Brighton - Well Done Rodger!

Paul Thompson 'Hooligan' · 09-12-05, 05:15 PM

Ta Da!!!
Congratulations to Club member Rodger Burston - who drove his Mk1 GTD to victory at Brighton last Saturday. Managing all three runs, Practice, T1 and T2 all below 13 seconds.

Dave Parker 'worried' him putting a 12.52 in as a first timed run to Rodger's 12.38, but could'nt catch him and Rodger improved further still to a 12.32 at about 125Mph.

So well done 'Rog' your 'Classic Road and Race' prepared 6.8L (408ci stroked 351) came up trumps - good stuff!

This also gets his name on the prestigous 'Dave Wilson Memorial Cup' for the fastest time set by a GTD40 at Brighton.....

Here Rodger can be seen (inset) adding some additional traction for the timed runs... Chips! - the magic grip provider.... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Ron Earp · 09-12-05, 05:23 PM

Hi Rodger,

Excellent job, and a beautiful car, really enjoyed seeing it! That Brighton surface must be slick and I would bet that car would be in the 11s on a proper drag strip, for sure. Nice!

Ron

Pantera1889 · 09-12-05, 07:52 PM

11s?! @ 125mph it should be in the 10s!!!
Very nice!

Malcolm · 09-13-05, 07:29 AM

With his monster engine he was either going to break something or win, so he choose the latter! The consistancy of those times is very good. Well done Rodger.

Malcolm · 09-13-05, 11:08 AM

engine cc practice 1st timed 64 ft terminal 2nd timed 64 ft terminal
Roger Burston 6695 12.38 12.40 2.46 125.00 12.32 2.37 125.00
David Parker 5700 13.17 12.52 2.35 116.00 13.50 2.54 114.00
Roy Smart 5600 12.91 12.70 2.54 123.00
Malcolm Macadam 5000 13.21 12.93 2.19 111.00 14.27 2.30 107.00
Julian Kingston Smith 5000 13.21 13.11 2.23 111.00 13.31 2.37 111.00
Andrew Fordyce 5000 13.47 13.20 2.55 114.00 13.92 2.71 112.00
Ray Christopher 5700 13.39 13.34 2.26 109.00
Martin Hacon 5000 13.80 13.98 2.60 105.00 13.64 2.61 107.00
Martin Weigold 5000 14.12 14.31 2.44 87.00 14.10 2.57 112.00
Wendy Macadam 5000 17.25 14.77 2.49 98.00 14.12 2.41 100.00
Mo McNicoll 5000 14.43 14.22 2.71 106.00 14.32 2.90 107.00
Roy Wing 5700 12.70 14.39 2.07 74.00
Paul Thompson 5600 13.05
Mike Inglis 5000
David Gibbins 4950

Paul Thompson 'Hooligan' · 09-13-05, 04:36 PM

Good launch Malc - 2.17 and I see Roy Wing was even quicker at 2.07.... now that is quick for Brighton as there is never much grip off the line there.

David York · 09-14-05, 12:40 PM

Hi Paul,

It was a pleasure to meet you & Roy in person at the weekend.

I managed to get some pictures from the line and a few vids of the cars going off. Drop me a PM and I will send them to you.

Cheers

Malcolm · 09-15-05, 11:59 AM

Sorry about the messy table above, it was an excel spreadsheet and it did not copy across well. It was sourced from the Brighton and Hove club website in case anyone wanted to see the full results.

Thanks Paul, I was pleased with that launch but felt I could do better as I feathered the clutch on that run, not delibrately but I just did it! Final run felt better right up to the moment when I missed a gear! I don't know what was in the white can that Jools gave me to paint onto my tyres but they went quite sticky....

Sorry your weekend was not better but there is always next year....

I think the real surprise of the day could have been Roy Wing until he or Ray bust a driveshaft. Good launch and practice time.

Wendy not pleased that she didn't beat Wycliffe. Hey ho.