MRA ALL BRITISH 29 JUNE WP

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Wed May 21, 2014 2:11 pm

I spoke to Matthew Ronke yesterday and he agreed to add MX5s to the categories, entry forms have now been updated to reflect this.

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:11 pm

Sounds good im heading down on the sunday to stay on track for a private track day on the monday!

i still hav'nt witnessed an all mx5 race yet.

david_syd_au · Postby **david_syd_au** » Fri May 30, 2014 2:03 pm

My entry form is ready to go, with both Super TT and MX-5 races selected.
Who else will be entering for the MX-5 races?

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Fri May 30, 2014 2:21 pm

Sounds like all the usual suspects will be there, plus some.

david_syd_au · Postby **david_syd_au** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:44 pm

How could I miss that.
Entry sent!

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:47 pm

Assuming my car is back together, I'll be there...

Thanks Matthew and Craig for getting us in for this meet!

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:17 am

Scotty Walker is going to take photos at this round. Anybody keen to get a bunch of pics for $25 let him know beforehand, if you don't have his details pm/email me and I will let him know.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:02 am

Yerrss right. It's going to be cold, cool temps and strong breezes. Even the local boys are ready for it. Showers too.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:55 am

mazmad wrote:Yerrss right. It's going to be cold, cool temps and strong breezes. Even the local boys are ready for it. Showers too.

Yep, gonna be average weather, but I'm sure the racing will warm things up

My car is still in bits though, lots of work to do to get it ready for Sunday...

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:08 pm

Close run thing, but I'll be there. Just got the car finished and on the trailer in the howling freezing wind, time will tell whether it can complete a lap (let alone do so at speed!).

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:28 pm

Crappy day weather wise, but some of the best racing all year so far in the MX5 races today! Final was an epic 4 way battle on dry tyres in worsening wet conditions with three different leaders at various stages, and many had the unfortunate experience of testing the rally credentials of their cars

Again, thanks to the committee for all their hard work. Vids coming

david_syd_au · Postby **david_syd_au** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:57 am

I agree with "zossy1",

Thanks to the MX-5 Cup committee for getting us these additional races, and to Wakefield Park for organising the event.

The weather was crappy, but on the plus side, that gave drivers with less experience and/or less power, like me, the chance to mix it with the faster guys. Everyone was great, giving each other plenty of room, and the only stupid move I saw all weekend was my own, spinning in front of half the field at the first corner in race 2. Doh!

Thanks to everyone, and I look forward to the next official MX-5 Cup round on 24th August.

I also will upload some videos, with more slipping and sliding caught on film than a day at Wet n Wild!

frog_a_lot · Postby **frog_a_lot** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:08 pm

Weather was a bit crappy, but kind of evened up things a little bit.
Was interesting following some of the more powerful cars in the wet because it was obvious that they couldn't get the power down without sliding. Was definitely an exercise in car/throttle control.

Had a nice little dual with Luke in the final race, where I had much better traction through the corners so i could get side by side, but the moment we got to any straights he would power away.
I just need to stop locking my brakes.. damn you guys and your ABS.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 1:01 pm

frog_a_lot wrote:damn you guys and your ABS.

^^^ this x10!!

All the guys up the front had it... Except me

Celluloid Retina · Postby **Celluloid Retina** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:52 pm

Fantastic drive Chris, congrats on the win in race 3, especially in those conditions on slicks with no ABS! Great video, a bit of a master class in wet driving - i'm sure all those secrets you didn't want to share are in there somewhere. :wink:

Its really interesting to see your own race from the outside.
Well done to David too for picking up third (qualy and race 3), you were loving the wet conditions after all the complaining on the Saturday night!

Big thanks from me too, to the committee, for making it happen for everyone. The committee is making this series such a great thing to be a part of (though I personally would be pushing to make that round count towards the championship? :lol:

).

There was such close fair racing, it was great to see - and stoked to get my first win! I'm aiming for about thursday to put my race vids up (to give me some time to give them a little razzle dazzle!), that seems to be when the high starts to wear off from the weekend previous. If we can get as many of everyones videos up as possible, i'll try and do that youtube video syncing thing again so we can watch some of the battles from everyone involved's perspectives.

Stu