DTRC Brands 22/23 July - Page 7

Al Weyman · 26 Jul 2006, 14:33 (Ref:1665042)

Tim Dodwell of Road Saloons fame, welcome to 10/10th Tim.

R59 · 26 Jul 2006, 19:35 (Ref:1665233)

Welcome Tim,

Have you still got the "Timini"????

That ol' Scirocco has had almost as many "lives" as my Nova. Though I bet it's done more road miles!! That's "Super Road Saloons" for you!

Rob.

barry barnes · 26 Jul 2006, 22:18 (Ref:1665403)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mig

Glad to hear that most drivers had a good weekend in the heat.I have spoken to a few of the drivers that were competing at the week end and the only negative point that they mentioned was the amount of contact that seems to be creeping in to the racing which is a shame as last year the championship pride itself on the clean racing.Pete Reeve will not be at the August round as his rear suspension and mounts are bent and he has got to try and straighten the car.

Unfortunately for those of us who are a little 'ring rusty' (not driven for 18mths) I found that everyone has up'd their game and getting quicker which does lead to mistakes ! there is no excuse for 'Red Mist tactics' though.

As an aside well done to Rod, Sue and Andy for keeping us all well informed - shame the club running the meeting were not so effecient ! Look out August I AM BACK !!!!!!!! - had me practice now I am up for it for the rest of the races

barry barnes · 26 Jul 2006, 22:42 (Ref:1665422)

Tim, do you know of any one who has any piccies of you at Paddock being swamped going to Paddock, I was on the inside on the greeny looking bit ! - in your defence you got to the smoke and oil that Mr. Thwaites left first I think - not very pleasant me thinks.

Cheers,

Tim Wilkinson · 27 Jul 2006, 09:25 (Ref:1665741)

Barry - what happened at Druids at the start of race 2? From the bottom of Paddock I could see the back of your car stationary for a while, but couldn't see why.

andypipe · 27 Jul 2006, 09:52 (Ref:1665766)

Quote:

Originally Posted by barry barnes

in your defence you got to the smoke and oil that Mr. Thwaites left first I think - not very pleasant me thinks.

Cheers,

I was right behind him when it let go. My car went everywhere. I will see if i can get the in-car footage up

mini1400 · 27 Jul 2006, 09:57 (Ref:1665771)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andypipe

I was right behind him when it let go. My car went everywhere. I will see if i can get the in-car footage up

It didn't look very nice from post 1 either!

barry barnes · 27 Jul 2006, 12:00 (Ref:1665846)

Quote:

Originally Posted by teej

Barry - what happened at Druids at the start of race 2? From the bottom of Paddock I could see the back of your car stationary for a while, but couldn't see why.

Not quite sure, I passed may be 5 cars by the time we reached Druids and we were 3 abreast going round - me in the middle - a gap opened up ,brain said go for it but we found an Escort parked facing me, locked up ans slid in -OOOOps ! only light damage but was then 1/4 of lap behind everyone again and 3/4s behind the leaders so in making up 11 places was in my book a good result even if I was 100% on the ball !

Cheers, Barry

tim dodwell · 27 Jul 2006, 12:41 (Ref:1665888)

Thanks for the welcome Al and Rob. That was sure one hell of a race/high speed traffic jam, and I made it at least 23 DIFFERENT cars (a record?)
Shame about the oil in race 2 - yes Barry, it did spoil the race for moi. Also a shame about the heat (engine was running at 110 C) - it's cooked either the head gasket or the turbo, judging by the amount of smoke outta de exhaust. It got us back to zummerset though, thru the jams too.
Rob, the old Timini (brown 1275 GT) went mid 80's (needed a twin pram carrying vehicle). The moniker is now used on a Mighty Mini I got thinking the Scirocco and my 1966 Cooper could no longer hack it. Big mistake, as it took over a year to sort it's problems out, and they brought out the harness bar rule stuffing me taking the family in it. Can't sell it until it gets a good result, so at the moment it's a case of too many cars, always wanting attention!!! Tim

tim dodwell · 27 Jul 2006, 13:07 (Ref:1665919)

ugh - ignore this, just having teething problems with this posting business (typical for an oldie I suppose)

Az · 27 Jul 2006, 21:45 (Ref:1666248)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Bloody shame to hear about John and Peter's clash, both nice cars I hope they can get them sorted.

Yeh couldn't believe it

Two of the nicest and fastest cars in the field, was quite a nasty one too. John got quite airborne as he hit the tyres. Managed to get a few dodgy photos of it. Have a look here - http://www.ae-photography.co.uk/230706.html (gallery from the day).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rod Birley

Both drivers say they will be back. John has a "spare" Mercedes V8 almost ready to go, and Peter will be after a new front wing and passenger door today. Hope to see you on the 19th August Al.

This is good to hear! With hindsight I think it was just one of those racing incidents, avoidable but neither driver wanted to give an inch, very close racing, just a bit too close on that occasion

Look forward to seeing them again!

Al Weyman · 27 Jul 2006, 22:04 (Ref:1666265)

Blimey Johns car looks in a very sorry state. Nice pictures, still a hell of a lot of big 'Standard dimension' spoliers and air dams there as well I see

grichie87 · 28 Jul 2006, 04:00 (Ref:1666397)

Hi Peeps
More pics on http://www.adrenalinphotography.com/...9812&g2_page=1
Borris

**Snapper Baz** · 28 Jul 2006, 21:26 (Ref:1666848)

A fellow work mate decided they didn'y want to swap their shift with me so I had to work both afternoons in the tower watching planes and no cars-seems like I missed a good outing (for most!)...Didn't realise there was a drifting contest on at Brands though (Mr Pipe)!!

...by the way Mr. Pipe...could be next month that you star in Classic Ford mag?

andypipe · 28 Jul 2006, 23:38 (Ref:1666898)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snapper Baz

A fellow work mate decided they didn'y want to swap their shift with me so I had to work both afternoons in the tower watching planes and no cars-seems like I missed a good outing (for most!)...Didn't realise there was a drifting contest on at Brands though (Mr Pipe)!!

...by the way Mr. Pipe...could be next month that you star in Classic Ford mag?

Are you implying that I had a slight handling problem?

jaysalv · 30 Jul 2006, 09:36 (Ref:1667654)

anyone wanna check out russell bradleys website go to www.teamdesperados.co.uk let me know what you think

jonbryant · 30 Jul 2006, 11:20 (Ref:1667734)

Welcome to the forum jaysalv!

And as we're on the subject there's some more on my website (check out my profile for the address).

E-mail if you can't see yours on there!

jaysalv · 30 Jul 2006, 12:55 (Ref:1667806)

hi john great pictures but none of car 78 do you have any... what a great race though looking forward to the 19th august

jonbryant · 30 Jul 2006, 13:29 (Ref:1667846)

PM sent jaysalv

jaysalv · 31 Jul 2006, 18:21 (Ref:1669156)

hi there andy cannot get video to work on my pc shame. great looking car i like the old mk1 and mk2 escorts

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