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jrtuning
13-07-2006, 19:43
i know theres a few threads in the members area but not everybody can view them so just wondering how many of you are going down or up to totb this year just booked my ticket :)
more info here if you want to have a look http://www.totb.co.uk/home/
i went last year and had a great day out :nod: there were some trully awesome cars there but my ears took a bit of a pounding when stood behind the start line of the drag strip :wack:
im going check the scottish thread as trying to get a convoy started
i want to go but im not sure if im off work yet
damo
MeLLoN Stu
15-07-2006, 03:22
i'll probably pop along to say hello to the welshies and anyone else i know from sxoc :) never been a huge fan of TOTB but it's a decent day out i guess, and a chance to drool over the pole dancers :smitten: I think me and Dave 200 must have taken about 300 shots of that lassy in white doing the pole dancing for distinctive cars york last year :D
Smoothound
15-07-2006, 10:40
I'll be there ! :thumbs:
Can't really miss it...it's only 5 mins down the road :rolleyes:
Got to help out with prep work on Rich Batty's FTO. Hopefully he'll win FWD this time :cool: There was only few 100ths in it last time :nod:
jrtuning
15-07-2006, 11:15
and you can have your bung back if you want :wack:
is richard batty a local block then? seem to remember his car being quite nice :nod:
i'll probably pop along to say hello to the welshies and anyone else i know from sxoc :) never been a huge fan of TOTB but it's a decent day out i guess, and a chance to drool over the pole dancers :smitten: I think me and Dave 200 must have taken about 300 shots of that lassy in white doing the pole dancing for distinctive cars york last year :D
had about that many wnaks over them too since :D :D :wack:
had about that many wnaks over them too since :D :D :wack:
dosen't surprise me Iv seen happy :p
I'll be there but will be part Bubbles pit crew :wack:
Jezz_S13
15-07-2006, 22:07
I'll be there.
Nismo Pete
16-07-2006, 12:54
Ill be there as well:thumbs:
not sure yet.....there's a push on the job Im on (bloody Welsh assembly people changing their minds all the time....w@nkers)
GeeSexAah
16-07-2006, 13:23
cant make it as its same weekend as Rock and Blues bike rally. been to couple 1st ones and is good day altho bad thing is cant join in the racing! Isnt it a lot more expensive this year tho?
Col
dosen't surprise me Iv seen happy :p
:D
nismo steve
16-07-2006, 18:05
I got my ticket :D
mitch205gti
16-07-2006, 21:21
I got my ticket :D
Ordered mine and Webb's on the 4th and they still haven't arrived!:mad:
Do they send them recorded?
nismo steve
22-07-2006, 12:11
Ordered mine and Webb's on the 4th and they still haven't arrived!:mad:
Do they send them recorded?
i got a mate to order 15 tickets online and they came in 2 weeks:)
Smoothound
24-07-2006, 13:03
and you can have your bung back if you want :wack:
is richard batty a local block then? seem to remember his car being quite nice :nod:
Cool, yeah,best have that back :wack:
Rich is a guy from Sheffield. Did a 12s last time, he's got more NOS and a single turbo now, so should be looking to better that, fingers crossed !
mitch205gti
24-07-2006, 13:52
i got a mate to order 15 tickets online and they came in 2 weeks:)
Well mine still haven't arrived:mad:
Smoothound
24-07-2006, 14:30
I've decided to buy on the day, just in case it's p**sing it down :nod: I'd rather spend another few quid than waste 15!
mitch205gti
25-07-2006, 10:16
The tickets have finaly arrived :clap:
Only took 3 weeks!
Just check the weather too and its saying showers! :(
Just check the weather too and its saying showers! :(
I hope not :cry:
mitch205gti
25-07-2006, 10:55
The only one I can find is this as most only go up to Saturday
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/YO41?x=22&post=YO41&code=4AU&y=7
I should be there as well.
