T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) Just though I would post up a summary of my weekend competing in TA at Cadwell Park this weekend. It was hot Spent the Sat warming up in cool conditions on the MLR open pit lane day. Still had the R888's on from last year’s TA and was really happy with how the car felt and was on the pace with the other TA runners. Finally when Pirelli showed up I moved over to the Pirelli control tyre for the last 20 minutes of the sat - To say I was less than impressed was an understatement. With the Pirellis on I was 6-7 seconds slower than earlier in the day. Fastest time on the Sat 1m51s on track slicks. Sunday was much better. All through the day I was getting quicker and quicker with practice on a 1m49s, some 7 seconds faster than on the same tyre the previous day. Qualifying I managed a 1m48s on lap 2 which I was happy with and immediately came into the paddock before I started chasing times. The final was hectic with everyone turning the wick up and trying harder, we had 4 double yellows and 1 red in a 20 min session. I think the red was for a fuel leak out on track and the yellows were all for cars that had spun - mainly on laps I was going for a flyer and had to abort. I ended the day with a 1m47s run which was good enough to get me 2nd in the RWD class only 1.1 seconds off the guy in first who had been consistently 2-3 seconds faster than me all weekend. In summary the Pirelli tyres are not as bad as people have been making out, you do have to get out and get straight on it to get the best out of them as they go off quick but if you let them cool down the grip comes back to you. Edited August 1, 2011 by T2 MSW (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well done Mike sounds like you had a good weekend. Did they car run well without any issues? Any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Cheers Gaz, it was a great weekend. Car ran faultlessly, only issue was in the last 20 min session I boiled the rad coolant To be fair it was about 26 degrees outside plus me and Masood in the white RX7 basically had a 20 minute race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well done Mike, sounds like a great result. Did you get any video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 No ive not got any camera setup in my car. The organizers were asking people to take them out too which I cant get my head round ?! Ive got some photos Ill post up later when my dad sends them over to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Good 1 mike, when`s the next 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Good 1 mike, when`s the next 1? Next event is round 6 at Anglesey - Aug bank hol weekend. Your fav circuit that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 A couple of Pics added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well done mate, glad to hear you're running well. Has anyone tried shaving the tread down on the pirelli's to see if they work better? (with less tread movement they should stay cooler) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Cheers Fella, Yes there were people in the padock (mainly FWD) with Shaved fronts to keep the temps down and new rears to generate movement and heat. I was only running 1.1 bar all weekend in the 500 hp region and I would say there tyres on the rear would take abit more. Not a couple hundred more though. You up for Snetterton at the end of the year? Tim told me he was trying to get you to strap some Pirelli's on for the weekend just gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 If they let me run with slicks I'd come, but I've invested more than enough this year on tyres! Tim was trying to get me to come, with or without car as I cancelled on the race at Oulton at the last minute due to costs. We'll be testing and racing at Rockinham on 19/20/21 Aug instead. I'll try and keep TA Snetterton free so I can come over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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