Woodbridge done us proud but the shed is dead...RIP

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Woodbridge done us proud but the shed is dead...RIP

Post by bazzagt4 »

Well we had our annual challenge weekend and what a weekend it was.

I spent over 60 miles on track and the ole girl did me proud, only a broken front ARB support but looking at the picks she seemed to be cocking a leg on some corners so not suprised.

Mr Caca didnt have such a good time though as The good ole shed took a bad roll and it was game over...at least Andy came out unscathed which is a credit to his roll cage and other safety devices.

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Post by blacky »

Looked like a good event, nice pics, nasty damage to the 165 tho :( Glad Andy was okay tho, thats the main thing :!:

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Post by duncan »

yikes :o

Dare I asked what happened to Andy?

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Hi Duncan,

Im suprised he hasnt been on here yet to be honest as he knows better than anyone what happened exactly.

This is how I was told it happened.

We had a nice sharp right hand corner that you could drift into the next corner with ease but Andy seemed to loose the back end then caught the grass edge side on, ripping the tyres off the rims and rolling him onto the concrete the other side of a grass strip, he came to rest the right way up and suffered not much more than a bruised ego fortunatly.

The car was left on the circuit over night and Andy returned with some new wheels and tyres the following day and DROVE the 165 back to the paddock.......Mr Caca never fails to amaze me ....respect to him.

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Post by IWANT1 »

Ouch, cage done a very good job by the look of the pics.
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Post by boucherie »

sounds like you all had a good weekend,
you can see my mates white gt4 in the 3rd pic, think he said that he managed a 13dead on the 1/4mile while his mate with the black stripped out gt4 hit a high 11, but that ones running well into the 500's!

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Post by Ben »

Thank god for the the cage ... looks like a great time.

Andy, what's the plan .... reshell - or some hammering and fix what you've got :)
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Sorry to see the result of the trackday, but luckily you weren't hurt, just your pride :cry:
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Post by Mr Fletcher »

sorry to hear of your misfortune , just to let you know i was offered an st185 about a month ago which had the engine removed because of a nasty rattle , i don't know what your plans are but i thought it best to mention it just in case ,


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Post by TonyB »

I had a great time on Sunday. It was a shame that I could not make the saturday track action tho due to holiday. The strip was wet and the water just seem to sit around when it did stop raining for a while. And yes the launch was very slippy indeed.

Andy already has a new 165 shell sourced, which is good news. It will not take him long to transfer the bits and no doubt make it better too :)

Here is a list of the fastest times of the day - No black GT4 running 11's tho! Maybe it was Dan with a 12.14?


Adrian Smith (Gen7) - 11.20s
Dan Topple (ST205) - 12.14s
Tony Bell (ST185) - 12.71s
Frankie Scott (MR2) - 12.94s
Alex Collins (ST205) - 13.11s
Max Dalzell (MR2) - 13.21s
Alex Morton (ST205) - 13.26s
Mike Jackson (ST205) - 13.26s
Jonathan Ward (???) - 13.30s
Colin Day (ST205) - 13.31s
Phil Reeve (ST185) - 13.32s
Otis Hayes (ST205) - 13.88s
Barry Sheldrick (ST205) - 13.92s
Basy Patel (ST205) - 14.18s
Robert Wood (ST205) - 14.44s
Rob Savage (ST205) - 14.63s
Martin Rawlings (ST205) - 14.64s
Barry Cross (ST185) - 14.70s
Adam Pemble (ST165) - 15.29s
Adrian Smith (Caldina) - 15.70s
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R.I.P
'89 ST185 GT4
ONLY 370bhp & 405ft/lb @ fly
12.7s 1/4 @ 109mph in the wet
R.I.P.

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