Jon-s14a
26-07-2006, 19:03
I'll be going down, weather permitting.....Its a good excuse for a sunday drive :D
Me and our kid will be there. Just looked on bbc weather for Sunday and it looks pretty good by the looks of it. :cool:
Didn't go last year so aren't sure what the deal is as far as when's best to turn up, best place to watch, fittest brolly dollies, etc
nismo steve
27-07-2006, 10:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3954
sr20-power
29-07-2006, 12:59
good luck to everyone running at totb tommorow and hope you get the results you want its going to be a good day
sirtest2004
29-07-2006, 13:32
Yeah second that....Good luck folks :thumbs: And if it breaks it can be fixed, remember that :D
Good luck Ian and Tim :sxoc:
Hope you get some dry runs in :nod:
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35899&stc=1&d=1154234044
Jon-s14a
30-07-2006, 05:44
Best i bring myself a brolly then!
Edit: BBC forcast it dry all day
nismo steve
30-07-2006, 18:53
a great day !! was a shame to see only two 200's running but was nice to see all the same :thumbs:
some fast cars as well as these two beasts
the 800 bhp GTS engine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/curls1/DSC00029.jpg
Tim's Duke engine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/curls1/DSC00028.jpg
crazyshad1
30-07-2006, 22:15
it was a good show
shame a shitty vauxhall won the fwd
Irishpaddy
31-07-2006, 08:29
why is it a shame?
marty_t3
31-07-2006, 08:33
it was a good show
shame a shitty vauxhall won the fwd
The shitty vauxhall deserved the win, it was seriously quick. I loved the fact that at a glance is just looked like a standard diesel corsa ... until you noticed the rivets holding the plexiglass in place :D Any corsa that can line up against an MG SVR deserves some respect :D
Irishpaddy
31-07-2006, 08:40
just so you all know, the car was originally a 1.5 diseal corsa..
it have a 2.0 16v engine with omega pistons, ported head, trottle boddies and 150 shot of Gass:wack:
cool car:cool:
That corsa surprised the crap out of me :wack:
It was fooking fast :nod: and would beat most 200's here down the strip :notworthy
nismo steve
31-07-2006, 10:15
the sxoc guys
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/curls1/totb_86.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/curls1/totb_82.jpg
well done guys:thumbs:
Im not really a fan of vauxhalls either. But fair play to the chap he did what he needed to do well and he won, he had the best power to weight that had traction+didnt break :) and that is cool even if the corsa isnt lol.
The corsa:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d189/Chris_Gunzi/12secondcorsa.jpg
Good to see it was an XE on gas rather than a LET engine :)
At previous TOTB's hasnt there been a wider spread of manufacturers :confused:
There was No M3's no Esc Cossies andonly a couple of 911's and Vipers.
The rest was mainly Skylines, Supras, Evo's and Scoobies :confused:
I also loved the 'Drift Demo' :wack:
There was an Escort Cossie there from abroad, but I didn't see it actually moving at all! It was definitely a Jap dominated event, but it's got to say something for the types of cars hasn't it.
As for the Drift Demo, I thought it was sweet. Can't have been too easy on the surface anyway. Let's not knock!
There was a cossie or somesort of escort in front of me in the handling section. After 2 metres it went bang :( .
There were 3 vipers thats enough when there are so few in the country, wouldnt be any point having any more then one stock viper. Most super cars are normally kept in garages and polished, do you know many millionaires actively want to sit 1+hr queues and then get trounced by a corsa and get laughed at by a load of chavs. It would be good to see more cars but its obvious that they just cant get them. They did put a lambo and a vanquish on which was nice but did not tell you there times :(
marty_t3
31-07-2006, 11:48
At previous TOTB's hasnt there been a wider spread of manufacturers :confused:
There was No M3's no Esc Cossies andonly a couple of 911's and Vipers.
