Next SIDC event at Knockhill, Saturday 19th August, 9 to 1

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:57 am

alicrozier wrote: The Exige felt like a lard bucket after driving Pauls Caterham at the end though...easily 2-3 seconds quicker with plenty more to come. First time I've driven it on track (Alford on caravan tyres doesn't really count) and running 48s the grip, corner speed and braking were on another level.
Gonna have to get one of those silly little cars.

I thought the same after the last Brunty KH event, where I went from Driving in Ed's exige to then Thinforth & Gordon's 7's. Bloody awesome cars!

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:16 am

Big thanks to John again. I think this was one of the best track days I have done at KH.

Might have been because my car felt great and no one passed me all day.

Got these vids off of SIDC forum. Good for timing you laps

. My times are in the 63's -64's.

2nd-last run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTiR5rBf8s0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYxmBcP7F1M
Last run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqWP7av9Co
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14q32jCxtks

Went to Perth for lunch on the way home then up to pitlochry to see a friend and then over Glenshee. Was really pushing hard with no traffic on the road coming up the south side of Glenshee nice dry sunny evening (5.30). Just as I came over the hill at Glenshee to see massive black clouds, Within 2 minutes the rain was so hard that the road was completely flooded. I had to pull over as the 38's were just aqua plaining even at 10 mph. I then had to try and put the Tonneau cover on from the inside and hide under it. By the time I got this done everything inside the car including myself was totally soaking. The heavy rain lasted for about half an hour, I was not fussed and still had a grin on my face.

The joys of having a 340r?

Scotty c

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:33 am

Scotty C wrote: Might have been because my car felt great and no one passed me all day.

I overtook you when you reversed off at the hairpin...

(I had your brother on board and we'd went through 2 laps worth of blue flags so thought I'd better let you past into the hairpin.)

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:42 am

alicrozier wrote:
Scotty C wrote: Might have been because my car felt great and no one passed me all day.

I overtook you when you reversed off at the hairpin...

Ok apart from that.

(I had your brother on board and we'd went through 2 laps worth of blue flags so thought I'd better let you past into the hairpin.)

I came in after that and the guy in the box said " after all that hard work to get passed, you went and spun"

I had to laugh, little did he know I was playing around?

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:09 pm

Did not realise that anybody else was using Stunners. Are they the same as mine Ed, ie the top of the range Scudos(sic)?

Scotty

In the dry I thought you would have been lapping more in the 61-62 sec range.

tut

StiflerMR2 · Post by **StiflerMR2** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:20 pm

Had a great time at KH at the weekend, cheers to Simon for the pax laps, there were awesome!

Kinda decided it for me, time to get looking on piston heads for an S2

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:01 pm

In the dry I thought you would have been lapping more in the 61-62 sec range.

tut[/quote]

Traffic ???

Maybe???

Post by **Shug** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:02 pm

Scotty C wrote:
tut wrote:In the dry I thought you would have been lapping more in the 61-62 sec range.

tut
Traffic ???

Maybe???

Too much time in a Volvo, methinks......

garyk220 · Post by **garyk220** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:03 pm

tut wrote: Scotty

In the dry I thought you would have been lapping more in the 61-62 sec range.

tut

If yours was the 340R up at Brunty's event at the start of Aug, you were going a little quicker than 63-64. I only managed 12 laps in the VX (my first with Nitrons, A048s and The Wing!), but I recorded two 60 sec laps and a 61 sec just before the hose parted company from the turbo at the hairpin. I was inching up on a 340R chasing down one of the Exiges at the time.

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:09 pm

was a superb day! thanks John S

really really enjoyed driving the track.

went the quickest ive ever gone i think - had confidence to go fast into duffus and the next tighter right hander

had fun following other SE_ers

np about the pass on the right

I was going slow coz they had yellow flags out - was still slower out of the hairpin coz saw the lights and flags there - but no incident and then noticed no lights on the bridge. Was it just me, or did they flag the entire circuit if there was an off somewhere?

thanks to my 2 passengers

was fun having u on board!

Look forward to the next one

Cheers
Phil

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:10 pm

from the vid, looks like I was doing about 66 - 67 secs a lap

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:25 pm

the time on the video must be slow???

Scotty C

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:40 pm

According to the vid I was just under the minute....

Ali, glad to see you're seeing sense now

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:51 pm

I managed into the 62's on Mexitowers according to Donalds vid cam, so I would have thought you would be 60 secs at least.

PhilA wrote:np about the pass on the right I was going slow coz they had yellow flags out - was still slower out of the hairpin coz saw the lights and flags there - but no incident and then noticed no lights on the bridge. Was it just me, or did they flag the entire circuit if there was an off somewhere?

Was there definitely yellows out? If so I completely missed them

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:55 pm

i did 62 in tom and ed's exige. can do 58.5 in the honda, you should be 60 in your car i would have thought