Anglesey

[Scotty C]

http://www.elisetrophy.com/Race_Report/ ... 6_May_2009

Report from Anglesey.

Caught a flight from ABZ to Luton and got collected from the airport by a private chauffeur (Ok Steve Williams step son Sam in a Escort) collected the car and drove the 270 miles to Anglesey, Got soaked on the M42 stuck in a traffic jam, then via the A5 through north Wales. Was nice to drive the 2-11 on some windy roads again it’s been a long time. Arrived at the track just in time to get the last ½ hour session of the trackday (thanks to Andy Dolan for the 10l fuel). What a great track, I spent most of the time trying to follow people that had been there all day. Some really interesting lines.

Practice Saturday morning went ok, But I wasn’t fully up to speed and for the first time, I was just wanting the signatures. I have paid a lot of money and sorted out a load of sh1t not to be going to Zandvoort the following weekend.

Qually went well, I just wanted to be near the front and fingers crossed out of trouble. I ended up in 4th overall so was happy with that although I wasn’t too happy with the amount of oversteer the car was giving me on fast corners.

There wasn’t enough time to sort it out in between races and I had it in my head that I just want to get round (although Jon in the 2-11 was over a second quicker than me in qually (he had been there all day Friday) So I still wanted to be able to go for the class win. Sean was leading and Jon was right behind him, the Motorsport Elise in front of me never got off the line, so I was sitting in 3rd going round the first corner, right on the trail of the 2 in front. Jon tried to go round the outside of Sean at corner 2 and got squeezed onto the grass. I then followed Sean for about 4-5 laps. Not much in the lap times but Sean could pull 6-7 car lengths on me down the straights (there are 3 straights) I now have the situation of a angle on one shoulder "you need that signature"and the devil on the other "go for the race win". I needed to get close enough to Sean to be able to pass him going into the second corner, god knows what I was going to do once I passed him as he was just going to blast past me on the straight anyway. So I went for a quick exit on corner 1 ( fast left hander, remember my oversteer problem)to take him round corner 2. Ooops a bit too quick and I was never going to make the exit so off I go onto the grass. A couple of spins later and I am heading back onto the track backwards, Lucky enough I had pulled out a gap so no one close by. I go straight across the track and end up on the grass engine cut off, Start the engine and off I go. By this time 3 cars have gone passed and Jon in the other 2-11 is now giving me a hard time. My confidence now gone a bit with the car and I am really struggling to get up to speed on the fast stuff. I was about to let Jon passed when he goes round the outside of me (nice overtake) on the back corner (3). I jump on his tail and follow for a lap or so, we then close up on Steve and Connaire who are now fighting for 2nd. I get far too hot into the hairpin and Jon taking the racing line just comes across right in front of me. I have nowhere to go and try to make the corner but it wasn’t to be and I run into the side of his car (really am sorry Jon). I then cool the beans and follow them round and get the signature. I lesson learnt.

Race 2 to follow.

[robin]

He won't try that again It's all about psychology!

[Mike Scib]

You been to Zandvoort before mate? Maybe worth speaking to BigD

[kenny]

Any damage following the shunt?

[Scotty C]

I have a funny story from race 1, I forgot (Magner’s brother’s Mcape & Walshy) trying to sort out my wet set up. Mcape if you have time can you post it up?


Race 2

Sorry a bit short. I am running out of time.

Managed to get a geo done during the 4 hour wait in between races. Got not a bad start, Sean flew past me like I was standing still, I then got held up behind Doug Setters (who was on reverse top 8 pole) managed to get passed him and I think I was 4th or so, I had a great load of laps fighting from 4th up to 2nd (Sean’s gearbox blew) and then followed Steve Williams for about 4-5 laps also in the mix was the “invite” motorsport elise (he had a K powered car that could drag me on the straights????) I ended up letting the Motorsport guy passed who then passed Steve (the angel on my shoulder had won again) I think we had about another 2-3 laps or so, but I was happy ( not really) to be going home with the 2 signatures and the car still in one piece (kind of). I am happy with the way the car is handling and really looking forward to Zanvoort.

