Ten of the Best: Reflection

Chris220SDi · Post by **Chris220SDi** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:46 pm

Guys,

Fantastic day I must say, very exciting, lots of great cars, and a fantastic display of stamina and determination fromt he Cookie Racing team.

Whilst I was gutted that AndyR decided not to run against the RWD winnder becuase of the cars gearchange problems - I'm sure everyone can appreciate it was for the beast int he long run.

I've quickly put up a few shots from the event in a post here:

So Clicky Clicky!!!

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:07 am

Agree was a fantastic day, cold and damp in the morning and i even ended up sun burnt by the end off it :oops:

So great machines there, the CRD Supra, that can only run 4 or 5 times before the handbrake cable wears the carbon propshaft to a failure point

Congrats to andyr some stunning runs there.

Got over 400 photos to sort through now, (mate was the guy with the bright yellow t-shirt and the cannon EOS-D that got a bit snap happy)

Didn't see many others there, but still a great day

PS. What did andy run in the final??

Clare · Post by **Clare** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:12 am

Hi all,

(there really isn't a smilie with a big enough smile)

I just like to say a big thanks to everyone from RT who attended, and extra big thanks to Ross, Iain & Chris (don't know where you disappeared to after I saw you first thing) & of course the 2 Cookie Crew members

. Andy for winning the FWD Drag shootout and knocking out Andy Nichols and Jase for his 2nd place in FWD Handling. :mexicanwave:

I had a great day, even if I was a tad cold in the morning and I was very tired. There's nothing like last minute is there? :roll:

Cheers
Clare

daz500 · Post by **daz500** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:23 am

AndyR won the FWD drag shootout

what happened to the ANR cars ?

_vitesse_ · Post by **_vitesse_** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:28 am

Brilliant results Andy and Jase, are the times/positions posted yet ?

Jim

Squaddiemodo · Post by **Squaddiemodo** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:41 am

Sounds like it was an awsome day, and grats to the guys with the results

I just wish i was there, pencil my name in for next year if you dont mind having a slightly scabby vitty tagging along

, all depends on where i am posted to and if i am on deployment, if i can i will be there.

I also know one of the guys who runs a scooby there (dark red scooby estate) hes my dads next door neighbour lol. anyone tell me how he did?

again grats to the guys and see you all soon when i can get to a meet

Nash · Post by **Nash** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:57 am

The two fastest runs came in the semi final and the final

Semi AndyR 12.43[sorry cant remember terminals]
AndyN 12.45

Final AndyR 12.3

Just like to thank Andy and Neil for letting me tag along yesterday was a really great day.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:00 am

Ritchie wrote:Agree was a fantastic day, cold and damp in the morning and i even ended up sun burnt by the end off it

You're not the only one :wink:

Had windows open on way back down the M1 till we hit a spot of rain, wasn't until windows went back up noticed my face felt like it was on fire

We made a move about 3.30, knew we should have stayed until the end

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:35 pm

AWESOME day.
Big up respect to Andy R and Cookie Racing.
To get there at all was a VERY big achievement, but for Andy to have never driven the car on the new spec and get the times he did was incredible.
It was obvious that nobody expected Andy N to lose, as the camera crew put the camera in his car so as to get lots of footage... Unfortunately after the first semi final they had to rip it all out again! :cry:

More to come from Andy R as well IMO...
Watch this space!

25IS · Post by **25IS** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:00 pm

mach1rob wrote:
Ritchie wrote:Agree was a fantastic day, cold and damp in the morning and i even ended up sun burnt by the end off it

You're not the only one Had windows open on way back down the M1 till we hit a spot of rain, wasn't until windows went back up noticed my face felt like it was on fire

We made a move about 3.30, knew we should have stayed until the end

Glad to see you got home after the jump start!

My face was also bright red later in the afternoon even tho it wasnt that sunny!

Congrats to both of you and the rest of the team!

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:09 pm

Congrats Andy and all involved in his team.So what were some results for the ANR cars?And some of the honda boys?

Fastest Tomcat in the world just got faster....niice

T16 Dave · Post by **T16 Dave** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:55 pm

25IS wrote:Glad to see you got home after the jump start!

*cough*

Damn boot light

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:08 pm

T16 Dave wrote:
25IS wrote:Glad to see you got home after the jump start!

