360MRC 6hr endurance, Donington Park Aug 3rd

Mike Bell · 23 Jul 2013, 05:47 (Ref:3280703)

The 360MRC 6 hr race, The Placement Group 40 minute Full English Breakfast Sprint and Triple Header Sporstcar races will fill the day.

Some of you may have heard or read that a charity entry is to be racing in the 6hr. What may not be general knowledge is that the car will be my very own old warhorse, Tango 924, veteran of the 2011 & 2012 races already. I have volunteered the car for the entry, with new tyres and fully fettled, and will be 'managing'

the team on the day. Tenther MGDavid (David Smith) will be driving alongside John Hindhaugh and another charity driver or two. The aim is to get to the finish and raise as much money for the nominated charity as possible!

I've copied the message below that would normally seen at the login stage of entering 10-Tenths forum.

"As many of you know, 360MRC is a club formed after a discussion on Tenths, and as such it's very close to our hearts.
Their main event each year is a 6 hour endurance race which has been held at Snetterton and this year is being held at Donington on Saturday 3rd of August.
This is as close to an "official" Ten-Tenths race meeting as it's possible to get! Many Tenthers are racing or marshalling or clerking and we encourage as many users as possible to come along.
Many of the site moderators and admin will be there too!
This year 360MRC are trying to do something a bit special for The Stroke Association at the 360, as you may or may not know strokes have affected some important people within the 360 fold, people you know very well on here. Thankfully, a certain tenther who is a 360 avid supporter is lending us a car to do it.
John (Hindy) Hindhaugh, the voice of Radio LeMans and avid (rabid?) 360 supporter and a few others are entering the 360 in a bid to complete the six hour and get as much money as we can for the Stroke Association and they NEED YOUR HELP!
You can see the full story Here and the Just Giving page Here
We encourage all Tenths users to come along on the day and show their support and also to give generously to this campaign!"

ChrisA · 23 Jul 2013, 20:16 (Ref:3280950)

I'd be there, if only Claire would answer her "pm's" and e-mails.

grantp · 24 Jul 2013, 12:14 (Ref:3281129)

All being well I should be there too.

Presumably people will be arriving on Friday? Fancy a curry - eat in or takeaway both possible from the selection of nearby outlets.

MartinSmith · 24 Jul 2013, 12:53 (Ref:3281145)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisA

I'd be there, if only Claire would answer her "pm's" and e-mails.

Chris
You are there...see PM x

**garcon** · 24 Jul 2013, 13:06 (Ref:3281151)

Mike - have you put a bigger seat in Tango 924 for Hindy ??

I'll be there, probably helping Grant & Terri out with Ten Tenths sponsor type stuff (probably while they're out on the bank) - unless Claire has anything better for me to do!

Mike Bell · 24 Jul 2013, 16:56 (Ref:3281202)

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Originally Posted by garcon

Mike - have you put a bigger seat in Tango 924 for Hindy ??

Hah! My good race buddy Clifford is a big bugger so Tango already has a wide seat, mounted on (approved) runners as well.....

midgetman · 24 Jul 2013, 14:50 (Ref:3281169)

I may make the Saturday but I'm teaching the next generation of racers on the Sunday. Shame, first one I've missed!

MartinSmith · 24 Jul 2013, 14:51 (Ref:3281170)

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Originally Posted by midgetman

I may make the Saturday but I'm teaching the next generation of racers on the Sunday. Shame, first one I've missed!

Its only on the Saturday

midgetman · 24 Jul 2013, 19:11 (Ref:3281242)

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Originally Posted by ClaireSmith

Its only on the Saturday

That'll teach me to RTFI. Woohoo I can come and spectate

MGDavid · 24 Jul 2013, 20:03 (Ref:3281258)

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Originally Posted by midgetman

That'll teach me to RTFI. Woohoo I can come and spectate

bring a few quid for the Stroke Association and you can do refuelling crew...

Mike Bell · 24 Jul 2013, 20:11 (Ref:3281260)

Max will need some race wear if he is refuelling- could that be a problem?

Fasteddymini · 27 Jul 2013, 15:18 (Ref:3282317)

Anyone know when we can expect finals and the entry list ?

**John Turner** · 4 Aug 2013, 06:13 (Ref:3285578)

Well it was good to catch up with old friends. Eclectic mix of cars in the field and plenty of dramas that you associate with endurance racing. I'm sure we will hear the stories! Mainly sunny interspersed by several heavy rain showers, two of which I got caught in in shirtsleeves, led to safety car periods. My only thought was that it started too late, but that is a selfish comment based on the fact that I had to leave before the end. Wonder what time some of the marshals got home? Great fun anyway and well done to everyone involved and for Claire et al sticking with this event. It has had to evolve because there are simply nowhere near enough historic racers prepared to enter this race which is a shame, but I believe in its current evolution it has plenty of legs. Will put up some pics later.

