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 colin
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| posted on July 23rd, 2011 at 05:10 PM |
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NSW Round 7 Ringwood Hillclimb, updated vids 04/08
On the 31/07/2011 the MG Car Club of Newcastle will host Round 7 of the NSW Hillclimb Championship at there Ringwood racing complex.
Ringwood is a very tight small track that turns back on itself. The unique feature is that cars get back to back runs, ie, a run on cold tyres then
straight around again for a run on hot tyres. This is the only event which runs this format.
The track has been resurfaced so quick times and the chance of a new record are good.
Spectators are well catered for being able to sit on the grassy hill and see the whole track from start to finish.
All the usual suspects will be racing including Heath, Greg, Glenn and myself. Nathan Abbott is a slim chance to debut his car?.
See you all there.
Cheers Col
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| posted on July 24th, 2011 at 08:17 AM |
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I will see you there Col (and everyone else). Unfortunately I wont be driving my green machine as its just not quite ready yet.
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| posted on August 2nd, 2011 at 08:21 PM |
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Where' s the videos Col or Didn't my video skills work
too well?
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colin
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| posted on August 2nd, 2011 at 08:49 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by POZOOM
Where's the videos Col or Didn't my video skills work
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I,m still recovering from getting pipped by you again! LOL.
Vids are great, will post up soon.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 2nd, 2011 at 09:21 PM |
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Perfect weather greeted myself and Glen when we arrived for practice last Saturday at Ringwood Park Motorsport Complex.
After unpacking the cars and getting scrutineered we decided to get a few practice runs in for the afternoon. The MGCC of Newcastle have had the
complete track resurfaced and it is now really smooth and a little wider in places.
The class record held by Heath was 31.44 secs and on my second practice run for the day i posted a 31.04 sec time, i was shocked and happy, what a
shame practice counts for nothing on race day. Glen was ripping the track up and was more than a second faster than his personal best for the track, i
actually commented on how gripped up his car was. A remark that was proven when he entered the final turn and the car launched off the inside curb, up
on two wheels. I thought the car was going to roll for sure, it was stunt driver stuff, but Glen handled it perfectly turning the car out of the
situation and firing down into a gully full of mud.
He took the car back to the pits were we found he had damaged the front apron and ripped the exhaust off at the j tube slip joints.
Glen loaded up and went into town to wash the car down so we could get a good look at the damage. I meanwhile had a couple of tinnies while waiting
for his return.
After lots of tinnies and a good two hours of bush mechanics and tube bending in the dark we finally were happy with our repair job to Glens exhaust.
A camp fire was well allight and dinner was eaten, more beers then bed.
Sundays weather was even better than Saturdays and with Heath and Christine arriving we all looked forward to fast times and good racing. Our class
was again the most popular with 8 entrants.
I struggled to repeat my saturday times as the track was less grippy for me and my car was a little tail happy. It took me all day to chase the
correct set up, however Glen was again on the money pulling fast times all day.
Heath and Christine were fast from the start with there set up spot on, Heath went on to win the class and lower the class record with a super quick
time. Final times and places were as follows,
1st Heath 31.86 sec (new class record)
2nd Christine 32.30 sec
3rd Col 32.42 sec
6th Glen 33.90 sec
My stand out performer was Glen, he drove really well all weekend and nailed a very impressive time for his less powerfull car. Closely followed by
our exhaust patch
up job, it lasted all weekend as well.
I have lots of footage to post up in the coming days.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 07:06 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxPWCvMgRc
Here is my second run of the day on Saturday practice.
It happened to be my fastest all weekend and bettered the class record.
I did a 31.04, the record was a 31.44, bugger it was in practice.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 08:16 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SpiLt_Sdo
This is Glenn on saturday practice.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 09:35 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP5jzqDFuQ4
Here is Heath on race day, showing us his silky smooth fast driving style.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 07:28 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyk9SjSysQU
As i mentioned in the race report i struggled with rear tyre grip on Sunday.
In this vid you can clearly see my problem in 3 spots on the track.
Makes for cool vids though.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 08:29 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZWCT8Hb50s
Here is Glen on race day, you can see the damage to his front apron panel and the tilted muffler after our Saturday evening repair job.
This however didn,t slow him down at all.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 09:25 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prY6lQ3bips
This is i think Heaths fastest run of the day,
He set a blistering time of 31.86 sec to create a new class record.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 5th, 2011 at 08:23 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE-jr7zmzpo
This vid is Heath again, on another of his silky smooth fast runs.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 5th, 2011 at 08:47 PM |
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Cheers Col for posting the vids!
great viewing as always 
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| posted on August 5th, 2011 at 09:20 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_Q9izCgww
Another of Glen
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 5th, 2011 at 09:55 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynd65smWQc
This vid is for Christine ,
It is off some fool running out of fuel.
A special thanks to John Abbot and Christine Campbell for making the effort to shoot all the footage i have posted.
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 6th, 2011 at 08:30 AM |
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Thanks for uploading it Col.
Tight little track that one. Does anyone get out of second gear?
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| posted on August 6th, 2011 at 02:34 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Thanks for uploading it Col.
Tight little track that one. Does anyone get out of second gear?
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Yes it is a tight one , but very technical ,as only a small mistake or error will cost you time.
None of the Beetles get out of 2nd gear. Personally i had the limiter set at 7500 rpm and was hitting it going down into the right hander were the
armco railing is.
I would usually change up a gear at that rpm but not at this track, i just raised the limiter to 7900rpm, problem solved.
When your car is finished i hope you venture south to come have some fun with us Marcus.
Cheers Col
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