The rest was mainly Skylines, Supras, Evo's and Scoobies :confused:
I also loved the 'Drift Demo' :wack:
I was a bit disappointed with the cars this year. It just felt that there weren't as many runners or high spec cars. Even the cars i expected to be quick just didn't seem to perform or just broke down.
Last year there were several vipers, a couple of corvettes, a few porsches and a whole host of interesting Jap machinery. This year the spectator carpark was more interesting to look at.
As for the drift demo.... PMSL :wack: Even my missus laughed at it and said "that's not drifting"
I was chatting to the Lambo owner, they where only there as spectators, not competitors, but the organisers asked them to do a run or two for the crowd.
As for the event itself, I was very disappointed. It was my first one. After such a high of going to JAE for the first time this was the opposite.
There didn't appear to be much organisation, results or scoreboards, I've got no idea who did well or otherwise, the safety was appalling, I can't believe the local authority lets them have a license to run huge power cars driven by mostly complete amateurs down a drag strip with nothing but a flimsy crowd fence to offer protection. Perhaps going with a small child alters your thinking, but this event is a multiple serious injury/fatality accident waiting to happen. I often go to Oulton Park etc to watch Motorsport, and obviously it's easier to control safety at a permanent circuit, but it's still poor. D1ckheads warming cars up/testing them by opening them up in the car park full of kids was a disgrace.
I had to go off site to the local services to find a toilet suitable for a young child as well. I didn't bother coming back.
All in all it was good to see some nice cars, and there where good parts to the day, but I've seen better organised chav cruises.
As for the drift demo.... PMSL :wack: Even my missus laughed at it and said "that's not drifting"
Exactly, it did drifting no good at all, it was just some fool donutting like a chav in tesco's car park :wack:
Tim's Duke engine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/curls1/DSC00028.jpg
Where are all the pipes + wires??? Why does it look like stuff is missing?
He kept it simple, engine-car lol
marty_t3
31-07-2006, 13:43
I was chatting to the Lambo owner, they where only there as spectators, not competitors, but the organisers asked them to do a run or two for the crowd.
As for the event itself, I was very disappointed. It was my first one. After such a high of going to JAE for the first time this was the opposite.
There didn't appear to be much organisation, results or scoreboards, I've got no idea who did well or otherwise, the safety was appalling, I can't believe the local authority lets them have a license to run huge power cars driven by mostly complete amateurs down a drag strip with nothing but a flimsy crowd fence to offer protection. Perhaps going with a small child alters your thinking, but this event is a multiple serious injury/fatality accident waiting to happen. I often go to Oulton Park etc to watch Motorsport, and obviously it's easier to control safety at a permanent circuit, but it's still poor. D1ckheads warming cars up/testing them by opening them up in the car park full of kids was a disgrace.
I had to go off site to the local services to find a toilet suitable for a young child as well. I didn't bother coming back.
All in all it was good to see some nice cars, and there where good parts to the day, but I've seen better organised chav cruises.
True, the facilities weren't really up to scratch but were still a lot better than the last few years.
Safety wise i can see where you were coming from. I was far too close for comfort to the viper when it spun on the strip during the finals. I wouldn't have been too bothered normally but i had my 3 year old daughter standing with me at the time.
The railings that lined the drag strip were a bit precarious also. I kept having to stop my daughter climbing on them as they looked like they were about to collapse. Sure enough, as soon as the last run was finished and people started stepping away from them the whole lot fell over.
Results/scoreboard would have been nice. When they read out the winners list at the end i didn't know who won what as they mentioned driver names and not which car they were driving.
Who was doing the drift demo?
Distinctive Cars York. They were not very good
Who was doing the drift demo?
someone in a Districtive Cars York R32
Good, glad to hear it is improving year on year.
A few more improvements and it would feel a lot better.
If they had a large board, even just a huge whiteboard somewhere so they could add times in each category against driver names that would be great.
