a plug but a mate of mine was there who's a freelance photographer. If anyone wants there car or others let me know.
When I get cd will post a few to show quality, very good.
Cheers
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Andy D
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| posted on 12/3/08 at 08:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by darrens
bit of a plug but a mate of mine was there who's a freelance photographer. If anyone wants there car or others let me know.
When I get cd will post a few to show quality, very good.
Cheers
Any pics of the Westys appreciated.
I've got higher res photos (the ones I've posted in this thread are cropped from bigger pics) from the intermediate and expert groups
only, free on request. Only using a wee Fuji, so nothing exeptional, but free!
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fishywick
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| posted on 12/3/08 at 02:43 PM |
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Andy,
Yes that's us above. If you have any other pics I wopuld be grateful of them. fishywick@tiscali.co.uk
The Quattro has about 270bhp but as I said above he has a Sport hillclimb car which, no exaggeration, has nearly 800bhp.
Steve
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