*cough*

Damn boot light

*Cough*
More like dodgy HT lead fitment

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:12 pm

wish i went, but was full of cold and wrapped up in bed

I've pinched this off the MLR forum

MLR wrote:Redline TOTB 4 Trophy and Awards list 2005

1. 1/4m Class Winner FWD â€“ PAUL JOHNSON FIESTA RS TURBO 11.86s 124mph
2. 1/4m Class Winner RWD- DEE IRELAND CALDER SUPRA 10.62s 139mph
3. 1/4m Class Winner 4WD- KEITH COWIE RB MOTORSPORT R32 GTR 9.4s 156mph
4. Handling -Class Winner FWD- ADAM McQUEEN HONDA 34.66s
5. Handling -Class Winner RWD- DUNCAN COWPER DAX RUSH 31.9s
6. Handling -Class Winner 4WD- JASON HULBERT EVO 4 RS 31.74s
7. Top Speed Class Winner FWD- PAUL JOHNSON FIESTA RS TURBO 167.8mph
8. Top Speed Class Winner RWD- JOEL ENGLISH DODGE VIPER 200.2mph
9. Top Speed Class Winner 4WD-CLIVE SEDDON RC EVO 199.1mph

(All the above are decided at the end of qualifying 3.30pm apart from handling which closed at 3.15pm.)

Redline TOTB 4 Top Speed Champion â€“ JOEL ENGLISH- DODGE VIPER 200.2mph
(Awarded to the highest overall top speed achieved in Qualifying.)

Shootouts 4pm onwards

Redline TOTB 4 Handling Shootout Champion â€“ JASON HULBERT EVO 4RS 31.63s

Redline TOTB 4 1/4m Drag Shootout Champion- KEITH COWIE R32GTR 9.3s 160mph

Redline TOTB 4 Team Award Winners MITSUBISHI LANCER REGISTER
Runners up Skyline GTR O.C
3RD Place 200 Plus Club

Redline TOTB 4 Champion- The Overall Winner.

KEITH COWIE RB MOTORSPORT SKYLINE R32 GTR
(20 POINTS TOTAL)
Runner up Clive Seddon RC Developments Evo 16 points

Additional Trophies & Awards

J Tuner Magazine

1. Fastest Japanese Car 1/4m KEITH COWIE RB MOTORSPORT SKYLINE R32 GTR
2. Highest Top Speed for Japanese Car CLIVE SEDDON RC DEVELOPMENTS EVO
3. Quickest Lap Japanese Car JASON HULBERT EVO 4 RS

ERL Aquamist Water Injection Systems Fastest Car in class
TROPHY WINNERS TBC

AET TURBOâ€™S LTD

1/4M CLASS WINNERS â€“PRIZES- Turbosmart Supersonic Dump valves
FWD Paul Johnson RWD Dee Ireland 4WD Keith Cowie

1/4M FASTEST NON TUNER ENTRY- PRIZES Turbosmart Supersonic Dump valves
FWD Paul Johnson RWD Neil Booth 4WD Tim Webster

TURBO DYNAMICS LTD TROPHIES FOR FASTEST CARS USING T.D TURBOâ€™S

1st Keith Cowie RB Motorsport R32 GTR
2nd Gulli Halldorson Roger Clarke Motorsport Impreza WRX STi 8
3rd Adrian Smith Fensport Corolla

Crash.Net FASTEST 1/4M OF THE DAY AWARD

Keith Cowie RB Motorsport R32 GTR 9.4s 156mph (qualifying) also 9.3s 160mph final.

Fast and Modified Magazine â€“ Fastest Scots Entrant Keith Cowie RB Motorsport Skyline

Nitrous Oxide Supplies â€“ Prizes- 24ct Gold plated Nitrous bottles

FWD Class 1/4m Paul Johnson Fiesta RS Turbo
RWD Class 1/4m Dee Ireland Calder Supra
4wd Class 1/4m Keith Cowie RB Motorsport Skyline
Overall Top speed Joel English Dodge Viper

Scoobymag

Fastest 1/4m Subaru Gulli Halldorson
Top speed Subaru- Paul Blamire
Highest points total Subaru Paul Blamire
Best Handling Subaru Paul Blamire

Si · Post by Si » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:22 pm

That fiesta had a 0sec 60ft on his 11.86 run

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:25 pm

Definatly seems like something went a bit wrong with the timing gear there

Ti-Andy · Post by **Ti-Andy** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:35 pm

Turbo Si wrote:That fiesta had a 0sec 60ft on his 11.86 run

So how can that stand then

rover400turbo · Post by **rover400turbo** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:45 pm

Well lets see what USC brings.

I just hope my Nitrous system turns up in time for the weekend.

Looks like i need it

I am just well impressed getting that sort of traction on an old bit of tarmac.

Its unreal, and the Ford didnt last the day.

Ross9 · Post by **Ross9** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:06 pm

Excellent day.

First off, big congratulations to Andy R, everyone I knew who was there was commenting on your car and how well it ran, and you had their support in the shootouts as well, very impressive car mate, good to lay a face to the name on Sunday.