I missed the Viper spinning, but I really think they need to think about some sort of temporary safety barrier, for at least the first part of the drag strip. It can't be that expensive to use those interlocking blocks like they do on temporary roadworks, and it would at least provide a large degree of protection should a car spin into the crowd on a run. I've seen a car spin off before at the start of a drag run towards a crowd, and with so many people including youngsters, not everyone would manage to get out the way. Hope they do something about it for next year.
Like others said, it was very Jap dominated, although nice to see a 4wd drive Porker spin on the handling circuit after a variety of silly power 2wd cars managed to get round :D
And I think the marhsall on the finish of the handling circuit probably needs new underpants after seeing Rocket Ronnie spinning at him coming over the finish line and taking out the timing gear as well as finish post :clap:
Rocket Ronnie on the handing course was the most entertaining :nod: :D
That guy must have some big bollox the way he was sideways around most of the course and still flat out :cool: going backwards into the stop box was just showing off LOL :wack:
There was a TV in a marquee with all the results on but it wasnt the best way of doing it. Would have been nice if the timing gear could have been seen from various places along the strip too and nice and high up :nod:
There was a TV in a marquee with all the results on but it wasnt the best way of doing it. Would have been nice if the timing gear could have been seen from various places along the strip too and nice and high up :nod:
It wasnt up to date and my best time on the handling was incorrect on it :rolleyes:
I agree with what's been said about the lack of safety. At the end of the day, it's not a proper drag-strip. It's just a runway that has some timing lights setup. For me the single biggest improvement they cold make for next year (apart from safety) is to have proper displays showing times/terminal speeds for each lane after each run. What I couldn't believe was where the photographers were stood in front to the side of each car on the strip. I'm amazed there wasn't any accidents. And then there was the flimsy fence...
I've not really been to many drag events like so can't compare but If I was competeing I wouldn't like everyone milling around walking in front of my car while I was queing up on the grid. Lost count of the times I saw people stood day-dreaming in front of cars that were lining up. On the flip side though, I liked being able to get up close to all the cars and ogle at what was under the bonnets and what not.
Most of the people I spoke to said this year was a lot better organised than previous years. God knows had bad it used to be. The chavs were also reprozentin too. :rolleyes:
Saying that, I'll still go next year though cos it's only on my doorstep. :p
Fake Ben Taylor
31-07-2006, 16:41
when that viper span i honestly was braced ready to run, he did well to hold onto just long enough to get away from the crowds. he seemed to lose control straight away.
They should hold a near by banger racing event next year, thatll keep em away :p
The chavs were also reprozentin too.
So, who won what then:confused:
Some pics :wack:
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35951&stc=1&d=1154368586
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35952&stc=1&d=1154368586
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Car ones to follow :D
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35956&stc=1&d=1154368747
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nice pics! :thumbs: Is the last one of the viper that spun out?
nice pics! :thumbs: Is the last one of the viper that spun out?
yer got it just as it started to go
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35969&d=1154369710
I like this one of me:thumbs:
MeLLoN Stu
31-07-2006, 20:44
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35954&stc=1&d=1154368586
Geoff you old dog you :D
though the one on the right seems to be wishing you'd been wearing right guard :D
shame i couldn't get there, didn't realise so many of you southern boys were heading up, alas cars in bits meant it wasn't to be.
I don't get why people are pissing on the DCY driver for the drift demo.
Apart from the fact that the surface is littered with lines that would more than likely throw anyone out, how can you be so quick to judge.
Can you drift to a nationally recognised competition standard?
MeLLoN Stu
31-07-2006, 20:46
can he?
though the one on the right seems to be wishing you'd been wearing right guard :D
.
