BEAVIS' White Track Car

Postby **beavis** » Wed May 15, 2019 9:32 pm

Thanks Daffy, glad to see your car is coming back together with the new rear end now. :-)

Postby **beavis** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:31 am

Well the MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania had the opportunity to visit our interstate friends for some friendly competition. I went along with no intention of doing anything silly, and no high expectations from myself or the car. My number one priority was to bring the car home safely, and hopefully unbroken.

Firstly, some pics:

So at the end of the day I took the car out for one last session. By that time I'd started to get comfortable with the car again and pushed about as hard as I felt safe into the braking zones. Somehow, I found about another half a second improvement on my previous best that I'd set in the session prior to net a 1:02.9. I believe it is a new club lap record for the MX-5 Vic club & also faster than the existing MX-5 NSW club record?

I don't know how the car did it, in the grand scheme of things its putting out a comparatively conservative 300hp. That is perhaps a lot of grunt for an MX-5, but there are MANY MX-5's easily pumping out a lot more grunt. And it runs the same A050 Yokohamas as many other vehicles, so again, there's nothing that outrageous or special about the car.

A huge thanks to the MX-5 Club of NSW for hosting the event, and putting on a wonderfully efficient day. And thanks also to my fellow Victorians for helping bring home a club victory.
Finally, and most importantly, utmost thanks to Beavis senior for acting as crew chief for the weekend.

As is the norm, here is a video of a lap around Wakefield Park. This was my best lap of the day with a 1.02.9 in the Turbo NB.

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:19 am

Must have been that new sway bar! :mrgreen:

Good work!

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:08 am

That is a great time Brendan, well done! I'd hate to see you get more seat time there, and move the goalposts even further!!

When we spoke you weren't that happy with grip levels so it looks like the track improved over course of the day?

:mrgreen:

Postby **beavis** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:30 pm

ManiacLachy wrote:Must have been that new sway bar!

I know the bar is working well because I hardly noticed a change as a result.

greenMachine wrote:When we spoke you weren't that happy with grip levels so it looks like the track improved over course of the day?

Probably a result of a mix of both warmer and grippier track surface (for those playing at home, it was 1degC in the morning!), and a driver getting a little more comfortable with the circuit.

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:09 pm

Well done mate, that is a stellar time! Looked like a big turnout too. I need to get along to one of these events soon.

Postby **beavis** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:24 am

SKYHI wrote:Well done mate, that is a stellar time! Looked like a big turnout too. I need to get along to one of these events soon.

Cheers mate, indeed it was a pretty packed field.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:12 pm

was the j&j supra there?

am i seeing it right that you are 3 seconds a lap faster? i just saw a post on FB saying they did a 105.8 at 19 aus time attack. that thing has 850whp!!

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:59 pm

16bit wrote:was the j&j supra there?

am i seeing it right that you are 3 seconds a lap faster? i just saw a post on FB saying they did a 105.8 at 19 aus time attack. that thing has 850whp!!

I suppose that's why the supra is not a desirable platform for a circuit car :lol:

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:09 pm

apparently not! all that being said that car is a really big dollar build.

but the internet will tell you the supra is the best car ever, well the mk iv is the best because it doesn't have an engine from a different manufacturer but we will just skip over the little fact the 2jz is a yamaha designed engine...

Postby **beavis** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:06 pm

I wasn't in attendance on the same day as the Supra.

But hey, what can I say, it seems that a comparatively low powered MX-5 can make for a faster lap time than 800+hp in a supra.... don't be so surprised!

Obviously we are all on this forum because we know MX-5's are good little cars, but it's good to have some lap times to help us all validate that we are in on a good thing.

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:53 pm

Not sure which class the car would fit into, but to put things into a bit more perspective, these are the results from Aus Time Attack last month.

More than just HP to these cars, but a great time regardless.

Open Class

1 32 Brad Shiels..........Brad Shiels.........Nissan R32 GTR N1..... 0:57.5652*
2 33 Brian Bugh..........Brian Bugh..........Corvette.................1:02.8064
3 88 Christopher Yee...Christopher Yee....Nissan Skyline GTSt....1:04.8544
4 199 Glenn Slender.....Glenn Slender......Toyota MR2..............1:04.9349
5 48 John Sebelic.......John Sebelic........Toyota Supra............1:05.7507
6 70 Paul Hanney........Paul Hanney........WRX STI..................1:06.1442
7 74 Peter Carruthers...Peter Carruthers..Nissan Skyline R31......1:07.1827
8 109 Emily Duggan......Emily Duggan.......Subaru WRX.............1:07.4432
9 34 Mathew Wootten..Mathew Wootten...Nissan R34GT Skyline ..1:08.7021
10 334 Rick Anderson....Rick Anderson.......Datsun 1200 coupe.....1:09.7780
11 46 Jeff Schmitt.......Jeff Schmitt.........Datsun 1600.............1:10.8878
12 311 Shane Brandon...Shane Brandon......BMW 318Ti...............1:10.9446

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Pro Class

1 13 Benny Tran.........Benny Tran........Honda Integra..........0:57.9578*
2 106 Trent Grubel.......Trent Grubel.....Mitsubishi EVO 8........0:58.0287
3 47 Richard Perini......Richard Perini....Ginetta G55.............0:59.7126
4 23 Bill Gulasi...........Bill Gulasi.........Mitsubishi EVO8 MR....1:00.9678
5 00 Phil Bunter..........Phil Bunter.......Subaru WRX.............1:01.2699
6 107 Troy Patterson.....Troy Patterson...Subaru WRX.............1:02.7023
7 42 Tim White...........Tim White........Mitsubishi EVO..........1:06.0613

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:11 pm

makes the time seem all the more impressive. i suspect there would have to be some driver gains in their too not just all the car.

what a package though, so cheap when you think what it would cost to get some other cars to that speed.

The American · Postby **The American** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:29 pm

beavis wrote:But hey, what can I say, it seems that a comparatively low powered MX-5 can make for a faster lap time than 800+hp in a supra.... don't be so surprised!

Obviously we are all on this forum because we know MX-5's are good little cars, but it's good to have some lap times to help us all validate that we are in on a good thing.

Hear, hear!