Neil Clark - Time Attack FC

[marcusd666]

Looks really great mate shame about the weather but that\'s the story of this year.

[najiru]

I\'m now officially signed up for the full season this year so fingers crossed that it all goes to plan. Biggest worry at the moment is whether I can get the car quiet enough to compete at Donnigton although they haven\'t confirmed what the noise limit will be yet.
 
The schedule is pretty good for me this year, although I\'ve only driven half of the tracks before only 2 of them are far enough away to need an over night stay. So I\'ll be able to do Cadwell, Oulton, Donnigton and Croft there and back on the same day which makes life a bit easier.
 
Dates are:
 
Round 1 – 1st April, Cadwell Park
Round 2 – 11th May, Croft
Round 3 – 9th June, Snetterton
Round 4 – 20th July, Oulton Park
Round 5 (Pro class) – 8th September, Silverstone
Round 5 (Club class) – 14th September, Donington
Round 6 – 29th September, Brands Hatch

[shaunwil]

Awesome news Will be at Oulton for sure

Shaun

[Will66]

I\'ll be at Snetterton.

[marcusd666]

Nice one sounds like it\'s going to be great fun :Thumbs-up

Will be at Oulton to give you some support. :Thumbsup!

[najiru]

So... first round of the season on monday at cadwell. I\'ve had exactly no running since Snetterton which is less than ideal but between bad weather and work commitments it just hasnt been possible. Just finished fitting a new set of ap 4 pots to the front with ds3000 pads so I\'ll have to bed them in during the warm up session. Other than that i\'ve only added a stiffer rear arb. If anybody is heading down to watch we have a marquee the car will be in so come and say hello, it actually looks like its going to be dry!

[Casey]

Won\'t be able to make it to this one Neil, but good luck on Monday; hope to see you at another round later in the year :driving

[shaunwil]

Hope all goes well. Can\'t make this one but want to get to Oulton for sure !

Enjoy

Shaun

[marcusd666]

Good luck mate hope it all goes well for you on Monday.

[najiru]

Monday went well, despite it being very cold the track was dry all day and once you got some temperatures in the tyres the grip really wasn\'t too bad. I found I had to keep up thye pace to keep the temps up though so the sessions were pretty flat out.
 
In the morning sessions I was really just re-learning the track and getting the brakes bedded in. Come qualifying I built up the pace and managed 3rd in class. For the final I struggled with traffic and only managed a couple of decent laps and didn\'t improve on my qualifying pace and finished in 4th therefore missing out on the podium.
 
Because of the way the points work for qual and final I\'m currently tied for third place in the championship so not a bad start to the season. I suspect Croft wont be the best for me having never been and not being able to get a trackday in before hand. Lots of time on youtube watching videos I think! You do drop your lowest scoring round but ideally I\'ll keep that incase I have any DNF\'s.
 
A couple of pics:
 

 

 

 

 

 
...and an onborad vid of my last lap in the final:
 
http://youtu.be/JD-uPJc8TYw

[Casey]

Well done Neil, that\'s a none to shabby start to the season :Thumbsup!

Enjoyed the video; nice smooth lap which I made a 1m45s? For reference, the best I\'ve done at Cadwell in my RX-8 is 1m55s, so a massive 10 seconds faster :god

[Grant Monkhouse]

Are you in the same class ass umar??

[shaunwil]

Awesome result. Looks fantastic bit ok kit to really enjoy

Looking forward to seeing this run at a trackday too !

Shaun

[re japi]

Good job. Good vid.

I just loved when she comes to full boost and goes whaaaam!!! Goes like grazy :p Awesome track weapon...

I`m very gealous to you guys. Every track there has awesome layout. Height differences and so on...

[marcusd666]

Well done mate that\'s great for your first outing can\'t wait to watch you at oulton.