As title..........

 

Was wondering the same myself Doug Been too quiet - which can only be good I suppose

 

No news is good news I suppose

.....................Anyway BTTT!

 

Hi Guys, I've just woke up from a power kip . Bloody knackered. Top day, no major incidents to report apart from..........

Porkie and Dans car blew a front wheel brg in the afternoon, and Martin ran the metro up the back of, I think, Dangerous Dave's saff(I think it was him).

Track action was awesome. The only thing that went past me were porkie's cossie, and scottys escort wrc. There were a few nice cars there inc an Ultima, a couple of scoobs, a skyline and some porsches. It wasn't as busy as I thought and that made it even better.

Took Mike R and Lewis out for some laps which I think they enjoyed

Mike got black flagged as he got carried away and turned the als on. He turned it off but still got caught out on normal running and that was game over

My car ran really well, although I 'm not to sure on the boiling power steering fluid after the last session

Roll on next february

 

Ooops Either Martin's Metro needs better brakes OR Dave's Saph needs more power

Thanks for posting the update Paul!!

 

Shame about the cars,hope there not too bad.


Come on,wheres the pics too.



Dave.

 

. Glad you got your escort cossie sorted steve, (if you read this)

 

When I went past Dave, they were picking the metro's front bumper out from between the rear wheel and the arch THe rear arch took a beating and the front of the metro, well that just added character to it really

 

was a top day

my first run of the day and my first tim with good transmission

i blew my dump valve bung out of the pipe and its put a nice dent in my bonnet.

luckily i had my dumpvalve so on it went and im well happy with my cars performance.

i have 3 mini dv tapes of footage from inside my car so will have a sift through them now.

Nice to meet you Paul

 

I think it was a good day i was runing 24psi in the morning and the car was flying (Thanks steve A1 rally sport)

The track was very long just over 4 miles and they said it would take about 1 hour to learn the line when i did the ducks and drakes in the morning (Thats following a instructor in a vauxhall 4x4) i was thinking i would need the whole day to learn it

At about 1 oclock a lot of pepole had gone or gone to lunch so there werent a lot of cars on the track so i started to pick up the pace and i think i was geting the lines right

Then just as i was about to come on the back straight out come the black flag what have i done wrong

i had to pull into the pits and stop in a coned out area to speak to a marshall to see what i had done the noise limit was 87 db drive by and my car was 89db your going to have to do some thing to quieten it down (OK I SAID )

so i turned the boost down ( A BIT TOO MUCH I THINK 10psi) but no black flags

BUT then i found it hard to keep up with my mates M3 but still it was good fun

i met dangerous dave in his white 4x4 saff he did ask if my car was 2wd in the morn must of been cos it was a bit wet

I thought martin had hit the armco as there was white paint on his bent drivers side wing then someone told me to have a look at dave saff (near side rear quarter )

and then there was marko in his white wrc focus estate
i dont know what to say?????

 

Good day then Pete.

How was JC and Fozzy on track.


Dave.

 

Dave good to hear from you mate you should of come down it wasnt that bad it was a very fast track and there was a lot of run off area just right for you you had a lot of places to hang it

i think JC was having a good day until him and scotty had a little bit of a tussle then out come the black flag think it was cos they were together they were to loud

so JC turned down his boost and out he went again next thing was JC pulled into the pits with a cloud of smoke behind his car

thought he had blown it up

BUT just before they left he had it runing for ages and there wasnt any smoke so who knows

two very funny top blokes

 

well chaps

I had a wicked day , good to meet everyone again...what can i say about the WRC Focus TDi 90bhp the focus on slicks is aewsome and the handling for a bog standard car is fantastic !!! it's one of the best FWD cars i have ever driven

the car on the straights seriously lacks power but in the bends it's amazing can't belive it NO understeer turns in so well i can't belive it's a Ford

the focus shocked a few peeps don't forget this is a bog standard 90bhp tdi without any mods only the slicks ...i am not a fan of FWD tobe honest but fook me this car has change my opinion ............well done Ford

i was out on track alday with the focus i must had done atleast 30+ laps

later on in the day the power steering fooked up and my arms are killing me now

still went out enjoyed the rest off the day .....hope you peeps enjoyed your few laps out it the WRC focus tdi ....

Big thanks to Redline for the event and the peeps that made a good day a brilliant day

cheers Marco

P.S Pete sorry about the wheel nuts i did send Steve a message but he never got it untill 12 0' clock shite 3 network strikes again

 

Marco imagine what the ST170 is like.

Now about some slicks

 

Nice one Marco - always the racer!!!!

