a little vid from yesterdays trackday at brands hatch

 

Key word there, is "behind". So not a challenge

 

Nice Ronnie, see you guys next week

 

Oi Ronnie, track days are cheating.

 

Their is a challenge mate he isn't always behind. It is a quick little car


See you soon marco


I was just testing that it wouldn't break

It looks like its going to be a wet weekend

 

0.07 seconds in the final at Cadwell is hardly behind and we did qualify first but just for you, we will up the ante at Brands.

 

Not camping so bring on the rain.

 

1st place @ Brands Hatch, Come on Ron up date, up date lol

 

Nice one, Team Ron!!

 

Congratulations!! well done!!!

 

Won by a tenth in the end but when he got home he realised he was only on low boost ha haha.

 

Makes the win even sweeter knowing there was a lot more power on tap

 

Well done team ron , love the video !!!!! Bring on angelsey :0)

 

Well done guys
Many thanks for a great weekend Ronnie

 

Well done team Ronnie

 

thanks guys

3rd race 3rd win

their wasnt too much to do before the race, the guys at motorsport developments sent me out a turbosmart boost controller to try and regulate the boost for wet conditions. james come down for race weekend and kindly come round saturday and plumbed it all in whilst doug miller3 fited my alternator drop bracket ( and moaned about the lack of coffee )

we set the controller up on the A13





sunday race day and the weather was shocking!!! i know that the vauxhall vx220 hasa good wet set up and we used the first session just as a feeler to see how much grip their was, it's safe to say their wasn't a lot had a little spin after taking a bit to much kerb.

warm up and i wanted to try r888's but tony ryan talked me out of it, and come up with a good idea to have a quick pit stop 10 minutes in to change to 888's on the back to get back to back comparisons. i am glad we did that because their was too much standing water for them to clear and if i would have gone out with them to start with it would have been dangerous.







qualifying and thankfully it had dried up but their was grey clouds looming so i got straight out and rather than using a couple of laps to warm things i up started my flying lap straight away to avoid the rain and it was quite a busy track so it was hard to find a clear space, i set my quickest lap in lap 4 with a 53.2, 1 second clear of 2nd place and 4th overall in club class.












final and it had stayed dry with the exeption of a few showers since qualifyng but their were some angry looking grey clouds above, Tony ryan TOLD me to get out at the front of the pack and go for it straight away!!!! as i was leaving the pit lane rain started to fall!! i knew i had to get round as quick as pos to start my flying lap.

as i cross the line to start my flying lap the rain was really coming down hard and i was on a dry set up!! on my first lap i set a 56 second lap time, i kept going but the track was really wet and my lap times were falling, i knew that everybody elses lap times were falling too as their was no grip. i was in 1st place by 0.10 of a second and i had a little excersion across the grass so decided to pull in and wait to see if the track dried out as my main competitor was still out, if hes times started falling then i knew i would have to go back out and try again, but it didnt and i had won

i was over the moon to win at my home track,

massive thanks to everybody as usual doug, james, dan , chris, and Tony ryan for taking time out and spending hes sunday helping me out





a little vid of the final sliiping around and getting told off



love this shot by marcosworth

 

Excellent stuff Ron

Well done to all

 

Good write up big ears :O)
You forgot the bit about the power steering pump and rose joint tho ha ha, but you may have not noticed we sorted that as you was wondering off again!!! Lol xxx

 

Arrive and drive Amis next :-$ lol lol

 

Well done Ronaldo, nice write up

 

that was me in the passinger seat
loved every min of it
thanks ron

 

Great result

 

Good write up mate

Roonnnniiieeeee

 

just seen the article on piston heads you get a mention as being the Vs220's nemesis
http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=129&i=26045
No pictures of yours though

 

Just had a quick read of that article, not bad, looking at some peoples comments it seems there are some pretty down to earth spec cars being quite competitive, which is nice to hear.

 

What shocks and spring rates you running Ron ?
I could look though the 97 pages

I'm thinking of changing the F300 & R200 LB springs on my GAZ units.
Well done and hopefully see you at Anglesey.

 

Anglesey will be AWESOME!!!!!

 

Got Gaz too bud was 175lb rear but gone to 150lb but altho ron likes it soft i think we are going back to 175.

Cant remember what the fronts are. possibly 350lb?!?

 

Cheers
Was thinking of going stiffer on the front and slightly softer on the rear.

 

Ron should be doing charity rides at some point over the weekend. go out and see what you think. i know its differant when you aint driving but it may give you some idea mate

 

Ronnie said he's gonna give me a romantic spin around the track

 

nout better than seeing a cosworth up a ferraris chuff!

top driving well done on the result!

 

POSERS!


Congrats Ron... Will definitely need to make another Time Attack at some point this year. Gutted that Ford Fair was on the same day.

 

What races do you have left?

 

Last race is another double header at snett on the 22nd and 23rd of sept be nice to get a load of surporters behind us to tie up the champiinship. we could win it on the sat

 

Latest pic form angelsey

 

Woohoo, the boys!

 

Aha! That one is even better.

Miller - got a feeling I'm working that weekend

 

Shame hun, Ron's aiming to nail this race. Can't wait, good bunch of lads to work with

 

the usual suspects great wkend bring on snetterton and all your funny suits well done to all the lads ronnie is a