Track car project - season 3 - Page 4

Knipples · 23-07-2010, 21:12

Yay for us being on the side of the car!

Looking good by the way

vix · 25-07-2010, 19:01

Round 4 - Barkston Heath - 24th July 2010

Having kept the above new paint job as secret as we could, we were met with a lot of attention in the paddock! I took advantage of our early arrival to take some scenic pics of our new livery:

But, it's one thing looking good, our performance this year hasn't really warranted a flashy paint job, so we were trying really hard at this round.

Barkston Heath is a purpose built sprint track for the RAF, and also one of our favourites. It was a great sunny warm day (too warm to be cooped up in race suit and helmet but never mind!) - perfect for our nice sticky tyres which were coming to the end of their life, so nice and grippy!

Phil's first run of the day got him a 58.24, pretty good in the class, especially if you ignore the overpowered Starlet that wins everything! A few more runs had Phil overcooking a lot and ending up on the grass, but no scratched paintwork yet!

I was improving steadily and managed to improve my last year time by the third run - and still feeling like I could go faster.

I was waiting in the queue for a long time for run 4 and felt the car bog down at the start, and not really improve for a few corners! I was stopped by the clerk after my run and told I hadb een dripping water at the start line. When I returned to the paddock and got out, it was clear that our old coolant issue was still there, and the expansion bottle had filled with boiling coolant again! As it was lunchtime, we let it cool before opening it up. Not too much of a problem really, it only happens on incredibly hot days when idling for a long time, I had just not thought to turn the engine off whilst waiting as we hadn't had this issue for a while.

Lunchtime over and time for traditionally my worst run of the day. It felt smooth but nothing special so I was surprised that it had knocked another second off my time and ended up being my fastest run of the day. Phil was still inable to beat his run 1 time, but this was still bagging him runner up in class.

Run 6 was good for Phil, getting him a 57.42, beating his first time and becoming his fastest time of the day - his last two runs involving grass in some way! I was never able to beat my run 5 time, which was ok!

Still some power issues to be sorted out as Phil never beat his last year time of 56.72 - a time which would have put him 8th overall and very close to the No1 Starlet (who apparently had a paddy and left early!)

We were happy to take home our first trophies of the season however, yes I said both, as I was able to bag the 'fastest lady' trophy - although this is mainly due to the pregnancy of the No1 lady driver in a GT4! Still, it's my first TSS trohpy!

Zirax · 25-07-2010, 19:37

Looks awesome and congrats on the trophy!

Knipples · 25-07-2010, 19:48

Well done fastest lady!

vix · 30-07-2010, 11:51

H'official photos are up:

http://www.racingexposure.com/tss/2010/r4/index.html

I like this one:

http://www.racingexposure.com/tss/20.../IMG_6099.html

Zirax · 04-09-2010, 20:52

I've just been ripping the carpet out of mine and just had a thought.... what have you done about the mounting bracket to the centre console by the drivers knee? Its not sharp but there is a bracket and two screws there. Any murmurings from the scrutineers?

kaiowas · 04-09-2010, 23:07

It originally came out when I took the dash out. Then it went back in when they made me put the dash back in again. No-one has ever commented on it but you can guess my response if they do...

Zirax · 05-09-2010, 15:45

Fair enough, just thought I would check as they are rather hit / miss on the rules at the best of times.

25-07-2010, 19:01	#32
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Round 4 - Barkston Heath - 24th July 2010 Having kept the above new paint job as secret as we could, we were met with a lot of attention in the paddock! I took advantage of our early arrival to take some scenic pics of our new livery: But, it's one thing looking good, our performance this year hasn't really warranted a flashy paint job, so we were trying really hard at this round. Barkston Heath is a purpose built sprint track for the RAF, and also one of our favourites. It was a great sunny warm day (too warm to be cooped up in race suit and helmet but never mind!) - perfect for our nice sticky tyres which were coming to the end of their life, so nice and grippy! Phil's first run of the day got him a 58.24, pretty good in the class, especially if you ignore the overpowered Starlet that wins everything! A few more runs had Phil overcooking a lot and ending up on the grass, but no scratched paintwork yet! I was improving steadily and managed to improve my last year time by the third run - and still feeling like I could go faster. I was waiting in the queue for a long time for run 4 and felt the car bog down at the start, and not really improve for a few corners! I was stopped by the clerk after my run and told I hadb een dripping water at the start line. When I returned to the paddock and got out, it was clear that our old coolant issue was still there, and the expansion bottle had filled with boiling coolant again! As it was lunchtime, we let it cool before opening it up. Not too much of a problem really, it only happens on incredibly hot days when idling for a long time, I had just not thought to turn the engine off whilst waiting as we hadn't had this issue for a while. Lunchtime over and time for traditionally my worst run of the day. It felt smooth but nothing special so I was surprised that it had knocked another second off my time and ended up being my fastest run of the day. Phil was still inable to beat his run 1 time, but this was still bagging him runner up in class. Run 6 was good for Phil, getting him a 57.42, beating his first time and becoming his fastest time of the day - his last two runs involving grass in some way! I was never able to beat my run 5 time, which was ok! Still some power issues to be sorted out as Phil never beat his last year time of 56.72 - a time which would have put him 8th overall and very close to the No1 Starlet (who apparently had a paddy and left early!) We were happy to take home our first trophies of the season however, yes I said both, as I was able to bag the 'fastest lady' trophy - although this is mainly due to the pregnancy of the No1 lady driver in a GT4! Still, it's my first TSS trohpy! __________________

30-07-2010, 11:51	#35
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	H'official photos are up: http://www.racingexposure.com/tss/2010/r4/index.html I like this one: http://www.racingexposure.com/tss/20.../IMG_6099.html __________________

04-09-2010, 23:07	#37
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	It originally came out when I took the dash out. Then it went back in when they made me put the dash back in again. No-one has ever commented on it but you can guess my response if they do... __________________ Anal Fish Porn

25-07-2010, 19:37	#33
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Looks awesome and congrats on the trophy!

04-09-2010, 20:52	#36
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	I've just been ripping the carpet out of mine and just had a thought.... what have you done about the mounting bracket to the centre console by the drivers knee? Its not sharp but there is a bracket and two screws there. Any murmurings from the scrutineers?

05-09-2010, 15:45	#38
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Fair enough, just thought I would check as they are rather hit / miss on the rules at the best of times.