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Getting ready to Race@ Snetterton on Saturday hopefully TSL will be following the event.
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All the best Clive =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Have a good day Clive and show the opposition what a rotary can do in the hands of an accomplished drive :thumleft: .
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Good luck Clive, car looking great for this race day!
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Clive wrote:I know a few of you wanted to go to Castle Combe to see the car, but sadly although our promotor had a written contract they have told him we cant race and another series has taken our slot.

Quite rightly he is fuming as his race club has supported and paid money to Combe for many years.

I have Snetterton next Saturday then after that quite a few coming up, so I will post up a list after next weekend
Well that's annoying.

Did the promoter get any more details?

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Good luck on Saturday Clive.
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Lemon wrote:
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Clive wrote:I know a few of you wanted to go to Castle Combe to see the car, but sadly although our promotor had a written contract they have told him we cant race and another series has taken our slot.

Quite rightly he is fuming as his race club has supported and paid money to Combe for many years.

I have Snetterton next Saturday then after that quite a few coming up, so I will post up a list after next weekend
Well that's annoying.

Did the promoter get any more details?
Thank you for the wishes everone, appreciated.

No more info on Combe, definatly wont happen this year,

Here's my target races, car and money permitting

Snetterton Track Attack July 4th
Brands Thunder Saloon Aug 1st / 2nd
Brands Auto Italia Aug 16th
Cadwell Track Attack Aug 22nd
Brands Track Attack Sept 12th
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TSL Timeing Van is parked at the hotel so hopefully there will be commentary as well as timing and results.

Cars all tucked up in bed waiting for the off tomorrow

p.s. Pete and anyone else, there's a big sign up saying no Public
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Clive wrote:TSL Timeing Van is parked at the hotel so hopefully there will be commentary as well as timing and results.

Cars all tucked up in bed waiting for the off tomorrow

p.s. Pete and anyone else, there's a big sign up saying no Public
Good luck Clive have a great day

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Have good day Clive. A chance, weather permitting, to give the car a good airing!
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See you tomorrow Clive. I'll try to post up reports on social media during the day to keep people updated.
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Can we watch this anywhere

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Good luck Clive; give em hell :race:

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Clive qualified 8th on the grid for the first race and improved two places to finish 6th out of a field of 32 cars. 2nd race to come! Car going well.
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Atta boy Clive :!:
Good win in the 2nd race.

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Many thanks to all above, appreciated =D>
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Snetterton Race Report 4th July

Although we had a field of 32 cars, I was very disappointed to find I had only qualified 8th on the grid.🙁
1st race was a bit messy at the start and caution was needed and just as well because just a couple of laps in, the Team Hard Golf decided to come just about to a stop when it broke his gear box and this lost a couple of spots while taking avoiding action!. To be fair the Team Hard mechanics obviously saw what happened and thanked me for not taking ramming their car👍. Managed to get a couple of places back, but finished a lowly 6th and looking at the times that were consistent it showed lap after lap I was getting the best from the car I had under me🤔.

The 2nd race was decidedly wet, so I put my 7 year old Dunlop wets on, which had always been allowed in Track Attack, along with several other cars that had changed to wets, indeed I even checked 2 weeks before the event that I could still use these if needed and was told they were OK for now. Before going out we changed the spark plugs and found a damaged electrode wire. Even on the warm up laps I knew we had found the lack of pace that had plagued me all day!😁 I then so enjoyed what is maybe one of my best races ever because I had to think.

You will see on the video that will come that whilst quickly into third, I decided to just let the front two sort themselves out. The overdriving Civic slid off shorty after leaving just the powerful superlight Peugeot ahead that had set the pace all day ahead and yet again I know I had time to work out where he is quicker and where he was not, so I knew the parts of the track where I could take it easy.

Once past I just backed the pace down and drove on my mirror as I have raced enough to know that you only need to be in front to win------not by half a lap taking risks 😉. Some of my fellow competitors will be very happy to know that I have just ordered new wet “Road” tyres that will be 200% complant in any type of racing I chose to go in and I know they will be quicker in the wet than the old wooden tyres I won yesterday’s race on 😱.
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Fantastic win Clive, well done.
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I'm now miffed about not realising the car should have been quicker down the straights in qualifying because had I changed the plugs and had the power I then had in the second race I would have at least got the two if not three in front of me in the first race,
Shame I didn't get the rear camera to turn on as you would have seen the second-place car floating around the back of me for most of the race,

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