GazB Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 A few pics and a bit of a write up from the weekend at York raceway's bank holiday meeting. Just 2 supra's there on a very busy Sunday and only mine today weather good all day but rain came down at night, although this didn't put the live band off who were very good Not to bad thought, 3rd place for mine on Saturday and 4th to Jay 1st & 2nd ran very low 11's 4th today for me behind low 10's from some very pro looking evo's and a very tidy GT4 A lot of big block Yank motors there The Dax cobra with a v12 was very tidy and rumbled nicely down the track. A pair of GTR's on Saturday, didn't see what times they ran The new RS Focus was a bit disappointing Anyway now the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T2 MSW Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Looks good Gaz, what sort of time were you running? Is the track at york any better than pod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Looks good Gaz, what sort of time were you running? Is the track at york any better than pod? I ran a 12.3 Sunday and mid to high 12's and Monday one 12.1 along with mid 12's The car been a bit of a pig all weekend, firstly fuel gauge showing full tank when i thought it was only a quarter full, one off the rear wheel studs needs replacing after changing wheels so many time Misfiring in 3rd & 4th for no reason and not every run A boost leak that after removing and re-fitting all the pipework disappeared, the happened again when a pipe blew off mid run. Fuel gauge started working correctly all of a sudden and i'd got far more juice in the tank than i thought After lading everything including the kitchen sink i forgot my head light scoop but we had plenty of booze, food and tools The track is totally different to Pod, not very sticky other than at start line were you can choose to launch from a normal concrete surface or a Shell prepped surface. With the 888's normal concrete side suits better with the MT's Shell side seems better. When i first went there and walked the strip on the night time before race day i couldn't believe it. Just a strip of tarmac between 2 fields Proper back to basics drag racing They say if you can master good times there you will then be able to go Pod and it will be easier to run quicker times as it's far more sticky They even keep running when it starts drizzling, the let the 4 wheels drive and front wheel drive car keep running to clear the water droplets that sit on the rubber that’s been laid over the years It gets a bit hairy bashing down a wet track i'll tell you Their answer to me when i said "isn't it a bit to wet to run" was "don't you go out in the rain" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooColdToDrive Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 That grey ford, second last picture in the first post, what the heck are those called again? I love those cars - the only other car besides the Supra that can do a giant spoiler well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 That grey ford, second last picture in the first post, what the heck are those called again? I love those cars - the only other car besides the Supra that can do a giant spoiler well Do you mean the Ford Sierra Cosworth? They are awesome machines! Nice Pics! Well done for coming 4th & a lot of them machines seemed like they were built for the drag! I thought a lot of the big block american muscles would have been rooting towards the 10sec mark! Did the R35 GTR's do any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooColdToDrive Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Do you mean the Ford Sierra Cosworth? They are awesome machines! You got it I absolutely love these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 that grey ford, second last picture in the first post, what the heck are those called again? I love those cars - the only other car besides the supra that can do a giant spoiler well rs500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 nice was going to go myself mate... wonder how the other GTRS did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Some familiar looking cars there, the old twin engined Golf in particular, nice to see it still running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Had a mate up there with a black (i think) VW Beetle and ran a 13.2. Seen that green mk1 golf do mega quick times too. Think its got a 2.2 audi quattro engine with close to 800 hp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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