Rwd
Steve FITZPATRICK FORD SIERRA RS COSWORTH 500+
JC FORD SIERRA RS COSWORTH 500+
LEE CATTERMOLE SIERRA RS COSWORTH 500+

4wd
RENTON-REDLINE MAGAZINE SIERRA COSWORTH 600+
NICK LEWIS SIERRA COSWORTH 500+

With the recent accident of Steve does this mean only 4 Cossies in the PF team for Totb, im assuming Steve wont be fit to drive. Are their any reserves standing by. Cant believe this is all we can muster other Forums are overflowing with entrants.
At least all 4 are quality cars & should keep the Ford flag flying high.

 

Are there no FWD Fords entered?

 

We could have had a few more, but unfortunately the deadline wasn't met for people getting their money in . However, these are reserves, so it could mean that one of them gets to replace Steve....

 

its depressing this year - fwd and cossie

 

what and who are the reserves Mike?

 

Glad I didn't bother getting tickets this year!

 

Lol its always the same

 

thought you were entering yours mate?

 

Danny with his Fiesta, Nutter with his Cossie and that guy with the RS200 that goes to ND / Santa Pod etc...

 

Just an observation....... 2 out of the 5 cars list above have S8 ECU's fitted

LOL, Wish my own car was fast enough to enter

I guess these days you need a minimum of 600 bhp to be "in the club"

 

Mike is that the kent bloke with the 200?

 

........looks like another jap dominated day then

 

Yep.

 

Shame its got so unrealistic now with stupid money cars with pit crews etc...
Perhaps someone should start another event that brings it all back down to earth a little as i for one would much rather go watch 20 quick cossies fight it out than the exotica that will be on show there!

 

Agreed 1+2 were the best , now its gone a little bit silly

What with pit crews and full time mappers on stand by etc etc

 

Yea, its ten of the richest now!

 

am thinking weather to go or not never been before and it is a 5 hour drive wot you guys reckon

 

As soon as you make it a competition some will try harder than others to win it , in 3 years it would be the same as Totb, some of us are mega competative & dont like being beaten .
Rod

 

Come on your Mrs wont let you go !!.
Get your butt up there & Cheer us on.

 

I honestly wouldnt , that why Im not going this year .

Ive been to them all and Ive slowly watched the change every year from the rawness of the first one to the show style event held last year plus its become a lot more chavvy now

 

you cheeky git rod i am happily married at the moment i no its only ten weeks ago since wedding. if i can get someone to go with me will go if i get my day pass

 

Chavvy ? You need to explain that one Deano. Don't see many chavs with Ł000's worth of motors. Or do you mean the people who go to watch ? : if this is the case, you're always gonna get plenty of chav tw@ts at any show nowadays

I went last year and thought it was very good..apart from the toilet facilites & the overpriced food as always.

I'm going this yr too, except they are increasing the size of the event by adding a static display of cars...of which the S1 will be part of.

Yes, there may not be many RS's there...but that doesn't take it away from the fact it *should* be a good day out just like the majority of car events.
(I'm thinking the GT Battle a few weeks back: very few RS's there, but was a top day by all accounts)

 

thats why im not bothering this year, just gona go to Smits event, east coast extreme, they got 1/4 mile, handling and drifting etc PLUS camping, should be good, plus its only down the road from me

 

i aint rich

i aint got no pit crew

no mappers



and i am competing at totb am i any different to anyone else on this site


i build my own car and do all the work on it myself round my job and only working on the car at weekends


so it aint all about the money

 

Who else would I mean

I dont see many chav driving Vipers Evos Skylines etc etc do you

But my point was that at TOTB 1 + 2 it was free from all the fuckwits that reckon their Saxo in the car park could blaze round the handling course 5 seconds quicker than anyone else

 

Unfortunatly when it comes to the cossie team you have to have silly horsepower etc....or you can't be in the team period! Can't see why another 6 cars that want to be in it couldn't regardless of whether they have 400-500-600hp

 

 

Spadge,
Because that is what is needed to be competitive in the classes that Cossies run in (how many MORE times? ). 350bhp through the front wheels in a Vauxhall IS competitive in that class (just like the 350bhp Zetecs etc). The organisers want "ten of the best" for the spectators to watch, not "ten of the mediocre", hence why they want to see cars run a qualifying session to get in. The Scoobies ran one etc etc, the Skylines have some sort of vetting system (not sure what, but they always field 10 quick cars).

The fact of the matter is that there are limited spaces and the event is over-subscribed and the organisers don't want cars in that aren't going to be a good spectacle. This means they get to chose what is good enough.

 

So long as TOTB is still running in 2010 when my car is finished, i'll Enter my S2

 

Correct Mike they want to see TEN of the best not FOUR!
Ten of the best to me means the best ten cars you could get to actually run not the ten you dreamed about entering The others are not the best of anything if they are not fit to compete.
Maybe the organisers should look at their entry criteria if as you say it is them that say what times etc...the cars must have done to take part!
My main point however is that i am sure a 'grass roots' event a bit nearer to what totb was like in the begining would be very popular with the right format etc..

 

PMSL

 

Why the fuck do people complain, jus cause their cars aint good enough and they havent as much money as they best ones

The clue is in the name of the fucking event...

Ten of the BEST

 

What does the OF mean in the name steve?????

 

Spadge,
You can't blame the organisers for some of the Cossie team not being able to write out a cheque for Ł85 and then send it off in time .

However, you wait until next year .

 

*Delboy mode on* This time next year we'll enter 10 cars *Delboy mode off*

 

lookin forward to going just to take the piss out of all the DATSUNS lol

 

What?

Take the piss when they win AGAIN in nearly all categories?

 

datsuns ??? lost

 

Datsuns = Nissans, sbd

I wasn gonna go up there this year, as my mte is running in ti (200+ club entrant, Audi S4, 450+bhp IIRC) and can get day passes, but it's the day before I start a brand new job, and York is about 4-5hrs drive each way, so not going to bother.

I totally agree with Spadge tho, it is TEN of the best, so why limit yourself to only having cars with 500/600bhp and end up with 4? why not add another 6 cars, okay you might end up with ones around the 450-500mark but at least you have TEN.....

 

ppl are obviously not listening to mike so i wil explain so ppl can understand on my level



totb organisers deceided what the qualifing times were needed for fwd,4x4,and rwd


now my 350bhp is good enought to compete in the fwd class because there is lots of about 300bhp cars in my class that means that my car is as fast or faster than some of the fwd cars there


the 4x4 and rwd classes are in the 500+ to be competetive so if your cossie cannot do them times then totb ppl do not want to know they want a car faster than yours


the coment on its ten of the best not 4
well if only 4 cossies are good enought thats all hey want its not ten of the best cossies your just entered into a big pool of cars