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Time Attack - ESC Race Car - Alive & Kicking!! + Power G

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:42 am
by mike-payne
Hi guys,
Well the last round at Brands saw the Essex Scooby Crew come out on mass to see me compete. I put on a partial show for them and i think they all loved watching me trying to push the Viper round the bends. But sadly after several blue flags for the Viper to move over and let me go, the intercooler pipe went bang when finaly passing. this was the end of my final.
However they enjoyed it so much, that they instantly started some fundraising to help me with the entrance fee for this year. So total respect and thanks to the ESC. Hence the car will this year be recognised as the ESC Race Car.

Firstly I need to thank Neil Kay (NeilK who is soon to start posting on here. and is another scooby owener), who has found him self designated team manager... Secondly Tiny & Phil who are helping out with contacting members and trying to organise a few bits and pieces to help make the ESC race car stand out this year.

MOCOM RACING - Where do I start???? Zak and of course Luke will again be looking after the car this year. Will be interesting as Zak is entering his own car . Zak helped me achieve the great results I achieved last year and helped me build a very capable and quick car. By no means did I give him the components to work with or an endless budget, but with what I gave him, he has produced a stunning car, that will be developed further this year and I hope I as a driver can do it justice.
In man ways the spec. should remain the same, but with small improvements to handling and reliability, we should see the full potential come shining through.

ABW - Darren and I have had a few discussions and some items still need to be agreed/clarified. But I am proud again to have Darren on my side. With his help we hope to develop some special unique components that will aid in handling and ultimately performance. So watch out guys for the TA developed products available for all you Classic drivers out there

AS Performance - Most of you will know Alyn @AS Performance, he posts as "stockcar" on here. He again has offered support and I truly value his opinion, as well as his support. Alyn will be helping out with certain consumables such as brake pads, roll cage foam, bonnet pins, brake callipers, etc. He helped me last year to source brake pads, disks, race clothing and not to mention my made to measure one off PINK ESC RACE SUIT. He is very knowledgeable on all things Scooby and will normally deliver off the shelf items as next day delivery at very reasonable prices. He advised me on Pagid RS29 pads and I honestly haven't looked back and can't think of a better all-round pad that I

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:54 am
by pablo
Well done mate sounds like you've got a really strong team around you. Looking forward to seeing the new design and top secret bits :D
Good luck for this season.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:01 am
by Ben
Awesome news - good luck for the year.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:01 am
by duncan
Excellent Mike.

Last year you had some stunning performances and a real mix of highs and lows, this year with the experience under your belt from this year should prove to be a good year.

I hope that I am able to get anywhere near your results :thumb:

Good Luck. 8)

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:05 am
by Listerofsmeg
congrats Mike, sounds great :D

Re: Time Attack - ESC Race Car

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:32 am
by Andy916
mike-payne wrote: ABW - Darren and I have had a few discussions and some items still need to be agreed/clarified. But I am proud again to have Darren on my side. With his help we hope to develop some special unique components that will aid in handling and ultimately performance. So watch out guys for the TA developed products available for all you Classic drivers out there
Sounds very interesting :grin:

Am prepping my STi4 for JISC sprints at moment and new handling bits would definitely be of interest.

Andy

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:27 pm
by mike-payne
cheers for all the words of encouragement guys!!!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:24 pm
by SM
Good Luck Mike, sure we will all have fun again :D

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:27 am
by mike-payne
SM wrote:Good Luck Mike, sure we will all have fun again :D
It's guaranteed we wil all have fun... we'll be able to set up a mini Big Power league too! :D

Re: Time Attack - ESC Race Car

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:54 am
by neilK
mike-payne wrote:
Finally we are trying to make the car stand out this season. This includes Pit crew team clothing, as well as the design of the car graphics. All of which will be explained and revealed later, as and when the designs are finalised.

Well that's enough for now and I will start to post up the changes and intended mods. over the coming weeks.
We have almost sorted the team clothing, think these will standout? 8)

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