**John Turner** · 4 Aug 2013, 08:47 (Ref:3285613)

A few early ones!

MartinSmith · 4 Aug 2013, 09:03 (Ref:3285614)

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Originally Posted by John Turner

A few early ones!

God that pace car looks good!!!! ha ha

Thanks John ...I will check in from time to time over the next two weeks....was lovely to see you and chew the fat in Race Control.

We did lose time at the start and then Mark Hales had an off which was agro to say the least....it set us back by 5 mins which we never could get back...sometimes you cant...such is the nature of the beast

Post some more...cant wait

MartinSmith · 4 Aug 2013, 10:24 (Ref:3285637)

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Originally Posted by ClaireSmith

God that pace car looks good!!!! ha ha

Thanks John ...I will check in from time to time over the next two weeks....was lovely to see you and chew the fat in Race Control.

We did lose time at the start and then Mark Hales had an off which was agro to say the least....it set us back by 5 mins which we never could get back...sometimes you cant...such is the nature of the beast

Post some more...cant wait

Meant 35 mins

Stacy · 6 Aug 2013, 20:43 (Ref:3286637)

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Originally Posted by ClaireSmith

Meant 35 mins

Interesting way of finding your culprit Claire. We berate the guy who spun with a rear brake failure and left it in the gravel, which actually didn't cost any time as the session wasn't stopped(?), rather than the guy who actually caused the stoppage by subsequently falling off under double waved yellows and crashing into said car..

Mmm. ;-)

Glad it went well, the guys I spoke to were all very pro. Roll on next year.

S.

MartinSmith · 7 Aug 2013, 11:42 (Ref:3286878)

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Originally Posted by Stacy

Interesting way of finding your culprit Claire. We berate the guy who spun with a rear brake failure and left it in the gravel, which actually didn't cost any time as the session wasn't stopped(?), rather than the guy who actually caused the stoppage by subsequently falling off under double waved yellows and crashing into said car..

M

mm. ;-)

Glad it went well, the guys I spoke to were all very pro. Roll on next year.

S.

Actually Stacy it was ME that caused the delay because I would not declare the circuit fit to continue until it had been sweep several times.

I still have the towing hook that was used to try at first to get Mr Hales out, perhaps a bit more thought might have gone into that eye as in truth, I certainly wouldn't want my M3 relying on it !!! And as was proved, it wasn't reliable and because it failed we could not just pull him out as we would have liked to have done. The strap was completely inadequate.

As you sat, roll on next year

Paulaweybridge · 4 Aug 2013, 09:06 (Ref:3285616)

Nice fotos John ...

Looks like the event was a success.

midgetman · 4 Aug 2013, 11:33 (Ref:3285659)

I can't see from those photos. Who was in the safety car?

MartinSmith · 4 Aug 2013, 12:12 (Ref:3285667)

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Originally Posted by midgetman

I can't see from those photos. Who was in the safety car?

The safety Car was an Aston, The Pace Car I refer to is my new baby x

grantp · 4 Aug 2013, 14:20 (Ref:3285690)

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Originally Posted by ClaireSmith

The safety Car was an Aston, The Pace Car I refer to is my new baby x

You need a new painting for your avatar Claire.

**John Turner** · 4 Aug 2013, 13:32 (Ref:3285682)

A few more, then:-

grantp · 4 Aug 2013, 14:34 (Ref:3285694)

Well that was an interesting day.

Caught out in the first light shower without my wet gear to hand I took shelter in the lee of a marshals post - considering the amount of water dropped that worked very well indeed, mainly because the falling rain was nearer horizontal than vertical.

It allowed me to snap the progress of the deluge at Robert's esses. It went rather like this, using MGDavid in Tango by way of illustration.

I'll continue the 'splash through puddle' sequence in the next post.

Rikki Cann · 4 Aug 2013, 14:45 (Ref:3285698)

Wow what an event, great mixture of cars and characters

, our car behaved brilliantly bearing in mind it was finished on Friday morning before we set off, just need to find a way of using less fuel 380ltrs in one race is a bit much

also some rain tyres.

Highlite for me was that "little Giant" it was so hard to get by it and then try and pull away, great driving.

Our only downer for the whole weekend has been that we got home at 5.00 am that's after leaving the track at 9.30pm

, nothing to do with the event just our van had had enough and spat the dummy out and would not play any more, eventually the problem was traced to a faulty turbo pressure switch, all good now.

roll on 2014

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