Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject: SUNDAY 17TH MAY: ROUND 2 @ COASTAL
A cracking day.
Rain, sun, rain, sun, very wet, not so wet, nearly dry, wet, dry. The "shall i change tyres" was a question everyone was asking themselves, pretty much before every race.
A big thank you to Jonathan for his ready built losi shocks with S4 set droop and dampening Saved me a lot of trial and error
I think the track was brilliant, it had bumps, it had smooth bits, it flowed, it had bits that you had to ease off or it would bite you. The best bit was turn one. I had my doubts seeing the bumps on it, but if you went full tilt and got it right on the inside the reward was huge. Go full tilt and miss the inside, you were punished. Unless of course you were Andy and had George "3 Lion Test Series Wicket Keeper" Fairwether there to catch you mid flight and return you safely onto the track with nothing but 0.1 seconds loss of time. Brilliant.
I lent out: 1 pack of LiPo saddles. 1 new set of Rulux Rears with Ballistic Greens; 2 x Stick Pack LiPo's, front associated Hex's and gave away some ol' Kyosho bits. I borrowed 1 full set of Losi shocks, some pliers, 2 nut drivers (one of which I still have) and Tyre glue, some of which Coastal still has.
Looking forward to the next one, where I am sure a deluded sense of granduer and big fall back to earth awaits!
A big thanks to Coastal. Linda, Paul and the posse for making it another very enjoyable day. The commentary had it's usual curses which keeps it all the more interesting. Having said that, I think you may want to have a look at the electronic gremlins that keep shouting something about 14 seconds!!!
See you soon, when I hope there will be one dog based movie mini causing a do-gooding beetle based movie some serious inconvenience!!!
A HUGE THANKS to Linda & Paul for their flawless running of the meeting, which enabled yours truly to concentrate (for want of a better word!) on his racing. An excellent track, a pot pourri of weather and bags of close racing- what more could you want!
Congratulations to Andy 'The Clark' for (another!) maximum in 4wd, and to Jonathan for his 'Clarkesque' skills in bagging top spot in the 2wd.
A little disappointed again with the turn-out, but perhaps they will improve as the series continues, as I hope the Regionals will from now on. On this subject, i know that the few clubs that exist in the EoE are all struggling at the moment, but the drivers are there- it just needs each individual to make an effort to support the off-road scene, whether this be at club level, the SEN or Regionals.
Anyway, another grand days racing, and thanks to all who attended, and to all the Coastal crew for all their hard work.....oh, and congrats to batt winners Mark and Simon -the lipos will be with you asap!
Thanks to those that lent me stuff on sunday - much appreciated
Well done to the Coastal crew for putting on a great event, Andy & Jon, both looked super quick and composed...
Great meeting - the standard of driving was superb all day (illustrated by the quality of the driving in the 4wd B final between Jim & Phil - brilliant to watch).
It's a bitter pill to swallow but driver of the day for me was Mr Hubbard - he moved onto the next level yesterday. I went racing not expecting to compete with 'Team Horn', but to enjoy battling with BenH, Zipper, Phil, Jim, etc. Had some great races with the others but don't think I got within half a lap of Hubbard all day. We've got our work cut out
A big thank you to all involved in the organisation of the day.
It was a brilliant track layout that had a lot of interesting features and produced some great racing during the day.
The weather added an extra bit of spice to the day too, it would have ruined the day in timed racing, but with the SEN format it just made it more fun, a credit to the system I think.
See you all soon,
Andy
Edit: The highlight of my day has got be Johnboys MASSIVE paddy after the final... for me, it even beat BenH's magnificent effort with his comedy floating front end, just.
I'll go along with whats already been said, great day, very well run meeting, as always, the weather just made it more fun, although having the use of the air-line might help to take the edge off of wet weather
Well done to Jon and Andy ( I will stop you getting a max score at some point this year
Drive of the day must go to young Mr Hubbard, unless we find out that someone else was driving for him
andy east wrote:
Edit: The highlight of my day has got be Johnboys MASSIVE paddy after the final... for me, it even beat BenH's magnificent effort with his comedy floating front end, just.
That wasn't a paddy, you'll know a paddy when you see one (the car normally gets broken) that was only an expression of frustration at incompetence
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: SUNDAY 17TH MAY: ROUND 2 @ COASTAL
benh wrote:
Unless of course you were Andy and had George "3 Lion Test Series Wicket Keeper" Fairwether there to catch you mid flight and return you safely onto the track with nothing but 0.1 seconds loss of time. Brilliant.
I think that was me Ben, George caught my car 3 laps on the trot, not only saved me some time, but saved me a lot of money in spares, so thanks George
He almost seemed upset when I got the corner right
The good banter made it for me, and there was plenty of it around! Hubbards floating front end was brilliant... I just wish he hadn't spotted it and the front end of his car had fallen off during a race!
The track was great... and nothing more satisfying than hitting full speed travelling downhill powered with a 4.5!
Yep a good days racing was had by me. The track was surprisingly technical for 2wd with the front wheels continually wanting to be off the ground while acclerating up the hill. Had some great races with Simon, George and Colsie.
thanks to all at Coastal for a superbly run meeting.
Congrats to Andy for another clean sheet in 4wd, I'll be back at LBC with 4wd, as typically my esc arrived in the post today!!
Thought BenH had gone up a level in driving on Sunday with some superb pace and consistency. Syrup is the answer in shocks!!!!
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The "shall i change tyres" was a question everyone was asking themselves, pretty much before every race.
Saved me a lot of trial and error 
