Time Attack - 2014

[pablo]

5 weeks till the first round and still no regs released. Just hope there are no changes at this stupidly late hour

[Stuart]

I'm sure competitors must have asked organisers for updates or at least confirmation that things are going to be the same........surely?? How close are Team TNT to season readiness Paul; are you ready for round one mate?

[pablo]

Just got a couple of things to do. Finish making the new seat frame and then fitting the double valve springs and a bit of mapping.

To be honest up until a week ago it was all over for Team TNT. It was something that I mentioned to Alan last year but it happened at the worst possible time and caught us off gaurd.

[pablo]

With just over 4 weeks to go we have made the decision not to enter the full season. This decision has been forced upon us, but thats life.

We will be entering as a ohw (one hit wonder) at Rd 1 Silverstone, Rd3 Snetterton, Rd5 Silverstone & Rd6 Brands Hatch.

Our plan now is to start the season with no changes to the engine from last year and to hopefully have the engine 80% done for Snetterton with a test day at Snetterton in June. This way we can get real world comparisons of lap times. There's not actually that much left to be done but what is to be done are not jobs that Alan can do alone.

[Startline Al]

Damien Bradley Club 4WD Subaru Legacy
Jason Bird Club 4WD Mitsubishi Evo 5
Eric Holmes Club 4WD Mitsubishi Evo
Mathew WebsterClub 4WD Subaru Impreza
Mark Flook Club 4WD Mitsubishi GTO
Andy Grady Club 4WD Subaru Impreza
Dave Coe Club 4WD Subaru Impreza

Jeff Alden Club FWD Vauxhall Astra
Neil Wrenn Club FWD Honda Civic
Antonio Giovinazzo Club FWD Alfa Romeo 155
Jonny Fletcher Club FWD Vauxhall Astra
Marc Donnelly Club FWD Ford Escort
Adrian Daniel Club FWD Vauxhall Astra Coupe
Matthew Straker Club FWD Vauxhall Astra
Daniel Clark Club FWD Vauxhall Astra
Stewart Summers Club FWD Citroen Saxo
Darren Spooner Club FWD Peugeot 205
Will Watson Club FWD Vauxhall Astra
Adam Jones Club FWD Honda Civic Type-R

James Procter Club N/A Honda Civic Type R
Mark Burnett Club N/A Honda Civic EG6
Kai Barker Club N/A Ford Fiesta ST

Kevin Jones Club RWD Noble M12 GTO3
Darren Johnson Club RWD KTM Xbow
Umar Masood Club RWD Mazda RX7
Neil Clark Club RWD Mazda RX7
Lorence Charter Club RWD Mazda RX7

Richard Marshall Club Pro Mitsubishi Evo 9GT
Philip Reed Club Pro Mitsubishi Evo 6
Jason Ogg Club Pro Subaru Impreza
Brad Sheehan Club Pro Mitsubishi Evo 9 GT
Andrew Barbour Club Pro Mitsubishi Evo 5
Ronnie Amis Club Pro Volkswagen Golf

Mark Pollard Pro MG Metro 6R4
Marcus Webster Pro Nissan Skyline
Simon Deaton Pro Porsche 997
Scott Robson Pro Subaru Impreza
Andy Forest Pro Subaru Impreza

Granville Taylor Pro Extreme Volkswagen Beetle
Olly Clark Pro Extreme Subaru Impreza
Simon Norris Pro Extreme Mitsubishi Evo

[RX7]

Nice to see a few RX7s in the mix but fk me a KTM Xbow !! Surely that should be in its own discipline ?

[pablo]

Nice to see a few RX7s in the mix but fk me a KTM Xbow !! Surely that should be in its own discipline ?

There was an Xbow in TA back in 2012 and at Brands Hatch it was only 3-4secs quicker than Alan and Alan hadn't driven our car in 9 months, plus we had a couple of minor issues so Alans confidence in the car was not there.

I'm more interested in the Noble M12

[RX7]

Guess it depends if it was the Xbow RR which is the mental version (not that the normal one is sedate ).

[Stuart]

I'm more interested in the fact that Andy Forrest is in a lower class that Norris?

The X-bow was a lightly tuned one from memory driven by Lee Broadhurst. With respects Pablo, 3-4 seconds around Brands Hatch Indy is quite a distance mate. Too many things are incomparable so doing so is meaningless.

Not knocking Alan's driving or your team's car in any way.

[RX7]

Definitely proves the Sierra is a quick car though.

Nice to see plenty in the FWD club class though, it seemed like it was becoming too expensive for most people hence why the numbers were lower but watching these could be interesting. Should provide some interesting competition between them.