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Well that would be a pass then, though I'm sure the tester was desperate to pick on something during the re-test! Still, here we go: And the the vital piece of paper, at last: Just leaves the the battle with the DVSA now.

That was a hoot!

Tel's Tales 046– 2015 Season- Blyton 2 Lapper 19th April 2015 So what would this new event be like? Everyone thought that 3 Sisters was cold but with an easterly wind today was every bit as cold and seemed to cut through your clothing reminding us that summer was not yet here! Steve was meeting me en route and despite me giving him instructions from the M18/M180/A15 etc he still nearly got lost. There were 12 Westfields taking part out of an entry of 30 cars and if the MDA club's Regs had been out sooner then maybe there would have been more of us. The forecast was for some rain but in the end it was just cloudy (a few rain spots during P1) but actually it remained cloudy but dry all day until we finished at about 1600hrs when it started to rain, so was perfect timing. Signing on and scrutineering was easy but having walked the part of the track I had not driven before it was obviously going to take some learning to be really quick. John Walters had driven to the event with his daughter in his Westfield and deserved a medal to have survived without frostbite. Some sneaky competitors had even attended the trackday on Saturday to get some practice in. This was Adam Read's first sprint and Gary Bunn was out for the first time this year driving his own car ( which had not been used for the last 3 years) in class F. During the day it was good to see lots of familiar faces spectating including the Westfield cars and drivers that had included the event on their Sunday run out. This social side of events and banter in the paddock really does enhance the day. P1:Steve Everall (showing us his lack of navigational skills again) found it to difficult to learn and only did one lap instead of two and came back with a red face as the Clerk of the Course asked him what was wrong. I just took the micky out of him saying he should have used his Satnav but he was quite chuffed that his time was faster than anyone, even though it was for only half the distance. He was not the only one that lost the plot as Graham Frankland had to return to the paddock as just before he approached the start line he remembered that he had not fitted his timing strut. John Hoyle set the pace on 135.90 secs followed by me and then Adam Read whose previous race experience was clear to see. P2 – I think John Hoyle tried too hard and had a spin and Phil Nicholls went slower and I got down to 132.76secs but there was not a lot of drama as the class D guys settled down to chase John and Adam. T1 - was held before lunch and saw everyone improving and pushing hard on a track that was hard to remember never mind find good braking points and avoid the cones. About half way through the Westfield runs the timing gear seemed to throw a wobbly, but was quickly sorted and some of us were offered a rerun including Steve Everall, who swore that he had gone 10secs quicker than anyone else. John Walters (Shaggydo) was going well but had a moment on the last bend before the finish and Howard Gaskin's car suffered terminal clutch failure and sadly ended his day. T2 – Craig Spooner also suffered a breakdown which ended his Class A efforts against Dave Richings and Jason Brown. The problem was that the gear selector mechanism lost its roll pin and hence he had no gears available. T2/T3/T4/T5 – Runs now came quick and fast so it was hard to record what happened and when but Steve had a run which he had to abort due to one bonnet catch not being fasten down, Dave Richings had an off at the Wiggler chicane and broke his newly fitted front splitter. Throughout the day Gary Bunn was suffering from front brake problems giving him some hairy moments and he also lost downshifts but he was happy that the car was back on track. Jason Brown was enjoying some good runs at his “local” track. Steve had battery/alternator failure but John Hoyle and I kept him running. Eventually John Hoyle stormed with home with some fantastic driving to take his first ever FTD from Adam Read and then me, so 3 Westfields in top 3 places. In summary this was a well run event and enjoyed by all competitors so it is hoped we will include it in next year's calendar. Of particular interest was the circuit length and track time which represents good value to competitors. Class A Jason Brown 144.00 David Richings 144.63 Craig Spooner 153.17 Class B John Walters 144.60 Class C Graham Frankland 146.50 Class D John Hoyle 129.62 (FTD) Adam Read 131.81 (2nd overall) Phil Nicholls 139.21 Stephen Everall 140.33 Howard Gaskin DNF (practice time 145.59) Class F Gary Bunn 153.04 Class G Terry Everall 132.01 (3rdoverall) Terry Everall Speed Series Correspondent Class G competitor

Well done, glad you had fun and Russ is finding his way around Essex and MrT joinef in. Pop the photos over to pete.minden@hotmail.co.uk and i'll pop them up for you.

Awesome roads to play on Kevin, thanks for taking the lead, and some of the best fish and chips I've eaten down south. Pete..... I'm never eating those rotten ones from Southminster again.... unless I'm starving that is..... Great to catch up with Jim at last, I know we kept missing each other last year then I think year end work sort of finished it for you, that's a tidy motor you've got there too. Russ I like that roll cage..... I might just have to get one fitted..... might take the ASBO over the ton with the extra steel !! I'll have to email the pics to Pete..... might push him along and get his house move finished !! Cheers all for the run out...... Nem................

I believe that John will score a minimum of 100 pouts but Nick and I are working on the best approach to be fair to everyone at a new event

Well done Dave let's see if you can get your New reg in time for Stoneleigh

Well done Dave - time to change your avatar!!

I won't repeat the full details, they're in a different thread, but basically it failed on the speedo calibration. The Stack speedo uses an odd system to calibrate itself, that isn't adjustable/tweakable and doesn't (being American made, I guess) allow the margin of error that we have in the UK. Essentially, first time round, it was reading only slightly over true road speed at 30/40 mph, till by the time you got to an indicated 70, you were actually doing a measured 70, and above this, the speedo said you were doing lower speeds than you actually were. Because the speedo can only be calibrated by driving a fixed (two mile) distance in set up mode, I couldn't fix it there and then in the lane. I shortened my calibration "course" to about 1.8 miles, which made the speedo indicate 70 mph for a true road speed of 65 mph (GPS measured) and on the re-test, this was sufficient "margin".

good point .100 pointer please :d

We had a weekend of mixed fortunes.. Pete got a class win and third overall, plus fastest lap on Saturday, followed by a drive shaft failure while in fourth place on Sunday. I took a few photos, which are uploaded here: http://s133.photobucket.com/user/dixonandrew/library/NSSCC%20Cadwell%20Pril%2018th?sort=3&page=1 May get some vids up at some point. Few pics of Pete and Mark.

Well the new Public Relations management at Cadwell has made a great difference. Padock parking all sorted, with no over spill even down to class within the championship parking. Scruitineer shook my hand and introduced himself by name! pretty unheard of in Racing. As for the racing well I bagged a class win on Saturday and a second on Sunday by 0.5 seconds. Just used the GoPro for the first time, pretty impressed - videos to follow

There's an S2000 drivetrain appeared in the parts for sale section.

Anyone?