CSLCUP next weekend..

[windy]

The calm before the storm...



Off out for the first time...



Mid-qualifying...




I'll let Daz tell you all how the race went.

[Sailorbaz]

I'm looking forward to a LOAD more photographs. Car looks really well, especially on those slicks! :drool:

[shimmy]

I'm looking forward to a LOAD more photographs. Car looks really well, especially on those slicks! :drool:

:smt033

[Andyk]

Come on Daz spill the beans....

[windy]

Some more...

Dan's car getting checked out...



Speed Religion's E36, which did pretty damm well considering it's not been setup correctly and is down on power...



The pack...



Daz...







This thing was mental-fast...

















Daz again... probably being told not to use his indicators ...





My girlfriend tyring to keep warm... was damm windy...













Ant (Speed Religion) mixing it with the race leaders Dan and Garrie...



...who eventually made it their own little battle...





...little twitch for Dan...

[Nords]

Looked like a great day! We need some video with the cars making a harmony as they hoof past!
:thumbs:

Roll on the 6th June, I should be able to make Brands!

[windy]

Video

That's all I got I'm afraid. Prefer to watch racing with my eyes rather than through a camcorder. Only reason I got the photos was because I was using my DSLR to view the distant parts of the track.

Rockingham's a pretty crap circuit for spectators IMHO. Nowhere near as good as somewhere like Oulton.

[Andyk]

Really looking forward to seeing this lot live...thanks for the pics. So the little E30 was mixing it up front by the looks of the pics.

[DazBlackCSL]

Well what a weekend :119:, first ever race behind me and think I covered every experience in one day (unfortunately):bigcry:

Was all a bit crazy and up against it, we never made qualifying as cars were not ready, so the first time I actually got out in her ever was for 20 mins qualy, on brand new brakes (not bedded in), new suspension (not geo'd) and not set up, so to say qualy was a challenge was an understatement!

Still managed to get in 10 laps but only with a time of 1.42.488, which was 9th out of 12, and 2nd in class (out of 3 in class).

Race 1 sitting on the grid waiting for the lights to go out and the adrenalin was like nothing ive ever had before (left leg twitching)! the guys had geo'd it over night since qualy but still had not been out in it since the settings were changed from qualy so this was back in raw again for the race.

Idea was to use this race as practice and get the settings right for race 2 , but after bringing my lap times down in 3/4 laps to 1.36.358 (still bedding in brakes, and car twitching on set up) on lap 5 as I was exiting the first corner at the end of the start finish straight , the back end snapped away as I put the power down and manged to hold onto it and bring it back into line , then it snapped back the other way onto the grass and slid into the wall snapping a steering arm rod:bigcry::bigcry:

Not sure what else if at all went, so the decision was made not to try and rush to fix and get out for race 2, in case something else had been damaged.

was a pretty hairy experience sliding along the grass at speed watching the wall coming towards you !

Car not to badly damaged, few panels done (all on one side) carbon bumper split front , all repairable.

So first race , first off , so hoping I got my first ever off behind me now! and get on with the season, we are now going to spend the next 5 weeks getting it set up right and I need to get time in the car to get a feel for it properly and looking forward to brands on the 7th June:thumbs:

Good to see curly ( well done mate ) dont do bends out there and a win in class, shimmy ( get out here ) !!! and windy (nice pics buddy) and thedoros who all were there :thumbs:

Put this weekend into the experience bucket and learn from it:whistle:

But cracking weekend regardless

[_Nathan_]

Great attitude mate, well done on getting out there and doing it.

[Sailorbaz]

Well done Daz, that is an experience right enough.

As you said, get some time in the car and I'm sure it will all come together. Must be a surreal feeling driving on Slicks too, that must take a bit of getting used to.

I'm away to look at how long it will take me to drive to Brands Hatch now! I need to get a couple of these races.

Well done mate, I can only imagine the adrenalin at the start, class.

[windy]

Really looking forward to seeing this lot live...thanks for the pics. So the little E30 was mixing it up front by the looks of the pics.

That E30 is one of the quickest cars in the Kumho. And Garrie (I've passengered with him at Oulton) is seriously quick. Quite funny seeing that 20 year old 'little E30' spank E46's.

All I kept thinking as I was watching Daz was just how totally different the experience must be to track days. I doubt very much that I'd have the bottle for it.

[houlbt]

Great pics there Windy... any chance of seeing some more?

[csl_mba]

Cant wait for Donny, im defo going

[glendog74]

Nice one Daz - things can only get better! :thumbs: