Post up your pics from Bedford here

 

wrong section m8

 

You got any then Tiff?

 

I'll have a few in a mo hopefully - just of peeps in the pit area with their cars. All track stuff is on video camera from in the car - DVD being burnt as I type!

Just a quicky - do I have to edit out all the reg plates from the photos? If so no piccys for a while as I have MS Paint only, and I'm a lazy bugger too!

Simon

 

Ok, a few pics to get the ball rolling:

My car, bought last Tues, and ragged all day today. It looks a lot better when clean, and looked a lot better when I bought it at 11pm in the rain! Man it needs some TLC!







Only mechanical prob ALL day was the throttle cable return spring snapped going into a corner, so when I backed off the car didn't



Fixed using the aid of a random spring a Palmersport guy gave me (thank you matey ) and a load of zip ties, Cowboy Motorsport stylie!

My brother's (Sketch) car - spent the whole day in close formation with him, both of us having good lines and bad, and lapping within 10ths of a second of each other I would say. His car quicker on the straights, mine a tad better in the twisties. We overtook SO many cars today - Mi16 Pugs are great! Shame everything Turbod creamed us on the straights, more power needed for next time!










Loved the above two cars - AFAIK / IIRC they are both standard 1400cc engines but were two of the fastest cars around the track

This Boxter belonging to a certain Reyland 3 door driving mad man was shifting well when he was driving it, though I did overtake it 3 times in my little Pug (guess other peeps were driving at the time?)



Tony Turbos mint 1.6!!! (overtook this too!! Think he was being a bit more sensible than me tho...)



Reyland Metro showing why it was so damn fast round the track (I struggled to stay vaguely near this car - "properly peddaling man" (Or something like that)



Alex F modding his Scoob for more speed!



Or in reallity changing the disks as I think he killed one set whilst there!

Mike Rainbird's motor (didn't race this but by all accounts very very quick track going road car, or is the other way round?)



A Fiat Coupe Turbo - not sure what they were doing to it in the pits, but it involved A LOT of tools! Wish the Cossie had this kinda of big opening front end, new BMW Mini style:



Polly X's midly nippy Westfield (or similar) kit car!! Very professional / high quality installation:









Sorry for the blurryness, was shivering me nuts off!

No on track pics I'm afraid as the camera is poo, and no real place to take pics close enough to the action - got nearly 2 hours in car video footage to play around with now - will post some clips as when I've uploaded them.

Cheers all - many thanks to all who made life safe / fun when I overtook em (ie pulling over / indicating etc), I hope I was as courteous back (I was on the concrete most of time to let peeps by!!) and for the odd 2 cars that didn't Have some courtesy next time you pricks!! You know who you are!

Thanks again to Beds RSOC for the organisation and spot on service - lets hope my (relatively) local groups learn from this one for their own!!!

Cheers
Simon

 

The Fiat Coupe is my mates... the reason for the `major overhaul` is that on his first outing it threw the power steering belt... and was consequently a bitch to fit the new one on!!

Got sorted in the end though

 

I only took 4 pics and NONE of them of fords sorry LOL

 

Thats gotta be caption time

Chips blowing up the mrs for a good luck kiss before he goes out on track

 

No thats Chip doing some work on a car... it could be a 1st!



Alex

 

Something to do with pumping and his hand in his pocket I think..!

Nice pics peeps, keep em coming!

 

si, was hoping to get a chance to put my xr2 against your pug sometime soon but dunno if youve seen my thread in the muppet room but it was done over!

looks like a good day though, hopefully ill have mine back up anf running soon and be able to attend some trackdays! be good fun to see what the xr and pugs are like side by side!

 

PMSL @ Chip


Looked a good day....

 

I must say there was fuel pissing out of chips car on left hand corners

 

@ SiB,very nice pic's and an excellent report on the day for those of us who did'nt attend. And I see you came across my number 1 pet hate.....pri*ks who hold you up on track

Regards Micky

 

Where does he say that mate? He only mentions he 'OVERTOOK' loads of cars!

 

@ Dan,I suggest you re-read SiB's post again,SLOWLY Regards Micky

 

Missed that bit at the bottom! I'll one of these before you give me it!

 

@ Dan,I would'nt do that to someone with such a cool signture Dick Johnson (wrong spelling,I think!!) was a hero of mine.Regards Micky

 

Your too kind lol

He is one of mine too, the guys a True Legend in the ATCC, love watching him on the old video's! P.S correct spelling too Micky! lol

 

Once we figured out that people werent just waving at us to be friendly and there was actually a problem with the car we had a look at the petrol cap and i hadnt done it up properly when i filled up that morning
Was fine with it done up funnily enough, lol

Lost about a tenner worth of optimax first.



(really it was a plan to lay fuel on the track and make it more slippery so we could go sideways in an underpowered nail )

 

The last bend before the tyre chicane next to the pits was interesting . It was very much a case of hmmmmmmmnnnn whys the track wet?.......................why am i going straight on?

 

The BM looks pritty damn sexy there

Notice how everyone was still wearing their helmets even out of the car... Now that was a cold wind!

 

Here are mine from the day:

 

Ross, good to see chris's old saff, just needs the engine and wheels back off the 3 dr and it would be again

 

And this is how me and Smit got home



The lorry driver was not shy "The quicker i get you two lads home, the more change i have of a shag from the mrs!" Good lad

 

You lot had a good set up Tiff - very professional

Already posted but..




Smit, have never heard anything like how your car sounded before Hope it's sorted soon

 

It was freeeeeezing, this is how i spent most the day.....

 

Lyndsey - Sounded aweful didn't it

 

Can't begin to describe it!! You'd done a good job of it

 

Cool pic

But I have to say, chances are you only went passed me because I was on a slow down lap, or it was a twisty bit and I let you go past. I didn't get over taken once on a straight and that was only 1.4bar

I just wasn't giving it 110% round the corners incase I broke it.

 

Translation, car is fast but im

 

Tony's Turn

 

Or....

Car is fast, even with boost turned down

And it was the first time it has been on track properly and I didn't want to damage it until I felt more confident in it and myself

 

 

Had a couple of "moments" there didn't we


"I will brake earlier for this this time...... Oh no... Still wasn't early enough

 

Admittedly, nothing passed us when i was out with Tony and i went out almost everytime

I'd forgotten how fast it was, goes very well

 

ok

 

I wondered what you did there


Was you in the Beemer behind me when I lost it? If so.... Sorry

 

Thanks

The last session was my fave, ALS on and 1.7 bar I was feeling well confident by then, too much so. Car was flying though and you were holding on and reading your pocket bible

 

Think that was mongo drivinb, but not sure TBH, the whole day is just a memory of carnage and spin offs

Seriously though, your car was going well