too much right foot,brake fade and inexperiance!!

[RobMatthews]

well this is my job for the afternoon now!(hope the pics come through) At castle combe for japfest thought i would go out on the track,first lap went well then my right foot started doing the thinking!coming up to a chicane tried turning in whilst still braking and the back just flew around:2Rolleyes
Never made it round the esses i think,thought i got away with it untill i got into the pits and an evo stopped with a big smile on his face and said \'nice spin\'!and shame about your bumper.oh and its all on video!anyway it was worth the laugh and heres the pics for you to take the micky :o

[RemarkLima]

Ouchies! Still good on you to get out on track and give it some stick!

[Brett]

Get the T-cut and the scratch X out :yes

Everyone makes mistakes, at least its not too bad

[RobMatthews]

s##t im usless at this uploading pics! try again

[Joeh]

Wow.. I think you need some fiberglassing D: and a bit of spray.. etc...

[Joeh]

How about this

[RobMatthews]

i\'ve just been trying for three hours to do that! how do you do it ?i was using image shack.us:Hammer :Hammer :Hammer

[antnicuk]

your a member so you can post pics, when you type a new message, just go to manage attachments and upload your pictures that way

[Teighto]

Ouch.........

[RobMatthews]

another angle, it\'s not as bad as it looks in the  pics, As with most things i decided to  do it at the last minute and was fitted by moonlight! was out there untill 12:30am the night befor up again at 4am to make my way over to japfest!:D  
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[m4drx]

another angle, it\'s not as bad as it looks in the  pics, As with most things i decided to  do it at the last minute and was fitted by moonlight! was out there untill 12:30am the night befor up again at 4am to make my way over to japfest!:D  
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i knew it mate!

i was there in me black fd and you had just said to me you had got track time, so i went to get lunch then seen your car back with that bit gone!

i knew you had lost a headlight cover that morning but wasnt sure if that was previous! double wammy!

good luck with it anyway mate, another guy repaired his easy with a bit of fibreglass and paint. sear through threads if you can and youll see it.

:WaveBye

[d-king]

it just so happens i have one of those bumpers for sale :0)

[AtomicRex]

At castle Combe for japfest thought i would go out on the track,first lap went well then my right foot started doing the thinking!coming up to a chicane tried turning in whilst still braking and the back just flew around:2Rolleyes
Never made it round the esses i think,thought i got away with it until i got into the pits and an evo stopped with a big smile on his face and said \'nice spin\'!and shame about your bumper.oh and its all on video!anyway it was worth the laugh and heres the pics for you to take the micky :o

Don\'t think you actually did anything wrong in principle....but without looking at the video of what you did, guess I cant comment completely

Coming out of Quarry....you are hard on the power until the braking marker, then most of the braking is done obviously in a straight line, but then you trail the brakes through the first part of the Esses so as to keep the weight over the front wheels.....this then aids the turn in and you start getting on the power, half power only then short shift into 4th before paddock bend....then flat out!!!!

So the question is, when you applied the brakes, did you do it smoothly?  Or did you stamp on the brakes whilst turning in.....?

I really wish Id been running the car that day!

[Bobfish]

wheres the vid?

[RobMatthews]

m4drx  it\'s an easy repair, day max will see it back on the car and painted although at the rate im going it will be a very long day!since friday morning i\'ve been looking at it and thinking i\'d better get on with it so far i\'ve managed to take the bumper off the car then stopped for a cuppa and thats it.

Atomic rex  i was on the brakes coming up to the first corner and realised i had brake fade tried turning in whilst still quite heavy on the brakes so thats why the back come round:spank should of not tried to take the corner and just run off on to the run off area through the tyres and rejoined the track, There is a lot to think about when your actually out there doing over a 120 with a corner coming up,-when to start braking ,how fast your gonna take it, check mirrors,who\'s around you gonna pull a stupid maneuver and thats befor the corner then you gotta think about your exit and how fast your coming out,These arnt my excuses but it was my first time out on the track.
Dont know how good my lap time is but my best was a 1min 30