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Sept 18, 2015 20:15:56 GMT
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Thanks Matt. Well we made it !!!! The car is sat in garage 19 of Rockingham race circuit ready for the final round of Time Attack 2015 !!! Things are not all sorted , the speedo, wipers, gearbox cooling pump, water meth , dash lights , video V-box and my Lap timing kit all do NOT work but the engine seems to be running fine and for some stupid reason I'm pretty upbeat !!!  Fingers crossed it does not rain  ?? Will do my best , hopefully we can get into the points . |
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tuxman
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Sept 19, 2015 20:26:22 GMT
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Winning Team !!!  |
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tuxman
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Sept 19, 2015 20:26:57 GMT
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Winning Team !!! |
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Sept 19, 2015 20:35:01 GMT
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Fantastic! Well worth the effort of getting it running!
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Sept 19, 2015 21:11:04 GMT
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Good effort and top result!
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Sept 19, 2015 21:15:00 GMT
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What a great result well done.
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Sept 20, 2015 5:25:53 GMT
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stoked for you man.
flucking well done!!!!!!!
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Last Edit: Sept 20, 2015 5:25:49 GMT by sheepers
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fer4l
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My Noble M12 fer4l
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Sept 20, 2015 7:49:30 GMT
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Awesome! A huge 'well done' to you & all involved :-)
Cheers,
Matt
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tuxman
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Sept 20, 2015 8:07:32 GMT
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Thanks guys bloody epic day !!! Lost the fuel pump overnight so could not make first practise !!! Then had a massive misfire in quali so we were up against it in the final !!!! Sat waiting to go out in the final and I just had a chat with the car , curse word loads of electricle stuff still did not work there is a bad oil leek meaning every time I brake hard the cabin filled with smoke , tick over was stuck at 2000 rpm and I just felt guilty :-( what had I done to my pride and joy !! I just asked for 1 20 minute session , begged her to just give it all and stay together for 20mins and boy did she !!! My first flying lap was 4 seconds off the pace , I new the track had got slower but 4 seconds is massive I just went for it , with no speedo I had no idea how fast I was going round the banking sector and Dawn radioed to me that I was 2 seconds slower through sector 1 which is the banking !! Time to dig deep and push like crazy !! Lap 6 and a lap of 1.41 saw me second in class and so close to the lead .............. 8 was a cool down then into lap 9 flat out , round the banking sector with just a light lift braked a touch later into the hairpin and it was my fastest first sector or the day !!! Dawn radioed purple sector PUSH PUSH PUSH from that moment it had to be every curb every apex and boy did she do it , 3 time s the rear stepped out under hard exceleration but I just kept my foot in and somehow we stayed on track !!! Crossing the start finish line I new it was quick but my onboard lap counter does not work so I just had to wait for radio message .............. Unknow to me Umar was on a fast lap behind me and Dawn wanted to wait for him to cross the line before she gave me the news .......... Then all I heard was screaming and what sounded like crying we had done it !!!! A lap of 1.40.3 was my fastest time of the day and a full second faster than everyone in my class !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't mind admitting it the tears streamed down my face , it's been a pretty tough 8 weeks and at that moment it just seamed all worth it . Standing on that top step was amazing .  I'm so proud of my little Noble .  Thanks to everyone who has commented on the thread it's been amazing , now it's time for a couple of weeks off then e start rebuilding ready for Time Attack 2016 . |
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Sept 20, 2015 9:14:11 GMT
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Absolutely chuffed to nuts for you; the heartiest of congratulations.
Told you you'd come back bigger and stronger despite the setbacks. Enjoy the break and here's to 2016
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Sept 20, 2015 9:20:03 GMT
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Brilliant mate, well done.
Looking forward now to seeing the rebuilding and getting ready to kick botty next year!
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Sept 20, 2015 12:48:14 GMT
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Bloody awesome work there fella!  |
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Sept 21, 2015 9:32:37 GMT
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Relentless,
After every knock down you just kept getting up and pushing,
A good job jobbed as my father in-law used to say and you deserved every minute on that podium !!!
Well done and thanks for taking time out to document your story.......
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Last Edit: Sept 21, 2015 9:34:15 GMT by usedabused
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Sept 21, 2015 20:19:46 GMT
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Well back to work today and back to reality !!! Still buzzing though :-) Some great photo's coming out from this weekend but none better than this one !!  Team Tuxman Racing !!! So proud of my guys :-) |
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Sept 22, 2015 4:15:42 GMT
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you look over the moon!
well done man.
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Sept 22, 2015 9:10:51 GMT
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Well back to work today and back to reality !!! Still buzzing though :-) Some great photo's coming out from this weekend but none better than this one !! Team Tuxman Racing !!! So proud of my guys :-) ^^that picture^^ just about sums up the whole thread in one image |
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Sept 23, 2015 18:22:00 GMT
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Thanks baggabones , I'm very lucky to have a amazing wife and son that support my crazy obsession with the little green Noble !! Some great photo's coming in from the weekend , this is one of my favourites .  |
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tuxman
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Sept 25, 2015 6:21:54 GMT
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Sept 27, 2015 19:27:31 GMT
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Warp speed Noble !!  |
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