PPC in the Park - Mallory Park 19th May

Practical performance car show.

£20 for each session. If I know numbers going I can book our own club area in the paddock and we could have our own session.

You can book online or call Val on 07933 704270.

1. Porkypaul

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt
4. Ninja - in the bravo (hopefully with some track time )

I might come down to watch/pinch a ride

Anyone gonna stay overnight?

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt
4. Ninja - in the bravo (hopefully with some track time )
5. Hovedan - on proviso that I'm child free that weekend, so tbc

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt
4. Ninja - in the bravo (hopefully with some track time )
5. Hovedan - on proviso that I'm child free that weekend, so tbc
6. Proccy - same as Dan

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt
4. Ninja - in the bravo (hopefully with some track time )
5. Hovedan - on proviso that I'm child free that weekend, so tbc
6. Proccy - same as Dan
7. MCMikey

good to see some interest in this event at last !

It sounds very similar to the Action Sports days at Castle Combe that Fullpint on here arranges a club stand for the Cinqo rebels (sp?). I've always been surprised this doesn't get a better turn out. £30 a session for 20 mins on track at Combe. Like this event, it gives anyone who's ever wanted to take their car on track and ideal opportunity in a relaxed environment. And it's a far more affordable option, no need for track tyres and helmets etc!

Non competitive and relaxed, unlike us crazy so and so's on a typical track day

Roll up roll up.

I'm a maybe on this one as I'm supposed to be on Nights that weekend - we'll try to get some cover.....

I was at this event 2 years ago when sedicirich was taking his tipo out on track, Video 1 and they had the £999 challenge and a coupe was there doing the autocross

Potential for sherrys the night before ?

Might be up for that Mike.

Me too

Looks like it should be good fun.

1. Porkypaul
2. Begbie (maybe)
3. Jbt
4. Ninja - in the bravo (hopefully with some track time )
5. Hovedan - on proviso that I'm child free that weekend, so tbc
6. Proccy - same as Dan
7. MCMikey
8. crazylegs
9. Tim42 - probably; a gentle intro to tracking

im going to have to hold off booking track time due to an issue, but i will still be attending eitherway

Ninja

Ive booked 2 sessions for the day, told Kate i'm with the forum and she said if you mention it when booking, she will try and put forum members on the same seasions

Ninja

Porkster Pauly - are we all gonna just book our own track sessions ?

Yes GWAR think that'll be best.

Booking this tomorrow.

`Booked 5 sessions at £20 each.
Max sessions are 8 on the day.

Also theres a max of 25 cars at any one point on the track which isnt too bad at Mallory.

They are booking heavily now so i wouldnt hang about in booking it.

See you all there.

It's getting busy on bookings, booked 3 sessions. Oh and persons name is Kate who you ring not Val lol. Got a shock.

Have booked 2 sessions - will tell the lovely Kate so she can try and bung us all together

Dont forget this in just over 2 weeks time

anyone had any tickets through the post for this yet ?

i got mine friday, sessions 'I' and 'K'

Ninja

Is it too late to get tickets for this ?
I thought I give my coop it's first track experience

Ive got mine aswell. Mike did you tell them you was ginger if so do you think that might be the reason they won't give you any tickets????

thankyou crazylegs

..I'll chase them up next week

Sean they do still have the odd session.20 mins each.

Cheers John, I will call them tomorrow.

I can't come to this now. I'm on a stag doo.

Have fun y'all!

Booked 3 sessions : I , K and something else. Can't remember

See you boys there then

Sean

Where's the best place to buy a helmet ?

I got mine off ebay.Measure your forehead in inches,and there around £30 delivered.Safety approved as well.
Although you shouldnt need one now you have fixed your brakes after 10 years

Bring plenty of spare fluids and make sure you use a good brake fluid I.e castrol SRF as the brakes take a pounding at Mallory.

Cheers John once again.
Who told you about my brakes I wonder

i might come and watch you there Sean

The more the merrier Steve

I have had the same issue with mine so thanks for the heads up.

That's good news John. I think this may rectify a lot brake and boost issues with many coops.

I have these sessions on track as well

Tickets received - E, I and K

Spent yesterday up Mallory.Hope the weather is as good for us as it was for them.

