Subaru Shoot-Out: Elvington Airfield 3rd October 2010

[Jonathan F]

On the 3rd of October, “Team ScoobyClinic” will be taking part in the famous “Scooby Shoot-Out” at the Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire. Running on the handling circuit and drag strip, the team is looking to put on a good show, and hopefully come away with the silverware!

The Scooby Shoot-Out is now in it’s 8th year, and always draws a huge crowd as fans flock to see around 60 Subaru’s and a few other makes and models being put through their paces.

Run by the same people, and at the same location as TOTB, the Shoot-Out promises to be a great event for Subaru enthusiasts, with the possibility of a few surprises thrown in!

The 2010 team will be run under the watchful eye of ScoobyClinic’s top man Kevin Knight. Kev has pulled together 10 of ScoobyClinic’s finest Impreza’s, along with a cross section of drivers from a variety of motorsport disciplines to represent the company at the event.

Team “ScoobyClinic” will be made up of:


Tim Evans: Euro Saloons/Northern Saloon & Sports Car Championship

Tim started karting in 1985, and drove for the England gearbox kart team in 1998. He raced Caterham’s between 2000 and 2002 with regular podium finishes. He moved to RGB kit cars between 2003 and 2007, and has been with saloon cars since 2007, with regular class wins.


Vaughan Fletcher: Nippon Challenge/AAA’s

Vaughan started his love of racing with track days in 2002, and moved onto circuit racing at the beginning of 2009.

Although new to circuit racing in 2009, Vaughan has proven to be the one to beat on track, with significant class and race wins to his name. This success has continued into 2010 and across several race series, leaving much higher powered machinery in his wake.


Ian Froggatt: Nippon Challenge/AAA’s

Ian is new to the world of circuit racing this season, having decided to join in the fun after seeing Vaughan Fletcher compete in the Nippon Challenge last year.

His first outing was at Mallory Park in April this year, and he has been steadily improving as the season progresses in both the Nippon Challenge and AAA Saloon Cup.


Kevin Horsley: Time Attack/Scooby-Sprint

Kevin regularly competes in the “Time Attack” championship in ScoobyClinic’s “Pink” Subaru.

In 2007 he finished 3rd in the Time Attack Club Challenge championship and then won it the class in 2008, setting 4 lap records which still stand to this day. In 2009 Kevin switched to the ScoobySprint Series and won the Modified Privateer championship that.

This year he moved up a class in Time Attack to the Club Pro championship, which he currently leads with one round left to go.

Kev finished runner up on the handling circuit at the 2008 SSO.


Peter Isherwood: Euro Saloons/Northern Saloon & Sports Car Championship

Peter started racing in 2004 in the RGB race series, and took many class wins over the season. Drove in DDMC Saloon and Sport series in 2006, again with many class wins and won “Hepolite’s” most entertaining driver 2008. Moved onto racing Subaru’s in the 2009 LMA championship and took two class wins.


James Key: ScoobyClinic

James is one of the technicians at ScoobyClinic, and will be driving his 1995 type RA Sti version 2, which is fitted with a 2.1 stroker and sc36 running 400bhp.

James took part in the ScoobySprint last year and this will be his 5th SSO He is also familiar with the rallying heritage of the Impreza, having done several single stage rallies and working alongside Andy McKenna at the “Ice Driver” rally school.


Andy McKenna: Professional racing driver and motor sport driving coach

Andy McKenna, is worldly known for operating the “Ice Driver” racing school in Scandinavia, where driving on frozen lakes at high speeds is the norm! When Andy wanted a quick and reliable Subaru to use as a training vehicle on the ice, he of course turned to ScoobyClinic.

Andy will be running the 22B of ScoobyClinic’s MD Kevin Knight in the SSO. The 22B is Kev’s every day driver and serves as a test mule for many of the tuning parts available from the ScoobyClinic.

In full road trim, Andy piloted the rarest Subaru to within 0.62 seconds of Olly Clark in the RCM “Gobstopper” at a previous SSO, which is testament to the car and driver.


Mark Pettit: ScoobyClinic

Mark will be piloting Andy McKenna’s company car at the SSO, but it’s no Vectra or Mondeo! More used to being sideways on the Scandinavian frozen lakes, than racing around a circuit or up the strip, the “Ice Driver” Impreza will be put through its paces at the SSO.

Mark can usually be found operating the Dyno at ScoobyClinic, making sure your pride and joy is in fine fettle.


