weather is looking pretty good - cool and cloudy

There's a chance that Paul and John from Motormech may be dropping in after lunch

I'm aiming to get there for about 11:00 - no need to get there early now I've paid in advance

I might pop along for moral support

Oh Ar$e

Got there about 11:30, as planned. However, that was about ten minutes after the rain started

It finally stopped raining at about 3:00pm, so they set about drying the track. Just short of 4:00pm, the track was looking very dry, the inspection had been done, they even sprayed the surface with the sticky traction-aid. Then it started raining again , so I left.

180 mile round trip - £30 worth of fuel, plus a tenner's worth of octane booster.

hopefully I'll get most if not all of my money back, as it will probably be classed as a rain-off.

However, I now have to go back tomorrow and queue with the masses to see if I can post a TOTB qualifying run

Good to see a few more Coopsters there - shame we couldn't get to show them off a bit

Yeh bit gutted for you all Nigel. The track seemed dry to me, and if that one big could hadn't of emerged at 4pm then I'm sure you'd had another hour of dry

Some lush cars there too, shame we didn't get to see them down the strip.

Thats more like it

Three runs today

12.7035, then a bogged-down 12.8405, then I surprised myself with a.....

clicky for time slip - right-hand lane, car No19

Cant view photobucket at work ...

Ross

Fantastic set of runs Nigel, consistent and fast! Your 12.38 @ 115mph really goes to show how important the 60ft is... 2.01 seconds

I have been meaning to ask you to add your car to TorqueStats Now seems like a good time to feature your car especially in the 1/4 mile and Hall of Fame tables

Sweet Nigel! Road tyres + stripped out?

All runs done on trackday tyres - best run was with the fronts at just 17psi

Car was partially-stripped - front seats replaced with a pair of race seats, rear seats removed, boot trim removed, spare removed - that's it. Its normally a lot more stripped for TOTB

The first run I did, I slipped the clutch way too much - the video shows a lot of clutch smoke, but I still managed a 12.7. Sorry for the extra-loud PA system spoiling the noise of the car, but the end result speaks for itself. Trounced the RX7 Infini thingy in the nearside lane though, which was satisfying

On my best run, I was getting the FWD equivalent of axle-tramp - wheels were bouncing around - I reckon there's a bit more to come with the damping set harder, but seeing as I'd already done a 12.38, I decided to take mercy on the clucth and I called it a day.

Fantastic time(s) Nigel, and as Leighton said - that 60ft is amazing.

Well done Nigel

Well done Nigel, go get 'em.

Wish i had been there on Sun as well to see that!

(Still drying out from Sat)

T

Excellent time Nigel

I managed to get another 2 runs after you left on Sat but couldnt get under a 14.0

Dunlops? With a burnout to warm them up or just from cold Nigel?

No - Yokos on the front (softer sidewall), Dunlops on the rear, with a decent burnout

unfortunately, the rear of the car is so light that the handbrake won't hold it, so even with the fronts on a wet patch, I simply spin away up the strip with my rears locked up

well done Nigel!

Looking quite short for TOTB though aren't we?

Yes we are - c'mon guys - there must be some more cars capable of a 13.0

Not sure I'll want to enter if I'm the only Coupe

What's Flea up to?

I'd love to be there - but I wont make the 13 sec time. Even if I could make the time I'm out of a job at the moment, so would not want to risk running the car and not having the money to fix it if I break bits.

Anyone thinking of a regular cheapo RWYB group-hug type day?

Good times Nigel. Would love to get mine to that level. What mods/power?

Lots and lots of mods

take a look at the entry in the Coupe hall of fame