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17 Mar 2010, 11:18 (Ref:2654098)
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17 Mar 2010, 21:31 (Ref:2654522)
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Yes... I think you may have misunderstood me! My 'incidents' usually involve me and stationary bits of the scenery - not other cars...
 I'd say the driving in FC is generally excellent, if you don't count me! 
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17 Mar 2010, 23:11 (Ref:2654582)
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Hi Paul, I was just thinking that watching your antics in the 3-series in my mirrors were normally enough to frighten me into lifting off enough for you to pass me......... .........Heaven knows what you'd be like in a 5-series...... Liked your letter in ClassicCars BTW - can I have an autograph with your new pen? Will you be at Snetterton? |
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Richard Murtha: You don't stop racing because you are too old, you get old when you stop racing! But its looking increasingly likely that I've stopped.....have to go back to rallying ;)
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20 Mar 2010, 02:03 (Ref:2656207)
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Anyway, daren't use the new pen, as I think I'll have to sell the racecar to buy a refill for it if it ever runs out!Regarding the 5 series idea - 'dangerous' is the word I think you're probably looking for! I won't be at Snetterton - it's so bloody far away isn't it? Anyway, I'd do no good there - anyone I managed to pass somewhere would just go sailing back past me down one of those looong straights - especially when you consider that those same straights (with corners at the ends!) would mean I'd have no brakes by about lap five! I am, however, aiming to be at Anglesey, as I wanted to do it last year but wasn't ready. Mind you, haven't touched the car for this year yet either - but I am going to make an effort. Still a couple of months before Anglesey, so time to get it done I hope. Look forward to seeing Steve and yourself there if you're doing it. |
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20 Mar 2010, 23:25 (Ref:2656915)
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Hi Paul - yeah should be at Anglesey - got to go, I've invested £19 in a Travelodge booking
Its a good circuit - did a race there at the end of last year sharing a ride in a Jaguar courtesy of Brian George of this forum - so I'll have a head start on Steve, for once! Look forward to seeing you guys again! Richard |
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Richard Murtha: You don't stop racing because you are too old, you get old when you stop racing! But its looking increasingly likely that I've stopped.....have to go back to rallying ;)
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2 May 2010, 16:34 (Ref:2683281)
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Just reviving this thread and getting back on topic - I see that there are potentially 3 928s at Brands, though 2 of them are reserves...and Alex (the OP) is 6th reserve.....hard luck, mate.....
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2 May 2010, 21:00 (Ref:2683429)
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Kevin Leaper at Practical Performance Car magazine is aiming to race his 928 in FC according to his monthly articles.
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6 May 2010, 22:16 (Ref:2685685)
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If Mark Chilton's 928 is running well on the day he will probably win. The car is a an ex-factory effort and Mark is an animal behind the wheel with decent experience from the Porsche Open where he raced a stupidly powerful 993 GT2... |
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10 May 2010, 05:53 (Ref:2687687)
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Just a thought, with the cut-off of 1990, I assume a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R would be eligable?? All this talk of expensive German metal, and there's some cheap Japanese horsepower out there.....
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10 May 2010, 13:22 (Ref:2687939)
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 he'd have won!I have to say that the Sierra Cossie, although lapped by the first 7, won the award for most entertaining sound as it warbled and wailed at every gearchange  ...tho maybe the Trans-am sounded meatiest.....
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10 May 2010, 16:50 (Ref:2688065)
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Well pleased that I managed to get on the grid and to actually race and finish... Now I need to grow some cojones and to realise that racing is just that little bit different from track days
Thanks to everyone for being friendly and supportive while I was trying to fix the problem with the scavenge pump. Roll on Anglesey... |
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10 May 2010, 19:58 (Ref:2688204)
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11 May 2010, 14:25 (Ref:2688632)
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My second race in FCs,really enjoyed it,many thanks to everyone that have been so freindly and the chaps in the jags that helped me jump start the lorry after the battery went flat!
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Really enjoyed the entire meeting, especially the future classics.
Thanks a lot to Richard for sending me the entry lists, i do look for you in the paddock sunday morning but could find only the car! Simon |
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You may have been in the truck / bus thing near the car at the time, i loitered for a bit but to be honest the paddock was pretty cold!
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About 3 laps into my stint I developed a bad "cutting out" - initially just after Graham Hill bend----the car would just cut then burst back into life - after a lap or so I pitted to see if there was a loose wire or some such - nothing found, and went out again - it was again OK for about 1/3 of a lap then started cutting again - repeated the process afew times but I was becoming a mobile chicane and it was getting dangerous, so I retired it....my first DNF  We "think" it was because of a jubilee clip that had got dislodged - on the intercooler to throttle body pipe - possibly getting caught by the throttle quadrant...allowing the pipe to flex off the throttle body - possibly when the engine rocks slightly at hard cornering - and when the turbo gives full boost it blows to atmosphere rather than into the engine and cuts it momentarily. Impossible to replicate exactly when stationary, but if the pipe is manually flexed off it seems to exhibit the same symptoms.... We are changing the DME relay as a precaution and checking every electrical connection we can find, too......don't want a repeat at Anglesey.... |
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- Perhaps it was the rapid altitude changes from Paddock Hill through to Graham Hill Bend ......or perhaps it's that Southern air that doesn't agree with Northern respiratory systems. Next time take a good sniff of a flat cap & whippet just before you get in the car. Sorry to hear you had problems. Thanks for the heroic 'getting out of the way manouevers'. |
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