It was also good to finally meet some of you lot, with me being from the land of kilts and haggis, Grant who has answered some questions on msn now and then when I've been stuck, and Si Guerney, who has been outstanding in helping me out with any issues I had over pretty much a year since my car went off road for its rebuild etc. Also to meet Ian P, Niel F, Jase, and anyone else I was chatting to, apologies for not mentioning you but I havent managed to store many new names from the day.

Well done to all the Rover people, congrats to Jase on his 2nd place in the handling as well, what time did you run? The team spirit was outstanding as regards Jase's car and the effort that went into sorting out his wiring problems, personally I'm totally clueless when it comes to such things, but I was impressed by the effort that went in to getting it running again.

Personally I was very happy with the way the car ran, the ignition adaptor for the e-manage didnt turn up till Thursday, and we decided that starting to fanny about with it at that point would be a bit foolish, so left it as was, then we wanted some more boost, so turned it up to 17psi, though we had lost the wideband at the time (found it now :roll:

) and had to just guess it might need a 1/4 turn on the fse to stop it leaning out, apparently that was too much though as Marc said his eyes were melting on the way home as he chased the rover up the A66 through the wave of fuel I was belching at the top end. I'll get the AFR checked during the week ready for USSC, mayeb get the e-manage on by then if it works.

Best time was a 13.5 @ 108 mph with a 2.38 60ft IIRC, Jacq isnt here just now and has the time cards in her handbag. Managed to get some good info on how to run the car though, holding the rpm longer gives me better terminals, did it on one run round to nearly 6500rpm and got a 112mph terminal, unfortunately the 60 ft was 2.4x so the time was only 13.6 Also thanks to Andy R who mentioned he only ran 15psi in the tyres, I left the suspension stiff rather than soft, put 15psi in them, and blootered it off the line, one of the 2 runs I did like this was against Andy actually, unfortunately on both runs when I launched like this, although I got low 2.2 60ft times the box wouldnt go into 2nd, missed it once on the first run, twice versus andy and got it on the 3rd attempt, running a Helix paddle, so hoping this isnalt always going to be the case, was doing 2.2 on the organic helix clutch and could get the gears, hoping it was just the heat of the day as I wasnt long off the handling course and the queues for the 1/4 were small, meaning less time for it to cool the clutch down.

Top Speed, well, me thinking I was being clever I taped the roof up etc to save drag, then at around 130 indicated the wind got under the tape and made a god awful noise, I browned my trousers and hit the brakes, then realised what it was, got back on the throttle and only made 148 by the line. Decided to go again, but the car was toasty, made 153 this time, reckon could probably have sneaked another 1-2mph out it if it had been as cool in teh bay as the first run, as for speedo accuracy lol, it was on the stopper for ages at 151 before I got to the line, was 6300/6400ish in 5th crossing the line, also lost a mudflap as I crossed the line but the fire marshal returned that to me as I picked the card up from the caravan.

My biggest dissapointment of the day was the handling, I left it too late and only got 1 run at it, every corner bar the last I got the car turned into and then thought, "oh ffs, could have been in here a lot faster than that", but you live and learn, only pulled 38 secs, reckon the car had easily 2-3 secs could have come off that. I'm better at tracks than straight lines normally, will put that down to experience and if I get to do the event again do the handling first. But even at that it was a small upset, was a good day.

So, all in all great fun, and thats the main thing, apologies for the long post, got back to Scotland about dinner time (we stayed over another night to get pished) and just having a tipple again, I will try and post some videos asap.

Thanks again to all I spoke to, was good to finally meet some peeps.

Ross

chrisT.O.T.B. · Post by **chrisT.O.T.B.** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:16 am

andy n managed a very respectable 11.96@ 132mph, but had some clutch creep issues sowasnt getting a clean launch. well done tho to andy r, top result and proof its not all over till the fat lady sings!

a couple of people seem to think the fester got a dodgy time, you may be interested to know the 60ft clock doesnt affect the et in anyway, you can run with it turned off/on as you please, or swap it for an 1/8th mile time which they sometimes do. the fester is about 450-500bhp apparently, and managed 179mp at brunters previously. did 168mph yesterday on a shorter run!

Neil F · Post by **Neil F** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:26 am

Chris,

what where the other times for the Fiesta? Could the timing not be wrong if it missed the first 60ft?

I personally think that Andy N may have been given the short straw for fastest 1/4 of the day.

Cheers

Neil

chrisT.O.T.B. · Post by **chrisT.O.T.B.** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:50 am

fester ran a 12.1s also i believe. andy n took his defeat well, cant always win, and he has managed to get two different fwd cars sub 12s which is an amazing achievment!

Neil F · Post by **Neil F** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:57 am

Chris,

based on it also running a 12.1 it sounds more feasible.

