UKPnG Season 8 British Historic Cup - Goodwood - Jan 3

[phspok]

Results and Replay Posted

Great racing guys, thanks to all who competed 

[goldtop]

Never a good track for me, although in V3 land it was a lot more fun.

Had a good opening few laps until the inevitable wheel on grass moments, but then had a very nice scrap with Matt. The grunty fezza and the more nimble TR providing some classic racing  

[Navin R Johnson]

Excellent turnout fellas!! The race was action all the way through. I got a good start and was able to get around Tim's Ferrari. The first lap was getting hot and heavy up front and we were like 4 cars fitting into a 2 car spot at Lavant corner. I got a small bump from Tim which upset me enough for a quick off. Dropped back to 11th place and got to work. Was working hard through the whole run to make up time. Had several good battles with Simon,Legzy and SuperSwift . Then coming towards the end I was able to run down Clive who I could see was struggling with tires. When entering Woodcote I saw Clive get out of shape but even with me on the binders before the tank slapper started I could not avoid a touch. This I believe upset SuperSwift as well which caused a lost spot. So very sorry to both of you chaps. Also tough luck Geoffers . On the positive side it was a action packed race with some great tight racing all the way through. I hope we can have this sort of turnout everytime . A big congrats goes to FMG for the Win and to JohnW for a solid second place . Cheers boys

[SuperSWIFT]

Excellent turn-out and great racing, thanks guys!

From my 7th spot on the grid, I soon found myself in 4th position after the first lap chasing Clive and later even 2nd position after John spun his Healey and Clive had a “moment”. Of course halfway trough the race John came back, but after he successfully passed me, he couldn’t really get rid of me until I made an error. Nice to see the racing differences between the TR4 and Healey and thanks for the driving tips John!

Last part of the race was a nice battle between the TR4's of Clive, Legzy, Navin and mine. We all had our "moments", but that's racing. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who had a lot of fun!
 

[BillThomas]

Arrrgh!   

Stupid mistake when coming up to lap Jules, just got a wheel on the grass & lost control, ended up over the barriers. Fortunately there were no spectators there! Been racing long enough now that I should have learnt to be a bit more patient. 

I think that race was always going to be difficult, sorry Geoffers I think I was going way too slow to continue that race, I had suspension damage. Also sorry too Bill on the line, I was waiting for the 321 go to come up, but its PnG 


Pretty bad race for me then 

I find it's always best to do a quick qualify, start, and pitstop offline so one knows where everthing is. Being a left foot clutch man I didn't stand a chance to avoid you - with Elite it's right foot to floor as you left foot off  clutch, tyres bite and you rocket away.  As lots of drivers commented damage is so realistic I don' t think I'll finish many races.  Found at final chicane, in initial practice,  I kept over revving as I selected 1st gear - problem I've never experienced before on GTL, GTR or PnG.  Have to learn to slow down more before dropping down gears under braking.

Pleased with qualifying new PB, but the race was useless as I couldn't get the car to turn in at corners  kept rubbing along the scenery.  Exited when I saw Geoffers et al on the track coming my way.

[Wiltshire Tony]

What an inspired track choice for the BHC season opener! And with a very healthy turnout the race couldn't fail to be a crowd pleaser. My qually pace was as I expected and it seemed like I was in the company of the usual suspects so was confident that I would do well 
A good start took me up the rankings and I'm confident that there is where I would have stayed. However at the end of lap 1 at Woodcote it seemed from my in-car perspective that I had tapped Rob Venn and he had gone of into the gravel. Being the perfect gentlemen driver I did a volunteery drive thru penalty which bought me back on track almost last. The replay shows that Rob was the creator of his own misshap and so I had taken a needless penalty 
Still the remainder of the race was epic with loads of crawling up the field action. Pleased to have finished at all actually as the tyres of my TR4 were very second hand by the time I crossed the line.
Nice to see some old faces returning too.
Jules, it's all about learning and not making the same mistakes again.

[Alex vV]

Unofficial LapChart

Had some nice battles (Mr. Venn, Matt, GT), all clean and fair.
Unfortunately real life intervened and I had to park the car in the pit.
Probably didn't put the car in neutral so the little Triumph spluttered into Nirwana... race over.

Great turnout, great cars, great track.. 

[Clive Loynes]

........I was able to run down Clive who I could see was struggling with tires. When entering Woodcote I saw Clive get out of shape but even with me on the binders before the tank slapper started I could not avoid a touch. This I believe upset SuperSwift as well which caused a lost spot. So very sorry to both of you chaps.

No problem Navin, I am absolutely certain that it was not intended.

However, I have submitted an incident report as I would like to have a mod's ruling on the incident for future reference.

[Mark J]

Just back from sunny Italy, looks like i missed a corker of an opening round  :'(...and Legzy, 4th? must have been practising for a year at least   

Happy New year to all 

[Legzy]

Lol, was a bit of a shock to me too!
I look forward to locking horns with you again on Thursday (if you can keep up )