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Few pics from the first race meeting of the season

I did 2 races, started 18th and finished 11th in the first race - had a great battle which saw me come out on top, with an Escort Cosworth

2nd race, started 9th, finished 10th after a camber arm failure made me limp home for the last 2 laps Still had a ggod race with an SD1 V8 Rover which saw us swap places a few times for a few laps before my problem got so bad I had to slow...

I was also 4.5 secs a lap faster round Oulton this year

Civic



Team Wallasey consisting of no less than 8 WMC Members!



Neil Philpotts Starion that set Pole by 3 seconds
(Retired in the race due to Diff failure)



Race Winner - Andy Davies and his E36 M3



Me chasing down the Escort Cosworth..



Ill post some more pics if I find some

Class Mate.. sounds like you enjoyed it

I was gonna pop on down with a convoy of around 3 cars (Mates from Uni) but we ended up having to do some work instead... Bit Gutted


Ill try and come and see you somewhere else..maybe Donington if your there.

More pics...

Me going through Knickerbrook



Paul in his Mk2 - normally used for Rallying, but has had a few tweeks for circuit racing...

(Damage was caused by a Sierra Cosworth hitting him at the first corner)



Neil in the Starion,



Dave Hill in his CTR (Used to drive the White CRX)



...and Race winner Andy Davies...

Great pictures Stuy Well done in the first race too Bodes well mate!

More pics...

Are there any non-Honda Civic photos?

At the start of the thread - yes

Not happy with seeing AutoWirrals very own Tamed Racing Driver??

Some say its impossible for him to wear socks?

Others say he mysteriouly appears on Japanese Bank Notes ?


All we know is, he's called the Stu.....

A tinited visor is on my shopping list!

Later in the day the sun was blinding as you dropped down the Avenue in to Cascades - I missed the apex consistently due to being dazzled

Tinted Visors are usually a must, if not because they just look cool

I wouldnt get a coloured one though, stick with black. Multi colour ones tend to have a poor finish, nd get damaged very easily

I should have realised that after Silverstone....

Thing is, in a tin top, the visor is up and the roof and sun strip generally keep the sun off you but as I found at Silverstone (late in the year) and Oulton (Early in the year) - if your race is late in the day the sun is low enough to dazzle

A couple of the guys I race with have tinted visors and although they donw lower them all the way, they use them like a peaked cap and look under the visor whilst that takes tha glare from the sun.

Like i said last night, one day itll be me hooning round a race track in some sort of road based tin top!

Whats Oulton like to race? It looks good but bumpy.

Oulton is one of the most technical circuits in the UK. Many drivers favourite because it requires thought and skill to go quickly round there and to pull off darig overtaking manouveres. Also, it looks nice

I think a trackday may well be in order for Oulton

You should all come Oulton on Easter monday... Advanced Tickets are £16 I thin...on the gate is £20...bit steep..but you get to see the British GT championship.. British F3... British Formula Ford (aka us ) VW Cup and Ginettas.....

gonna be some brilliant racing... actual overtaking unlike F1