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[DANTOO]

Ar thank you Ade. Thats great cheers.


but really.... lol tell Pete just how good his Sig is... please by all means


lol sorry just hyper tonight! lol

[Ade]

lol ok will do!

[Ade]

I spend all day helping fit these bits

Can we just make a note of the wording here?!?!?! Not "fitted for Ade" or "fitted it while he made the brews" helped fit!! as in i did some work!! You see it does happen!!!

[Ade]

Well after waking up this morning to glorious sunshine I decided that a run to Santa Pod RWYB day was a go!

We arrived at about 11.40 to find that it was quite busy. No problems we though as I've been before when it was much busier and has been ok.

Well Signed in and got in the queue for about 12.10. All excited and a little nervous

Sat stationary in the queue starting to wonder why we're not moving forward???

Found out someone had dropped there bike on the stripp so the nessecary clean up was happening. Fair enough.

Finally started moving closer to the front and just when I was thinking it'll be not long now They decided to break for lunch!!!! 1300hrs for 30mins.

About an hour and a bit later we started to move again! Finally got to the start line up against an astra turbo with courtney turbo plastered all over it.

Dialled in around 5000rpm

lights go green

Let clutch out and discover that 5000rpm is nowhere near enough revs!!!

So after horrible bogging down and waiting for what felt like an eternity with my foot pinned and the revs climbing slowly it suddenly hit the powerband!!! At this point the astra was a good few car lengths ahead..

Well from there it was a simple case of keep foor nailed to the floor and just pull the stick every few moments!

The Astra was soon dispatched and acroos the line i went!

A fairly average 14.4sec run recorded!

So cursing to myself for the rubbish start I got back into the queue!

After painfully slow progress in the queue i was starting to get near to the front again around 1545ish and then the heavens opened and the day was called off!!!!! :'(

So thirty quid lighter and thoroughly cold and unhappy I headed home!

Big sorry to everyone who came to see the mini as it was a very cold and disapointing day!!

I'm going to be in touch with Santa Pod as I'm really annoyed at just how slow everthing seemed to be happening! If you had a motorbike or a proper drag car seemingly you didn't have to queue and got more runs than anyone else!

So not happy bunny!!!

But on the plus side it does leave loads of room for improvement next time!

Sorry for the rant just not impressed at all with the speed at which they seemed to be getting cars up the strip!

[DANTOO]

Hey not to worry, its nice to know how it went.

Well better luck for the next race.. or should I be saying that to the opposition

Im sure it will run smoothly on the next race

If not come down castle combe and show the wiltshire people how its done lol

[fastcarl]

Well after waking up this morning to glorious sunshine I decided that a run to Santa Pod RWYB day was a go!

We arrived at about 11.40 to find that it was quite busy. No problems we though as I've been before when it was much busier and has been ok.

Well Signed in and got in the queue for about 12.10. All excited and a little nervous

Sat stationary in the queue starting to wonder why we're not moving forward???

Found out someone had dropped there bike on the stripp so the nessecary clean up was happening. Fair enough.

Finally started moving closer to the front and just when I was thinking it'll be not long now They decided to break for lunch!!!! 1300hrs for 30mins.

About an hour and a bit later we started to move again! Finally got to the start line up against an astra turbo with courtney turbo plastered all over it.

Dialled in around 5000rpm

lights go green

Let clutch out and discover that 5000rpm is nowhere near enough revs!!!

So after horrible bogging down and waiting for what felt like an eternity with my foot pinned and the revs climbing slowly it suddenly hit the powerband!!! At this point the astra was a good few car lengths ahead..

Well from there it was a simple case of keep foor nailed to the floor and just pull the stick every few moments!

The Astra was soon dispatched and acroos the line i went!

A fairly average 14.4sec run recorded!

So cursing to myself for the rubbish start I got back into the queue!

After painfully slow progress in the queue i was starting to get near to the front again around 1545ish and then the heavens opened and the day was called off!!!!! :'(

So thirty quid lighter and thoroughly cold and unhappy I headed home!

Big sorry to everyone who came to see the mini as it was a very cold and disapointing day!!

I'm going to be in touch with Santa Pod as I'm really annoyed at just how slow everthing seemed to be happening! If you had a motorbike or a proper drag car seemingly you didn't have to queue and got more runs than anyone else!

So not happy bunny!!!

But on the plus side it does leave loads of room for improvement next time!

Sorry for the rant just not impressed at all with the speed at which they seemed to be getting cars up the strip!

thats the pod for you Ade,they will take your money then take the *yellow human water*, come to york on easter sunday ,you'll get a lot more runs in and they dont *yellow human water* around half as much as the pod,.
and i agree its an outrage that the drag cars get preferential treatment , makes me amd too, thats why i avoid the place unless i'm desperate,.

carl

[R1minimagic]

Ade

Sounds like a good time for your first run, what was your terminal speed?

[pete]

99.7 mph crossing the line. Have got it on video so will try and post a link if I can work out how to get it online

[welderman]

Ade did you sign up for The 2006 Castrol Challenge, some of the lads with the Indy's have posted up there times.

[Ade]

2006 Castrol challenge?? Don't know what that is mate???

Ade

Sounds like a good time for your first run, what was your terminal speed?

Hmm wasn't too bad. To be honest I was just miffed it bogged down so much! Then really really miffed that I didn't get a chance to have another go to improve!!!!

Can you remember what rpm you were starting at when you were at avon park??

[millsminis]

Just done a search for you Ade......Castrol 2006 Challenge Get yourself signed up mate!!

Whilst looking on the site found a link for photos....and look what I found!!! Ade your mini!!

[pete]

Just uploaded the video. If it works then its here http://livedigital.c...content/148171/

[DANTOO]

Cheers pete!

I didnt know Ade won it! You can really see it pick up though, come on Ade you can really make them look bad when you get a good start next time

[andywaller]

sweet just watched the vid, love to see "quick" cars blown away buy a mini!

[DANTOO]

sweet just watched the vid, love to see "quick" cars blown away buy a mini!

I know same here!

When I was down Castle Combe I saw an R34 slowly getting caught up by a mini...