Dreadnought 1-June

colin adams · Post by **colin adams** » Mon May 29, 2006 12:17 pm

Any one signed up for this one? Will be signing up if the dreaded MIL light stays off

colin

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:23 pm

Yes - hope to make it along to this one - tho' it may mean new rear tyres already for Mexi Towers

xtreme · Post by **xtreme** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:34 pm

Booked on today - hoping for good weather too

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:11 pm

I should be there. I'm needing some tracktime to get used to the new car.

Post by **Shug** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:12 pm

There's a party on the West coast in the evening too

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:30 pm

Oh yeah????? Whats the dealio?

MIL light is negating my chance of making this...shame though car was moving last Friday!

Post by **Shug** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:37 pm

Oh, JUNE! Sorry

I thought it was July.....

..move along, nothing to see

Post by ed » Tue May 30, 2006 9:30 pm

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:20 pm

Just booked myself in for this one.

Giles

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:36 am

Had the car out at Dreadnought tonight. Spent the 1st hour getting used to it and trying a few things. Always seemed to make an arse of the hairpin . Was getting a lot of understeer thru MacIntyres too. Changed some front settings a bit and it made things a load better. Just meant the car was real tail happy through the fast stuff.

Spent the last 15-20 mins lapping with the guy who's leading class E just now. Worked out that i've been really overdriving the car. Calmed it down a bit on the last session and it was brilliant. There wasn't much between us and we were lapping closely for about 10-15 laps. Gave the confidence a good kick. At least i'm not too far off the pace to start with. I've been trying to run too much corner speed and running it in too hot. Started taking a bit off my entry speeds....and it all came good. Put the lap timer on at the very start of the night... but only got 3 laps before they switched off the timing beacon. Managed a 59 on the 3rd lap out on cold tyres (and mind)... so i'm hoping i got a good bit off that by the end.

Chased an R400 for a few laps earlier in the night..... who threw up a stone out of Clarks and smashed the windscreen.

So.... i've turned the screen so the spidersweb is on the passenger side and hopefully it'll pass scruitineering.... and i've cancelled the testing on sat and got a late entry for the race on Sunday. Posted up about this in the meets section. Good to see some of the SE boys out....Robin, Giles, Kev, Barrie, Brian J.

Cheers
Gordon

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:21 am

Remember one of the racers telling me that he only ever tried to give it about 95%.........till the last couple of laps!

Similar story to what he was saying! Looked like you guys had an awesome night for it

xtreme · Post by **xtreme** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:55 am

Gordon

If that was the car not set up properly then Im looking forward to seeing it out again!

Certainly seemed to be going well!

Was a cracking night - really enjoyed myself!

Couple of hairy moments - slightly sideways down duffus and at the chicane

- was more like

at the time tho!

Bit disapointed they were letting on a lot of track based "hot hatches" (the fiestas etc)? No problems with the drivers in the cars, no nutters from the usual hot hatch days ! They all seemed sensible and polite on track! But always thought the dreadnought nights allowed you on track away from hot hatches etc?

Anyone else any thoughts?

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:10 am

Not Hot Hatches as such - these were race cars getting in some testing for Sunday - hence better driving standards!

Unlike most track days, Dreadnought do allow race cars out which can be more exciting for newbies on track..........

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:34 am

Perfect night, it was nearly hot, which is quite amazing for KH.

Interesting when my T1-Rs got too warm, lots of sliding, but not as bad as some people would make out.
Strange selection of cars on track, had fun following the guy in the white 944, lots of power so I couldn't get by him on the straights, but very entertaining through the corners, power slides whenever possible, however after about 6 laps of me on his bumper he went into the pits, perhaps something got too hot.

The oil flag being waved agressively as I came into Duffus was a tad worrying, but not as worrying as the slid when I hit the oil

Good to see the SE people out on track, not many of us, but there did seem to be more Elise/Exiges on track than anything else.

Gordon, you seemed to be going really well, you and another caterham passed me close to the end of the evening, I was trying, but the two of you just pulled away.

Bit disapointed they were letting on a lot of track based "hot hatches" (the fiestas etc)? No problems with the drivers in the cars, no nutters from the usual hot hatch days ! They all seemed sensible and polite on track! But always thought the dreadnought nights allowed you on track away from hot hatches etc?

I was a bit concerned about this at the start, but when I did see them on track they were fine, driven well and they were happy to let me passed, and I don't think they spent much time on track.

A great night

Giles

xtreme · Post by **xtreme** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:37 am

Fair enough! Didnt realise that was the case, didnt get a chance to speak to any of the guys!

Like I said, no problem with the drivers etc there last night.

Just a bit worried if people viewing saw the "hot hatches" (they did look like some of the cars you can get on the hot hatch days) then they might think it was ok to come along too etc etc

Anyway... Was a bloody good night!