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[SeanR]

another year, another bunch of laps.

 

 

I'll see if his mother has the laptimes...

[marsh]

So.............playing endless laps of GT sport has got me thinking, what to do next? this is all fueled by the fact I went to speak to a racing friend of mine about a remap on my mini, who then proceeded to show me his class 1 powerboat, complete with supercharged V8. I'd considered that maybe I should have a go at a bit of trials riding, as I could set up a fair obstacle course in my back garden. Mrs M said she wanted a rockery and it could be made suitable 

 

Now I'm thinking that I should just get the quad bike built and ready to race instead of fannying about with that. Karting still appeals but being in Cornwall it would involve the same amount of driving to tracks for probably less track time than enduro's on the quad. Anyone got any plans when this nonsense is over?

[Dudley]

You'd think it'd be one of the safer options really if you have your own kit.

 

Outside, helmet on, fairly serious enforcement of the no bumping rule...

[marsh]

It's the uneccessary load it can put on the health service I guess. I reckon I think too much about what to do rather than just doing it. The powerboat racer went from doing rally raids on his quad bike to having a 40ft class one 110mph speedboat in his garage. I got talking to him in the car park about a GMC semi monster truck he had in for MOT 'Oh I had one of those a few years ago'  

 

That and the alfa 155 he's fitting out with a maserati v8, he's a busy and knowledgable chap.

 

So yeah, old fart kickstart here we come.

[Dudley]

5 hours ago, marsh said:

 The powerboat racer went from doing rally raids on his quad bike to having a 40ft class one 110mph speedboat in his garage.

 

Yes we've all been on Bullseye.

[SeanR]

It’s that time of year again:

 

 

yeah, he don’t mind sharing the top step, he knows what’s what…

[SeanR]

On 30/04/2018 at 08:41, SeanR said:

coincidence:

 

according to facebook, it's been 7 years since the first time i took him out in a kart:

 

 

to this:

 

to this

 

[Dudley]

Since we're bumping the thread I did the Silverstone single seater thing and you can get video, so here's my fastest lap, which scored me 3rd behind the two who'd done it before (one of which is the guy in front I murder in the twisty section, I lost it all on not quite being on the brakes).

 

 

 

[SeanR]

Not quite racing but…

 

 

might take the boy round in the Suzuki SX4.
 

Or hire a van.

 

Or borrow my mums Yaris. That’ll be nice. 

[Dudley]

Ok that's a lovely little idea.  Even at National speeds you'll get a good sense of say, the hill at Paddock etc.

[Meers]

What's the national speed limit?

[morcs]

70mph

[Meers]

1 hour ago, morcs said:

70mph

 

Ah, 122km/h that is. Not very fast then.

[morcs]

I think I’d feel scared going down paddock hill at 70mph in a Citroen Picasso or something  

[Dudley]

6 hours ago, Meers said:

 

Ah, 122km/h that is. Not very fast then.

 

Try going round druids at 70 and say that.

 

If you want to do a track day, you can still do a track day, that's not what this is.

[Meers]

9 hours ago, Dudley said:

Try going round druids at 70 and say that.

 

Haha yeah that's probably fast enough for a change of pants. But I meant compared to how fast race cars go around there.

[Dudley]

Depends on the race car.

 

[morcs]

I think you can actually do a truck racing experience at Brands

[Dudley]

Or bring your own truck to this parade thing.

[Sidewaysbob]

I'm here for the parade officer

 

[SeanR]

The boy went karting. CapitalKarts in Canary Wharf.

 

electric carts, and shit race direction, by all accounts

 

 

[deerokus]

Ken Block died in a snowmobile crash.

[McFly]

On 03/01/2023 at 14:11, deerokus said:

Ken Block died in a snowmobile crash.

I saw the other night, crazy stuff. Very little coverage on main news feeds.

[Sun Tze]

Noticed Narita Dogfight (finally) uploaded another video a few days ago. Might be interesting to those interested in Time Attack and/or highly modified JDM cars. 

 

I'm always intrigued by how far they take the aero (can you rent a wind tunnel?) on some of these builds. The K-powered MR-S's in the vid sound absolutely incredible.