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AndyW · Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:15 PM

Courtesy of another Andy who came on the Easytrack day at Brands last week, here's footage of Racer being caught (but only after a bit of a chase!) by a Tuscan. Given the Tuscan has 3.6 litres and 350-odd bhp against our 1.6 125hp MINI's, it's not a bad showing I reckon. In fact, you can see quite clearly that he only catches up on the straights through sheer power - in the bends, the distance between them stays constant.

Cheers all

Andy

monsta · Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:19 PM

Cool clip!!! Not enough footage the MINI though

AndyW · Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:23 PM

Didn't want the fame to go to Racer's head

Racer · Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:51 PM

Brilliant -

I'll be showing it on Screen 3 of the motorhome portable multiscreen (30,000 capacity) on Saturday night !

That great footage Andy well done for digging it out

I'm sure I pulled out 50ft on him through paddock!

How did our own attempts at in-car stuff come out - it was a shame your batteries seemed to run out every time I passed you

AndyW · Apr 23rd, 2002, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by Racer
How did our own attempts at in-car stuff come out - it was a shame your batteries seemed to run out every time I passed you

Really well - I've transferred it to VHS so we can bore everyone else rigid on Saturday

. I'm bringing the vid cam as well, but not sure when I'll be able to use it cos we'll all be driving one after the other. Have to wait & see I guess.

A

PS Just watched the clip again - although the MINI's great, when you see how long the Tuscan takes to get past the Datsun (which we whizzed past like he was standing still!), maybe it's the nut behind the wheel that has the biggest bearing on how fast you go...

Speedster · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:04 PM

Great footage from Brands.
Good to see Racer can show a TVR man how to take corners!

AndyW · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Speedster
Great footage from Brands.
Good to see Racer can show a TVR man how to take corners!

A TVR man, maybe, but not THE TVRman!

ELISEBOY · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AndyW

A TVR man, maybe, but not THE TVRman!

The X TVR MAN

hehe

sure you would of done Racer easy in your old beast

ELISEBOY · Apr 23rd, 2002, 06:02 PM

ive watched it a couple of times and I agree Andy that its a lot to do with the driver and not the car,

He has bags of horsepower in that car, yet does not heal and toe and breaks very early, from what ive found the Tuscan breaks are very good.

Going up hailwoods in the Elise we would not break until right under the bridge, and his lines for Surtees!!

but who am i to judge, but good footage and very gentlemanly to let him through there!

AndyW · Apr 24th, 2002, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AndyW
I'm bringing the vid cam as well, but not sure when I'll be able to use it cos we'll all be driving one after the other. Have to wait & see I guess.

Hey EB, fancy being official cameraman for Team Midlife Crisis (aka Racer & me)?

Racer · Apr 24th, 2002, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ELISEBOY
ive watched it a couple of times and I agree Andy that its a lot to do with the driver and not the car,

He has bags of horsepower in that car, yet does not heal and toe and breaks very early, from what ive found the Tuscan breaks are very good.

Going up hailwoods in the Elise we would not break until right under the bridge, and his lines for Surtees!!

but who am i to judge, but good footage and very gentlemanly to let him through there!

I think the Tuscan driver is Eddie Irvine or something like that he looks really really really good to me and with all that horsepower it would obviously take a very skillfull driver in a much lower powered car to stay ahead of him for just one corner

Speedster: I think TVR drivers are all horses

TVRMan, ExTVRMan THE TVRMan makes no odds to SuperDooperMINIRacerMan

AndyW · Apr 24th, 2002, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Racer

I think the Tuscan driver is Eddie Irvine or something like that he looks really really really good to me and with all that horsepower it would obviously take a very skillfull driver in a much lower powered car to stay ahead of him for just one corner

Speedster: I think TVR drivers are all horses TVRMan, ExTVRMan THE TVRMan makes no odds to SuperDooperMINIRacerMan

Eddie Irvine? - Eddie the Eagle maybe...

