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Goodwood result 10th May

Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 1:31 pm
by stylussprinter
Had a fantastic day and was very lucky to come 2nd in class and twelfth overall from 112 entries 8)
The opposition was the company SBD 2lt Duratec 304bhp Westfield , chassis prepared by SBD -- two drivers SLICK TYRES.
a BEAUTIFUL Crossle 270 bhp zetec on SLICKS 10 inches wide.

The number one driver for SBD was awesome doing 87.5 sec's :shock:
Number two did 100 sec's :roll:
Then the Crossle did 98.6 sec's :o
I managed a 96.7 sec's practice run BUT my timed run was 2 sec's slower than my best ever(95.5 sec's) at 97.8 sec's :roll: However -- it was enough to pip the Crossle :D so 2nd in class it was and very grateful I was too :lol:


If we'd had further timed runs maybe I'd have been pipped to 4th which is where I thought I'd be looking at the entry list. There was a major accident into St Mary's where an MX5 got onto the grass edge , spun backwards into the tyre wall and rolled several times. It was a write off :cry: It took an hour and a half to get him out into an ambulance plus repair the tyre wall so the other runs were cancelled to be fair to all as there wasn't enough time for 112 entrants to even get one more run.
Message from the hospital said he was going to be ok though , however his wife and two little children looked very shocked and upset getting into the ambulance to take him there :(

Apparently he lifted then tried to steer back onto the tarmac which set him into a spin then roll situation --- so a marshall said. If only he'd kept a balanced throttle and stayed parallel with the grass , he may have got out of it :roll:

Re: Goodwood result 10th May

Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:56 pm
by norma
Good stuff once more Rob 8)
Enjoy reading your summarys, makes me ever so slightly jealous.. :mrgreen:

Re: Goodwood result 10th May

Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:56 pm
by stylussprinter
Get your basalt wadding , licence , join a club --- get in there Alex , have a crack mate :D
I do wonder if it's boring for most if sport's not their bag but just like to keep possible Stylus racers up with what's possible with this chassis , especially as we have no ' lead ' at the moment from a manufacturer . Hopefully Matt will be writing about his exploits soon , once he gets some sprints under his belt AND then can't leave it alone :lol:

Re: Goodwood result 10th May

Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:06 pm
by Werner Van Loock
You see Rob, It was all worth it :mrgreen:

Congratulations mate

YUP :wink: I will admit I do like it when it's going :lol: , apart from the clonking sound :lol: around right hand bends which I'll need to check out asap or at least before ABINGDON :roll:

Thanks Werner :D

Re: Goodwood result 10th May

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:37 am
by Nissanman
Nice one Rob :)