Na - it's just that you can't see what my third hand was doing:D
Can you drift to a nationally recognised competition standard?
no but then i am not doing drift demo's :wack:
If any guys from Driftworks etc was there they would have cringed, its was just like watching Clarkson on top gear twatting about in a Aston Martin
Should have expected that kind of comment I suppose:
http://doristars.com/v-web/gallery/albums/knockhill/buckel.sized.jpg
http://doristars.com/v-web/gallery/albums/knockhill/buckle4.sized.jpg
I think it's possible he might be able to drift don't you? Bearing in mind he's a D1 driver. I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, nor am I claiming to know the first thing about it. But I don't think it's justified to call him. Once again, look at the runway surface. Ridged and lined concrete slabbing.
Fake Ben Taylor
31-07-2006, 20:53
I don't get why people are pissing on the DCY driver for the drift demo.
Apart from the fact that the surface is littered with lines that would more than likely throw anyone out, how can you be so quick to judge.
Can you drift to a nationally recognised competition standard?
touchy:rolleyes:
i think the problem was that he didnt do any 'drifting' more that he just did a lot of donuts.
i dont think anyone was doubting his abilities more the standard of what was produced on the day
Nah ben, I'm not being touchy fella. Don't take it that way. Just tired of people being so quick to "poo poo" someone.
This (http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=sweeps+drift) is him in action
MeLLoN Stu
31-07-2006, 20:59
I think it's possible he might be able to drift don't you? Bearing in mind he's a D1 driver. I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, nor am I claiming to know the first thing about it. But I don't think it's justified to call him. Once again, look at the runway surface. Ridged and lined concrete slabbing.
nobody's calling him mate. wind your neck in a bit would you :rolleyes:
i've seen one video clip of the "drift display" and i'm with Mark, he was just doing donuts, there certainly didn't seem to be any "pro drifter" skills being shown. :no: regardless of how good he is at competative levels.
as for the surface, check out the scots, Kieren, Kev, Midgers, Colin R and co do a great job of drifting at Crail, check the surface there ;)
It's at this point I should drop in that I know him, and he's a sound chap with definite skill on the scene. I just get sick of people being so close minded.
He got his D1 licence a few months back
It's at this point I should drop in that I know him, and he's a sound chap with definite skill on the scene. I just get sick of people being so close minded.
He got his D1 licence a few months back
then he should have given a proper demo instead of the donutting powerslidding display he gave. It wasnt drifting at all :no: and it was possibly the first bit of 'drifting' a lot of people had seen. If i was one of those people i wouldnt be at all interested in going to a drift event :no:
Danielle
31-07-2006, 21:20
Don't care if you know the bloke. We are saying it as it was.
What I saw there wasn't drifting it was just donuts.... :indiff: End of :whip:
Oh and you don't need to be able to do it yourself to know what is a good drift and what is not. :indiff:
Oh and you don't need to be able to do it yourself to know what is a good drift and what is not. :indiff:
Which is what I've just said :rolleyes:
Danielle
31-07-2006, 21:26
Can you drift to a nationally recognised competition standard?
Contradicting yourself then? :confused:
i know sweeps to and am a good friend of geroege/jamie owner of jap-club and dcy
sweeps can drive but i think he was just out to blow off some steam not to give spot on drifting now that i saw much of it from the smoke lol.
crazyshad1
31-07-2006, 22:09
i've got a few vids of ians and the other 200 if anyone can host them?
Why are you all being so harsh to pieman2k he gave his opinion that he finds it harsh that you guys came down on the fella in the skyline.
By the chav count that you guys go on about the doughnuts was probably legendary:D
Less moaning more great pics please:thumbs:
Contradicting yourself then? :confused:
How am I contradicting myself? Surely to contradict myself I would have had to have ranted on about angles of attack, power management, car setup etc etc.
I drew my statement that he can drift from my views of his previous performances, not some shallow one view option on a shite surface. I've even stated I don't know a lot about drifting, and never pretended to here.
So tell me quite how that's contradicting myself? :rolleyes:
But until anyone that is criticising here can drift to D1 levels, I think they should be less keen to criticise.