And all horses??? Hung like donkeys perhaps...

Enough abuse for now

Let's save it for the track...!

ELISEBOY · Apr 24th, 2002, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AndyW

Hey EB, fancy being official cameraman for Team Midlife Crisis (aka Racer & me)?

does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?>

Racer · Apr 24th, 2002, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ELISEBOY

does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?>

Oooooh yeh sit in Andy's car he needs the extra weight

By the way I don't consider myself mid-life just yet but I'll agree with crisis

EB when you getting to Wiscombe ?

AndyW · Apr 24th, 2002, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ELISEBOY

does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?>

Hi EB

If you like!

I should warn you, I once took a bloke for a ride on a trackday in my Griff, and he made me stop after 3 laps cos he was about to chuck up!

Seriously, if you'd like to turn up to one of the trackdays we've got booked up, you're more than welcome to come for a spin. I've got some incar video of Brands last week which I'll show you on Saturday - that should put you off!

Also seriously, if you wouldn't mind taking some video footage/still piccies at Wiscombe, that'd be great - I'm sure Paul would appreciate some photos to go with the 10,000-word report Racer will have done by Sunday morning!

Cheers

Andy

Racer · Apr 24th, 2002, 03:57 PM

ELISEBOY · Apr 24th, 2002, 04:39 PM

Right guys,
what you both doing about accomodation for Saturday?

My girlfriend is not going now and my friend is working so what b&b are you staying at?

Will try and get a room there too, do you have a number or anything??

Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:15 PM	#1
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	TVR overtakes Racer...! Courtesy of another Andy who came on the Easytrack day at Brands last week, here's footage of Racer being caught (but only after a bit of a chase!) by a Tuscan. Given the Tuscan has 3.6 litres and 350-odd bhp against our 1.6 125hp MINI's, it's not a bad showing I reckon. In fact, you can see quite clearly that he only catches up on the straights through sheer power - in the bends, the distance between them stays constant. Cheers all Andy Last edited by AndyW : Apr 24th, 2002 at 03:42 AM.

Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
monsta MINI2 Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brighton Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 4,669 Offline	Cool clip!!! Not enough footage the MINI though the MINI has gone...

Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Racer Sponsor,Moderator & Racer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kent Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 1,373 Offline	Brilliant - I'll be showing it on Screen 3 of the motorhome portable multiscreen (30,000 capacity) on Saturday night ! That great footage Andy well done for digging it out I'm sure I pulled out 50ft on him through paddock! How did our own attempts at in-car stuff come out - it was a shame your batteries seemed to run out every time I passed you JCW Club Sport Kawasaki Green / White Unofficial John Cooper Challenge Site

Apr 23rd, 2002, 04:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Racer How did our own attempts at in-car stuff come out - it was a shame your batteries seemed to run out every time I passed you Really well - I've transferred it to VHS so we can bore everyone else rigid on Saturday . I'm bringing the vid cam as well, but not sure when I'll be able to use it cos we'll all be driving one after the other. Have to wait & see I guess. A PS Just watched the clip again - although the MINI's great, when you see how long the Tuscan takes to get past the Datsun (which we whizzed past like he was standing still!), maybe it's the nut behind the wheel that has the biggest bearing on how fast you go... Last edited by AndyW : Apr 23rd, 2002 at 04:49 PM.

Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Speedster JCC Driver Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 172 Offline	Great footage from Brands. Good to see Racer can show a TVR man how to take corners! John Cooper Motorsport BMW MINI Cooper Works CS, Interlagos Blue www.scampbell.co.uk

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Apr 23rd, 2002, 03:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Didn't want the fame to go to Racer's head

Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Speedster Great footage from Brands. Good to see Racer can show a TVR man how to take corners! A TVR man, maybe, but not THE TVRman!

Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
ELISEBOY MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 2,163 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by AndyW *A TVR man, maybe, but not THE* TVRman!** The X TVR MAN hehe sure you would of done Racer easy in your old beast

Apr 23rd, 2002, 06:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
ELISEBOY MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 2,163 Offline	ive watched it a couple of times and I agree Andy that its a lot to do with the driver and not the car, He has bags of horsepower in that car, yet does not heal and toe and breaks very early, from what ive found the Tuscan breaks are very good. Going up hailwoods in the Elise we would not break until right under the bridge, and his lines for Surtees!! but who am i to judge, but good footage and very gentlemanly to let him through there!

Apr 24th, 2002, 02:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by AndyW I'm bringing the vid cam as well, but not sure when I'll be able to use it cos we'll all be driving one after the other. Have to wait & see I guess. Hey EB, fancy being official cameraman for Team Midlife Crisis (aka Racer & me)?

Apr 24th, 2002, 02:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
Racer Sponsor,Moderator & Racer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kent Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 1,373 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by ELISEBOY ive watched it a couple of times and I agree Andy that its a lot to do with the driver and not the car, He has bags of horsepower in that car, yet does not heal and toe and breaks very early, from what ive found the Tuscan breaks are very good. Going up hailwoods in the Elise we would not break until right under the bridge, and his lines for Surtees!! but who am i to judge, but good footage and very gentlemanly to let him through there! I think the Tuscan driver is Eddie Irvine or something like that he looks really really really good to me and with all that horsepower it would obviously take a very skillfull driver in a much lower powered car to stay ahead of him for just one corner Speedster: I think TVR drivers are all horses TVRMan, ExTVRMan THE TVRMan makes no odds to SuperDooperMINIRacerMan JCW Club Sport Kawasaki Green / White Unofficial John Cooper Challenge Site

Apr 24th, 2002, 03:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Racer I think the Tuscan driver is Eddie Irvine or something like that he looks really really really good to me and with all that horsepower it would obviously take a very skillfull driver in a much lower powered car to stay ahead of him for just one corner Speedster: I think TVR drivers are all horses TVRMan, ExTVRMan THE TVRMan makes no odds to SuperDooperMINIRacerMan Eddie Irvine? - Eddie the Eagle maybe... And all horses??? Hung like donkeys perhaps... Enough abuse for now Let's save it for the track...!

Apr 24th, 2002, 03:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
ELISEBOY MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 2,163 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by AndyW Hey EB, fancy being official cameraman for Team Midlife Crisis (aka Racer & me)? does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?>

Apr 24th, 2002, 03:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
Racer Sponsor,Moderator & Racer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kent Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 1,373 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by ELISEBOY does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?> Oooooh yeh sit in Andy's car he needs the extra weight By the way I don't consider myself mid-life just yet but I'll agree with crisis EB when you getting to Wiscombe ? JCW Club Sport Kawasaki Green / White Unofficial John Cooper Challenge Site

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Apr 24th, 2002, 03:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
AndyW Ex-Mini2 Racer & Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Surrey Local Time: 11:50 PM Posts: 568 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by ELISEBOY does this mean i get to sit in your car with a big grin while you are going around the track then/?> Hi EB If you like! I should warn you, I once took a bloke for a ride on a trackday in my Griff, and he made me stop after 3 laps cos he was about to chuck up! Seriously, if you'd like to turn up to one of the trackdays we've got booked up, you're more than welcome to come for a spin. I've got some incar video of Brands last week which I'll show you on Saturday - that should put you off! Also seriously, if you wouldn't mind taking some video footage/still piccies at Wiscombe, that'd be great - I'm sure Paul would appreciate some photos to go with the 10,000-word report Racer will have done by Sunday morning! Cheers Andy

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Apr 24th, 2002, 04:39 PM	#17 (permalink)
ELISEBOY MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex Local Time: 12:50 AM Posts: 2,163 Offline	Right guys, what you both doing about accomodation for Saturday? My girlfriend is not going now and my friend is working so what b&b are you staying at? Will try and get a room there too, do you have a number or anything??

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