Plum Pudding 2012 - Mallory Park, 26 December

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by IAN #51

He was driving a Locosaki 7 type car

Sounds like a different person and the Rob Spencer I know would probably be more akin to having a drink in his hand today rather than a steering wheel.

[Cliff Ryan]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Cliff came 11th in both races, track very slippery and was down on one cylinder for 1st race and track was very, very slippery for the 2nd race when the heavens opened and he did well to keep the XJ6 on the black stuff.

Al, it's a V12 XJS - you should know you swapped the two front plugs in each bank over after cleaning the fouled plug on the right bank !

Good day & not too much damage despite the slippy conditions - thanks to all.

[Al Weyman]

Ops sorry, long day.

[R59]

Which organisation did the timing? Not on tsl-timing's site.
I've seen some of the pics - looked certainly damp.
Also - looking at the entries on this page, Nick Williamson Escort Cosworth 2000cc in with the 1400-2000cc stuff, but the Renault GT Turbo is in the 2000cc and up, which I would have thought would have been the home of Nick's Cossie? Or was he running it sans blower?
Judging by the double win - blown! Guessing that Tim Watson was probably chasing in 2nd then!

[grantp]

'Twas a tad muddy out around the circuit but I was quite impressed that despite the amount of earth shifting that has been going on at Mallory in the past 18 months or so the main tracks were basically still solid. Heck of a lot of potholes which is hardly a surprise but still firm below the surface.

For once the Weather App on my phone was just about spot on. The hourly forecast for the day had been telling me for 24 hours or so that it would rain at around 2pm and sure enough, 2.10 pm was when the odd spots changed to something more substantial.

Good to meet up with Cliff, Daniel and Al. Great dice with the Mini in the first race - for just about the whole race I think wasn't it?

Not many spills (that I saw) from the cars or the bikes which was quite remarkable given the conditions. The slippery track seemed to persist all day until it became simply very wet.

Congratulations to the team running the event - very slick I thought given the mix and the conditions.

Good crowd too. No doubt the sun in the morning helped a little but most people seemed to stay to the end or nearly the end judging by the amount of traffic still leaving after the last race.

[TIMELORD]

Originally Posted by R59

Which organisation did the timing? Not on tsl-timing's site.

The results should appear here soon:
http://www.sportstimingservices.com/...cat=9&open=166

A great day's racing - plenty of overtaking: the three-car dice for the lead in the second saloon race being a highlight!

[KayBee]

Originally Posted by IAN #51

He was driving a Locosaki 7 type car

He competes in the CNC Heads Sports Saloon Championship.

[Al Weyman]

Originally Posted by TIMELORD

The results should appear here soon:
http://www.sportstimingservices.com/...cat=9&open=166

A great day's racing - plenty of overtaking: the three-car dice for the lead in the second saloon race being a highlight!

sorry I have to say that IMHO the three car battle was in fact a two car battle for 2nd as I suspect nick Williamson did just enough to get to the front and stay there and had he chose to could have easily have romped off into the distance and lapped the field as he did in the first race. Unless of course he had issues with tbe car although it looked and sounded sweet. And that red escort banging ar every gear change became really tiring and actually painful on the hearing and yet I am often told the mellowing rumble of my cars v8 is on the limit of noise, most strange how they decide these things!

[IAN #51]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

sorry I have to say that IMHO the three car battle was in fact a two car battle for 2nd as I suspect nick Williamson did just enough to get to the front and stay there and had he chose to could have easily have romped off into the distance and lapped the field as he did in the first race. Unless of course he had issues with tbe car although it looked and sounded sweet. And that red escort banging ar every gear change became really tiring and actually painful on the hearing and yet I am often told the mellowing rumble of my cars v8 is on the limit of noise, most strange how they decide these things!

I agree ref Nick he gave the opposition half a lap headstart quite an impressive performance . Im really impressed with the speed of the cars in the rain in both sports and saloons. The MX5s were great fun to watch on the esses great control in 4 wheel drifts.

Although i sympathise with having failed noise testing in a Triumph Spitfire at Mallory this year and missed all but two laps of practice sorting it out.
Its hard for the noise testers to test for anti-lag systems dumping fuel on the over-run

[medius]

My photos here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...9967128&type=1

Thanks to all who came and raced, and all those who let us come and enjoy a great circuit.