Staffi

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Shit it was quiet, never ever i have seen Quarry corner SO dead, weather was a complete joke too..

Some decent cars out on Track though, Luke had a few offs in the Trolley, thankfully one of them was into the field area and not the barrier, looked quick though what i saw of it.

Sketch and another Black Evo looked pretty quick too, apart from that not the best show BUT i'm sure if it would have been sunny then more would have attended i guess..

STeve

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Weather was well forecast pete so it was expected. Feel for the organisers as there hard work goes down the pan just like the poor sods at silverstone

mk2 escort boy

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Totally agree mate not that great down to the weather dam rain

rstdave

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Real shame tbh, my favourite show of the year and not just because it's my local group that organises it....as said the weather makes a massive impact to attendance and trade sales etc as it's just not that pleasant to spend a long time out in the rain is it lol!
Can't do anything about the weather but such a pain for all the events being ruined by the weather this summer
Roll on coming back from shows sunburnt like we should be

ash_b

mk2 escort drifter hit barrier during drifting at quary..

reyland escort cosworth hit main straight barrier at like 100mph.. front wheel feel off anyeverything looked nasty..

was quiet there.. weather didnt help.

Ash.

rik-rs

weathers done a turnaround here, sunny and hot..

Sticky.

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Yep, it's lovely here in Liverpool too.

British summer is a joke...only for having a wedding to go to later I would have gone to Combe, first one I've missed in 7 years.

For the people who went and battled the weather, well done for supporting Combe

Adam.

I went and was on the FastFord stand, was crappy weather but i had a maugh with some mates, and Dan, Jamie and the rest of the lads were making me laugh out loud despite the weather when i popped over to catch up. There were some lovely motors on show still, shame about the EsCoS! It looked nasty! Hope whoever was in it was ok! :-(

dave cos4x4

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Hope it was not Mikes car.

Shame to hear it was a quiet day there.

saph4be

I thought try land escort was in bits?

saph4be

Ment reyland!

RichieST

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It was an L plate Mallard Escos with Reyland stickers up the side. Pretty sure it had a set of rondells on it. Looked very nasty, the ambulance nipped off from the scene pretty sharpish so I hope no one was seriously injured. Was a great day though despite the weather!

cos 4x4

Was a bloody wash out I left after 1 pm . Where we're the drifters this year always like seeing them would have been fun in the rain

Sonic Boom

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Mikes is grey isn't it?
Rich

Adam.

If you would have stayed past 1 you might have seen the drifting

Acidburn

any pics from today?

Martin-Hadland

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The car that crashed belongs to a guy called Mark, who was originally a customer of mine that became a friend. He's ok But he reckons the car is pretty bad

dave cos4x4

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Hope he is ok.

Hope the car is ok to fix too.

Rab

Fair play to the people who showed up and gave it big on the track despite the weather!

Martin-Hadland

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I got two laps in Morris and the turbo died Its worked hard so I can't complain but it would have been sooo much nicer if it had happened later in the day!

Rab

That's my kind of luck mate, if it's going to go worng it'll go wrong on lap 1

Martin-Hadland

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Tell me about it.. Ł120 diesel in the van and Ł160 in SUL for Morris, at least I didn't use any of the petrol

Bailes1992

Was a good day despite the rain.
Like I said in the other thread though, slipped down a banking and spent the afternoon caked in mud. Was not happy

Mark_

I took a charity ride with him, He just couldn't get the power down.
As soon as it boosted it started to slide everywhere.

Very genuine nice, guy though, Had a decent chat with him.

Hope he is ok

SteveB

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Excellent day even if it wasn't wet.... Even managed a walk round the whole track without getting too wet..
My favourite show of every year

Mark_

What mk2? Declan Munnelly's?

The Youth.

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bugger.... you said last week it was on it's way and you were crossing ya fingers.. easy fix tho..

steve

Adam.

I saw chip spin out and upset a megane sport driver on Quarry, the people in the megane didnt look happy, and were really cussing lol!

frsjon

good to meet you today mate the weather was a let down but still a good show despite it

dojj

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he'll be along shortly to correct everyone about how he was actually "drifting" around a slower vehicle

sounds more fun in the wet, even though the escos owner may not think so

Jay,

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there not to worry about anyway really

Chip did have a steering issue on the clio to be fair , i had a look at it it look steering related when i say that the rack had more play than a old sherpa van steering box

Adam.

You too mate! your car is lovely! it really is a credit to you!
Hopefully catch up soon? Dan said to come along and join them on the stand at Fordfair too, hopefully see you there for a catch up

Adam.

French.......build quality.......poor.... i never thought i`d hear that!

All joking aside clio looked like it went well

Jay,

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no ur right they are built badly and judging where the rack is chip didnt seem to impressed to hear my imput on it as gettin to rack out of it is like trying to get a tenner out of steve cossie4i

Adam.

It sounded believable upto that point!

frsjon

sounds good

dojj

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has he got any closer to put his honda egine into the clio then jay?

Jay,

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Funny you ask i he asked me time ago to do a bonnet for it so i did ask how it was going and its on hold till he gets this clio right

Jay,

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Chip

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It was a Leon IIRC mate.

I overtook him going into quarry on the outlap, went into the bend at what felt to me like a very conservative pace for the corner compared to what I normally go into it in when its wet but the steering jumped away from me and I span out.


Luckily no harm done, and I can only apologise to the seat driver, I didnt expect that to happen at such low speeds.

I had a bigger scare at folly, it went massively sideways on me, will try and upload a bit of a video of it as porkie caught it on camera.

I have since found out why, I only did 2 sessions before deciding it just wasnt upto the job and was being too unpredictable but on the way home I managed to borrow a ramp and a mate of a mate who knows a lot more about clios than me and I can now see exactly why it happened, you'll see it too if you click for the video:



The steering rack mounting bushes are worn which means the whole rack can move, so as I went into the bend it steered itself as a result, which put it into a spin, I went to correct it and the initial correction just slid the rack back without any steering happening then it suddenly bit and went the other way around.