Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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who went?
i know these people were there
Me
M Sutton (he arrived with me)
Captain Rosco (came and spoke to us)
JR (saw him, but was scared to go over and talk to his crew)
OJC (strangely, i saw him in some bushes, near hinwick hall, wierd)
Chump (drove past, stared at my car, and still drove past)
Just Novas
and a few more cars that i recognised, but dunno who's they are
it was good, nice to meet Rosco, and put faces to everyone elses names
I didnt run (i was worried i might kill my car)
what sort of times did everyone else get?
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Chump
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Registered: 1st Feb 04
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i was half asleep to be honest mate....didn't even see you. Met JR's crew though and chatted for nearly an hour while we waited for them to clear up the bits of engine over the start line 
My best time was 15.01 - had so much difficulty getting the power down....spin in 1st....spin in 2nd.....
Reckon I can get it lower with better tyres.....current one's aren't even branded 
Race 1
Me vs Honda Integra Type R......LOST......my first run - hadn't been up the strip in an FWD car before...was revving up to 6000rpm at take off...big mistake........and stuffed 3rd
Race 2
Me vs Golf Gti.....WON.....easily
Race 3
Me vs Leon Cupra R....WON easily
Race 4
Me vs Nissan Skyline R33......LOST....but only by .2 second
Race 5
Me vs Nissan Pulsar gti-R.....LOST....again only just (thought I'd beat him to but the slip says otherwise.....
The best bit of the day for me was sitting in the queue and seeing all the people laughing at my 'boggo' corsa with black scooby vent....then seeing there faces after I'd run....
[Edited on 20-03-2005 by Chump]
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Kerry
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a skyline and a pulsar only just running a 15 sec quarter
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Chump
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i know....i thought that was a little weird too...funny thing is on the Skylines second run he only got 15.6
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corb
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would be a GTS then. sounds about right for one of them. Pulsar should be quicker than that though, shit driver or shit car perhaps. Who was jr up there with?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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FPMSL at seeing me in bushes
I was looking for nuclear bunkers, I swear I saw one.
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Captain_Rosco
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Registered: 8th Dec 03
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@ OJC
 Alrite Rob !
Good have met you and M Sutton,
I was bombing through the pit lane with Chris C, when at the last moment I finally saw Corsas with CS stickers.
So I thought I would stop and see if the group of blokes standing next to them were the owners
Sorry I didn't hang around long enough for a real chat. It’s just a shame it was busy, other wise we all could have joined up for a better meet.
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Robin
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looked like you'd just been for a slash to be honest ollie
oh, and chump, i was sat at the finish line, there was my car, and M Suttons purple beastie next to each other,you looked right at me, musta just not twigged that it was my car and stuff
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Robin
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i had a mission getting in
there was two of us, and we only had 17 quid between us, then i dropped a pound under my seat, so i had to go home and get another fiver, by which time Sutton was already in there, and i didnt know where
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Chris C
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i was there, saw u race that type r chump, thought to myself that corsa's going fast lol.
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jr
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should have come and said hello, didnt see your car till you drove out
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Fad
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hello all
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essexracer
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quote:
Originally posted by Chump
My best time was 15.01 - had so much difficulty getting the power down....spin in 1st....spin in 2nd.....
Race 3
Me vs Leon Cupra R....WON easily
[Edited on 20-03-2005 by Chump]
easily? which race were u watchin?  (i was catchin u up a fair bit once i got traction!)
iv got a video of our race by the way! and u can see me spinnin thru 3rd gear u had no traction problems at all in comperision to me! 
my excuses lol... it was my first run up in my LCR... had absolutely wank start, today was the first time iv tried to launch my LCR (which iv only done 1900 miles in since new!)
my quickest time in the end was 15.2 @ 93mph. tho i recon i could crack the 14s with sum practice AND TRACTION!!!
on seatcupra.net most ppl with standard LCRs get 14.5s to 15.5s... so as said with a bit more practice... 
its hard to get the power down with over 200bhp at ur front wheels!
tho once my car is rollin its a completey different story
lol, rant over 
james
[Edited on 21-03-2005 by essexracer]
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Paul_J
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ah Rob Marriot - I saw you turn up later in the afternoon, (black wheels yeh?) wondered who's that was.
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Chump
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quote:
Originally posted by essexracer
quote:
Originally posted by Chump
My best time was 15.01 - had so much difficulty getting the power down....spin in 1st....spin in 2nd.....
Race 3
Me vs Leon Cupra R....WON easily
[Edited on 20-03-2005 by Chump]
easily? which race were u watchin? (i was catchin u up a fair bit once i got traction!)
iv got a video of our race by the way! and u can see me spinnin thru 3rd gear u had no traction problems at all in comperision to me!
my excuses lol... it was my first run up in my LCR... had absolutely wank start, today was the first time iv tried to launch my LCR (which iv only done 1900 miles in since new!)
my quickest time in the end was 15.2 @ 93mph. tho i recon i could crack the 14s with sum practice AND TRACTION!!!
on seatcupra.net most ppl with standard LCRs get 14.5s to 15.5s... so as said with a bit more practice...
its hard to get the power down with over 200bhp at ur front wheels!
tho once my car is rollin its a completey different story
lol, rant over
james
[Edited on 21-03-2005 by essexracer]
like i said....easy
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Macca_G
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Vids??
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essexracer
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chump... iv got the vid of our race, could send it to u if u like? (but how?)
james
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
FPMSL at seeing me in bushes
I was looking for nuclear bunkers, I swear I saw one.
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M Sutton
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
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i was there with rob, was a good day, could have been warmer tho....
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3CorsaMeal
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i must come one day, isn't far from me, and loads of people i know from surrounding towns go quite often
can u take anything up the strip?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Yes, I saw a Italiajet scooter go up the strip, looked quite standard the cylinder was'nt very big so could'nt have been more than 100cc and it got 13.3 at 93 mph
Love it, I want one.
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M Sutton
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yes, u can take anything, im gonna take my 1.2 up for a laugh soon!!
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Paula Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
a skyline and a pulsar only just running a 15 sec quarter
Just goes to show, that just because it says Turbo on the back, doesn't nescessarilly mean it's fast up the strip. There was an R32 at Stratford this weekend Just managing high 14's, a 350z doing 14.5s.
Then you had your Mk2 sleeper Astra on TB's pulling 13.9's consistently, and a Nova Saloon also naturally aspirated doing consistent 14.7's.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
ah Rob Marriot - I saw you turn up later in the afternoon, (black wheels yeh?) wondered who's that was.
yeah, thats me
i got bollocked on the way out for speeding down the pit lane on the way out, i was technically doing seven times the speed limit 
i'll take the little slag down the strip next time theres a few of us there
19 second runs... lovely
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