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Snetterton

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:41 pm
by David
Big sprint meeting tomorrow and Sunday :)

Small classes for the JPSCs though. Jeff has to deal with a Marcos GT, and I with a Caterham :(

But, at least the Marcos is orange (so it must be fast!).

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 6:02 pm
by jeffw
lol.....I hope to be infront of the Marcos

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 11:47 am
by dopdog
Have a great one guys, very envious not to be there so look forward to a full report

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 7:41 pm
by jeffw
Two Sylva in different classes, 2 class wins !

I'm also pleased to say I scrapped in front of Mr Hussey at the death as well :)

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:23 am
by beemer
A few pics in the album below from yesterday. the Marcos was marginally in front of Jeff in the paddock :)
Nice to meet you yesterday Jeff and thanks for the chat (y)

PS excuse the bikes :(

https://goo.gl/photos/mL1ah6ZSaKzg4cdf7


Image

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 4:53 pm
by adithorp
How did your times compare to previous Jeff? Were the new ROP rules being applied?

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 5:20 pm
by David
Jeff was learning his new car -- and having some "issues" with his Geartronics set-up. However, he still beat me on both days (twice as many horses and stickier tyres may have played a role here -- I certainly can't admit he's a better driver!! :? ).
Both of us won our classes on both days ;)

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:07 pm
by jeffw
The times today where somewhat faster (down to a 97.18) with loads more to come.

https://youtu.be/Ot2ScWS89aQ

Watching the video I can see at least a couple of secs and that is without dialing the car in.

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:11 pm
by jeffw
Thanks for stopping and having a chat Tony, some nice pictures there :)

Re: Snetterton

Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:04 am
by David
Thanks for the photo Tony.

Unfortunately, as I mentioned at the top of this thread, both Jeff and I were in very small classes at Snetterton -- and we both won them by well over ten seconds due to car disparities. That sort of margin reduces the fun-quotient of in-class competition to nil, so we need to look elsewhere for a competitive edge -- but you always find someone.
Luckily for me, a gentleman (epithet not applied lightly) named Stephen Laing runs a Caterham R500 in the next class up, and, at Snetterton, we are very evenly matched. I had managed to beat him by a few tenths on Saturday, but on Sunday it was much tighter. I had to leave after two timed runs, at which stage I had him beaten with a time of 98.52s to his paltry 98.53. However, in his third run he improved to a spectacular 98.50s, leaving me trailing in his dust!
That is worthwhile competition.
Stephen features in one of Tony's photos.