Cadwell Park in the falcon 3rd sept Classic thunder
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 7:26 pm
by andyrob
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
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 7:35 pm
by TyreFryer
Was that the Sunbeam at the NEC last year Andy?
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 7:52 pm
by andyrob
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
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 8:16 pm
by TyreFryer
It looked very impressive in the video Andy. How on earth do you overtake in a car at Cadwell!
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 9:17 pm
by andyrob
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
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 9:21 pm
by BUDGIE
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
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 11 10:25 pm
by big block
Fantastic Andy, That brought back some memories, that feeling of getting airborne at the top of the mountain.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 11:11 am
by Dave-R
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 12:33 pm
by andyrob
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
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 12:44 pm
by Dave-R
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 1:26 pm
by Ivor
Epic video Andy, I'm knackered just watching it!
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 2:35 pm
by andyrob
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
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 11 7:15 pm
by RW71
Andy, nice little pic and write up in this weeks Autosport!
Rich.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 11 8:10 pm
by MattH
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!!
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 11 9:18 am
by andyrob
& here some from the falcon with my new bumper cam