Thankyou def for being unbiased :D
i've got a few vids of ians and the other 200 if anyone can host them?
Try SM, did you get a video of my last run, the one with the perfect start?
Shame i fluffed 2nd to 3rd and false started, but soon I shall get it right :)
But until anyone that is criticising here can drift to D1 levels, I think they should be less keen to criticise.
Sorry but thats rubbish, you dont have to be an expert at something yourself to be able to recognise good and bad. I am not an expert sprayer but i know a shit paintjob when i see it.
Maybe he can drift but the demo he gave was piss poor and gave a very bad example to the public of what drifting is, but i am sure the chavs loved it :wack:
I reckon even Matt S could have done better :wack:
Sorry but thats rubbish, you dont have to be an expert at something yourself to be able to recognise good and bad. I am not an expert sprayer but i know a shit paintjob when i see it.
I'm not debating recognising whether it's good or bad. I'm picking on criticism of the driver and the speed at which it was an attack on the driver:
it was just some fool donutting like a chav in tesco's car park
There's no need to criticise like that at all. At the end of the day, whether you think it was shit or not is irrelevant. He's not a fool, he's a qualified D1 driver that had an "interesting" session on a shite surface. He's a nice chap, a good guy, and a good drifter IMO. So keep your picky, bitchy comments to yourself.
on a shite surface.
can't blame the surface, Ive seen Midgers drfiting brens old 14 at elvington, and that was both his first time at elvington and the first drive of brens car and he managed to be able to drift.
not saying the guy can't drift just saying its more than possible to drift on that surface if you want to.
There's no need to criticise like that at all. At the end of the day, whether you think it was shit or not is irrelevant. He's not a fool, he's a qualified D1 driver that had an "interesting" session on a shite surface. He's a nice chap, a good guy, and a good drifter IMO. So keep your picky, bitchy comments to yourself.
If someone is going to give a drift demo (or any demo in fact) you have to be prepared for some criticism, to me the display was just like watching some chav in tesco's car park acting a fool. I am not saying i could have done better by any means but as a drift demo is was poor and FFS stop blaming the surface :ghey:
I'm goign to jump in too.
It was not a "Drift Demo" it was somebody making lots of smoke round a flat featureless expanse. The surface wasnt the problem, to drift you need a course to follow, to clip apex's and show that you can control a slide along a pre-determined line. There was no marked course therefore it wasnt a drift demo. Thats not a reflection on the driver as he wasnt given the oportunity to show what he could do.
Overall then, as a drift demo, it was shit.
Mark, you've completely recompiled your statement from calling him a fool, to comparing him to a fool. I'm not interested anymore, it's another example of stupid comments.
SM, fair points. Neutral, and fair.
Mark, you've completely recompiled your statement from calling him a fool, to comparing him to a fool. I'm not interested anymore, it's another example of stupid comments.
SM, fair points. Neutral, and fair.
Thats ok I lost interest ages ago :wack:
BTW can you please remove the advertising from your sig, it breaches the rules, Ta :thumbs:
The Body and Tuning one or my gallery?
Edit, checked rules, removed B&T one.
Mark did he drift over your toe or something?:confused:
Mark did he drift over your toe or something?:confused:
No, he wasnt drifting :wack:
Drifting is an emerging sport in this country and still has to prove to a vast majority of the public that there is more to it than doing burnouts in a car park.
