Introduction (Nick and His Cars!)

NickH · 30 Oct 2010, 13:45 (Ref:2782541)

Just a quicky -

Have just joined ten-tenths, looking forward to getting involved in the Forums.

NaBUru38 · 30 Oct 2010, 15:34 (Ref:2782574)

Welcome, NickH! I hope that you have a good time here.

Lola T70 · 30 Oct 2010, 18:27 (Ref:2782640)

Hi Nick, good to have you on board.

SALEEN S7R · 30 Oct 2010, 21:56 (Ref:2782714)

Welcome to ten-tenths Nick. I dont get chance to post here as often as I would like to these days but ten-tenths is still THE best motorsport forum online and probably the biggest too, certainly it is the best for Sportscar and GT racing anyway.

**Aysedasi** · 30 Oct 2010, 22:38 (Ref:2782731)

Welcome to you Nick on behalf of the Mods. Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself and for choosing the best sub-forum for your debut post!

NickH · 1 Nov 2010, 16:22 (Ref:2783520)

Hi "Saleen S7R".. any particular reason for your usernam, as I have ran many S7R's for teams in the past?

And is that a Lister Storm I see?

Regards

Tim the Grey · 1 Nov 2010, 16:59 (Ref:2783538)

Greetings, and don't mind the infighting. If you feel an uncontrollable urge to bash something or someone, we have several specialised threads for this purpose.

Thank you for reading this, and Have A Nice Day!

**Aysedasi** · 1 Nov 2010, 17:56 (Ref:2783579)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

......I have ran many S7R's for teams in the past?

Now you'll intrigue members with a comment like that! Care to expand?

SALEEN S7R · 3 Nov 2010, 19:41 (Ref:2784562)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

Hi "Saleen S7R".. any particular reason for your usernam, as I have ran many S7R's for teams in the past?

And is that a Lister Storm I see?

Regards

The only reason i choose the username that I did is because the SALEEN S7R was and still is my favourite GT car of all time, when i first saw it racing on TV back in 2001 at Le Mans it was just by the far the best looking GTS car on the grid IMO and certainly the fastest, had it not rained it could well have won the GTS class.

And yes it is a Lister in my avatar, one of the cars that first got me into GT racing, although not when it was running in GT1 form. I found the colour scheme on the car, particularly from the rear to be very colourful and eye catching, I think the first time I really noticed it was the FIA GT race back in 2000 at Magny Cours when all there was racing in the GT class was a couple of Listers, a few Vipers and by that time some older GT2 Porsches!

NickH · 4 Nov 2010, 22:53 (Ref:2785150)

Thanks for the reply "Saleen S7R", I used to run a driver for Geoff in that Storm! ( great car... a dream to work on.)

Thanks also "Aysedasi" - I have ran in total 6 Saleens for three different teams, We won the British GT easily with the car and then entered FIA GT with two... Been to LeMans twice with them, Spa 24h, Daytona, Miami was good we were support for Indycar around the streets, never forget that race, Tommy stuffed the rear end of the lead car in the wall, Sebring etc...I am not going to bore you, but you are right it was and still is a lovely GT1 car, still look after 2 to this day! Guess you have seen the carnage that was our 2 Saleens crashing and then being hit by pretty much all the rest of the field on U tube, all started with Geoff in the lead car tee-boning a Porsche, have a look, it's still there, just type in saleen at Oulton Park, by the way the guy that gets out and is stood looking at the carnage owns both the cars still to this day.

Anyway that better do I guess.

Cheers

rich07 · 5 Nov 2010, 02:38 (Ref:2785208)

Welcome Nick, hope you enjoy your time here. Thanks for sharing some of your experiences with running the Saleen, a beautiful car, your very lucky to have worked on it.

The Badger · 5 Nov 2010, 06:41 (Ref:2785237)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim the Grey

Greetings, and don't mind the infighting. If you feel an uncontrollable urge to bash something or someone, we have several specialised threads for this purpose.

Thank you for reading this, and Have A Nice Day!

