The Final

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:39 am

Sorry for the absence of pictures but the report should explain why:willy_nilly:

Time Attack Snetterton - chapter 1

The final....in more ways than one, the final round of the 2009 season and also the final outing for our car.

Saturday and cracks were starting to show within Team TNT. Wayne our mechanic on race days had forgot to book the day of work and was unable to get it sorted at the last minute which meant that he would be coming with us. Later that day me Bart had a heated disagreement

over fuel levels and how he would run in the warm up session. Car loaded on the trailer, tow vehicle all loaded up and everything packed Bart headed off home with job left to do print off our TA paddock pass as my printer is broke. About an hour later I received a text from Bart saying he couldn't open the file and could I sort something out

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Sunday...Bart arrived at mine at the agreed time of 2.30am as we planned to leave at 3am. Slight problem due to the later than planned night I had overslept

actually I was still asleep

. This meant that we would have to drive straight through with no comfort stop and pray for no hold ups on route. The 3 miles to get to the motorway were filled with the usual barrage of questions...have got this? have we got that?, Just before joining the motorway we pulled over as we always do to check the trailer, car and lashing straps again before getting on the motorway. With everything ok the road trip could begin

We arrived at the circuit shortly after 7am to find Antonnio (Alfa 155) who we were sharing a garage with already parked up and an RX7 FD35 (Omar also from Wolverhampton) parked in our space). He kindly moved his car and as we unloaded the car another decision was made. Not only did we not want to come last we did not want to be last in the battle of the west Midlands

.

This was shaping up to be a good day. With the Bigpower massive in attendance, our new sponsor coming down to watch and now our own mini battle with the west Midlands contingency.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:51 am

Well done chaps. Good chatting with you yesterday when everything seemed calm and under control. Well! For you two anyway

Good luck for next season. Honward and Hupward

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:14 pm

Breaking news!!!!!!!!!

Reports are in that Bart was allegedly 9th quickest (out of 19 in our group) with a recorded 108.1 at the bridge, breaking zone. Waiting on official conformation........

Post by **Ben** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:58 pm

sweet

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:06 pm

Great writeup and it was great to catch up with you guys

Tonynos · Post by **Tonynos** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:50 pm

Well done guys. Herbie was looking good out on track.

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:37 pm

Gordon seemed really positive with how you guys got on and the potential for next year looks to be superb. Great chatting to you all yesterday.

I look forward to chapter two

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:36 pm

Chapter 2 - Death of a mag Whore

What can i say......It was a terrific day we met loads of people from the club too many to list. It was great chatting to you all. The car was going well although we were suffering from straight line speed due to our limited power. Due to our recent problems with the car Bart decided to approach this round differently, we would roll out at the back so that Bart would have a clear track from the off as we wanted to try and set a quick enough time on his early laps in case the car failed us again. This meant he would have to push from the off and wouldn't have time to learn the track. His laps weren't clean and he make mistakes with the car going slightly sideways on more than one occasion.

The car started to overheat throughout the day as it decided to pick up more boost than normal. Alan did enough with his limited running and he spit the 2 tuners from Wolverhampton, we were disappointed with our overall lap times but having reviewed the video footage we can clearly see where the time was lost. Alan was pushing hard through the bends going through corum at 90-95 mph but on the straights was shifting up a gear slightly early due to it's over boosting. Then in the qualifying session Herbie decided enough was enough and the head gasket let go.

Caught on camera spectacularly by maff.

THE END........

Or is it.

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:48 pm

Great write up sir. RIP Herbie

Best of luck with the new build for next year.

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:59 pm

With what you guys have lined up, I think 2010 will see you and Bart right up in the mix when it comes to lap times.
The King is dead......long live the King