Figures talked about on the day placed it more at the high 12's low 13's which is a hell of a difference, but backed up by a 12.1 and it's a lot more plausible.

Cheers

Neil

Nash · Post by **Nash** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:17 am

I was talking to the lads who ran the fester through out the day and he wasnt doing 12.1's he was getting 13.1's.

I spoke to him when the head was off and said whats the best run now, he said a 12.9 but some one said we did an 11.8

I just personally feel AndyN was a little cheated, if i find it runs another high 11 or v low 12 i will stand up and say i am wrong.

chris d · Post by **chris d** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:01 am

Wel done to Andy R! Very pleased he won thro on the FWD final, that FTO was a quick car, and he just seems to get quicker with each event.

Just like to put myself forward for slowest time of the day after loosing the clutch on the 3rd run (wondered what that noise was on run 2) :cry:

It just aint as fun when you have to sit and watch.

Looks like another repair for the sale, or stipping the poor thing for parts. Find out in 2 weeks.

Watch this space

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:10 am

Is it just me, or is it a bit strange that the winner of the shootouts gets no prizes (with respect to class, FWD, RWD, 4WD)

Looking at AndyR, yes he wasn't the quickest time of the day during qualifying, but he won the shoot outs.

Qualifying to me means to Qualify to get into the finals, then you compete there and win the Compertition. If thats not the case, then what is the point of qualifying why not just have longer to run and the fastest runner of the day wins.

And yes it's very dodgy about the fiesta's time without the timing gear, and i to thought he had been in the high 12's low 13's most of the day.

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:38 am

Does anyone know what time Richard achieved in the fto?I know previous to totb he ran a 13.1@ x mph

andyr · Post by **andyr** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:14 pm

12.4? @ 127mph
That was his final run of the day also, v. quick car and a top geezer.

Really pushed me to the line (and it didn't help when my mat got caught under clutch pedal! ).

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:28 pm

12.4 wow that thing really has come on leaps and bounds.I know it was circa 370bhp@fly(320odd@wheels), did he divulge what theyve got the vr4 lump up to now?
12.4!!!! Wow, its funny but im less suprised that you ran a 12.3 than i am about an fto running a 12.4. You both mustve been so chuffed.

Si · Post by Si » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:40 pm

MarkCoupe wrote:12.4 wow that thing really has come on leaps and bounds.I know it was circa 370bhp@fly(320odd@wheels), did he divulge what theyve got the vr4 lump up to now?
12.4!!!! Wow, its funny but im less suprised that you ran a 12.3 than i am about an fto running a 12.4. You both mustve been so chuffed.

150 of N20 i think

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:20 pm

chris d wrote:Just like to put myself forward for slowest time of the day after loosing the clutch on the 3rd run (wondered what that noise was on run 2) It just aint as fun when you have to sit and watch.

I reckon I got that one - either on on of my overboost runs or one of the baulked 2nd gear changes...................
No way will I ever turn up to an event again with a new gearbox esp after Dans problems last year

Andy R winning the shootout was one of the highlights for me - along with Adam winning the handling by a clear margin - so I was able to smile at my problems on the day

Mark

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:28 pm

Ritchie wrote:Is it just me, or is it a bit strange that the winner of the shootouts gets no prizes (with respect to class, FWD, RWD, 4WD)

Looking at AndyR, yes he wasn't the quickest time of the day during qualifying, but he won the shoot outs.

Qualifying to me means to Qualify to get into the finals, then you compete there and win the Compertition. If thats not the case, then what is the point of qualifying why not just have longer to run and the fastest runner of the day wins.

Fully concur with Ritchie! What's the point of qualifing, winning the shootout, but not getting first prize

A final is a final, winner of that wins end of story, it's a bit like saying the winner of the FA cup can't have it cos another team scored more goals in the season

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:35 pm

FWD just doesn't attract the crowds - so no effort is really made to give prizes.

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:58 pm

Grant620 wrote:FWD just doesn't attract the crowds - so no effort is really made to give prizes.

Yea but FWD seems to be the event that upsets happen, this year an 11 second car getting beaten by a 12 second car. With FWD not attracting the crowds i think thats a 50/50 thing, most of the FWD cars are cars that most people can look at and think, i could own that, where how many people could look at the RC Dev EVO and think i could own that. RWD seems to be more constant, but then again, is anyone going to beat Keith Cowie...

Was trying to think a way of wording what i meant and rob you hit it on the head, No Mr Chelski you can't have the FA cup because Scam U had a better goal differnce throughout the year

jase · Post by **jase** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:44 pm

Chris, I think I got the slowest 1/4, only did 2 runs after my problem, and ended up with a weak 14.01 @ 107 :oops:

J