Racing in 2009

[John_Parker]

So, a long Christmas break, tear the xray back down to kit status and put it back together. Great, all ready for Sunday, then, doh! I can't make it on Sunday. Never mind, see you all the week after.

Tesco are out of stock of 2" masking tape, so if anyone sees any on Saturday, buy 2 rolls, just in case Martin can't find any on Saturday.

[tomlau]

So, a long Christmas break, tear the xray back down to kit status and put it back together.

hmmmm...wil never have that special Tom Lau touch again. Shame on you.

[ralph]

Haha. Shame I wont be able to make it. It'll be March before my TC4 sees the track again .

[Stelios Bishop]

Just to say James and I had a good meeting, some very close racing.

Stelios

[A.Wojtecki]

A good meeting with close racing everywhere it seems - I know that there are about 3 or 4 of us at the front with only a couple of seconds between us. Looking forward to the next race now I've taken out the one way and put in a spool in the front (which I've been told should be quicker), hopefully it won't take me too long to re-learn how to drive the car and hopefully my front driveshafts'll forgive me!

[Stelios Bishop]

James managed to get 27 laps in the first C final with his HPI Sports 2, and after i sorted out gearing with a 27t monster motor and reset my radio, i got 30 laps in the 1st and won the second with 31 laps. My best result lap wise for ages.
Just hope this wasn't a fluke.

Stelios

[A.Wojtecki]

Yep - some impressive lap times. I always like the quick ones - I think that is only the second time where I've got 34 laps on a track at Milton.

[John_Parker]

I've got a big sheet of 2mm yellow high-impact plastic to make some new corner markers for Over. The idea is to make some lollipop shapes that retain the tubes while discouraging drivers to drive over the actual corner marker.

Anybody fancy having a go at making up a design, let me know and you can have a chunk

[A.Wojtecki]

John - do you remember the corner markers at Chesterfield? They worked rather well I thought - just a radius of yellow plastic with a second layer of carpet on top. You could clearly see the corner, you didn't go so close to the pipes and they just slowed the car down and unsettled it rather than crashing and possibly breaking it.

[John_Parker]

I was planning on a straight copy, with some way of attaching the tubes to the disk

[John_Parker]

Touring and 1/12 tomorrow

[ralph]

As this Sunday is the last Milton meeting for summer, I'm planning on racing up at Risby, this side of Bury on some Monday nights. Went last week and the racing isn't bad. Leyton and James G usually race there. Track is a similar size to Milton but much less grippy! 2 heats of touring stock cars. If anyone else from Cambridge or near the A14 is up for going I'm happy to car share and split petrol money.