UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Novices Trophy - Silverstone (GP 1952-73) - Jun 23

[miner2049er]

Clutch seems to be missing from the import? Has Mike been dishing out bribes 

Yes he is indeed missing. I would re-import for Jack O but I don't know if it will break anything so I'll let Jack O sort it.

[NickyIckx]

 
Well did knew my Cooper wouldnt be the best car to race Silverstone ..  was lucky to made it 5th on the grid within 0,38 sec slower then my offline PB.

Well , start was nice and after Ruk65 missed a bit the exit of Abbey on L2, I could benefit by slipstream effect. Together side by side we reached the entry of Woodcote.
Here Ruk65 shows his gentleman driving style by letting me passed him on the outer line . Thx for that , wish other drivers  would have act the same to him later on .
On lap 6 Clutch run wide and I earned P3. Rye close behind me. An very nice fight over number of laps .
Unluckily he rear ended me on L 11 at Woodcote. ( btw. on mine and Norberts replay none part of Rye`s car ever was even sort beside my Cooper . BRM all the way clearly behind. ).
Well , off course from that moment on all my hopes on a podium place where gone. Without tow by the fast drivers in front my Cooper was lost.
More worst  , it shows up my engine was effected by that accident , so I made an shift-R at L12 ,time 19:38 ; without Pitstop ! which should be ok , I think.
I kept on racing with cold tyres and full fuel tank , again Rye in my neck , who had done  a stop and go in the pits.
On L 14 Nobrakes and Poole did have an accident in front of me , I could luckily pass. Unfortunately Rye got bad luck there and spun.

P4 in the end to me . Not bad .

Congratulation goes to Mike for an brilliant drive , unbeatable very well done . To Clutch on a great 2nd and to A.Heller on his unlucky 3rd.

Thx all for another great race. see you at Monza. ( should mount a rocket booster on my Cooper for that one .. ).

 

[NHance]

Thanks to everyone who contributed an answer to my question. So its been explained now & it may help drivers who are even newer than me. Seems it may be something of a controversial subject.

Don't know if any of you watched the BBC documentary last week about the 1960's Shelby AC Cobra race team. What amused me was the way all personnel had a nickname e.g. Le Mans winners Bob"Hurry Back" Bondurant & his co driver Ken "Teddy Teabagger" Miles. As a driver yet to trouble the podium trophy engravers I will sign off today as below. However I will keep trying........ and dreaming.

Norm "No Chance" Hance.

 

[Hristo Itchov]

Thanks to everyone who contributed an answer to my question. So its been explained now & it may help drivers who are even newer than me. Seems it may be something of a controversial subject.

Don't know if any of you watched the BBC documentary last week about the 1960's Shelby AC Cobra race team. What amused me was the way all personnel had a nickname e.g. Le Mans winners Bob"Hurry Back" Bondurant & his co driver Ken "Teddy Teabagger" Miles. As a driver yet to trouble the podium trophy engravers I will sign off today as below. However I will keep trying........ and dreaming.

Norm "No Chance" Hance.

It's pointless to shoot yourself in the foot by going against yourself, Norm. It's enough that there are numerous factors that are more or less out of control and you have to deal with, so the least you can do is keep a positive mindset during racing.  Plus you improve with each lap you do, so it's just a matter of time and effort.

[NHance]

Whoa there Hristo!!. One of the disadvantages of cyberspace is that you don't actaully know people. If you have seen any of my previous race reports you will see that I try to make them what I see as humerous. May not be everyone's taste but the Watkins Glen one definitely set something running. I liked that. Its just I recorded that documentaty & watched it yesterday & the nickname thing, especially Bondurant, really amused me so I started thinking in those terms for myself & hoped others would enjoy a joke  all be it at my expense.

The car selection thing - well I genuinly wanted to know & we've only had one novice Honda driver up to now & he actually drives a Honda on the road - good reason to choose I say.
Anyway (seriously)thanks for the advice I understand what you mean I am trying my hardest believe you me!   

Norm H

[Hristo Itchov]

Whoa there Hristo!!. One of the disadvantages of cyberspace is that you don't actaully know people. If you have seen any of my previous race reports you will see that I try to make them what I see as humerous. May not be everyone's taste but the Watkins Glen one definitely set something running. I liked that. Its just I recorded that documentaty & watched it yesterday & the nickname thing, especially Bondurant, really amused me so I started thinking in those terms for myself & hoped others would enjoy a joke  all be it at my expense.

The car selection thing - well I genuinly wanted to know & we've only had one novice Honda driver up to now & he actually drives a Honda on the road - good reason to choose I say.
Anyway (seriously)thanks for the advice I understand what you mean I am trying my hardest believe you me!   

Norm H

I didn't mean to sound preachy, just encouraging! Maybe I assume wrongly that because some people have started with GPL recently they get disheartened that easy. Good to hear it's quite the opposite then, good luck! 

[JamesRye]

we've only had one novice Honda driver up to now

Before I joined Reed Racing I drove a Honda at Albi (at that time I owned a Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec, but my wife made me sell it and now I am relegated to the 1.4 Seat Arosa (or Seat Arouser as I like to call it)). It seemed like a pretty nice car and I scored a nice win at that race  . From my experience so far, I think that everyone has improved in the Novice League as I am definitley finding it more competitive. Indeed, my battles with Nicky and Clutch in the last race were as hard as any I've had in the Clubmans races.

btw. on mine and Norberts replay none part of Rye`s car ever was even sort beside my Cooper . BRM all the way clearly behind

Nicky, you are right I was never alongside. I just had a great tow and kinda got sucked in  . For some reason I hadn't realised that you drove the Cooper, which makes your race pace even more impressive as I think Silverstone is a power circuit and the Cooper has a lower top speed.

Congrats to the race winner whose pace was mighty  .

Ryeman.

[Billy Nobrakes]

Only just got the replay - hence delay in responding.

Even more championship points to add to the ones I got at Mosport. At this rate might make double figures for the season.
Beers after work are not recommended on race nights. Had been dipping into the 1.35's all week but could only qually with a 1.36. Had a couple of customary Muppet moments but fortunately found some clear space for the rejoins. Only incident of any note was a collision with Graham on lap 13. I was in front & pretty much on the racing line i.e. don't think it was my error - may have been warp.  Took a detour across the grass but no major inconvenience.   
PS. I'm with Norm on the nicknames - from now on you shall be "No Chance" but top marks have to go to "Teddy Teabagger". Missed Glyn at the last couple of races - his post race commentaries are well worth reading.
On to Monza - one of my favourites as it only has two real braking sequences - ideal for the man with Nobrakes.
Bill.