Good luck to Chris this weekend down at Croft, I believe he is driving a Cooper S. Remember and try the outside at the completx again!!
Good luck to Chris this weekend down at Croft, I believe he is driving a Cooper S. Remember and try the outside at the completx again!!
Yeah good luck mate... sent me a pic of his car last night... looks sweet, he's even managed to get his number 18 too!!!
Black car... bright green arches, skirts, roof, mirrors and S scoop.... looks tidy
cheers guys. Friday testing was ok. Struggled a bit as i had old tyres on. I qualifyed 6th managed to out qualify the last round winner which im quite pleased about. Just a bit frustrating when all the guys in front of me are firing on a new set of slicks just about everytime the car goes out. I have 4 for the weekend :( race 1 is at 4pm
not long back from Croft,
i had a really good weekend considering the tight budget that I was on to do it.
race 1, started 6th and finished 5th behind Oly
race 2 started 5th and finished 4th after i dropped back at the start
race 3 i started 3rd and got fired at the first corner which made me have contact with another competitor knocking my tracking out, the straight position on the wheel was around 2 oclock position, not good! held 4th or 5th for a few laps before a tap at the hairpin from oly caused me to go wide and he understeered straight into the side of me which send me on the grass losing further places, the following lap i got passed the guy in 6th who decided to drive into the side of me knocking the rear tracking out and putting a ding in the rear quarter.
I had a great time down there, i thought i did ok in a car that wasnt the most competitve in a straight line and the fact i didnt have an open cheque book to throw tyres at the car everytime it went on track.
to give a comparison on how much some of the teams are spending,
4 new slicks were included in my deal but i bought a further 2 so i spent £346 on tyres
a wee birdy told me that olys team spent around £7.5k between their 3 drivers
just cant compete with that
thanks to Hamish and the rest of the SMCC drivers that came down, was nice to see some familiar faces down there
hey chris, I'm shattered today... was great fun yesterday.
You did more than "ok" mate, was great seeing you in action and you made your mark i'm sure.
Well done again, quality stuff!!!
hi mate, sorry I didn't make it down but by all accounts you did really well.
roll on next year eh....think there might be a strong scottish contingent.
Yup well done ChrisIt was a shame about race 3 but you have to be happy with what you did considering what others are spending.
I was glad to get out in my car last night at a Sponsors event I managed 2 hours with no driveshaft issues. Thanks to Craig Noble and Derek Thirlwall of SP Cars for getting Sharon back nice and straight again.
Chris
Its was good to see you there and making a good perfomance. Any vids for us yet?
Cheers David
I see your name got a mention over on the Total Mini forum Coastal Racing are now sponsors.
Cooper Coupe...
cheers mateOriginally Posted by Hamish
cheers dude, who else is planning to do the British?
yeh im pretty pleased, my on board footage is awesome!Yup well done Chris
I was glad to get out in my car last night at a Sponsors event I managed 2 hours with no driveshaft issues. Thanks to Craig Noble and Derek Thirlwall of SP Cars for getting Sharon back nice and straight again.
Cool i expect you to be right up there at the next knockhill now!
got front and rear views of races 2 and 3, need to reduce them a bit as they are 20 mins long each and 1.7 gb each, been on youtube eventually.....
ill have a look
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