Danny Precious: 500BHP Track “Hawk Eye“

Danny’s intimidating “Hawk Eye” Impreza is a very heavily modified 2006 UK STI Type. It provides a home for a full race-spec 2.33 engine, fitted with one of ScoobyClinic’s cutting edge SC46 billet turbo’s. With a few other choice modifications it’s now pushing out just over 500bhp, and equipped with full race suspension it’s fully capable of putting all that power down on the tarmac.

Although new to competitive motorsport, Danny has taken the tried and tested route from track days to competition and is looking forward to making his mark on the circuit.


Mikee Singh: Time Attack/Drag Shoot Out

Mikee regularly competes in the Time Attack and Drag shoot outs in ScoobyClinic’s “Pink” Impreza alongside Kev Horsley.

Responsible for setting a 9.91sec @ 132mph ¼ mile at this years TOTB, Mikee will be piloting an all new purpose built drag car which will be unveiled at this year’s event.

Holder of several world records for drag racing Subaru’s, Mikee will be looking to add to his previous Drag Shootout wins in 2008 and 2009 at the SSO.


We’d love to see as many Subaru’s as possible at Elvington on the 3rd October to support the ScoobyClinic team, so come along to cheer the guys on, and see what they can do for your Subaru.

www.scoobyclinic.com

[Jonathan F]

Breaking News!!!!!!

ScoobyClinic have just been announced as title sponsor for the Shoot-Out.

Event also re-named as "ScoobyClinc Scooby Shoot-Out" in recognition.

Just over a week away, so get down to Elvington to see the Clinic put it's cars through their paces.

[G.Walker]

3 of these Scoobys were at Oulton Park on Saturday in the Classic Thunder race, all 3 qualified in the top 10 and one of them got a 3rd place finish.

[Jonathan F]

Clive Fulcher: TOTB/Drag Shoot Out

Replacing Danny Precious:



Clive’s ’98 STi RA is a welcome addition to team “ScoobyClinic”. With a spec list longer than your arm, this is built with one thing in mind, and that’s speed! The Classic Impreza provides a home for a full race-spec 2.35 engine, and was the first to try one of ScoobyClinic’s cutting edge SC35 billet turbo’s. With the afore mentioned Aladdin’s cave of options fitted to the car, Clive’s Subaru is now pushing out over 600bhp, and equipped with full race suspension it’s fully capable of putting all that power down on the tarmac.

Clive’s RA is also the first car to benefit from the collaboration between ScoobyClinic and Zen Performance. Paul at Zen mapped the car ensuring the best performance was extracted from the Billet turbo set up.

Weather permitting on the day we could be looking at another 9 second car from ScoobyClinic/Zen.

[Jonathan F]

Details of prizes on offer at Sunday’s ScoobyClinic Scooby Shoot-Out.

ScoobyClinic are to sponsor all 3 events, handling, drag and top speed as follows.....

Overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophies in each event, followed by 1st, 2nd and 3rd for private entries (non tuner)

Private entries will receive:

A medallion plus £50.00 ScoobyClinic voucher for 1st
A medallion plus £25.00 ScoobyClinic voucher for 2nd place.
Third place in any event will receive a medallion.

Obviously if any private entry places in the top 3 in any of the disciplines, the trophy will be there’s.

On top of the above there will be a special trophy for best overall car/driver of the day.

Also for the handling circuit SuperPro Bushes have donated a £100.00 voucher for 1st a £50.00 for 2nd and £25.00 voucher for 3rd on the handling course.

There are also two K&N panel filters up for grabs, but at this time it's not known where these will be awarded.

More details will be announced as they are confirmed.

[Jonathan F]

Prizes for Sunday’s ScoobyClinic Scooby Shoot-Out.

ScoobyClinic are to sponsor all 3 events, handling, drag and top speed as follows:

Overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophies in each event, followed by 1st, 2nd and 3rd for private entries (non tuner)

Private entries will receive:

A medallion plus a £50.00 ScoobyClinic voucher for 1st
A medallion plus a £25.00 ScoobyClinic voucher for 2nd
3rd place in any event will receive a medallion

Obviously if any privateer places in the top 3 of any of the disciplines, the trophy will be theirs.


In addition to the above, the privateers will also be able to drive (hopefully) home with the following:

Handling circuit:

SuperPro Bushes has donated:

1st place: £100.00 voucher
2nd place: £50.00 voucher
3rd place: £25.00 voucher

Drag Strip:

Whiteline Suspension has donated:

1st place: Front ARB, Rear ARB and anti lift kit worth over £450.00!
2nd place: Front and rear drop links worth over £200.00
3rd place: Anti lift kit worth over £140.00

Top Speed:

In addition to the Silverware:

1st and 2nd will also receive a K&N panel filter.

