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  • L20TF Cadwell Park: October 21, 2020
October 21, 2020, 08:43:32 PM +0100 - Cadwell Park (Full) - UKGTL Season 20 The Fifties
Driver
 Team
Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
reason
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Erling G-P
 TEAM-GTLDK
Austin-Healey 100S (#36) GTC-65 1 1:32.722
84.280mph
1 50:23.754
82.701mph
32 1:33.405
83.663mph
Dunlop  
Daz9
 
AC Ace (#55) GTC-65 3 +0.575
83.760mph
2 +16.868
82.242mph
32 1:34.076
83.067mph
Dunlop  
Geoffers
 Kerb Crawlers
Mercedes 300SL (#0) GTC-65 4 +0.611
83.728mph
3 +42.006
81.568mph
32 1:32.986
84.040mph
Dunlop  
phspok
 Team Pseudo Racing
Mercedes 300SL (#0) GTC-65 5 +2.096
82.417mph
4 +1:12.423
80.766mph
32 1:34.833
82.404mph
Dunlop  
AndyL
 
AC Ace (#55) GTC-65 6 +3.114
81.541mph
5 +1L
80.043mph
31 1:36.059
81.352mph
Dunlop  
Wiltshire Tony
 Toyland Racing
AC Ace (#44) GTC-65 8 +4.853
80.088mph
6 +1:08.877
78.262mph
31 1:37.289
80.323mph
Dunlop  
SpecialKS
 TEAM-GTLDK
AC Ace (#38) GTC-65 7 +4.837
80.101mph
7 +16L 16 1:37.276
80.334mph
unknown
Dunlop  
Ziu Bacubacu
  OLD SCHOOL RACING TEAM
Austin-Healey 100S (#700) GTC-65 2 +0.469
83.856mph
8 +29L 3 1:34.425
82.760mph
unknown
Dunlop  
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2020, 02:52:43 PM +0100 »

Track has always been a favorite of mine, and the Healey 100 was huge fun to slip-slide around here.

Despite having improved my Healey setup since my last outing with it here in 2017, I initially struggled with matching my qual time from back then.  With some more praccy & a tweak to the gearing, the times dropped however, and I dipped into the 32's for the first time.  Still surprised to land pole, even with the reduced grid, as there was still a complement of aliens present.

Retained the place at the start, and after Ziu's premature exit, the main pressure would be from Daz & Geoffers. About a quarter into the race, I was feeling snug in the lead, with a 4-sec gap, but a less than stellar lap lost me 1 sec of this gap. Not worried, as there was a clear reason, but got a frown on my face after the following, not slow lap, when the gap had dropped further. Closer check of the mirrors revealed the chaser to be Geoff's Silver Arrow, rather than Daz.  Clearly the race was far from won yet, and I had to try and up the pace. 

Tyres were now less than pristine, especially the left front.  Had only tested to about 10 laps worth of wear, so had to wing it, while trying to maximize my speed.  Despite my best efforts, Geoffers kept creeping closer.  Gap was down to 1.5 secs when it was at its smallest, but then thankfully started to go the other way again.  About lap 20, it was back around 3-4 secs, when it suddenly jumped to 11+ secs.  Obviously Geoffers had gone off, and later IFF tags showed he had dropped back behind Daz again.  Gave me a much needed breather, as the gap to Daz was holding or growing a little each lap, even after slacking a little off the kamikaze pace.

Nice for a change to be able to compete with the aliens.  Grats to Daz & Geoffers for their podiums.  Commiserations to early retirements Ziu & Kurt - hope your back gets better soon Kurt!
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2020, 04:35:09 PM +0100 »

Yes, good fun in the AC as well to be fair, although it just wouldn't quite give me the laptime I was after....

My quali lap was fairly stellar in my own terms, kept the unruly thing mostly pointing the right way and at good pace, but it was almost a fluke in a couple of corners to be fair..... so wasn't sure I would be able to be anywhere near it in the race, and hold on to the tires at the same time.

Decent start, watched Ziu fly off to then be 2nd, but just couldn't hold on to Erling in the Healey. Particularly as Geoff was being a pest in the mirrors at the same time, probably constantly laughing at my unruly car which was steadfast in it's refusal to be straight most of the time, and I found the laptime just wouldn't come to me. Eventually just ran a little wide which allowed Geoff through. Frankly, I should have let him through earlier as a battle between him and Erling might have slowed them both down for me. Geoff pulled away gently despite my best efforts, and I tried to calm down a little for the sake of the tires, which slowed me a little but made a good difference to the wear rate. This had a benefit as I began to hold the gap to Geoff eventually, then he was slowly coming back towards me for a lap or two, followed by seeing him off inspecting the daisies to the left. This put me in a fairly comfortable 2nd, but there was no way to compete with the pace that Erling had, and he took a well deserved win. Good fun throwing it around though, enjoyed it.
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2020, 08:16:09 PM +0100 »

Result

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Grats Erling to a commanding win & thanks for your wishes.
It's more or less a chronic thing (wear), sometimes worse sometimes less bad,
which long-term will only be cured by one or more surgeries ...  Embarrassed
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