Hi Nick ..... welcome to the club ..... one bashing thread is the BAdger V's Brielga ....... Porcche V's Fiat thread !!!

NickH · 5 Nov 2010, 17:43 (Ref:2785470)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

Welcome Nick, hope you enjoy your time here. Thanks for sharing some of your experiences with running the Saleen, a beautiful car, your very lucky to have worked on it.

Ferrari 550 was a lot better to work on and with Mr. Bouchet in the car, very quick, Saleen against 550 is like chalk and cheese!

Osella · 6 Nov 2010, 10:29 (Ref:2785723)

Hi NickH,

hi there and we're honoured to have someone who has actually got their hands dirty in sportscars.

Now, you must a) have a vast photo archive of your sportscar involvement and b) share it with us c) please

'Osella'

NickH · 6 Nov 2010, 12:08 (Ref:2785754)

Ok...you asked for it....here are some pics of my time with Saleens...far too many...so here are just a few...bit of fun...can anyone name the track with the planes in the background?....image of car in the pits at Monza..I am the bored looking chap leaning on the fuel rig..discussing issues with guy in the foreground on the radio.

So thats a few of the Saleens, hope I havn't bored you, but you did ask!!

Dead-Eye · 6 Nov 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2785824)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

Ok...you asked for it....here are some pics of my time with Saleens...far too many...so here are just a few...bit of fun...can anyone name the track with the planes in the background?

The little track in Florida where some people drive around for 12 hours once a year

NickH · 6 Nov 2010, 14:53 (Ref:2785827)

CORRECT!!!

rich07 · 7 Nov 2010, 00:30 (Ref:2786074)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

Ferrari 550 was a lot better to work on and with Mr. Bouchet in the car, very quick, Saleen against 550 is like chalk and cheese!

You worked for Cirtek or Larbre?

NickH · 7 Nov 2010, 10:27 (Ref:2786291)

Crew Chief for Cirtek ( Russian Age Racing)

GT6 · 7 Nov 2010, 11:00 (Ref:2786301)

Welcome to the forum Nick.
I always loved the Saleen's and remember the lister storms from my early trips to Le mans, one of the great sounding cars but unfortunately never really delivered the results we would have liked.

NickH · 7 Nov 2010, 11:15 (Ref:2786309)

Thanks for the welcome.

The problem with the Saleens was and still is Parts supply...the lack of parts was and still is a big problem....the Saleen was quite fragile believe it or not and there have been loads of times when we just could not get the car to the level of reliability wanted because of this. The other thing was the cost of running, it is a very, very expensive car to run!

Lister Storm was a great car, I was not keen on the shape, but it was bullet proof as far as reliability.

The Badger · 7 Nov 2010, 11:45 (Ref:2786326)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

Ok...you asked for it....here are some pics of my time with Saleens...far too many...so here are just a few...bit of fun...can anyone name the track with the planes in the background?....image of car in the pits at Monza..I am the bored looking chap leaning on the fuel rig..discussing issues with guy in the foreground on the radio.

So thats a few of the Saleens, hope I havn't bored you, but you did ask!!

I always thought the Saleen was the best looking GT1 car . Doug Fehan always maintained that the Saleen should have beaten the Corvette , if there was a team with a budget like P&M had .

Love that car .

NickH · 7 Nov 2010, 11:54 (Ref:2786327)

the problem was that no team developed the car because of issues I have already mentioned...Konrad did a bit...we wanted to change the back end, stiffen it up, the back moved around a lot because of the way it was set up.... properly sorted it would have been THE GT1 car of it's time. Corvette was properly soted with the right budget...absolutely bullet proof.

rich07 · 8 Nov 2010, 03:39 (Ref:2786819)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickH

Crew Chief for Cirtek ( Russian Age Racing)

I loved that livery on the 550, it looked so good with the blue, white and red.

Any idea where the 550s have ended up?

GT2-R · 8 Nov 2010, 08:48 (Ref:2786862)

Well Nick, I have to congratulate you with your favourite car! The Roock 993 GT2 is a goooooorgeous car! Definately a good choice

.

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