There will be also be a special trophy for best overall car/driver of the day.

[Jonathan F]

Prizes for Sunday’s ScoobyClinic Scooby Shoot-Out.

ScoobyClinic are proud to sponsor all 3 events, handling, drag and top speed as follows:

Pro 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each event will win a trophy, followed by 1st, 2nd and 3rd for private entries (non tuner)

If any privateer places in the top 3 of any of the disciplines, the trophy will be theirs.

Private entries will receive:

Handling circuit Final:
Sponsored by ScoobyClinic and SuperPro Bushes

1st place: Medallion + £50 ScoobyClinic Voucher + £100 SuperPro Voucher
2nd place: Medallion + £25 ScoobyClinic Voucher + £50 SuperPro Voucher
3rd place: Medallion + ScoobyClinic Cap + £25 SuperPro Voucher

Drag Final:
Sponsored by ScoobyClinic and Whiteline Suspension

1st place: Medallion + £50 ScoobyClinic Voucher + Whiteline Front ARB, Rear ARB and anti lift kit
2nd place: Medallion + £25 ScoobyClinic Voucher + Whitleline Front and rear drop links
3rd place: Medallion + ScoobyClinic Cap + Whiteline Anti lift kit

Top Speed Final:
Sponsored by ScoobyClinic and Prolong Lubricants

1st place: Medallion + £50 ScoobyClinic Voucher + Prolong Oil and goodie pack
2nd place: Medallion + £25 ScoobyClinic Voucher + Prolong Oil and goodie pack
3rd place: Medallion + ScoobyClinic Cap + Prolong Oil and goodie pack


There is also a special trophy for best overall car/driver of the day.

[Jonathan F]

8th Annual Scooby Shoot-Out

Elvington Airfield: 3rd October 2010

Big “Hat’s off” to everyone involved in the organisation/running of the event, they all deserve a medal, or a rubber duck!

Trevor, Helen and all the Straightliners crew, Kev, Adam and all at ScoobyClinic helped put on a great show in spite of the weather.

Also has to be a big thank you to everyone who turned up and braved the elements to either spectate or take part. Hopefully you had a good show, and were rewarded for being true petrol heads!

The weather was going to play a big part in the day’s events, as heavy rain started to fall from 7am, and it didn’t let up until around 4pm.

The airfield at Elvington rumbled to the unmistakeable sound of the Subaru Flat 4 Boxer engine (and the odd flat 6!), as they were pushed to their limits (or when the drivers bottle ran out!) down the ¼ mile drag strip and around the handling circuit.

Brought to you by the “Straightliners” team, the driving force behind TOTB, the 2010 Shoot-Out is in its 8th year and it continues to grow and support the ever popular Japanese make. To strengthen the event this year, one of the UK’s largest Subaru specialists “ScoobyClinic” came on board as the title sponsor. Their involvement is expected to see the future of the Shoot-Out cemented into the events calendar for years to come, and already a date has been confirmed for next year.

In addition to sponsoring the event, “ScoobyClinic” also put their money where their mouth was by bringing along a team of cars to battle alongside the rest of the entrants.

With lakes forming on the handling circuit, and rivers running across the strip, it was the brave that prepared their cars to do battle.

The handling circuit proved to be the most popular, with cars snaking their way through the paddock as they lined up for their turn. Due to the weather, the course had to be re-designed at the last minute to avoid the larger areas of standing water however this still claimed a few “victims” as they slid over the finish line and ploughed straight through it!

Over on the strip, none of the cars were able to run anywhere near their full potential, and for safety reasons only one car was allowed on track at a time. A 10.6 second pass was the quickest on the day, being set by Paul Martin in his Evo.

The dedicated drag cars expected to be capable of 9 second passes remained on their trailers due to having nothing but slick tyres to run on. Even with full wets, the cars were spinning the wheels to half distance, and then faced standing water towards the end of the strip!

With a torrential down pour just after dinner, it would have taken Moses to part the water that had been deposited, which saw wheels and jerry cans floating through the paddock! With 5 inches of standing water in places, the event was called to an early finish in the interest of safety.

The real winner on the day was the weather however I think the majority managed to get some enjoyment from the event.

Again, top marks to all of the organising team, and ScoobyClinic for putting up the prizes and offering their support.

22.05.2011 is a date for your diary. Scooby Clinic Shoot-Out 2011

[adeycorp]

Evening guys

Check out my photo from this event. Was a great day & I was wetter then I have been before & the traffic on the way home.

Here are the first batch of photo from the day. More will follow.











Full galllery is on my facebook HERE

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