Coops
10-07-2010, 23:49
went down for the saturday night special today to basically play with the new wideband and sink a few runs up the strip. its VW action tomorrow so strip was on RWYB for all today, but it was absolutely deserted, to the point i got more runs in between half 2 and 9pm than i did at the RTOC all day event few months back!!!!
anyway to cut a long one short, despite the soaring temps and headwind i managed to best my time again! :D
pulled a 12.47@114mph out the bag with a respectable 60ft of 2.07 seconds which is a massive improvement
i stayed in the mid to high 12's rest of the afternoon until all of a sudden i couldnt get traction and that was it, nothing close.
so i spent a few hours 'borrowing' cars. i took harvys white hybrid up several times, managed a 15.1 best (bettering all his times :wink: ) and kirsty very kindly let me spank her......................172 as well, managed a 15.7 best in that, but it was full of handbags,gladrags, and 'choons' as well :P
towards last run of the day they shut the track due to someone dropping coolant all over......................i was back in the que quietly sitting as my car dropped the rest of the coolant all over the paddock :oops: :lol: nice bloke in a nissan pointed out it was me 'wot dunnit' :D
found i'd split the hose from the aux water pump, it was resting on the clutch arm and had worn through! FAIL. so chopped it down, undid water pump to get some slack and popped it back on to limp home
just got in! had a top day and cheers to everyone who did show, good to see some familiar faces, Steph, Gav, Dan, legends as ever!
Ben
anyway to cut a long one short, despite the soaring temps and headwind i managed to best my time again! :D
pulled a 12.47@114mph out the bag with a respectable 60ft of 2.07 seconds which is a massive improvement
i stayed in the mid to high 12's rest of the afternoon until all of a sudden i couldnt get traction and that was it, nothing close.
so i spent a few hours 'borrowing' cars. i took harvys white hybrid up several times, managed a 15.1 best (bettering all his times :wink: ) and kirsty very kindly let me spank her......................172 as well, managed a 15.7 best in that, but it was full of handbags,gladrags, and 'choons' as well :P
towards last run of the day they shut the track due to someone dropping coolant all over......................i was back in the que quietly sitting as my car dropped the rest of the coolant all over the paddock :oops: :lol: nice bloke in a nissan pointed out it was me 'wot dunnit' :D
found i'd split the hose from the aux water pump, it was resting on the clutch arm and had worn through! FAIL. so chopped it down, undid water pump to get some slack and popped it back on to limp home
just got in! had a top day and cheers to everyone who did show, good to see some familiar faces, Steph, Gav, Dan, legends as ever!
Ben