Sprint Season commences - 10/11 April

[alicrozier]

I'll be down at Doune on Sunday so i'll be watching to see if your head is level round oak-tree!

A level head required at Doune?

[kevham]

Good pictures, glad to see Kames was dry!
I'll be down at Doune on Sunday so i'll be watching to see if your head is level round oak-tree!
Have fun @ the weekend, Doune is amazing!

Er. Levelheaded? As a Doune Virgin?

I'll simply be focussing on keeping my pants clean.

Just a wee thought: Should a 211 be aloud in A8?

Scotty came to Kames last year too. Nearly broke GB's clockwise record. I'm all for it to be honest. It's a road legal specialist prduction sportscar.

[kevham]

Nice pics Kev, you're obviously pushing the limits!
Is that a 'racingfive' in pic 3?

Nice one!

One tip would be to try and keep your head level, turn but not tilted into the corner - eyes work best when they're side by side...

Never really noticed my tilting head. Must be natural and I guess a very hard hard habit to get out of but I'll give it a try.

"Because a man can see, he does not look." — Master Po, Kung Fu, 1973ish

[mac]

I'll be about the paddock on Saturday or Sunday - might try and get a job for the day too.

I'll swing past and say hello - Jonathan Neale will also be there in his green 7.

[craignicol]

If your level headed, your best to stay away from Doune. To be quick up there there has to be something wrong with you.

A8 sounds good, might have to enter my road legal specialist prduction sportscar in it.
(The Dax doesn't qualify to however the Caterham's would.)

Really tempted to get a late entry for Sunday and just use the Lotus!

[Mikie711]

A8 sounds good, might have to enter my road legal specialist prduction sportscar in it.
(The Dax doesn't qualify to however the Caterham's would.)

No, it wouldn't. A8 is for marque sports cars and caterham isn't a marque manufacturer. Qualifying marques are MG, Austin Healey, Triumph, Jaguar, TVR, Morgan, Ginetta, Lotus, Porsche, Renault Alpine, Mazda (RX7 and MX5 variants only), Vauxhall (VX220 variants only), BMW sports cars (i.e. cars with a ‘Z’ prefix) and Ferrari. Other marques may be included by the championship committee, following a formal request from the established marque owners club.

[craignicol]

O yes it would. (Perhaps someone has enquired about this already?)
Anyway, I would never enter in a different class to achieve potentially softer competition or records to beat…..I just give up and go and watch instead!

[Shug]

O yes it would. (Perhaps someone has enquired about this already?)
Anyway, I would never enter in a different class to achieve potentially softer competition or records to beat…..I just give up and go and watch instead!

Not according to the Lowland regs... A8 exists as a class so that caterfields can't just dominate it (as they would), so why would they let them in?

[alicrozier]

Even Mr Plenderleath was denied entry of his 'Lotus' 7 in A8...

[craignicol]

Even Mr Plenderleath was denied entry of his 'Lotus' 7 in A8...

Said Lotus 7 has a few secrets underneath its skin however.....its actually a Caterham chassis. Or its the only Lotus 7 to ever have a De Dion Rear beam.

However like I said, the research has been done and there is no regulation saying that a Caterham should qualify for A8.
Why did I say anything, don't worry guys, I wouldn't be interested in entering A8 anyway. I think it is a great idea having a class for 'mass' produced standardish road cars. At the end of the day, the aim of the committee is to attract as many different variants of cars to enter. The more the merrier! Which brings us back to the initial discussion, is a highly developed Lotus not deterring more standard 'mass' produced cars to compete even in A8??

[Mikie711]

It's purely a question of money, you say that about a Lotus 2 eleven but what if someone turned up in a Ferrari Enzo or Porsche GT3RS. Would they be quicker? who knows but the same initial discussion applies but would not raise so many questions. Let me put it this way, the regs allow any marque road car, as named in the supp regs, made in numbers greater than 20 a year if you stop looking at price there are hundreds of cars that "fit" and are equally developed/focused cars.

[mac]

That's it - euro millions on Friday and Class A8 on Sunday with my Caparo T1......or should I wait until June and run with all the other Nat B guys regardless of car?

[craignicol]

It's purely a question of money, you say that about a Lotus 2 eleven but what if someone turned up in a Ferrari Enzo or Porsche GT3RS. Would they be quicker? who knows but the same initial discussion applies but would not raise so many questions. Let me put it this way, the regs allow any marque road car, as named in the supp regs, made in numbers greater than 20 a year if you stop looking at price there are hundreds of cars that "fit" and are equally developed/focused cars.

Exactly!
Since you and Mac brought it up, that is a discussion i like having! If money was no object, what what win the Scottish Roadcar title?? A question my Dad and I have been trying to answer for 20 years!

My current answer: Road registered SR8 LM after a massive diet and a blank cheque visit to powertec OR a Caparo T1, although tires would eb an issue for both!

[tut]

Pointless. N3 would dick the lot of them if they let me back in.



tut

[Mikie711]

If your talking road legal cars then the new Atom V8, I think any of the hyper cars are physically to big.