Good day at Santa Pod, with a new PB

But only just!

Weather held out and it was good to see Andy, Benjy and the Baileys.

Ended up doing 8 runs, I could have done more but the wait between runs was killing me by about 4 so called it a day.

Managed a new PB of 12.83, not a great gain but a gain and thats the important thing I guess, and the car held out too so good all round.

Looking forward to going again now. Have some smaller/lighter wheels and tyres to go on the front so next time maybe I can shave a bit more off, but I do think I have just about come to the end with the present set up.

Here's a video of my best run of the day:

Nice! Looked a belter of a launch

You know how to launch that thing! The Impreza didn't seem to gain much at all on the start as you'd expect.

Nice! Looked a belter of a launch

You know how to launch that thing! The Impreza didn't seem to gain much at all on the start as you'd expect.

Cheers guys

I got lucky with that run really as the rest of my runs today were pretty much the same as the Impreza and around the 13.1 mark.

Well done mate! What was your 60ft?

My runs for the day.

Well done mate! What was your 60ft?

Cheers,

I will put the slip up later, as not sure of the top of my head, but the best run had the best 60ft by far.

Was a good day yesterday! Your car is super fast for a BPU Shane .

Our best was 12.37@124mph on 1.3bar. We need to put the drag radials on next time!

What pressure is in your radials Shane? About 17psi wasnt it?

Here's a video of our best run once we got traction.

https://vimeo.com/126730075

Was a good day yesterday! Your car is super fast for a BPU Shane .

 

Our best was 12.37@124mph on 1.3bar. We need to put the drag radials on next time!

 

What pressure is in your radials Shane? About 17psi wasnt it?

 

Here's a video of our best run once we got traction.

 

https://vimeo.com/126730075

Nice, once you stop that spin you are going to be straight into the 11s. Weird isnt it, but although I was there all day with you guys and we spent time chatting, I didnt see any of your runs until just then! In fact I hardly saw any racing at all as most of the day was sat in the car waiting or chatting in the queue.

Yes gradually went down from 25 which I drove it there on and dropped down to 17. I just dont like the feel of it at high speed when its as low as that, its like a trade off, low pressure = better launch but then once you are moving it some feels a bit un-nerving at times at high speed. Last year I had a really horrible moment on one of my runs and only just held it and it has made me a bit more cautious/aware than I may have previously been. Sort of spooked me a bit I guess.

Here's yesterday's times:

Well done on the PB mate. That Scooby didn't have a very good day against Supra's, did he!?

Here are my times. Quite consistent, and similar to yours. 0.1 of a second difference in the 60ft time on our best runs equated to your 12.8 pass! Madness!!