Does this event still go ahead even if it's peeing it down ?

Yes it does,rain fog or snow they will let you out.

Dont be late though or you cant get on the track as you have to enter the track to get onto the infield.

If your late the gates dont open until 1pm.

How did it go then lads ?

A great day was had I did 3 sessions - 1st session was very tentative ( track virgin remember and it was wet) but by the 3rd I was much better and more committed
Nearly spun on "Gerrards corner" in the 2nd session though , only my incredible reflexes saved the day

My car drove and survived absolutely fine which was a bonus.

Wasn't the same good news for JBT - misfire and ninja - boost hose issues
I'm sure they will be along soon to explain.

I went for a passenger ride in Shaun's (crazylegs) monster - fantastic driving and even better coop. Absolutely nothing overtook us - impressive stuff ! Thanks again for the ride Shaun and showing me how's it is done

Erm,correction Sean i overtook him and with a misfire

Maybe so John , but that was a different session - I was not there to verify that claim

I'm uploading a vid to YouTube as we speak- only 180 mins to go

Now now john i let you go past as you was past your driving ability.

Then to top it off i had lag out of the hair pin which made you pull away but due to my talent i was able to catch you up on the bends and braking to the point your car was nearly stuck on my front tow hook but jet same again lag out of hair did the same.

For around 6 laps of hard fast close driving in bad traffic it was brill next time the door wont be open slap head lol.

Apart from the above brill day and me and john did some serious fast cars sorted for the track ie 550bhp 4x4 fiesta cosworth caged etc
Not one car came past me and john all day which was very very nice and we drove the coupes home again.
what more can you ask from a car

Sean c it was nice to see you again and nice of you to be passenger. Nice control by the way looked good in my rear veiw mirror.

ninja nice to see you and your bravo get it stripped and caged up it will be a spot on track tool.

Just to remind you john your misfire happened after the dual.
To add you ran your coupe that low on feul ( less weight ) you ran out, were i had a full tank and still glue to your bumper.

Crazylegs,1 car did come past you as that was mine.You didnt let me past i might add
And i always drive beyond my abilities.I go for the aggression look.
Didnt want to embarrass you too much as i built your car
If im honest you took the best line ,but i took the dry one.
Your 2.0 was well planted in the wet conditions,i was terrified all day by the wheelspin and general scruffy sliding involved in trying to keep the animal straight.


I only have 450mins left to download the evidence .

Was nice taking out the Redland Cossie which did me at Donny last year.A stripped out nitrous car on racefuel and running serious power.
3 a breast down the main straight with that race TVR was the highlight with non of us backing down.
They voiced there admirations of my driving by waving there fists up and down

Also managed to do the Imp that cleaned up around Mallory last year.
Sailing past the French cars of the Spoox team was also a highlight as there all running 400bhp+ in a much lighter/agile setup.
Well happy with the results on a circuit that really doesnt suit the coupes.
Saw a massive advantage of the 2.5 over the 2.0 and it managed to hold its own against the field even on the twisties.

Well john the evidence is i am a gentleman and i will aways hold the door open for ladys and old people like your self lol.

There was some serious moneys worth of cars and they were running better set ups for the track with more power to weigth ratio, but they were amazed by the coupe in its nice sleeper form haha.

A great day thank you all who help with the day and to every one who made my day great thank you.

Women dont like gentlemen mate,thats why your mrs likes me so much (Ouch!!!!!!!)

Seriously though,was a great day that i thoroughly enjoyed.
Both of us carving up the traffic like we had stolen the cars isnt how i like driving but in typical Mallory fashion there was poor driving from a track that was way overcrowded despite the promise that the sessions were limited to 20 cars..

Very enjoyable but i wont be doing it again unless they limit the numbers as i nearly binned mine a few times.

Haha i like it, but your misses does like me and thats no joke lol.

It was well to busy thats why you have to be well help your self. To many cars and no one used there mirrors.

The numbers need to capped as there was best part off 25++ cars at one time some times you were pushed to 3 a breast down the pit straight but good fun

Good fun but looked very dangerous on the videos .

