TrackScotland Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Fee got 7th in class, and a handy 40 points I think. Russ from Wallace Performance got 5th in class and 3rd in Qual. Gambler/Scott got 8th in class. Looking at Fee's trap speeds at the end of the back straight she has pretty big balls as i think thats a braking zone haha. The start/finish speed trap is on the power. results for club class final John Stevenson looked to have probs all day with the times he posted, Andy Napier was in the 1:05's too i think. Full Results here - http://www.tsl-timing.com/attack/2009/92270.pdf
BalliSTIc Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 Andy seemed to have probs at K'Hill as well. AWD don't seem to be having a good time of it of late... c'mon lads!
TrackScotland Posted June 1, 2009 Author Posted June 1, 2009 his times got better later on.... but going from the sessions they did look to have a prob (i wasnt there) CP Warm Up 1:13.097 - prob just getting to know the track CP Practice 1:10.798 and only 1 lap CP Qualifying 1:05.7 - 9 laps must have been better CP Final 1:05.1 - not a bad time!
Andy N Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 Hi all, yeah back from Silverstone and yes had a wee prob. The practice was the first time out on the legendary Silverstone so had the power right down on the car and was taking her real easy to get used to the track and all was well. On the warm up session I went out on low power then cranked her up but under full load in 4th gear going into 5th my N/S/F wheel decided it had enough and snapped 4 and a half of the five spokes WOW, bowl moving stuff I tell you, luckily the only damage was the wheel and cosmetic damage to the caliper. Thankfully John S and the guys came to the rescue and gave me a couple of wheel's to get me going. Big thanks again John and the team. I really enjoyed the whole day and was certainly worth the 8 hour drive. Back to the drawing board though as I struggled for traction on the corners, she is coming of the diet and going to fatten her up. Looking forward to Brands Hatch as I iam due some good luck.
Rice Rocket Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 It was good to see the cars on track and speak to Andy and John S! 1st time at Silverstone too, great place and the weather was worth the drive down on its own! lol Good to speak to Dave ( DR Motosport) too. Need to see if I can make Brands! Ricey
RA Dunk Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 but under full load in 4th gear going into 5th my N/S/F wheel decided it had enough and snapped 4 and a half of the five spokes WOW any idea what cause this? could have been bloody disasterous
ciaranrb5 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Hi all, yeah back from Silverstone and yes had a wee prob.The practice was the first time out on the legendary Silverstone so had the power right down on the car and was taking her real easy to get used to the track and all was well. On the warm up session I went out on low power then cranked her up but under full load in 4th gear going into 5th my N/S/F wheel decided it had enough and snapped 4 and a half of the five spokes WOW, bowl moving stuff I tell you, luckily the only damage was the wheel and cosmetic damage to the caliper. Thankfully John S and the guys came to the rescue and gave me a couple of wheel's to get me going. Big thanks again John and the team. I really enjoyed the whole day and was certainly worth the 8 hour drive. Back to the drawing board though as I struggled for traction on the corners, she is coming of the diet and going to fatten her up. Looking forward to Brands Hatch as I iam due some good luck. I hope it's 3rd time lucky for you as you don't seem to have had any luck.
TrackScotland Posted June 2, 2009 Author Posted June 2, 2009 your wheel fell to bits!!!! Holy ****. Did you bang it hard on something, or was it just mid corner? What wheels were they?!
seafar99 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) Andy's more than convinced the wheel failure would have due to them being powercoated. The oven process may have been the critical factor in the wheel shearing, a warning for all who have powdercoated wheels, myself included. Hopefully Andy will post up a photo of said wheel (sti 8's)as it is a tad shocking! Edited June 2, 2009 by seafar99
cullenmin Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Pics of Andy N's wheel that broke. Lucky he didnt come off the track Rich
Gee Wr1 Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Have heard before that the baking process when powdercoating can weaken the wheel especially if they are forged wheels. The forged wheels need to be baked at a far lower temp but for longer to stop this. I'm sure it was Banzai magazine i read this in a few years ago when they were doing an article on powder coating with one of the more specialised companies. Andy count yourself lucky that could have ended up really messy if the wheel had let go completely
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