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| Author: | codename_47 [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Nice looking beast. Though I've decided that the car would look much nicer without the flymo front wing  Do Demon Tweeks still pay out if you get their logo some publicity (something like a small amount for something like Autosport, larger amount for national press/TV )  Still, best of luck! 
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| Author: | rhashana [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Good stuff & good luck! |
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| Author: | PTRACER [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
codename_47 wrote: Do Demon Tweeks still pay out if you get their logo some publicity (something like a small amount for something like Autosport, larger amount for national press/TV ) Yup, that's pretty much the only reason I'm "advertising" their company on my car. |
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| Author: | gd49 [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
PTRACER wrote: codename_47 wrote: Do Demon Tweeks still pay out if you get their logo some publicity (something like a small amount for something like Autosport, larger amount for national press/TV ) Yup, that's pretty much the only reason I'm "advertising" their company on my car. How much do they pay for publicity on tbk-light?
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| Author: | bigears [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Good luck and hope it goes well today! |
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| Author: | kals [ Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Paul did a 1 minute 40.6 second lap and was 5th out of the 9 FF2000 entrants in the race. Not bad going IMO. I'm sure someone in the paddock should be able to help him out. There are always good samaritans in these club paddocks. |
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| Author: | codename_47 [ Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
According to his Facebook he's a DNS  Must suck to get so completely geared up for a weekend then not even get on the grid. Sorry to hear it mate, heart goes out to you, etc
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| Author: | PTRACER [ Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Qualified 18th out of 31 cars, 5th in the FF2000 class out of 9 with a lap time of 1 minute 40.69 seconds. I outqualified seven more powerful Formula 3 cars.  I didn't race because of mechanical issues, one of which we would have found out if I'd tested the car again. Report here: http://ptracer.wordpress.com/2009/07/06 ... july-2009/ |
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| Author: | Tony03 [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Nice to see that a TBK member is a real driver I had a question for you : Is your car easy to drive and "fast enough" to enjoy it ? |
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| Author: | PTRACER [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
I personally think it's quite easy to drive, but another person might find it really difficult to drive. When I first drove it in testing at Brands Hatch, it didn't feel as fast as I thought it would. Even heading towards Hawthorn's Bend at nearly 115mph didn't feel very fast. I could comfortably deal with something much faster. I had an onboard camera on my car during qualifying and for the first four laps, I felt like I was driving like an amateur, but then I got my head down, gave myself some space and went 4 seconds faster than I'd been driving for the previous few laps...This was when I was doing 1:45s and 1:46s, stuck behind a slower car and still trying to learn the track, hence was taking Westfield, Sheene and Stirling's VERY carefully: http://blip.tv/file/2335272 |
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| Author: | Tony03 [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Thanks for the answer and obviously for the Onboard video !! I love that. I have another question : how do you "pay your seat" ? Do you have some sponsorship ? I ask you these question because I have always wanted to be a racedriver but I did not have the support from my parents. The Auto Sport Academy would have been a good experience for me but ... now I'm too old Thus I'm pretty happy to speak with a driver here on TBK
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| Author: | PTRACER [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
Tony03 wrote: I have another question : how do you "pay your seat" ? Do you have some sponsorship ? I save up the money I get from my job and don't spend it on anything else. Look at it this way........I could spend the money on upgrading my computer (single core is so last century ), I could go out for pizzas with my friends, or see movies, go out drinking....but instead I save it all so I can drive round a race track for 35 minutes a month...I can get away with spending maybe £300 a race meeting...don't tell me you couldn't save up that small amount each month? I would never be able to pay for professional racing. I can only hope I turn out to be pretty good and get noticed...but that's just a dream. Tony03 wrote: I ask you these question because I have always wanted to be a racedriver but I did not have the support from my parents. The Auto Sport Academy would have been a good experience for me but ... now I'm too old Thus I'm pretty happy to speak with a driver here on TBK You need support from a mechanic, rather than support from your parents. |
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| Author: | Tony03 [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My 1st season of real racing - HSCC Historic FF2000 |
PTRACER wrote: You need support from a mechanic, rather than support from your parents. So true ... Unfortunatly I have neither the support of a mechanic nor my parents' one  ... and yes a single core is very old ! loool 
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