Your cars very fast around there,didnt lap you like i did at Spa but theres always Donington where i can humiliate you

Lol lap me if you dont shake me off at donnington then you should give up on the track days dude.

oh just to add i was running 1.3 bar and you was running 1.6 bar so whats that power difference then monk??

Any way i know your hurting and i under stand but it must hurt more if you are running more power than us and get beat in a straight line. No excuses realy (cossies etc).

Corrected that for you.I saw your apexi peak boost when you came in.Dirty boy.

And i noticed the Redland cossie did you in my mirror.tut tut,cant believe you let him overtake you .

Luckily TERROR ITALIA held the flag high

Looking forward to seeing Sean_C's tank slapper too

Only 500 mins left now to download.Goes up in time.

Lol that's bull it was 1.3 all day monk.

Get it load old school.

Little black box doesnt lie baldy wingnut.
Get curborough booked.

It's done fat head and the little black box says you need to know your numbers lol.

How's the pictures Sean c as your friend got in some brill places on the track. I would love to see the in car footage of the near spin lol.

I was behind the Bmw that was pushing Sean into Gerards and have got it all on film.
Looks epic.Great control Sean as it snatched violently.Brilliant driving.

Great day all round though,the Fiat Coupe flag was held high and proven to still be a serious competitor in the tuning scene.
Lets also not forget that we showed up in road cars on road tyres with a full interior.
Nothing added nothing taken away and cleaned up the field.
20 year since production and it still shows the potential.

Good to meet you too shaun, hopefully see you again now you got the bug

Just a crappy hose clip issue, and it turns out i lost the inner sleeve too (which would explain why i couldnt tighten it back up fully the second time. oh well, live and learn.

Thanks all for a great day, and thanks john for the passenger ride, yours and shauns cars are both in a different league (so stop squabbling like children ).



I said i wasnt going to, but watch this space

ill post my 1 good vid shortly

Ninja

Wish I could have made it

Very impressive keeping similar machinery (but RWD/AWD) behind you as I think Mallory really favours that setup

Looking forward to seeing the videos

Here's one from the Cerbera. Spotted a couple of coops in it

I havent been on the forum for a few years, but felt I had to pop on just to say your cars were epic on saturday, a credit to you all.

Thanks,did you take anything around the track or did you just watch.

Yes, I had the Yellow/Black compound charged Volvo 850

Sorry, I forgot the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eD0RKVTkew&feature=plcp

good vid, that thing was quick!

i make an appearance at 4.37 (limping back to the pits ) and shaun C makes an appearance at 7.00

saw a few old school people there, including claymore (who made a superchaged marea), who i remember from my fiatboo days.

Ninja

I have got a soft spot for the Volvos and currently own two T5's.
Love them.
I had a good look around yours when the bonnet was up.Looked like it went well.

Wow, that thing sounds

Wow, that thing goes like

You HAVE to bring that to Castle Combe for the track day on the 2nd July?

A very enjoyable 15 minute vid.

Ahh, not me I'm afraid - I wish! Just saw the vid posted on the Cebera forum on pistonheads. When I said 'one from the cebera' I meant in relation to an earlier post where someone had mentioned the car. I can see why that was misleading!

A few TVR's are having LS3 engines fitted at the moment. My car's got the original Speed Six engine in it which I love, but I suppose one day I'd like to change it for a 7L V8 - just no way I could afford it at the moment!

Ah well - bring yours along anyway, I love TVR's

I'd love to but need to get hold of some track day silencers, and unfortunately I've got so many other things I need to buy first. It failed the noise test at Goodwood with 110db last year and looking at Castle Coombe the limit is 100db.

Read more about the Cerb here

That was quick car and a great driver.Holding onto those things in the dry is a challenge in its own let alone how he was driving in the wet.

finally a video

Session I

i did feel there was no real etiqette to overtaking or race line. John and shaun make an appearance around 7.20, but not for long

Ninja

BTW did anyone get the spec of that Cinquecento with the cossie rwd setup?

Great video Rich,im currently trying to sort my oil smoking issue before anyone comments

Long overdue :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmTviv7ZoA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Well sean that was a good outing saying it was your 1st time at mallory. Your co driver is a good man.