Wiscome - what a great w/e

[Mcalvert]

Well, it was Tam any my first time to Wiscombe and what a great place...

 

High points which stick in my mind -

 

- following a local who we hoped knew where he was going to the venue down tiny country lanes, through the forest, into and out of the morning mist and over a ford - an amazing start to the day

- Having been to venues like Harewood and Lys y Fran, I didn't think that there could be any more picturesque hillclimbs - how wrong!

- The array of machinery from the 1920s (?) onwards all being driven the way they were intended.

- The paddock banter/mickey take/laughter/help and support which is now so typical of the L7 club events.

- Meeting several L7 club members who had come along to spectate and who, having read the reports by a certain Mr Snotes, wanted to talk about what they needed to do to join us next year

 

Low Points

 

Commiserations to Adrian and Jeff who had offs - hope the damage is quickly fixed ☹️

 

Anyway - great weekend, great people, great event. Gutted that the season is nearly at its end.

 

Regards,

 

Michael.

[neil.cavanagh]

Yep, another good weekend. I still don't feel I've got to grips with the Wiscombe Hill fully yet, but at least that leaves some good scope to beat the hill record next year.

 

The drive down to Wiscombe, with sun-rise across Salisbury Plain and Stone Henge, with whispy layers of cloud/fog around us was idilic.

 

It is a little sad to think that Wiscombe was my last sprint of the year. Look for XLG to be back next year with a new paint job and slightly less shed like appearance!!

[Irrelevant]

It is a little sad to think that Wiscombe was my last sprint of the year

Well do Hethel then

[Jason Plato]

I hate wiscombe but I also love it

 

 

Taffia rear gunner

 

[Mrs Kipper]

Yep - a great weekend

Wiscombe is scary but exhilarating and over far too quickly - even for me 😬

Kipper and I both got PBs so came home happy.

Spent yesterday cleaning the car ready for Hethel - well, what else do you do on your 35th wedding anniversary 😬

 

See you all Sunday

 

Mrs K

 

Edited by - Mrs Kipper on 10 Sep 2007 10:06:34

[Tam]

Mrs K - I spent our 5th wedding anniversary cleaning H5URF ready for Wiscombe. These men don't know how lucky they are 😬

 

It was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, and as Michael says, a beautiful part of the world. Can I add my thanks to Roger for his advice which I am sure gained me enough time to go sub-50 seconds

 

See you at Hethel for the season finale

 

[david nelson]

Top day, top compony.

 

I love it. *wavey*

 

 

David

[Simon.Rogers1]

Video now on You Tube

[Tam]

Nice video Simon

 

Makes you realise how bad the sunlight was betwen the shady bits.........

 

Tam

Drowned Rat Racing

[Jeff S]

Great day at wiscombe

finally managed to complete the course on my last run without clipping or hitting something ❗ 😳

 

 

 

 

Shame it was in the disco with trailer on the back.

 

Jeff

[robmar]

did anyone pick up the scores

 

so i can get them updated prior to hethel

[Clawhammer]

Most enjoyable days sprinting This season for me.

Weather, company and location. superb

The beer tent at the end of the day was most welcome

Looking forward to next season, have a good one at Hethel one and all

 

Robin

 

SUPERLIGHT 176. PINK LIPS AND BITS *redface*

[Mark Durrant]

Rob

 

I have the scores and will forward them to you tomorrow.

 

Mark D

Comp Sec

 

[Englishmaninwales]

Shame it was in the disco with trailer on the back.

And I thought I was going fast on the M5 *eek* *eek* 😬 😬 😬

 

Malcolm

[Adrian Williams]

Great last run of yours Michael

 

It's amazing what a good clean will do 😬

 

Adrian

[_topcat]

Hi Simon, what time did you run on saturday?

Your car looks brilliant going up there(youtube vid). I was in the white Exige. my first hillclimb and absolutly loved it. my academy car arrives in december so next season is taken care of then i shall enter the L7 speed champs i hope.

 

[Simon.Rogers1]

41.42

 

Nice looking car Topcat. Hope you have fun next year and look forward to seeing you at L7 sprints etc. I'm sure there will be space in your calendar for a few L7 events next year.

 

I'll post up my last run when I have time and you'll see (or not ) why I aborted the run at Martini.

[_topcat]

Wow, my best run was 47.05. Must try harder!!!

 

Some great looking C7's there in your group. The academy doenst allow us to 'compete' in anything else in the same season unfortunately. ☹️

[Englishmaninwales]

Topcat

Does CC allow you now to enter the Academy if you already have a sprint licence? I enquired 3 years ago and they said no.

[Richard Price]

Malcolm,

They changed it a few years back from "Competition licence" to "Race licence".

I recall Nick Potter doing quite well in club sprints before his Academy year in 2003, So I guess 2002 was the last year that stated "Competition licence".

[_topcat]

Like Richard said, its now a race licence and comp. licence thing. i can do any event not requiring a race licence. What they do stop you doing is competing in any other form of motor sport governed by the MSA in the same season as your academy. A bit of a shame as i would loved to have done a few more local event with torbay motor club etc.

[Matthew Willoughby]

I emailed Caterham about this before starting to sprint this year - I wasn't sure I wanted to kill my dream of doing the Academy. Anyway, I got an email back, from Nick Potter I think, saying that as long as I didn't start doing the British Sprint Chapmpionship or anything too serious I would still be eligible for the academy in the future.

[Englishmaninwales]

Good luck, Topcat

[_topcat]

Thank you Englishmaninwales. I started out very nervous about getting in a big pack like that but now i am so eager to get out there and see what i can do.

 

I hope to pick the kit up myself as this should save a couple weeks of waiting for the single delivery driver. Roll on mid November.