Ross Nicol
GT40s Supporter
Well the pressure was on with quite a few RF car owners and
Robert anxiously spilling petrol over the car(he did get some in)before the first race on Saturday.With so many onlookers I just had to keep it together.I was concerned that I had not done any practice starts, and when I got to my 25th grid position I found I had no view of the starting lights. Oh well I'll just go when I hear and see the others
take off.Ok drop the clutch and..... clutch slip, finally got away, wow power is veeeery nice and I'm down to turn 1 in a flash, very crowded and almost feels like you have to slow down and wait for cars to clear before taking turn 2.Back into 2nd gear for the long drag up back straight, over the top of the hill and down to hairpin at Dandenong rd corner,brake heavy back to 2nd damn not seeing apexes too well(not used to low seating & lay back position)ooh the power is good on this little straight, round the corner and back onto the front straight (1 lap out of 8 complete)back into turn 1 braking early at 200m not confident of late braking at this point.Quite a good tussle with an Alpha GTV6, I blow him away on the straights and he gets me back in the corners.Unfortunately i don't have enough straight to get past him before the flag so I finish in 25th spot back where I started but in one piece.phew pressure over.Best lap 1min 27.81sec not brilliant but good enough for now (fastest lap Cobra 1min 16 secs).2 races on Sunday unable to finish last race as throttle body covers came off and jammed throttle open 5 laps out of 10 so that was it, weekend complete and pretty successful even had tyre marks from porsche that tried to run me off the track.The car attracted a lot of interest and I had trouble concentrating on the task at hand ie Racing but I know I'll have to get used to it. Next Race Phillip Island early September.
Regards Ross
Robert anxiously spilling petrol over the car(he did get some in)before the first race on Saturday.With so many onlookers I just had to keep it together.I was concerned that I had not done any practice starts, and when I got to my 25th grid position I found I had no view of the starting lights. Oh well I'll just go when I hear and see the others
take off.Ok drop the clutch and..... clutch slip, finally got away, wow power is veeeery nice and I'm down to turn 1 in a flash, very crowded and almost feels like you have to slow down and wait for cars to clear before taking turn 2.Back into 2nd gear for the long drag up back straight, over the top of the hill and down to hairpin at Dandenong rd corner,brake heavy back to 2nd damn not seeing apexes too well(not used to low seating & lay back position)ooh the power is good on this little straight, round the corner and back onto the front straight (1 lap out of 8 complete)back into turn 1 braking early at 200m not confident of late braking at this point.Quite a good tussle with an Alpha GTV6, I blow him away on the straights and he gets me back in the corners.Unfortunately i don't have enough straight to get past him before the flag so I finish in 25th spot back where I started but in one piece.phew pressure over.Best lap 1min 27.81sec not brilliant but good enough for now (fastest lap Cobra 1min 16 secs).2 races on Sunday unable to finish last race as throttle body covers came off and jammed throttle open 5 laps out of 10 so that was it, weekend complete and pretty successful even had tyre marks from porsche that tried to run me off the track.The car attracted a lot of interest and I had trouble concentrating on the task at hand ie Racing but I know I'll have to get used to it. Next Race Phillip Island early September.
Regards Ross