I think I was the only person to drive to and from Anglesey 750 miles + I even managed to turn off at Perth and drive over Glenshee.

If you are in or around the Aberdeen area buy yourself a evening express on Saturday. There should be a piece about me in the sports section.


It might even be here? http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Section ... me/EESport

Thanks to Mcape and Nicola who came all the way down to support me (even if you did forget your flag.

Walshy again for his help.
Steve for the support with the car and the 60+ liters of fuel.

But a big thank you to Jamie for sorting out my license.

Off to Newcastle tomorrow after I collect the car for the fiberglass repair guy and do a few small jobs on it.

Cheers

Scotty

[mckeann]

So I went for a quick exit on corner 1 ( fast left hander, remember my oversteer problem)to take him round corner 2. Ooops a bit too quick and I was never going to make the exit so off I go onto the grass. A couple of spins later and I am heading back onto the track backwards, Lucky enough I had pulled out a gap so no one close by. I go straight across the track and end up on the grass engine cut off, Start the engine and off I go.

This was the corner that i told scotty he could go faster at, between qually and race 1 . Nobody seemed to be chucking it in as fast as its do-able at, so i tried to give him a wee help It was working up until that lap though

[mckeann]

I have a funny story from race 1, I forgot (Magner’s brother’s Mcape & Walshy) trying to sort out my wet set up. Mcape if you have time can you post it up?

Basically, its all walshy's fault

Walshy is rcovering from shoulder surgery, so doesnt have much strength or manouverability in one of his arms, so i was on hand to alter the settings for scotty, at walshy's instructions. Just before the race started, scotty and walshy decided to go for wet settings. I think i told them to leave it for the dry, but they ignored me (it stayed dry by the way ) Anyway, walshy points to the front wheel and tells me to turn it 2 clicks softer. I duly oblige with 2 clicks less rebound on both fronts. He watched me do it so i assume everthing is ok. We go to the back, and walshy asks for 2 clicks less, but points at the seperate canistor in the boot, not on the dampers. I duly oblige, ignoring the fact that i adjusted the rebound on the front, and this was the bump. Didnt really occur to me, as i have never used 2 way dampers, and as walshy watched me do the front, i assume its alright.

It was only after the race when i asked walshy why he wanted less rebound on the front, but less bump on the rear that he clicked i had misundersttod his instructions.


Despite all that, it was scotty's incompetence that he spun in race 1, everybody knows that you should just drive around the problem, rather than adjust anything

[Mr Momo]

Nuffin in the EE web bit - Are they aware that calling a section "sport" just because it has football and golf is a bit poor.

Good luck - flew over Zandvoort today - looking very nice..

[campbell]

It might even be here? http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Section ... me/EESport

Great writeups coming Scotty.

But that's not a Sports Section it's a f*cking football fest, how much do I hate those "sports" pages...

[Scotty C]

I know there might be some copyright thing going on here, hope its alright?

[mwmackenzie]

Good write up and the ape needs to sew on a new set of these cloth ears he has

Top job your doing out there Scotty!

[Andy G]

Always good to keep a dossier of that sort of stuff for next seasons sponsors mate

[Scotty C]

yip, I have started to do that.

Does anyone have old copies of Autosport, I wondered if there was anything about the races at Silverstone or Brands.

[jason]

Does anyone have old copies of Autosport, I wondered if there was anything about the races at Silverstone or Brands.

Can you remind me of the race dates, Scotty? I'll see what I still have.

[Scotty C]

Does anyone have old copies of Autosport, I wondered if there was anything about the races at Silverstone or Brands.

Can you remind me of the race dates, Scotty? I'll see what I still have.

Brands was 2nd-3rd May

silverstone - 19th April