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Postby stephendell » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:32 am

Can I have Mr Garners 'support' place please :D

That should leave one more from Mr Barltrop if not already taken.
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Postby eastlmark » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:36 pm

reply from Katrina Low:

Hi Mark,

In answer to your question, all I can suggest is when you arrive at the gate tell that person your mechanic will be arriving at 9ish and give him his name, so he can put him on a list, then your man can give his name on arrival. No doubt this is going to cause problems in the future and maybe they will issue passes next time.

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Postby andyh877 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:14 pm

you best hope nothing goes wrong looking at your choice of "Spider Mechanic" :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby eastlmark » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:50 pm

Well, it started badly.....
Arrived at Lydden Hiil ,after some god early start, in pitch darkness, pouring rain and a freezing gale, somehow found the paddock in the murk and began to unload. half hour later with the some sort of daylight dawning we were already soaked through and fed up.
and then it got even worse.....
lined up for my first ever Lydden practice lap and from the start it didnt feel right, the engine spluttered along the first part and around the first bend and conked out altogether on the hill up to the hairpin, not a great start to the day. Seems to have been some kind of fuel supply problem caused by a lack of fuel in the tank,although it was the usual amount I sprint with. The fuel cap was pressurised when I released it which is something I have never noticed before....anyway a top up of fuel and it seemed to be runing fine although I wouldnt know for sure until I got out there. I pleaded with the clerk of the course that it was my first time here and I had got no practice laps in at all and was kindly given a re run and steadily learnt the track while checking out if the motor was going to run properly. It did and I was surpised with the time 107 seconds (timed on the first 1.75 laps of the 3 lap practice). So then on to first timed run.....
and then it got even worse! I spun while turning in to Devils Elbow and although got going again and completed my run I found myself 10 seconds slower than my class competitors XR2 who posted a time of 107 secs about that of my learning/practice time.
So the second and final timed run...things then got better!
On a drying track I took the start and after the first bend I got red flagged, the XR2 had spun in front of me! All I had to do on my re -run was to beat his 107 seconds time for a class win, pressure was off as I knew if I just keep it on line and not loose, it a tidy lap will easily win. I continued around after the red, getting heat in to the tyres and made my way back to the start for my re run. Kept a cool head, no pressure, and put in a tidy lap, result? 96 secs! So a class win and a good overall result, a great finish to the day and the season!
Thanks to all who came to watch and help out, John for his super quality race (rocket?) fuel he gave me, and Tony, Stephen and Simon for help with packing up.
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Lydden 23rd October 2010

Postby jonathanb » Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:47 pm

Thanks to all who attended a very damp and slippery Saturday!

Special thanks to those who helped me removing gravel stuck betweeen my tyres and wheelrims after my excursion into the "kitty litter".

My friend and Pittcrew, Mark Atkinson took quite a few pics, which can be viewed here;- http://mark-atkinson.fotopic.net, then click on the Lydden 23rd Oct 2010 topic.

JON BARLTROP[/b]
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:37 pm

Nice Pics :D
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