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07-20-07, 05:46 PM
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| | 4 Tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2002 GT40: Gibraltar
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Hi Malcolm
There was an issue with my car (fouled plug) initially but by the time of my final run of 99.91 this had been sorted, so no excuses - Julian was faster on the day. Whilst more HP and torque would help (Julian's car has 530BHP and an incredible amount of torque - you want to see it launch off the line!!), to improve my time further it is more about getting more time behind the wheel of my car. Flying in from Gibraltar to get less than 10mins driving time behind the wheel on a hillclimb or sprint is not perfect. At Goodwood I agree with you - I think where I can improve my time is through Noname and St Marys, which can be taken more quickly than you think but when you are getting in the car for the first time after weeks or mths on cold tyres and cold brakes, it can be somewhat intimidating!!
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07-24-07, 06:22 AM
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| | Malcolm Gold Supporter 
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Surrey, UK GT40: GTD
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Hi Martin
Sorry, seemed to have missed your post till now. Yeah, I agree, if you are out the cockpit for any length of time you do get rusty behind the wheel. Do you think you would do better in the baby Aston? Hope to see it one day.
I also found this picture which was taken at the AMOC sprint years ago.....compare the background in this picture to JBW pictures and see how the circuit has changed in appearance!
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07-25-07, 01:43 PM
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| | 4 Tenths
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I doubt it - I think the GT40 is quicker for sure. GIllian, the race instructor in the N24 version only posted a 95 sec lap which wasn't that much faster than Julian and she is undoubtedly a MUCH quicker driver.
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07-25-07, 04:56 PM
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| | JulianBW Gold Supporter
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lacock, Wiltshire GT40: GTD40 - Dry Sumped 350 Chevy, Porsche G50
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Rep Power: 5 | Re: AMOC Goodwood Sprint
I think you are right Martin, Gillian was left foot braking using all the tricks together with her vast experiance a) as a driver b) of Goodwood.
It would be very interesting to see what she could do with one of our cars!
Perhaps we could ask her?
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07-28-07, 04:09 PM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milano,Italy GT40: Fujimi 1/24
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wonderful video Paul, u are a great driver 
want u back in a 40 as soon as possible...
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