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Aug 11, 2006 16:31:25 GMT
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71 Alfa GT 1300 Junior
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89 Alfa 75 3.0 V6 America
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Aug 11, 2006 16:43:32 GMT
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well they were both quick, passat shooting flames!
What made that golf go on the grass though? He seemed to have passed the passat easily on that lap, mabe he turned up the boost and the torque steer pushed it a little too far??
J
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Aug 11, 2006 17:12:59 GMT
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its actually an Audi A4 hes racing against  a few hundred horses, 4wd and a Castle Combe Saloon regular for a while now, so the driver knows his way round the circuit. They were prepping the car for the next race so only a testing session really, otherwise the Golf would have been left behind  Apparently he went off with brake failure on the straight and went across the grass and into the pitwall, the video shows him doing a lot of very fast laps so could have been brake fade  |
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Aug 11, 2006 19:30:51 GMT
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hmm does look a bit like brake fade, i mean hes braking hard and not alot is happeing
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That right there shows how important roll cages are!!! apart from the front end the car looked dead straight! Was the driver ok?  Guy |
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Mk1 Escort slowly rusting into nothing! But safely stored in a dry garage.
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thevert
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a fair whack, wrecked a nice looking rabbit too  |
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he is on cgti all passengers were fine. apparently Had brake failure and speed was estimated at 130ish up to the braking point ! trying to fix it in the pits!  |
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rootes
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Does look like a brake fade moment but taking to the grass to try and cut the corner was a bad move! Damned fast Golf though  I filmed some dude putting it into the wall on that ciorner in 2004. This one was more a case of being a numpty though. Trying to smoke past everyone down the inside resulted in having the wrong line at the turn in point coupled with braking wayyyy to late equalls one lesson learned the hard way ;D  |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Yeah hitting the grass was a bit of a duff move as there's no grip at all there. Would probably have been better off sticking to the tarmac and trying to scrub off as much speed as poss , maybe even haul on the handbrake!! Still probably a bit hard to think clearly at that point. All that goes through your mind is "oooh this is going to be big!!"
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rootes
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That corner is a bad one - lots seem to go off there - did a single seater day at castle combe and that corner has very little run off for screw ups - saw a mini (BMW) written off on that wall
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Yeah it's a curse word cos you've piled on all the speed you have down the straight and it curves away quite sharply plus the little crest before lightens your tyres up nicely! Best place for vids of expensive cars going crunch!
I'm always too scared to go big into it!!
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Aug 12, 2006 10:43:32 GMT
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Ouch indeed! The cabrio looked usefully quick |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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K5
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Aug 12, 2006 11:09:10 GMT
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Nice quick car! The red mist will get yah! Have you got the talent and the car to pull off keeping a car like that Audi away without loosing it? Obviously not.
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Aug 15, 2006 17:06:41 GMT
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The guy driving is not a talentless driver at all. Trevor Reeves is his name. He and Keith Murray (in the A4) were driving round rather fast and swapping positions here and there, I dare not say racing but you get the picture! The cars are fairly evenly matched too, similar engine specs, etc, but by all accounts it was a failure of some kind I would imagine. He had the car AND the talent, just one of those things...
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K5
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Aug 16, 2006 11:02:18 GMT
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The guy driving is not a talentless driver at all. Trevor Reeves is his name. He and Keith Murray (in the A4) were driving round rather fast and swapping positions here and there, I dare not say racing but you get the picture! The cars are fairly evenly matched too, similar engine specs, etc, but by all accounts it was a failure of some kind I would imagine. He had the car AND the talent, just one of those things... The fact that he smacked the car says that he did not. Brakes fade or whatever it was! Well all that says to me is that the car was not upto continued treatment of the type which he was giving it. You need a properly sorted car to go to go repeatedly around the Coombe in order for things like that not to happen. A Fast track and unforgiving if you get it wrong. |
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Retro Classic cars and parts found, bought and sold from Catalunya. PM me for more details.
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Aug 16, 2006 11:16:45 GMT
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Does look like a brake fade moment but taking to the grass to try and cut the corner was a bad move! Damned fast Golf though I filmed some dude putting it into the wall on that ciorner in 2004. This one was more a case of being a numpty though. Trying to smoke past everyone down the inside resulted in having the wrong line at the turn in point coupled with braking wayyyy to late equalls one lesson learned the hard way ;D Woohoo... i was there, thats me in the red gt4, third car back at the begining of the clip, first time ive seen the clip though. remeber someone saying hed only had the car 3 weeks, was a nice one too- carbon bonnet, full cage etc...doh it was at japfedt few years back, we were all told," no overtakeing coming up to the corners"- was only on the third lap i think - then they called us all off  |
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Aug 16, 2006 12:10:33 GMT
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The guy driving is not a talentless driver at all. Trevor Reeves is his name. He and Keith Murray (in the A4) were driving round rather fast and swapping positions here and there, I dare not say racing but you get the picture! The cars are fairly evenly matched too, similar engine specs, etc, but by all accounts it was a failure of some kind I would imagine. He had the car AND the talent, just one of those things... The fact that he smacked the car says that he did not. Brakes fade or whatever it was! Well all that says to me is that the car was not upto continued treatment of the type which he was giving it. You need a properly sorted car to go to go repeatedly around the Coombe in order for things like that not to happen. A Fast track and unforgiving if you get it wrong. If that is the Reeves Mk1 then it is one of the most sorted track day cars in the country. The two Reeves golf's were ahead of Tiff Needell in a 911 GT3 during a track shoot out a couple of years ago. I've been away from the golf scene for a while so memory is sketchy (I'll check the net), but Maurice & Trevor Reeves are two of the fastest drivers you will ever see and their cars are flippin awesome. |
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Aug 16, 2006 12:12:58 GMT
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Can't search net properly at work, where's Darren when the MK1 needs him.....
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Aug 16, 2006 12:48:17 GMT
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Maurice Reeves must be getting on a bit ...
The GT-R crashing at Combe was reshelled and painted gold. The owner also has the Jun Lemon you may have seen Clarkson drive.
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