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R59 · 7 Mar 2005, 16:41 (Ref:1245753)

Oooh yeah.. and Bike Engines... I know the regs stop 'em, but why not give them a minimum weight to slow 'em down.

Is His Lordship entered this year?

Beware man bearing garden implements!

Rob.

Rod Birley · 7 Mar 2005, 19:01 (Ref:1245862)

At the moment it looks like we are nearly full with saloons, and the bike engined sports cars have got a lot of other championships this year which we don't want to dilute.

peter thurston · 7 Mar 2005, 19:59 (Ref:1245937)

I for one want to race in a saloon car race with saloon cars in it.If I wanted to race a small lightweight car with a bike engine in it I would have bought one.What has always concerned me is what happens when a heavy saloon and a bike engined car tangle as I know I would not want to be sitting in my very quick little car with some bloody great thing pinning me to the armco at high speed.Besides you never see a saloon being let in to a sports car series do you.

big andy · 7 Mar 2005, 22:21 (Ref:1246131)

peter you have a rover engined special saloon .i have a bike engined special saloons ,there both s/saloons so why can t thay race together .if id spent thousands of pounds on a sequential box and a BDA that reved to 10k that would be ok ,but not a bike engine that does all this for a 10th of the cost ,my car is a s/saloon not a sports racing car,it doesn t make sence to me

yeltneb · 8 Mar 2005, 09:38 (Ref:1246434)

Big Andy what chassis do you have and with what engine?

big andy · 8 Mar 2005, 17:02 (Ref:1246836)

its a fiat cinquchento body built round a space framed chassis with a CBR 1000 engine powering the front wheels

peter thurston · 8 Mar 2005, 20:20 (Ref:1247083)

Sorry big andy but you miss my point,I refer to the bike engined sports cars as rod had mentioned earlier on.Having raced the escort against these cars and some times been unable to see them I dont want to be the one who ends up driving over one of them and seriously injuring someone.After all Iam sure that if I turned up in a super truck nobody would let me in the race for one reason or another.(by super truck I dont mean the escort ,before I get all the wise cracks).

djinvicta · 8 Mar 2005, 21:13 (Ref:1247124)

I think Pete means; having raced his space framed Imp, no way would he want the Prelude or a ton of V8 Escort pinning that to the armco. The Imp, built as yours Andy, would stand no chance in an accident with a steel bodied Super Saloon. Lets face it; your space frame would fold up. Yuk.

mig · 11 Mar 2005, 14:14 (Ref:1249555)

As the driver of both a moddified saloon mini and a spacedframed Metro I have to agree with Peter Thurstons comments.
I raced the Metro a few years ago at Snetterton with steel shelled cars and had a very large accident the steel shelled cars were not to badly damaged but my Metro was a write off and I suffered broken ribs,burnt lungs and various other injuries that put me out of racing for over a year.

Safety in Motorsport must come first !!!!!

big andy · 11 Mar 2005, 20:23 (Ref:1249862)

the point i was trying to make is why ban bike engines?.mig my car has been built with a massive multipoint rollgage and the shell has a lot of the orignal steel panels not like your maguire space frame metro (bessie???) .will any of you boys be doing any rounds of the KN sports saloon cc

Minicross424 · 12 Mar 2005, 17:58 (Ref:1250358)

Hi Lads
Im doing the semsec sports and sallons series this year but if i get the odd weekend would my Mini be ok to race.
Minicross spec Mini, steel body near standard engine.....for now.
will it get thrashed by everything?

Rod Birley · 13 Mar 2005, 10:09 (Ref:1250684)

There are some pretty quick cars in class D, but you might be surprised at how well you go. Registration is free, so join in. At some venues it looks like there will be split races anyway.

andypipe · 14 Mar 2005, 09:56 (Ref:1251369)

I,m registered. Still waiting for my confirmation of race number and entry forms to come through

**Tim Falce** · 14 Mar 2005, 10:14 (Ref:1251385)

Rod, Is Silverstone at Easter definately cancelled?

Rod Birley · 14 Mar 2005, 10:56 (Ref:1251446)

Only the southern sports and saloon series race, the rest of the Britcar meeting is going ahead. It seems as though because it was a non-championship race a lot of our guys were not quite ready (myself included) and there were only ten entries. True, other clubs would run with that number, but it would have meant a considerable loss for the BARC S/E centre. Shame really, as it was a rare opportunity to run on the International circuit.

chezza · 14 Mar 2005, 14:33 (Ref:1251617)

In a way good good...I'm not able to go to that meeting and I didn't wanna miss out on a round of u guys!

peter thurston · 14 Mar 2005, 19:59 (Ref:1251913)

Sorry to **** you all off but when I was invited to do ford fair the year before last I had the whole of the circuit to myself for three 20 minute sessions during the day and for free! Ha.

andypipe · 14 Mar 2005, 20:08 (Ref:1251921)

Jammy B'stard

djinvicta · 16 Mar 2005, 20:09 (Ref:1253696)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter thurston

Sorry to **** you all off but when I was invited to do ford fair the year before last I had the whole of the circuit to myself for three 20 minute sessions during the day and for free! Ha.

May be jammy; BUT, the money Pete costs me when hes out "playing" for a weekend.

djinvicta · 16 Mar 2005, 20:51 (Ref:1253727)

To complete this post. He only eats Fillet steak (cremated, for stamina); drinks Metaxa and Sprite, followed by gallons of ice cream; AND the Women! I had to fight them from his hotel door and give them refuge in my hotel room; what a night! He wont refute this reply, because hes currently "testing" the Escort on the A299 Thanet Way, which has reopened since the snow. Have had to blow out the Ash bypass for testing; a Farmer dobbed us in to the Law; but the straights are longer between Whitstable and Margate. Those of you think Im jesting, dont live on this road!! See you on the 16th at Brands!

djinvicta · 16 Mar 2005, 21:16 (Ref:1253740)

Grumble grumble to a moderator; we really should have a SPONSORS subject on 10 10ths. The money THEY spend! The drivers demands are now too much. Tyres?? 3 sets per year? Come on. Do they really have to drive sideways? I keep telling him; STOP IT!

peter thurston · 16 Mar 2005, 21:31 (Ref:1253746)

I would just like to say your honour that I have never knowingly driven a race car on the public highway and as for this guy djinvicta who professes to know me, I only have some recollection of a guy staying in a hotel near silverstone by this name as there were sheep queueing at his door.

djinvicta · 16 Mar 2005, 21:36 (Ref:1253748)

Well!! The first sentence is a lie, eh readers? The second a fantasy. Hes back from testing. Well? Does it go? Will it eat Rods a..e?

peter thurston · 16 Mar 2005, 21:41 (Ref:1253750)

No dave i'll leave that for you to do.

djinvicta · 16 Mar 2005, 21:46 (Ref:1253751)

Good God!! And i thought I knew you? My hand wobbles signing the cheques sideways

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