MichaelH Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Any one going? sent of my entry, not heard back yet Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 doesn't seem clear whether it is Sat 9th or Sun 10th I will report back when I hear Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Definitely Sunday 10th Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 TSSC? Rockingham?? 10th??? April???? 2016????? Nothing about this on the TSSC website, or latest April Courier. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 MGCC Thoroughbred Sports Car Champioship Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 No, I'll be at Snetterton this coming Saturday, CSCC Swinging 60s. Plus, there's a GT6 (Stuart Dayburn), and of this parish Dave Bailey in his TR4, and Richard Owen in his TR2. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Good - have a good day Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Roy Chamberlain TR5 and Phillip Lambe TR6 both running So Three TRs running at Rickingham this w/e on Sunday Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) As a rally man you should be at Cadwell Sunday Edited April 7, 2016 by ntc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Hi ntc.. what is happening at Cadwell? If it is major rallying then you might find Steve Hall in a TR4 Having built my car as a rally car I transferred back to the track about 2 yrs ago Michael Edited April 8, 2016 by MichaelH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Hope all goes well today at Rockers. Just back - well back at 0130 this morning, just finished a restorative breakfast - from Snetterton. Ye gods, it's along way, six hours in either direction (US readers ignore that bit) The weather was miserable, even for Snett, It was a lovely day when it wasn't raining, which it was, all the time, until halfway through my race, which made for a highly technical event with lots of bodywork problems to be taken care of later. In my race alone eight cars met the Armco, which bumped me up from 24th in practice to 19th in the race, ( I wasn't brave enough to come off) but I did improve on my qualifying time by ten seconds, by some judicious balancing or tyre pressures and shocker settings. Lovely sunny day today, so house and home hung with drying gear. Anyone for Silverstone? John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) Hi John, Good news and some not so good Racing was great: got dropped at the start by the 2 other TRs (Phillip Lambe TR6 and Roy Chamberlain TR5) but managed to get back and passed both although Roy did get back - that was the good news the bad lies in the condition of the big end bearings and crank - yet to be inspected. So had a dnf as a result again!!! Rockingham is a combination of twisty in field and about a third of the oval which is wide and flat out round the bend: using my o/d I actually could pull in the 6 cylinder cars which was a revelation and the rest depended on who handled the corners better Racing wise a great day but cold, dry and windy Michael Edited April 11, 2016 by MichaelH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Sorry to hear you have such a major problem in the offing. Hope the inspection goes better than you seem to hope. Snett was my first race for two years, and with a new engine that seems to be all I built it for, 2L so that once it's properly run in I can reach for more revs than I ever dared with a 2.5, and at a wet Snett there was no need to use the O/drive as I only reached the 6K rev limiter at the end of the main straight. Banging from the LSD on corners, the slower the noisier, I hope was due to my forgetting to replace the rather old oil. Certainly a refill and a public road test drive yesterday sounded much better. Also my first time in HANS. No probs with that as such, side to side movement full which I feared would be limited, but my harness shoulder straps were already tight and with little excess to take up once in place. With the HANS on my shoulders there was none! I must release a little extra from the back to make getting strapped in easier. My next outing may be Crystal Palace Sprints, +/- Brands after that. Can't make Silverstone - I'm working on a rally in Keilder the day before, and that double drive would be almost as long as to Snett! JOhn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McMuttley Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 The wifey (?) of a TR4 racer was on radio 2 drive time on Friday afternoon - apparently heading to Snett in a camper ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 That would have been Dave Bailey. 11th on the grid 10th in the race. IMHO, anyone who finished deserved a prize it was that slippy. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Had a look last night, dropped the sump and looked at the big ends and the center main, the bearings are flattened at the edge and ok in the middle and I think (& hope) that the crank is ok. at least it passes the nail test Time to haul it all out and have a proper look Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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