would that be Mr Rosengrave?

 

Don't worry, my name still appears three times on that list. :)

 

In hindsight, I was probably more successful in the TCCA events.

Now you mention it, I have him to beat too! The gentleman I had in mind was Mr Barnfather, driving an orange Golf. Watching him is like watching a Dr Jekyll when outside the car, then Mr Hyde when inside the car. In a good way.

Edited May 29, 201313 yr by carbonboy

Yay, Supp Regs are in! You can find them for the June 23 event at Sandown here.

.....I maybe throw some semi-slicks on the front, it could be more interesting.....

 

 

:blinks:

mmm, generally more grip = more broken things :(

You're right, but I'm hoping you're wrong, if that makes sense? Given that I have about an hour total experience in a car with semis, I'm thinking that I should just drive the courses. Rather than adopting my usual disregard for flags style. :blush:

Well things didn't break (this time around) & the really good news is the rear tyres I retired from street driving duties are still good for another event. Sweet! Having the semi's on the front seemed to help, rather than a 4 wheel undeersteer/oversteer mutant-drift-thingy when using the handbrake, the fronts gripped & the rear was quite happy to just fling around. Didn't help me too much, drove rather horribly overall, but did manage to beat my usual 3 flags & a WD. Only 2 flags today! *fistpump*

 

Had a friend of mine come along to see what this is all about, if it didn't float his boat he could always watch novices at a V8 drive day crash a Commodore at turn one next door. :lol: Thankfully he liked what he saw & got some footage from outside of the car. Which means twice the footage to edit/upload, but oh well. It's great to see what it looks like watching yourself drive, I can tell you that from the inside of the car, I had NO idea I was getting the inside rear wheel that high off the ground! :blinks:

Wheel lifting- nice

Discovering I REALLY REALLY like the 'Plumb Crazy' Test:

 

 

Getting the inside rear off the ground in 'Manoeuvering':

 

 

And again in 'Gate Slalom':

 

Edited June 24, 201313 yr by carbonboy

There's a fair reason why I'm not beating Batch yet, he's just plain faster & a shipload more experienced than I am. For example, this is his run at 'Gate Slalom':

 

 

And his 'Loopy Slalom'.

 

 

The tyres helped but I'm going to need a 4A-GC to have a real chance, the 2A-C just doesn't have the torque to use second gear effectively :(

 

As always the rest of the playlist (both in-car & outside footage) can be found here:

Never got to second back in my day. Just revved the ring out of her...

That's been working for me so far, I would like to use gears other than first & reverse though! :laff:

 

I'm glad I don't take this all too seriously, didn't drive that well results-wise, but had enough fun to not really care. I placed 29th out of 49 Outright, 32nd on Handicap, 10th out of 17 in Class A (beaten by an AE82 Twin Cam by ~15 seconds all up) & 4th out of 7 in Novice class.

 

The next round is at the Saleyards in Bendigo, which from what I've seen/heard about the surface, should be good! :yes:

From my experience Bendigo = slippery

The Supp Regs/Entry forms for Round 6 in Bendigo on the 20th of July can be found here, while JRace Entry Forms can be found here. For a Google Maps link to the venue, please click here.

Any idea of start and finish times Luke. Can't seem to find them in the sup regs.