Santa Pod 11/12 October 2008

[Broxi]

Screecy has requested i post up this event, as he now plans to go up, now Dakota has been cancelled.

Saturday/Sunday overnight event on 11/12 October
Saturday Night Special
Experience the thrill of night racing at Santa Pod Raceway. The sights and sounds of the raceway are intensified by the night air. All types of vehicles, from hot rods to hot hatches, dragsters to bikes are invited to use the track for day and night racing.
The track is open from 9am-9pm (weather and track conditions permitting) with additional attractions of:


The 270mph Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car
Free Pole Dancing Shows
Catering & Bar Facilities
Evening Music Entertainment

There is also free camping for those wishing to stay over for the Sunday Run What Ya Brung, and of course all clubs are welcome.
Gates open at 8am. Signing on costs £30 per driver for unlimited runs from 9am to 9pm, £20 per driver for unlimited runs from 9am to 4pm, and £10 per driver for unlimited runs from 4pm to 9pm. Driving Licence required. Entry costs £10 for a full-day ticket and £20 for a two-day ticket (£15 in advance), Free camping with two-day tickets.
Car clubs are very welcome to come along! Phone 01234 782828 to book a Club Space.




Full Info can be found below

http://www.rwyb.co.uk/sat_night_special.php

If you would like to attend Please add your Name to the list.



Screech

[Screechy]

Definitely going to this now. Probably on the strip 4 - 9 Saturaday and watching Sunday

[Phil]

Modified Live incl Time Attack Finals at Snetterton is on the 12th

[ad4mj]

i be up for this if car fixed by then i will say on weekend cheers

[Screechy]

Got my tickets booked so going up Saturday to have a little spin in the evening.

Anybody else coming along??

Also entered the Castrol Challenge so will hopefully get my pic on the website

[sksimportworx]

anyone know how screech got on today

[Broxi]

Yes Mate...

First ever run on the Strip... 12.02 He does not have any launch control or Anti-lag... and tried launching about 1200 RPM...

His next two runs... were slower as he was agian trying to launch with too little revs...

His forth and final run today i believe he done a 12.0 with a terminal speed of 117 MPH

I will confirm tomorrow.

But think he is going for a 5K launch tomorrow...

[sksimportworx]

i should have driven for him as i would have driven it like i stole it ..... wish him luck from me ok when you speak to him

[Broxi]

will do... he should be doing low 11's i would expect... Scooby Dazza done a new Personal Best today at long marston...

think it was 11.02 full second faster than Screech...

[chris]

thats quick as, lucky git,

[sksimportworx]

mine can do low 10's but i aint gonna put you all to shame

[chris]

lol i done a 14.42 on a f***ed up launch, was still happy with that

[Screechy]

Managed a 11.97 on my last run before I left today. I was fairly pleased with that for my first time out there.

Yesterday it was too busy - got 4 runs in 5 hours and was only out of the queue for about 15minutes.

I completely screwed a couple of starts yesterday and then was repeatedly red-lining as I was going through the 6 speed gears too quickly.

This morning I wanted to get more runs in so had another go but there was very little grip off the line. There was lots of fog and the track was a bit damp.

The last run was quickest to 1/8th and 1/4mile
1/8 mile 7.7277 (91.2mph)
1/4 mile 11.9727 (116.4mph)

Fastest at 1/8 94.27mph
Fastest at 1/4 119.44mph

[Paul P1]

Nice one mate well done so what's next lol

[Screechy]

A lesson from Dazza on how to drive by the sounds of it!

Seriously though I think I need to work on technique

[SkyFly]

You need some decent rubber too Screechy , alright having all that power and torque but it's usless if you can't get it down...
The six speed is a little harder to get decent times out of due to the lower gearing but there is a low 11 in that car..

[scoobyDAZZA]

i did an 11.203 and an 11.24 today

practice screecho :wink: i've been doing this for 3 years and have done it 4 times this year breaking my PB everytime :biggrin: this time last year i did an 11.824 and the only difference between then and now is a simtek ecu with launch and 15% methanol. difference in power is about 38 bhp.

i'm getting very consistent around the mid 11s , did 4 runs at 11.54 / 11.57 / 11.52 / 11.59 , all 4 of them were with bad launches (1.85 on 60 foot) then the 'quick' runs i managed a 1.73 on 60 foot, launched straight as an arrow and did the 11.2s . terminals all weekend were between 124 and 126 . i've got a video of my 11.203 which i will be posting as soon as photobucket let me, i was heads up with Richard Batty (quickest FTO in the UK) he also did a PB in that race of 11.09 , i had the better reaction and crossed the line just before him .

my quickest run gave me an 1/8th of 7.1 :biggrin:

[Screechy]

Cheers Dazza. Top result for you mate.

I've got some knackered Yokohamas on at the mo which isn't helping and if I wasn't going travelling in January I would get the launch control fitted.

If I can squeeze another session in before I go then you will be getting a PM with some more detailed technical questions!!!

However it was fun completely destroying an Audi RS4 twice!! (although not so much when beaten by a Nova - found out afterwards it was running over 400bhp though).

How many runs did you get in the day as I was a bit disappointed at Santa Pod on Saturday. 4 runs in 5 hours! Sunday was 4 runs in 2 1/2 hours so not too bad.

[scoobyDAZZA]

told you to get your a55 to stratford , on the saturday you'd have done 50 runs.
i did just a few as i didn't want to tempt fate.

2 years ago i broke 3 times out of 5 on the saturday which meant i missed the sunday when i was entered into the old jap racer series.

you can ask away anytime bud but remember i'm still learning , i can only pass on my knowledge that i know at the moment :wink: but as Martyn says you really do need decent rubber, i'm on toyo 888s and still nearly spun the bastid on 1 of my launches , i even lifted on 1 of them as i almost sh1t myself :biggrin:

there's a wagon that goes there running 520 bhp and he's in the mid 10s , weighs absolutely nothing, everything that can be removed has been, he runs on dunlops semi slicks , i haven't tried other tyres but from what i read the toyos heat up quicker but wear quicker , swings and roundabouts.

ps - video of my new PB is in the general discussion