Forge Motorsport Action Day at Castle Combe 8.9.12

I know it's rather late notice... sorry..
All being well I shall be there having a few sessions and carrying out 'beta' testing on the coop..
An interesting day usually.
Entrance is £12
Track sessions are £30....

Links to follow...

http://www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/events/action_display_event.asp?BookingEventID=288


http://www.forgemotorsport.com/

Come along!!

wAS A CRACKING DAY. gOOD TO SEE YOU AND ALSO fLEA.
Whoops cap locks was on....
Hope that fellow coupe driver and his girl friend are ok after that big off..

Good to see you too Steve.Massive thanks for the sleeves and please say a huge thank yours to your missus for the pass and being so friendly.Felt very welcome.Cheers guys.
I caught the accident and it's not good to watch..
Hope they are ok.

The pleasure was our's mate. You are welcome any time. The wife's clubs is a freindly bunch of nutters and as you know not just one make/model. Even had a few members from the Bristol Kit Car Club.
I must drop Flea a pm...

Shit hope there ok?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScFuHMQjxxc

Another victim of camp.

By all accounts they walked away which was the main thing.

To me it looks like they were stil travelling at 100mph, maybe brakes had gone off as brake lights were on from the moment they came into shot?

Thought it was you at first Dan, glad it isn't. And also glad they walked away.

Wasn't there today, heard from others that were about it.

Testament to tyre walls they walked away. A spectacular off and escape nonetheless

Do we know who it was? Surely it must be due to cooked brakes or a stuck throttle? No-one could get it that wrong

That was a big off moment, good to know they walked away.

Simply put it was horrendous.I was the yellow coupe a couple of secs after.Truly not a good day and I really hope the driver and his gf recover ok.Former forum member.....

That's a massive crash ... you rarely see anything like that on a track day. Something mechanical must have failed, surely?

I really hope that they are ok, as everyone is reporting.

Another corner and that would be fatal.

Big crash for a track day, do we know who they are yet?

He's a former member but I didn't get the chance to speak to him properly.He went out behind me and we had a brief 'hI,you on the forum?We'll chat after,bye' conversation..

The driver was Jason Holder, passenger Kristian Kelly. After the dust had settled they gave an interview to Forge motorsports saying they're both ok but the car is totalled.

Jon how did you get your coupe through the exhaust sound test, it's LOUD?

Wow, that's a massive crash indeed! I bet you his brakes were cooked. I feel sorry for them

Is this interview anywhere Joe?
Leighton made me up a silencer box it's massive....and I registered 99db so just made it.
Still working on some things but should all be good for Curborough..

@ Deannn
That was our first lap of the session mate.I let him past at the esses earlier as it was my first ever track lap...

I did catch it on video.I may upload it later with a couple of others later when photobucket starts playing ball.

It's on the Forge Facebook page Jon.

https://www.facebook.com/events/420705581308283/

So was it his first lap of that session as well ? If it was surely the brakes were not cooked !!

Yes first lap, didn't technically complete a full lap The brakes were working for the first few corners so either catastrophic failure or just an error leading into camp corner.

On a positive note, Jon's car performed very well for his first track outing. I had to significantly detune the car for the day due to a slipping clutch and no way to reduce boost after 5k due to boost creep! Once she is allowed full power it will make for an even more exciting time

Jason holder as in Zimpara????

If it's the first lap my guess would be either inexperience at Combe (strange track position when the car comes into view) or possibly very old brake fluid which boiled. First time my blue Coupe went out on track the fluid boiled at the end of the first lap, thankfully at an airfield so plenty of run off. Oh, and the car had full Fiat main dealer service history to that point too, but clearly hadn't had a brake fluid change in years.
I now change mine yearly, in fact changed the Caterhams today.
Relieved to hear they are ok.

as hovedan said another car bites the dust at camp corner. have seen loads of crashes there

Looks like he came in way too hot into that corner on the inside.

Became a passenger when on the grass... I do think this is zimpara..

Wheres the interview? cant find it on the page

All I could find was a comment from kristian kelly saying how good the day was and hoping those involved in the big off were ok and he replied saying they are both ok and thanked the safety safe..Ive also left a comment.

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp...212&nmt=Big

Oh yes its him !!

Yes it's zimpara

Oooft thats a big shunt. Atleast he managed to turn it slighty before hitting the barrier - that would have eased the impact a little.

Glad they are ok.

Ah man, that's my old coupe. Glad to hear they both are ok, but absolutely gutted to hear that the car has been written off!

You know you need another coupe in your life Nick...

Shit!!!!!!!!!!!
All that work and those weeks trying to sort its issues.
Bet Barbz won't be impressed either as he built the engine for it.
Car went very well for standard application.

Jamie3's And ktm's old car iirc

I know John, that's what makes it all the more gutting - lots of people put a lot of hard work into that car to get it roadworthy and something like reliable! Thanks again for all your help getting it Spa!

Yea, i bought it from KTM and it was Jamie3's before that!

Dan - fancy a swap with an MX5?!

Well I finally managed to get videos of my sessions on track uploaded.
So here for your perusal....

There is some choice language on occasion ,so please be aware and apologies to all!!

First session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1S2tBX7vA&feature=plcp

Second session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxopg-s244&feature=plcp

PM me Nick