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Ran out of luck / talent today at Oulton...


AdamR

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Well, I was waiting for this - done quite a lot of racing (probably 15x 20 min races, or more) and a lot of track days (20+) in the last few years, and I've finally hit something relatively solid.

 

Bit of a 'one step forward and two steps back' scenario - got engine and gearbox back in the car last week, car was running sweet, but managed to overcook it a bit and scrub the armco after the exit to Cascades...

 

We're both fine but my passenger says he now has a bit of a stiff neck, sorry Adam! :(

 

'Enjoy'!

 

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Oops, not so good and it looked to be going well up till the point of impact, but those kerbs and lines can be slippy when damp.

I hope there's not too much damage.

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Cheers guys. Damage looks quite minimal at the moment - numberplate, fog light, some fibreglass and a squished fuel tank - but the armco seemed very forgiving and I don't think anything major is bent!

 

Yeah, the painted bits were still slippy at that point (I'd learned that one at Lodge, just a few corners before!), but I don't think I did anything 'wrong' at Cascades other than a bit too much power a bit too early. C'est la vie!

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Adam

Sorry to hear your news. The main thing is your both OK.

I'm sure you will soon have the car fixed and be out again.

 

Roy

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Sorry to see this Adam but as others have said, good to see you're both ok and remember even the pro's have mishaps :t-up:

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sorry to see that mate, and hope the car can be repaired easily- h

ave to say the previous corners you seemed to be pushing your luck a little, as you were quite tail happy on the exits ;) unfortunate though that you happened to come off where you did- over the other side of the track there was plenty of space :down:

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Oops Adam,   At least you have a couple of months to sort out the damage. Had a couple of offs myself this year but nowt broken, touch wood.

 

Ps, Miss your MX5 race reports. 

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Good to see your both ok Adam and you had the Gopro rolling  :t-up:

 

Hope theres not too much damage to sort  :(

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Soooooooooo close to catching it! Gutted for you Adam - you had some bl**** pace in the damp conditions! Oulton is very unforgiving!

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oh bum.

 

 

gutted for you but but at least your both ok and be thankful it was the rear that hit rather than the front. hope its not much of a fix for you

 

Phil

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Looking so good till the off

Sounds like the damage isn't to bad and your both ok

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Hopefully no lasting injury's to either of you other than pride and the car.......................both of them can be fixed 

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