Bazzer Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Baz, thats only cos you can probably beat Nige when there are bends involved (who did a 12.5 ISTR) Sorry I didnt get to say hello to the other Westies that were in the queue, I think next year I'll employ a "pusher" to move my car up the queue whilst I go round and watch other runs / natter to people rather than need to stay with the cars most of the time to stop a few of the chavs pushing in all the time Chris I was surprised how much technique was involved. Nigel pulled 2/3 car lengths on me on the start when I ran against him. I was on stickier tyres too !!! The last run I got the start a lot better, but fluffed 2 gear changed looking at the fireblade bike in front of me rather than the shift lights !!! but it was still the fastest run even though I was slower through the trap at the end than on my second run. Bazzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisG Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Yup its weird how the run you think you fluffed most is often the quickest, my quickest one (13.47) involved me having two grabs for 4th to 5th (I didnt pull hard enough first time! ) and then lifted to change into a virtual 7th gear before the line, yet was still 2/10th quicker than a couple of other runs that felt perfect Like you say, its all won or lost in the first 50m or so I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon B Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 What were your terminal speeds guys? Mine was 106mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzer Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 What were your terminal speeds guys? Mine was 106mph. Best was 111mph but that was not on my fastest run !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisG Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I did 104mph terminal on 3 runs, but like Baz my quickest time corresponded with my slowest terminal at only 100mph after I fluffed the changes. I guess I must have been a bit quicker up to that point hence feeling like I was in 5th, if Id carried on in 6th then I should have been about 105-106 Id like to think. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon B Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 Chris, Bazzer, if you guys want a list of all the times I've just been forwarded a copy, let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisG Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Cheers, we got a copy the other day too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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