"The Race" - Page 3

greenamex2 · 13 Nov 2006, 19:10 (Ref:1765241)

Where did Gary Numan come (can't afford Sky, I race!)?

wensleydale · 13 Nov 2006, 19:32 (Ref:1765256)

2nd

greenamex2 · 13 Nov 2006, 19:38 (Ref:1765263)

Ta.

R59 · 13 Nov 2006, 20:04 (Ref:1765277)

But..... Were His Friends Electric?
Had any of them broke down?

Must be nearly as bad as seeing Steve Strange on Celebrity Scissor Hands, and Al Weyman having his back waxed. It was him, don't listen to anything that he says.....

greenamex2 · 13 Nov 2006, 20:19 (Ref:1765298)

Quote:

Originally Posted by racing59

But..... Were His Friends Electric?
Had any of them broke down?

Must be nearly as bad as seeing Steve Strange on Celebrity Scissor Hands, and Al Weyman having his back waxed. It was him, don't listen to anything that he says.....

Biggest disappointment of my life seeing Steve Strange at a concert and finding he couldn't sing for sh*t.

terence · 13 Nov 2006, 21:13 (Ref:1765338)

Guys ,Guys ,Guys, Your all missing the point ,it was supposed to be a talent show!!! dont know what went wrong though .

.100k,s worth of damage to cars etc!!

Gilles lives! · 13 Nov 2006, 21:41 (Ref:1765351)

2nd series anyone?

Start with FFord and work up to A1GP cars!

chezza · 13 Nov 2006, 22:10 (Ref:1765365)

100k's worth of damage?!

Surely not. The cars they raced weren't that expensive.

graeme · 13 Nov 2006, 22:13 (Ref:1765368)

I heard (they were using our Caterham - not mine, I hasten to add) damage to the Monster Truck was £80k...

Rockmunky · 13 Nov 2006, 22:14 (Ref:1765370)

Don't go giving them ideas!

terence · 14 Nov 2006, 09:05 (Ref:1765625)

Monster truck, Mini engine, 2 elise,2 FF-----and lord knows what incidental damage,no dought that will come to light when all the other Minis get stripped etc!

chezza · 14 Nov 2006, 11:18 (Ref:1765789)

Ahh yes I had forgotten about the monster truck.

I think the moral of this story is peeps with no race experience shouldn't be let loose in powerful and expensive machines and told to race.

ensign14 · 14 Nov 2006, 11:36 (Ref:1765817)

Apart from Kimi Raikkonen.

Fay · 14 Nov 2006, 13:13 (Ref:1765908)

OK, we knew what was going on most of the time as we were liaising with the producers and race control, however I did enjoy it.

The racing on Sunday was excellent, with a great battle for the lead between Johnson and Newman. Also the battle for 3rd-5th was good. We were expecting the safety car to be used to bunch everyone up, but as it was working so well it was not needed.

For people who had not raced before (ok, one may have done a bit), their lap times were quite respectable and improved constantly over the weekend.

If I was just out doing incident, then I guess I probably would have been bored with all the messing round, but then as has been said before, it is Television.

ensign14 · 14 Nov 2006, 14:46 (Ref:1765981)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fay

The racing on Sunday was excellent, with a great battle for the lead between Johnson and Newman.

That makes it look like NASCAR.

mini1400 · 15 Nov 2006, 06:28 (Ref:1766437)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chezza

100k's worth of damage?!

Surely not. The cars they raced weren't that expensive.

Mini 7 engines are about 7K each....

chezza · 15 Nov 2006, 10:00 (Ref:1766581)

I wasn't aware one of the minis had been damaged when I made that comment.

I know one of the lotus' had been damaged and also obviously one of the formula fords, but having not seen the action from the whole week...

stevew · 15 Nov 2006, 11:23 (Ref:1766666)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mini1400

Mini 7 engines are about 7K each....

Not sure where you got the £7k from.

http://www.mini7.co.uk/classified.asp

And there was no damage to any of the Mini's, apart from sore engines
and one that detonated.

What you have to consider is that these engines may have done a seasons
racing and may well be due for an end of season rebuild, however revs up to 11,000 12,000 does not help them very much.

Still I think the celebs enjoyed racing the Mini 7's the best. God knows what would have happened if they used the Migs instead.......

Alan Crook · 15 Nov 2006, 12:53 (Ref:1766751)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fay

The racing on Sunday was excellent, with a great battle for the lead between Johnson and Newman.

We spent both Saturday and Sunday at Silverstone and also saw Tubeway Army a couple of times in the late 70`s and Fay still can`t get Gary Numan`s name correct.

mini1400 · 15 Nov 2006, 14:59 (Ref:1766865)

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

Not sure where you got the £7k from.
http://www.mini7.co.uk/classified.asp

Sorry, was getting my Migs & 7s mucked up - should be shot seeing as I was a Mini7 club member ....

Anyone know what actually happened to the engine that MH-D was running - I presume it was one of Max Hunters? Lots of sparks out the bottom before dumping the oil...

stevew · 15 Nov 2006, 17:47 (Ref:1767027)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mini1400

Sorry, was getting my Migs & 7s mucked up - should be shot seeing as I was a Mini7 club member ....

Anyone know what actually happened to the engine that MH-D was running - I presume it was one of Max Hunters? Lots of sparks out the bottom before dumping the oil...

Don't know what happened to MH car, but looked terminal, looks like the crank, ? shot out stuff through \ gearbox \ bottom of engine.

Anyway, there are some exclusive pictures from the sky event on the clubs website.

http://www.mini7.co.uk/gallery.asp

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