Tel's Tales Issue 041 Ty Croes October Weekend 2014
Entry posted by Terry Everall
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Tel's Tales 041– Ty Croes 4th & 5th Sept 2014
Well thats it......the season is over and unlike other years it did not all come down to the last weekend to see who had won!
The weekend saw 19 entries on Saturday and 18 on Sunday so a good showing from the club. There was atrackday on the Friday and a few of us arrived early Friday afternoon to catch the back end of the action and prepare our cars and in a few cases our beds in the trailers for the night. And what a night it was with torrential rain and howling winds of almost gale force which lasted from 2300 – 0600 Sat morning so many people did not get much sleep. I stepped out to see I was surrounded by about 150mm (6” in real money) and the drain was blocked solid and my wood wheel chocks had floated about 30m down the paddock! It was certainly not a night to sleep in a tent!
SATURDAY
P1 started with a damp track so we had a few spinners including Mark Bishop but things were drying well in the strong wind ready for P2. It was not good news for Richard Kerr/Luke Algar as they broke the offside halfshaft and were looking like they were out until a knight in shining armour appeared in the form of ME! I looked in my spares and there was a brand new shaft waiting to be installed and they only missed one run. John Walters car was oversteering so we softened the rear shocks a bit and stiffened up the front ARB to improve things. Mark Anson was not a happy bunny either as he snapped his rear ARB in half so spent the rest of the weekend with no ARBs which is not easy. During the day Dave Cleaver had issues with a split exhaust, gearshift air leak and a split fuel hose but it did not slow him down. In the end we had 4 timed runs and some very close racing in all classes including the novices. In T1 Richard Kerr was so please to still have a car to run that he spun it at the hairpin just to show off a bit and Steve Everall's heavy right foot took over at Peel and he had a big slide to entertain the crowd. He swore he had not touched anything but the grass and the mud on his rear nearside arch suggested that he had so he quickly washed it off to destroy the evidence!
In class F Dave Cleaver set a new record with 55.12secs destroying Barry Slingsby's 2010 time to win from Luke Algar, Richard Kerr and Paul Morcom. When asked what was the difference between Luke and Richard's performance Steve Everall answered for them with the comment “about 5 stones”! Good old paddock banter. In Class H Gary Bunn just beat Del Hodder with a new record of 53.00secs easily beating Matt Hillams 2010 time. Steve Everall won the class D battle with 58.77 secs, Stephen Herbert 59.37secs, Howard Gaskin 59.81secs, Mark Schlanker 62.75secs. In Class A Dave Richings beat John (panda) Williams who is contemplating changing his cars colour scheme to black and white so it matches his nickname. Lee Smith tok the honours in class B with 61.95 secs from John Walters and Simon Rossinelli in a close battle. Mark Bishop was on his own in class C and went well. Myself, Mark Anson and Tim Nunn fought it out in class G with Tim just beating me by 0.2 secs with a time of 54.45secs against 54.74secs and Mark's 55.92secs (not bad for no ARBs)
In summary of the National B event 7 Westfields occupied the top 8 places only beaten by a very quick Jedi. The order was Gary Bunn, Derek Hodder, Tim Nunn, Terry Everall, Dave Cleaver, Luke Algar and Mark Anson.
SUNDAY
The wind was still blowing and Saturday night's banter in the bar had not left too many headaches as far as I could tell. Today it was the faster International circuit and the wind caused quite a bit of buffeting and did not help on certain parts of the track as it became a headwind. P1 was a cold start and clouds were building up. The timing gear played up and we did not get any times but apparently many drivers thought it was their best ever run.......in their dreams I think. P2 saw Tim Nunn spin at Rocket as he outbraked himself and a few other were now getting on the pace including Andy Lowe who was competing today in class B.
For T1 was interested a s it had now decided to rain quite heavily so the slick guys all swapped to Wet tyres with Mark Anson having to borrow some. In my opinion wets are not quicker than a slick in the wet but much safer as they help prevent aquaplaning but we dont use them unless there is a lot of water on the track.....and there was ! I was quickest Westfield with 108.84 secs but even that was 19 secs slower than target time. Several people had spins including Steve Everall at the banking, Tim at the same place, Mark Anson at the first lefthander. John Walters broke his throttle cable but managed to get it repaired for the other runs. It was a good day for everyone and we had 3 timed runs with the last 2 being DRY! So times tumbled. Tim Nunn and I had a gentleman's agreement that we would let the other win but that didn't work.
The classes ended as follows
Class A:John Williams won it on his own and Mark Bishop won C
Class B: Lee Smith only just won from John Walters with 101.56secs against 101.76secs. Andy Lowe chasing on 115.62secs
Class D: Steve Everall won with 97.32secs, Howard Gaskin 98.63secs, Stephen Herbert identical time of 98.63secs, Mark Schlanker 103.09secs
Class F: Dave Cleaver set a new record of 91.08 secs, Richard Kerr is shown as beatingL uke with 91.73secs, Luke Algar 91.73secs, Richard Kerr 94.52secs ( who spun on last run!) and Paul Morcom 96.21secs.
Class G: Tim Nunn did the double with 90.44secs against my 91.47secs but I did get a box full of neutrals on the last bend and Mark Anson was pleased to record 93.01secs with the lack of ARBs.
Class H: Gary Bunn took it with 89.07secs from Derek Hodder on 90.17 secs
Once again Westfield had 6 drivers in the top 7 places and in order they were
Gary Bunn, Derek Hodder, Tim Nunn, Dave Cleaver, Terry Everall, Luke Algar.
A well run event by Longton and District Motor club and fantastic banter to end the year.
There was talk of rule changes, fire extinguishers, engine upgrades, tyre choice etc and we cant wait for 2015.
Terry Everall
Speed Series Correspondent
Class G competitor
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