Sprinting and Hill Climbing

[simontaylor]

I'm sure it looked like it from a spectators view, however Tim thinks he was at 59.8, 4 secs ahead of me and my lean car.

[stephendell]

Can't have been. He didn't finish in the top 3.

You were 4th in the RAOC Class. You were nearly 4s faster than Pete Ellens as well.

Class 8 Renault Alpine Owners Club Championship Cars
No. Name Car c.c. Run 1 Run 2 Award
54 Nigel Patten Renault 8 Gordini 1296 69.42
79 Lianne Metcalfe Renault Alpine 110 Gordini 1300 97.99
80 Robert Gibson Renault Alpine A110 1397 58.30 1st
81 Phil Gardner Renault Alpine A110B 1400 63.12
82 Paul Sage Renault Alpine A310 2664 64.25
83 Simon Taylor Renault Alpine Gta 2450 62.04
84 Richard Hillyar Renault 21 Turbo 1995t 62.27
85 Simon Gamblen Renault 21 Turbo 1993 63.87
86 Iain Black Renault Alpine Gta V6 2975 60.60 3rd
87 Rupert Lloyd Renault Gta Turbo 2500 64.39
88 John Pigeon Renault 8S 2968t 67.88
89 Ben Hillier Renault Alpine A610 3000t 73.76
90 Gary Gooding Renault Sport Spider 1998
779 Jeffrey Sasin Renault Alpine 110 Gordini 1300 78.20
784 Barrie Williams 58.63 2nd

Here are the CAR results:

Class 5 Club Alpine Renault Speed Championship Cars
No. Name Car c.c. Run 1 Run 2 Award
52 Frederic Gencarelli Alpine Renault A110 1565
53 Patrick Bridger Renault 8 Gordini 1296 68.91
55 Tony Hart Renault 5 Gt Turbo 1397 59.57 1st
56 Maurice Fitzgerald Alpine Renault A110 1255
57 Peter Ellens Alpine Renault A110 1550 65.82
58 Nick Wadham Alpine Renault A110 1400 59.87 2nd
59 Charles Reynolds Alpine-Renault A110 1600 61.42 3rd
60 Stuart Clough Alpine Renault A110 1796 64.47
61 Niall Mcatasney Alpine-Renault A110 1400 69.21
62 Mark Rideout Alpine Renault A310 2664 69.49
63 David Keer Alpine Renault Gta Turbo 2485 64.51
64 Tim Jeffrey Alpine Renault A610 3000
65 Tony Gomis Marcadier 'Can Am' Gordini 1596 63.61
752 Paul Godfrey Alpine Renault A110 1565

Always nice when you make a break through! I'm offf to try and re-arrange my gear linkage.....not with a hammer though!!
Good result Simon.....class wins cant be far away now!

[simontaylor]

I beat Pete at Abingdon too.
If I was in the CAR championship, I would have had the 1st in class. Only the last 3 CAR entrants are really in the championship and 2 of them got NTRs. (luck of the draw/devil).

[simontaylor]

Official Abingdon results placed me 14th from 19 in class. Slowly clawing my way up, but still 9 seconds behind the fastest EVOs.
I managed to beat a std Audi Quatro, Mini Cooper S, M3 CSL, a 911 and 1 of the Scubby WRXs.
Next sprint is at Castle Coombe on Sat June 30th, after Le Mans trip and Bromley show.

[simontaylor]

Peter, are you a member of the HSA? I managed to get into print in Speedscene for my class win at Gurston back in April (only 3 of us, but none the less). See the words on page 41, fellow "Alpine Enthusiasts" Iain Black and Pete Ellens are also mentioned and the list of class winners is on p43.

No I'm not......I have enquired about it but never actually subscribed to it. The impression I get is that its centred around the National championships and the southern venues, so I havent bothered.....I am on www.uphillracers.com , the equivalent web forum......you should try it, its free and can be entertaining. There are also some good links to fairly awesome in car footage of cars at the top of the sport.
Ive been told I'm in this months Full throttle magazine (out on Thursday when I will find out for sure!) which is a fairly new national race magazine......they sent me a picture of me sideways in the gravel trap at the Knockhill national sprint and asked if they could publish it!

[Alpineandy]

Ive been told I'm in this months Full throttle magazine (out on Thursday when I will find out for sure!) which is a fairly new national race magazine......

It's a 'sister' magazine to PPC and initially they had a few of the same articles in both.

I am indeed in Full Throttle...nice picture of me on the gravel! Didnt help me win at Barbon hillclimb on Saturday......beaten by 4/10 ths of a second....which was very annoying because I fluffed a gear change on the last and fastest run of the day. How much did that cost.....how much distance is 4/10ths of a second at 50mph (about the speed over the finish line)......bullocks!!

[simontaylor]

peter, 1/100th of a second is 1 foot at 68mph.
so 4 tenths is about 54 feet at 50mph, about 4 car lengths.

Well, last weekend I was sprinting at Castle Coombe. Blimey, it was like a mixture of driving on moss and ice. Apparantly it is notoriously slippery in the wet due to the gasoline in the atmosphere from the nearby air base. Anyway, I was up at 96 seconds, compared to 80 s last year in the dry. A scubby and a 911 had big offs with lots of damage and many others spun off with more luck. I only managed 9th from a class of 12, but 7 of them were 4WD. Best part was the spirited driving home against an Audi S4, not much in it actually, espacially on the straights.

Next event is Hethel on August 5th so long as my entry gets accepted. This is the Lotus factory test track just south or Norwich. Not been there before, but I'm sure it's a fast one.

[simontaylor]

Well, July was a baron month, just car shows, no competition.

August has started well, Hethel was last weekend and this Saturday it is Curborough, just outside Litchfield on the North side of Birmingham. Tim Jeffries is booked in with his A610 and of the 8 cars in our class 5 are 4WD, lets hope the TVR Tasmin is beatable. An R5 GT turbo in another class too.

Starts at 9:15 and will probably finish around 4. A pretty good spectator venue too, maybe see some faces there, I'll be car no nnnnnn n nineteen.

And on Sunday I'll be at Sneterton supporting my mate in his Firenza DS in the classic touring car series. Formula woman is running too, which is normally a spectacle.

[simontaylor]

Here is a map for those interested.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=414000&Y=314000&width=700&height=400&gride=412118.849642707&gridn=316788.56296146&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=25000&down.x=289&down.y=3

HOWEVER, there are road works between Curborough and the A38, it is best to approach from the A515 Litchfield to Kings Bromley road.

[simontaylor]

WOW, A bit of a nice result today.

At last, I have managed to beat Tim Jeffries in his A610.
Me, 67.93secs, Tim 68.00 dead. Not by much, but enough.
Also, I managed to finish less than 1 second behind the M3 coupe, driven by a man with 22 years of sprinting experience. Normally he is about 3-5 secs ahead.
Odd thing is, we were all 3 of us crossing the finish line at 87mph.

A class record was set too, by one of the 3 "northern scoobies", so no chance of any class honours for me, or any other 2WD car in our class. The driver claimed he had one of the most powerfull EVOs in the north........ not only was he fast, it looked blloming fast too, 61.83, crossing the finish line at 103mph.

Well done Simon ,result

Were you setup in Adaptronic mode ??

[simontaylor]

no, Renix mode,
'till the map is complete for my cars setup.