Tel's Tales Issue 066 TY Croes weekend June 2016
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TEL's TALE's 066/16
Ty Croes, Anglesey 18th and 19th June 2016
Introduction
This was my first trip to Anglesey in the motorhome and also with Margaret so I was hoping for some good weather and socialising in the paddock and certainly a better night's kip compared to sleeping in the back of the trailer and I was looked after with sandwiches etc and we had a good BBQ Friday night. It was good to see that Michael Skidmore was back out following his problems at Pembrey. A total of 12 Speed Series on Saturday and 11 on Sunday was a reasonable turnout but not compared to the 30 plus we had a few years ago when we were regularly thrown out of the bar at midnight! Scutineering was pretty slick and some got it done Friday night. The two issues seemed to be that we were asked to use tiewraps to provide extra security for the cameras we use but with Go Pro stuff and roll cage mounts this was a waste of time. Tim Nunn was also challenged about his Cage cage dimensions as it did not have a homologation sticker on it. Luckily he found a certicate that covered it. It was noticed that on Saturday other scrutineers were seen to be looking closely at ROPS sytsems and in some cases measuring the main elements. We were in two classes and Steve was the only true “Roag Going” car in class 01 whilst the rest were in 02.
Saturday 18th June 2016
The weather was overcast but dry and not too cold so it was looking promising for a good day of sprinting using one lap of the International course. In P1 Steve Everall (still getting used to the syncro box ) set off in 3rd gear instead of 1st and still did a 3.31secs 64ft time! Not a lot of drama in P1 but I did manage to be quickest Westfield with 90.69 secs on my old tyres. Barny Francis was new to the track as were Adam and Charlotte Phelps in the slick shod Busa. P2 saw the two Margaret Everall's deciding that moral support would be best provided by them going for a walk down the coast to the old church. Michael Skimore had more problems with his car as the engine cut out and he had to be towed back to the paddock. After changing the plugs due to a suspect spark I fiddled aroud with the connector to the coil pack and the engine sprang back to life and ran ok all weekend but we dont know what the original problem was so a bit more diagnosing is required. In this session my mate and biggest rival Tim Nunn was quickest Westfield closely followed by Dave Cleaver who was on a mission again! Just as we were getting ready for T1 before lunch it became apparent that this would be P3 but who the hell wants P3? After a lot of muttering and debate a few of us did not bother with the extra pointless practice and it actually lost us a third timed run later in the day so we were not best pleased. To add insult to injury Richard Kerr's rear diffuser broke and nearly fell off so he removed it and it did not seem to have any detrimental effect and reduced the car's weight.
T1 and T2 commenced after the lunch break and the battle to get close to Target Times as well as other driver's times was intense. Tim Nunn banged in an 89.90secs agianst my best of 90.25secs but Dave Cleaver pipped us both with 88.99secs on his last run to be quickest westfield. Also scoring well was John Loudon (Jane had gone cycling again) and Barny Francis was close to the Novice D target time and was very happy with his pace although it would be nice if we had more novices/newcomers battling it out together as we saw last year. Charlotte Phelps enjoyed her drives but was also seen helping out the Calders in the big Gould car. Her brother Adam Phelps recorded some consistent times and even go to grips with using Richard Kerr's heat gun to clean his front tyres. Then just as we were getting into it the British Sprint top 12 run off took place and there was no time for a third timed run so that was annoying particularly in view of the third practice that was held.
Sunday 19th June 2016 National x 2 laps
The weather forecast was spot on as we awoke to a light drizzle blowing in the wind, which by the time we stated was proper rain. At this stage some of the southern softies decided to pay for space in the garages and headed for shelter. The hard northern lads – aka tight b******ds- (me, Tim, Steve, Richard etc) decide to save our cash as we were not wet through yet and we would only get a bit rusty rather than sunburnt and also £20 is 11 pints of John Smith's old brewery bitter!!! P1 saw Richard Kerr, Dave Cleaver and Steve Everall post some ridiculous quick times which if correct would have blown away all records so the timing gear was checked to ensure no mess up with the timed runs. In P1 John Loudon was seen in a panic as his car would not start and the alternator had failed. Nick Algar luckily had a spare Lithium battery to keep John going and I heard that Nick also provided Adam Phelps with a starter motor for the Busa. By P2 it was raining hard and the track was deteriorating fast so the slick guys put on their wets (apart from Adam Phelps who did not seem to have any) and Michael Skidmore had a bit of trouble as his engine developed a metallic rattle which we diagnosed as a broken timing bracket on his XE engine. T1 was on a very wet track and as usual nutter Nunn kept it on the black stuff despite taking a few gambles, to record a very respectable 127.15secs time against my miserable 129.99secs as I hoped we would have another run. Adam on slicks stood no chance and did 144.47sces whilst Michael Skidmore and Barny Francis had 4 wheels off and therefore did not record a time. Richard Kerr and Dave Cleaver and John Loudon were in the low 130s with Steve Everall on 139.63secs and Mark Bishop on 146.12ses as they struggled for grip. Steve thought that the Avon ZZStyres were quite good in the wet. Matt Hillam had good results on both days with Nick Algar (not in the speed series) doing well on Saturday but spinning out on Sunday near the finish. After a short break it became apparent that there would not be any more runs due to the track conditions and there was not even a top 12 run off as the meetimg was abandoned. The wet time calculations proved that John Loudon had scored best compared to target and Tim Nunn was second.
I am looking forward to the October Ty Croes weekend and see if we can get closer to the targets when I hope a few more of you are entered.
Terry Everall
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