As a drifting demo it was very poor and as it now turns out the guy was a D1 driver I am even more disappointed :(
Would have been nice to see him negotiate the handling course drift styley :D
BTW most people who see it said it was shit too :nod:
Fake Ben Taylor
01-08-2006, 17:57
BTW most people who see it said it was shit too :nod:
:nod:
jrtuning
01-08-2006, 18:10
i think the best display of drifting came from the guy in the orange crx turbo on the handling circuit he must have done about 5 laps in a row without completing one due to spinning and "drifting" (or sliding if you will) round the large right hand corner at the far side of the circuit and other partrs of it too, top entertainment :notworthy
rocket ronnies atempts at the handling were spirited aswell:wack: spinning into the box between the two people at the end was a different line to most competitors not all but most :D
had a good day out, shame kieth cowie didnt run as i was looking forward to watching the monster in action, and shame there was trouble for norris and ron kiddel. what i saw of norris' evo was nothing short of amazing though :eek: blisteringly quick on the handling circuit and i saw its first run on the drag strip (not sure if he finished another one or not) and he posted a 9.7 i think it was :thumbs:
crazyshad1
01-08-2006, 18:15
andy foresters impreza did 9.48 before he broke it, had a manual gearbox aswell
Nismo Pete
01-08-2006, 18:29
I have posted all the results here :thumbs: http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=230246&page=2
No, he wasnt drifting :wack:
:p
It was not a "Drift Demo" it was somebody making lots of smoke round a flat featureless expanse. The surface wasnt the problem, to drift you need a course to follow, to clip apex's and show that you can control a slide along a pre-determined line. There was no marked course therefore it wasnt a drift demo. Thats not a reflection on the driver as he wasnt given the oportunity to show what he could do.
Overall then, as a drift demo, it was shit.
That just about hits the nail on the head.
Hello boys and girls, Sweeps here....
Thanks for all the comments : positive and negative.
Just a few things that need to be mentioned seeing as how i've had such good reviews.... :D
I was allowed to test on Sat for noise levels. 5 mins only, hardly time to get used to a surface that was like sand paper, hense the grip was far more than the tarmac i'm used to. Please don't take that as an excuse, just fact. :nod:
I wasn't allowed to use the handling track. :(
As SM said there was no line for me to follow or clipping points to aim for.
What was i supposed to do within the area i had been given, other than dount round the girls? :eek:
What would you have done differently? :confused:
If you fancy ago at drifting then please join me this Sunday at Teeside Autodrome for the evening. Full track for the price of £40. CLICK (http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6723574613627215871&q=sweeps) for video of track. :Plug: details can be found on www.driftworks.com
All the best
Sweeps
So another fook up by TOTB organisers, hardly surprising :rolleyes: :wack:
It has to be one of the most badly planned events of the year :annoyed:
In that case please accept my appologies for doubting your driftingness skills, you obviously tried to make the most of what you was given :(
How they dared call that a drift demo is beyond me :confused:
No worries Mark, i've got thick skin :D I appreciate honesty :thumbs:
We did push and push to let me do it in the first place and it took some arm bending so i had to do what i could basically.
I agree on the organisation side of things. I've been to all five events and it has got progressivly worse. I guess its a victim of its own success.
To be honest i don't know if it will be held at elvington next year as the airfield is being monitored by the Enviromental Agency over noise polution. It goes to court in September.
Sweeps
Ps. Thanks Bling for letting me post under his name but i needed to state all the facts.
:sxoc:
Woot woot, Sweeps in the house :D
Terrible pictures as from such a distance, but pictures nonetheless. Pass them onto Sez for me will ya :d
Picture 1 (http://www.piman2k.com/images/totb5/49_sweepsdrift.jpg) and Picture 2 (http://www.piman2k.com/images/totb5/50_sweepsdrift.jpg).
karl elwell
03-08-2006, 21:58
Mark i'm liking your pictures of the girls but you have left the best one out??
The one with the little red frilly skirt that kept blowing up all day and all she had on under was a black thong. nice:thumbs:
Or have you kept it for yourself??;)
You mean this young lady ;)
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=36104&stc=1&d=1154639051
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=36105&stc=1&d=1154639051
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=36106&stc=1&d=1154639051
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=36107&stc=1&d=1154639051
no sorry never managed to get any of her :wack:
karl elwell
03-08-2006, 22:11
see i knew you were keeping them :thumbs: :thumbs: :smitten:
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