Mick,
Is Pittsworth a hilclimb?
I had a successfull day down at Morwell hillclimb on sunday. My best time at
Morwell is now 39.65sec, previously my best was 42.9sec. A Nissan GTiR
nearly got the quickest time of the day with a 36.53sec. It was beaten late
in the day by a lightweight racing version of an Austin Healy Sprite
(36.25sec).
Trev
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From: Mick Ralph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2000 18:47
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pittsworth Sprints (long and short)
Short Story
Great weekend... and a Nissan won outright!!!
Long Story
It took me until Sunday afternoon to get the car stable enough under brakes
to be able to get stuck in properly.. And theres some mighty fast cars out
there.. Mark Edwards' 1200 ute was very quick @ 47.46. Craig Allen's 1200
coupe was also very fast and won his div @45.05 Rod Grays 1200 coupe did a
44.27 to come third in a large "unregistered 2501cc - 5000cc div". Jon
Siddins 240Z was mighty fast at 43.96 but just shaded by an impreza at
43.87. The Escort which won my div ran 45.26. Overall fastest was a real
dogfight between a very expensive mid-mounted chev V8 Honda Prelude and the
Derek Pingel Nissan GTR V Spec Coupe. The Nissan was really quiet and looked
stock.. Man was it FAST!!! Fastest lap 41.35 - the Honda managed 42.06
As for the yellow peril... The major objective of not bending it was
achieved !!
It took me ages to get tyre pressure and brake bias sorted out. Each run is
less than a minute- 8 runs in total for the weekend.. means u must have the
car sorted before u get there.. I had trouble heating up the brakes, tyres
and motor.. Softer brake pads would be the go.. I also dropped my tyre
pressures nearly 10psi on the saturday cos it was quite cold.... from 32/30
to 23/24..Bias was totally to the rear and, at one turn on the balance bar
per race, it took me a few runs to dial it in. Also first gear was useless
off the line and i took off in 2nd all weekend -and still had traction
problems!! My times were 53.91, 53.70, 53.97, 53.94, 53.47, 52.11 and
51.92.. The Escort who won the div was an immaculate 'mexico' with a motor
that sounded so sweet and it flew..His speed on the straight was 123kmh
compared to my paltry 102kmh.. This was timed by the cops - in an 80 zone...
I have no idea how I can make up 6.5 secs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a great weekend and Nissan won!!!!
cheers
Mick
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