 

had a good day very freindly and relaxed ,exellent track one word of worning dont take gav diamond(aka aidrian mole) out in your car he isa joner car going fine all day then he gets in drops down to 3 then clouds of smoke he gets out runs on 4
top day got to ride out in
wrc escort(aka bunglesports)
pete 4x4 escort(aka dracular aaaa 1 AAAA)
m3 convert (dont now him well enough to skit yet)
mike rain birds ezzycoz(aka david sole)
all the cars where going well
my car seemed to fix it self by the time to go home
marko (aka noddy holder) i think had the best time ,and had the vote for the best car of the day
just shows you you dont need a lot of power to go round a track well
he drove it like it was stolen
shore noddy holder has got a bit of scouse in him
thanks to all top day
also nice to see all helping out at the end to get the redline car home ,that is the way it should be
thanks jc

 

JOHN (AKA track suit jon) when you said you were going to smoke every one i was thinking you ment on the track not in the pits

 

brilliant day (as always at bedford)

thanks to renton ( cheerz for sorting that thing out ) & marco for the passenger rides. must admit marco's wrc focus was going well for a standard TD estate on slicks

good to meet everyone else as well. all a top bunch of people

got some awesome incar footage from a1's wrc escort & reyland sierra. will get vids sorted out soon!

 

must admit jc there did seem to be a pattern emerging yesterday

gav in a car for passenger ride = car fooked

 

Gav sorry i didnt get to take you out but i would of had to keep stoping to check my wheel nuts

 

JC,

LOL at these nick names i'm sitting here crying with laughter ,my sides

I hope you and fozzy will come to another trackday ,you pair proper comedians

fair play i haven't laughed so much in ages top gezza's


Andy

i was thinking same when i was driving it , i was saying to myself these cars with power would make a good track car

Marco

 

Yeah i have also been wondering how well my ST would go round bedford, only problem is i cant afford to dent, ding or break it in anyway so i wont be trying it ....................... YET

 

Andy

give it me for the day i test it for you with the slicks on you might aswell stay in the passager seat LOL

Marco

 

danger's real name is mike

 

No problem, provide me with a Ł13k deposit and its all yours (refunded when the cars returned without a scratch) ROFLOL

 

and Saturday Dave (AKA SKIP RAT) Penny pincher

 

marco(AKA iv forgot your wheel nuts polo)

 

LOL Pete they are in my 3 door i did leave steve a message LOL as you know

don't worrie we will get it right at the next track day and bring them 2 head bangers with you ...you know they krays

 

Cheers to Renton for booking me in
And sorry to the guys that took me out:
Marco = Wheel nuts properly loose and wheels nearly fall off
Scotty = Black Flagged for noise
JC = Engine fooked till i got out

No-one else would take me out after that.

 

Glad you all had a good day........



Now get ya money out for 19th Feb back at Bedford !!!!!

 

the krays ?????? who

one thing i must add to this post is i went out in mr polos wrc works group a spec focus and we went out the pits we passed some pepole shouting "MARCO MARCO MARCO "

is he a star?????????

 

lol

 

I had no idea what his name was but Dangerous Dave sounds better

 

Up for monday morning

 

Great day, only breaking a wheel bearing was a right result compared to my normal disasters!

HUGE thanks to Scotty and 4x4pete and everyone else who helped recover the car back for us.

 

And me for the instant diagnosis .

 

What a fookin tip top day!

Big thanx to Craig for takin me up! the car was runnin all day & only craigs inability to do up a jubilee clip stopped us for 5mins! deffo ned some new tyres though!

Plebty of arse out action! espically for the camera man aye craig!

Lee & Dan's 3dr looked fookin awesome goin round! as did soctty in the escort!

the M3 CSL was awesome woudlnt like the bill for the new front bumper though!

Plenty of mental cars & lots of top peeps!

Loved the way JC thoght he had holed a pistons yet when puttin the car on the trailer out side still revved the fook out of the car for 5mins just to check!

Marco, welll what can u say about marco! he didnt liek the shikane(spl) so tended to skip it & i believe over took scotty @ 1 point doin so! how did u explain the power steering to work then m8?

Cheers to Pual for the few laps in the esccy! wow is all i cna say! stage 1 power but fook me did it fly round that track! & brake! u could leave the braking so late it was scary! just goes to show that a well setup car with smaller power will leave a big power car that aint setup!

Also thanx to Claire for givin us directions! as i fell asleep on the way home to be awoken by Craig sayin "were fookin lost"

See ya all next time!

 

Glad you enjoyed the laps Lewis, just wait 'til i get some more power then she'll really be flying

 

Cheers to everyone who came along and made it a top day
Ditto the big thanks for those who helped with our car after the bearing gave up.

PS It's just 'Dangerous' or 'Mike', not Dangerous Dave!

 

deffo m8y!