TOO FAST TO RACE

[clive]

Received an official letter yesterday banning my car and reimbursing my monies.
Although I have not been dominating the series by winning all the time, indeed I was only 3 tenths faster than the Renault that won the race, so due to power to weight I was far from leaving them all behind!.

I know a couple of drivers have moaned before (one with a 400BHP car in a 300BHP class!) to be told they were not actually racing me,  but racing to win their class. I know some did not like it that they were faster in corners and under braking because their cars were lighter, only for me to overtake them on the straights.

Worth say that if my Racing was just so I could win I would not be racing in Thunder Saloons where some of the cars cost 200K upwards-----------------but I do like a challenge 

What many here will not know is that for the first two years, I was ridiculed with my unreliable Rotary, now with 58 races, many wins  and  no issues for four years now-----------they are not laughing any more, indeed they are scared of it!!!

[lennycarloff]

It's going to be there loss, the only other cars to stand out from a sea of hatchbacks is the mx5 and the Subaru. And from what I could see going into the first corner with extra down force and less mass you were braking later and going in quicker that I don't think they liked . Fetch on the thunder salons 

[Eccentric shaft]

for the first two years, I was ridiculed with my unreliable Rotary, now with 58 races, many wins  and  no issues for four years now-----------they are not laughing any more, indeed they are scared of it!!!

Isn't that a perfect summary of the success history of the rotary engine? 

[jinx]

You've been 'de-platformed' Clive.   To be honest, TA always seemed to be marked by a lot of whinging whenever a result went outside the group profile of 'the many' among the entrants.  Their 'welcome' to the young chap next to you in the paddock at Snetterton amounted to a warning not to get in their way when they lapped him.  They never bothered to find out he had several years competition experience on two wheels in his past and might not get lapped! He was just another 'new face' in another 'wrong' car. 

What would the TA 'voters' make of Tom Kristensen's drive from the back row at Goodwood in 2015? Ford Fairlane vs Cortina vs Alfa Romeo vs .....just about anything else you can name.  Variety rules!  Good luck in Thunder Saloons

[MattScott]

I think the organisers of TA have lost the essence of why it existed in the first place! Quite an accolade to be banned for being "too fast" in a sport which is about being just that . Well done Clive and team for showing how you develop a car without mega budgets and still "stick it" to the competition Just a shame that playground politics seems to have got involved

(Great T-Shirt design BTW!! )

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