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Castle Coombe

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:51 pm
by JERRY KNIGHT
Good to see some of you are down to race at Castle Coombe on Monday. Some of you (Tony, Andy and John)are even joining in with the SRGT. marvelous . interesting grid , Porsche , ferrari, mustang , MORGAN, JAGUAR , Cobra . i am almost tempted just to watch . See you all there.

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:19 pm
by Chris Acklam
I am definitely watching...

Antone else arriving on Sunday (besides Andy & Tony)?

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:39 pm
by TonyLees
Racing is much more fun than testing ;-)
Looking forward to my first SRGT race.
I'm there on Sunday too (in case there's another Tony).

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:27 pm
by JERRY KNIGHT
as I remember Andy came 3rd and didnt your (Tony ) clutch fail in practice?

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:39 am
by TonyLees
yes, last year not a good event for the yellow peril. It did however give me the opportunity to watch the excellent racing - those class A mogs are on a different planet!
It was only after the car had been put back on the trailer that I was told that the history of the car included being the only Morgan to have exploded in flames at a race meeting and that being at Castle Combe!
3rd time lucky?
:roll:

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:47 am
by JERRY KNIGHT
cracking race , i think i enjoyed the morgan race almost as much as driving the SR&GT race, Tony the way you coaxed Chris to try overtaking on the grass was just superb, I guess its probably a bit smoother off the tarmac. The class A morgans aught to race the Cobras

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:09 am
by TonyLees
cracking indeed :-)
glad to have laid the CC ghost to rest by breaking the throttle in practice thereby allowing me the chance to keep those pesky mogs behind me in the races. great to see you again jerry, thanks for your help in spotting the exhaust problem before it became one.
yup those class a mogs should be good against the cobras.
see you at brands,
cheers, tony

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:48 am
by Chris Acklam
Yes, an absolutely great race. I must try and 'coax' Tony into that sort of move myself... ;-)

The Class A Mogs used to race the Cobras (and the quick Bs) quite regularly. It was a fantastic spectacle.

Chris

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:18 am
by TonyLees
A view of the Morgan race from the rear end of my mog:
apologies for the poor sound quality.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0372&hl=en
Cheers, Tony

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:32 pm
by Chris Acklam
Damn, it stopped just when you were doing your 'coaxing' - highly suspicious elimination of the incriminating evidence, if you ask me.

The reverse angle is here

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:49 pm
by JERRY KNIGHT
TonyLees wrote:A view of the Morgan race from the rear end of my mog:
Cheers, Tony
OOOH I always get car sick when i ride in the back OOOHHH

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:42 am
by TonyLees
Watching it, I still keep thinking he's going to make it past me "this time" but he never does ;-)
technical glitch - will post full length vid for your delectation later.

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:21 am
by Andy Green
Thanks to Chris and Tony for the great films

I have now learnt where to find at least 2 secs at CC!

Roll on next year

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:26 am
by TonyLees
Andy Green wrote: I have now learnt where to find at least 2 secs at CC!
Funny that; I was thinking the same thing :wink:

Re: Castle Coombe

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:07 pm
by JERRY KNIGHT
tell me tell me oh go on I need 2 sec more than you do
just whisper and i promise not to tell anyone else