Cadwell Park in the falcon 3rd sept Classic thunder

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Sun Sep 04, 11 7:26 pm

My fav circuit but not the best for big heavy car
from my pal's lotus sunbeam, my videos a bit boring as the action is all behind me
Qualled 2'nd with 1.34 which im happy with
Lead race until I started to overheat my rear tires as usual & then helled them up being a mobile chicane for as long as I could, finished 3rd

Post by **TyreFryer** » Sun Sep 04, 11 7:35 pm

Was that the Sunbeam at the NEC last year Andy?

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Sun Sep 04, 11 7:52 pm

yes martin
know as the bullet
'fastest lotus sunbeam in the world'
325 bhp/800 kilo's 1976 but built from the best stuff money car buy
He's out almost every weekend it, beating just about everything else it comes across

Post by **TyreFryer** » Sun Sep 04, 11 8:16 pm

It looked very impressive in the video Andy. How on earth do you overtake in a car at Cadwell!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Sun Sep 04, 11 9:17 pm

TyreFryer wrote:It looked very impressive in the video Andy. How on earth do you overtake in a car at Cadwell!

2 wheels on the grass & pray

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Sun Sep 04, 11 9:21 pm

TyreFryer wrote:It looked very impressive in the video Andy. How on earth do you overtake in a car at Cadwell!

Great stuff !!! ............He was gettin well frustrated as yer tyres went away Andy, looks like you had a "coming together" towards the end son

big block · Post by **big block** » Sun Sep 04, 11 10:25 pm

Fantastic Andy, That brought back some memories, that feeling of getting airborne at the top of the mountain.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Sep 05, 11 11:11 am

Looked like you were knocking on his door at the end there Andy.

Bloody fast stuff. I would be exhausted having to concentrate that hard for that length of time.

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Sep 05, 11 12:33 pm

yes Dave & Mal had a wee touch going into the gooseneck, I had to do a bit of grass cutting

Dave straight after this did a 40 minute pit stop race in my fiesta.
In total 15 min qually + 20 min race in the falcon
15 min qually & 40 min race in the fiesta
so a fair bit of in the seat time
entry fee cost £309 in total which is a fair bit of money for a days racing but for 90 min in the seat time that is as cheap as you get.
along the pit straight doing 145 (135 for the sunbeam) & after 1 st corner still doing 125

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Sep 05, 11 12:44 pm

I would have to have a day in bed after 90mins of racing like that.

Still got that footage from Rockingham for you mate. Not as exciting as this footage was though.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Sep 05, 11 1:26 pm

Epic video Andy, I'm knackered just watching it!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Sep 05, 11 2:35 pm

Ivor wrote:Epic video Andy, I'm knackered just watching it!

& thats only 1/2 of it, the sunbeam terrorised me for 16 minutes out of the 20 before I bollocked up just before the goosneck & if you look carfully somewhere on the 1st lap id hit a marker board with my pass mirror folding it in & the 'in car' mirror basically just give you a nice view of the spoiler leaving just the drivers door mirror

RW71 · Post by **RW71** » Thu Sep 08, 11 7:15 pm

Andy, nice little pic and write up in this weeks Autosport!

Rich.

Post by **MattH** » Thu Sep 08, 11 8:10 pm

Great video, track is still as narrow as I remember from 1989 when I raced the Triumph Herald there, only on the short circuit though.
Full circuit looks very demanding.
That Falcon really does the business Andy, keep it up!!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Sep 12, 11 9:18 am

& here some from the falcon with my new bumper cam