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Post by boggissimo on Feb 2, 2022 16:53:05 GMT
Plenty of action in last year's thread, so here's the 2022 version! |
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Post by dickie on Feb 2, 2022 17:42:34 GMT
Plymouth Motor Club.
Werrington Park.
2 days at the end of April.
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 4, 2022 10:01:06 GMT
I'll be doing some of the events in the Sevenoaks Speed League, not sure which ones yet but there are ~30 spread across the season, best 10 scores count. Haven't managed to do 10 events in a season yet! Regs and entry forms here |
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Post by howardb66 on Feb 4, 2022 14:22:44 GMT
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 4, 2022 15:52:39 GMT
Had a look at the regs, the scoring/handicapping looks really complex, how do you know on the day what position you are in??
The calendar has probably a few too many long drives from me to make it worth entering, though I'll be doing Lydden and probably Goodwood (October) as they are in the 7Oaks Speed League calendar too. Not sure I'll trek down to Watergate Bay again, it's a great course and I can stay with family down there but 5 hours each way for 10 minutes action over the weekend is a bit much!
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Post by howardb66 on Feb 4, 2022 20:48:04 GMT
Had a look at the regs, the scoring/handicapping looks really complex, how do you know on the day what position you are in??
The calendar has probably a few too many long drives from me to make it worth entering, though I'll be doing Lydden and probably Goodwood (October) as they are in the 7Oaks Speed League calendar too. Not sure I'll trek down to Watergate Bay again, it's a great course and I can stay with family down there but 5 hours each way for 10 minutes action over the weekend is a bit much!
Only have to do 8 events🙂 I just do the ones I want. There’s a scoreboard or watsapp update after each run depending on if the timing team are at the venue or remote. Simple 🙂 |
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Post by phil1d on Feb 10, 2022 8:55:15 GMT
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 17, 2022 22:06:46 GMT
Doesn't really count as a sprint, although most of it is sprint regulations, but if you're anywhere near Silverstone on Saturday, the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy is on and free entry for spectators, including to the paddock. There are seven MX5s entered, plus 120-odd other cars from a 1917 Hudson racer to a 2021 GR Supra, via Jag XK120 and Ford GT40! More info hereI'm in the white Mk1, car #40 |
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Post by Zed. on Feb 17, 2022 22:42:35 GMT
too far for me but enjoy  Rich. |
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 20, 2022 22:27:16 GMT
Well, I had a lot of fun at the Pom. Morning session was cold but dry, and I had no dramas on the tests - could have been a bit more aggressive on the wiggle woggle (though that is where I crashed my old Scooby, so didn't want to try too hard), and could have waited a fair bit longer to start braking on the brake test. Standing and flying quarter miles went well though, and there was SO MUCH GRIP on the corners I wanted to stay out much longer.
It then rained while I was in the garage, but stopped again before my afternoon session, so the track was wet but getting fairly dry by the end of the 40 minutes on the GP Circuit. According to my timer I completed 12 laps (of the 13 target) so that'll lose me 10 points, but I didn't spin or crash and was really having fun, and getting quicker each lap. Will have to see when the provisional results come out how I actually did, the handicapping is very hard to guess!
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 21, 2022 13:31:54 GMT
Now with added video: Here |
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Post by boggissimo on Feb 22, 2022 14:45:33 GMT
Provisional Pom results came yesterday, I didn't do very well really, 59th overall I think. Got a 0 for test B as I must have stopped short of putting my front wheels in the box :-( Would have been a bit more respectable with 40-odd more points. Also I thought I'd done 12 laps but the results only credited me with 11, so lost 20 points for not hitting my target of 13. Last time I did it in the same car, my target was only 10 laps.
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Post by binner on Feb 28, 2022 17:23:22 GMT
The Pom looks like a mad event !
I am doing eh Bristol Motor Club MX5 challenge again ;-)
First speed event is Wiscombe at the end of April
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Post by boggissimo on Mar 21, 2022 12:21:32 GMT
Put my entry in for Lydden Hill sprint, 16 July - 1.75 laps per run. It's part of lots of championships and was a great sunny day last year. Also double-driving with my Dad on Prescott long course with the VSCC in September, haven't done it since 2019 but now he's coming out of hibernation and venturing across the Tamar.
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Post by phil1d on Mar 24, 2022 8:42:11 GMT
The Pom looks like a mad event ! I am doing eh Bristol Motor Club MX5 challenge again ;-) First speed event is Wiscombe at the end of April I bought my MX-5 with the intention of getting into the Bristol challenge this year and the first three events clash with other things I have going on so I can't do them, I don't think it's going to be a very successful season for me  |
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le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT
le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT