MRA Round 3 - June 30

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:39 pm

Looking busy for Sunday. 9 in the mx5 races, and over 20 in the Super tt

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:40 pm

should be good. Im pencilled in for TT.
what about your mate Craig? is he ready to go or will you do both 5 and tt?

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:25 am

George is doing the mx5's so I will be just doing super tt, running wiht Russell looks like. Plenty of other chances to do both.

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:02 am

Awww how we going to settle the score in MX5 then! haha

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:08 am

;) just on the phone to George then will be touch and go whether he makes it so still might be on!

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:21 pm

well...i'll try and do TT also then hah

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:28 pm

schedule is up
http://www.wakefieldpark.com.au/wp-cont ... 062013.pdf

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:29 am

F^%k me!!!! How much rain have we had??

Looks like it may be like my last time at Goulburn, pack your swimmers and snorkel.

You won't want to go off the track, they will have to use snow probes to find you in the mud !!

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:40 pm

It's farking cold too!!!

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:18 pm

Great day! Similar to the Sunday of the MSC / MRA weekend, clear, no rain, but still water across the track on turns 2, fishhook (t7 ?), and t10 onto the straight. Great turnout.
A few incidents in the conditions, none of our crew hurt thankfully (and nor was anyone else that I am aware of). Hope the cars don't take too much to get up and running again fellas.

Great - as always - hanging out with the mx guys, Steve, Chris, Russ and Andy, Luke, Daniel and Daniel some new faces too Bill.

evil_weevil · Postby **evil_weevil** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:24 am

Was a fairly good weekend.
Could actually say I had an off day at the track, things didnt feel right.

cross entered in TT and MX5 so got my monies worth.

qualified 20th out of 27 for TT and race 1 came 13th - jumped up a few spots!
qualified 3rd in MX5 outright which was awesome!

got to the start of MX5 race 1 and I had clutch engaged, in 1st and car started creeping forward. weird.
by end of race was all good and came 4th.

Race 2 TT clutch felt worse. lights went off and I took off good, could not engage 2nd and lost a bucket load of spots. got a couple back later and that race stayed 3rd and 4th throughout. last 2 laps I tried grabbibg 2nd and worked.

decided to call it quits.

then Andy's Dad Russ called me as i was bout to get some lunch. he thinks its the slave cylinder.
he had a spare and said would take 10-15mins to change over.
I 'ummed' and 'ahhed' where all the other MX5ers started to yell at me for not doing it, my wife even called me to see how I was going and told her situation, she said get the ƒü¢k back out there. yes boss!

so, changed slave cylinder and made race 2 MX5. was having great battle with Craig and Andy and Steve. I was on Daniels arse and attempted a couple moved during first 2 laps. then andy was biting at my heels. andy got passed a few times and straight away i took that position back!

then he got passed and I battled with Craig where we were both side by side at the kink onto back straight, wasnt looking good and I ended up into the dirt.
left lock, right lock, left lock at 100kms. Steve was behind me and saw it all happen, I slid back onto track, a 360 into the other infield.
mud everywhere.

TT was up next, had a etter srartm got some positions and ended up battl;ing Craig again. my arch nemisis. ended up 3rd in class A TT in trophy race.

MX5 trophy race, had a great start, after turn 2 I had Daniel on the left, Andy in front, Craig on the right. all three neck and neck, I take inside behind daniel and Andy and I neck and neck through the top, next minute BANG, I took a hit from Bill in the rear right quarter and flew off the track at turn 5. DNF.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:34 pm

Yeah you had a tough day in the office. Apologies again if it was my doing, your cross country jaunt. I hope not! Couldn't see anything on the vid but that doesn't say much as it is pointing the wrong way anyway!