TimR
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Brca Nationals Costwolds Round 7 you'll never believe ithmmmm
to start with
Me qualified 9th in A final  
finished 7th
Pete Qualified 4th finished 4th due to driveshaft failure
Ryk Qualified 2nd Finished 1st 
Oh yeah sadly they were both in the B final 
more to follow just had to say it lol
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GEORGE CUTTING
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A FINAL
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sharpie
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go tim go
unlucky ryk and pete
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Craig.Woods
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I bet the car journey home was oh so fun!.. 
Well Done Guys! 
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pjlague
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Hi all
THANKS TIM 
You where there because you drove that well,in tricky conditions its been coming Tim you have inproved that much,very well done mate.
Well done Ryk,you should have been in the a final,Ist in b final .10 or 12 laps up on second man home.me what can i say 
Pete.
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spmcc
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About time to Mr R congratulations. Hard luck Ryk and Peter.
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Ashers
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Well Done Tim. I hope the other two have learned its not always the fastest car that wins, sorry boys had to say it.
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jbsmith1
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well done Tim, a new rain master ah...just heard the full story over a Latte, still one round to go though guys. 
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BallisticMissile
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who's got latte?
all i got is a hangover =[
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Hugh Jengine
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Well done TimmyR - a well deserved A final place - and that was with your age-old RB V12 which is certainly passed its best! I thought this was the best you have driven, especially the last round of quallifying - can you make it 2 A finals in a row?
A lesson learnt for Pete and myself i think - fail to prepare - prepare to fail! I spent all Saturday putting my car together  and Pete spent Saturday talking to everyone about his 235 !
While we were wasting time Tim managed to get out there in the changing conditions and test out his car ready for the race day and i'm sure the confidence he got from that helped him put in some top runs on the Sunday. Well done again - 7th overall  .
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TimR
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Thanks all ..
V12 it was not it was an even older X12 lol
Anyway summary
Friday evening was finishing Bodyshell off ( painting ) placed it outside shed to dry and it rained hard before i couldf retrieve it resulting in one very bubbly paint job so a quick cut out of other bodyshell ( i paid a rat to run round it  )Thsi was at 11pm got to bed about 11.30 ish i think but didsnt get to sleep till about 1
meant to meet Ryk at 5.30 and pete at 6 ... Didn't wake up till 6.20 phoned Ryk and told him ......
Picked up the lads lol apologies all round
Set off for the Track we all love
Good journey down stopped off at the services at reading for breakfast tad expensive but needed
Dry weather on way there but got to within 10 miles of track and it started a bit of rain ( deja vu xray gp part 1 style) arrived at track very wet ground conditions and set up the tent .....
Then we set up the pit area Thsi time seeing i have experience of Costwold in the rain we had decidied not to take the gazebo as not very sheltered plus if the winds that are normally whipping through there are present then they have a habit of destroying gazebos so we took my other large tent for a pitting space and what a brilliant idea it was ,plenty of room and sheltered us well and also able to leave the gear in overnight and save the hassle of packing up and setting up ...
I had to just put car on setup board and final little things ( grease thrust bearing etc )
Ryk hmmm all he had to do was clean the car , set it up .. he also wanted to fix a xray nt1 receiver box on to it to waterproof his electrics and then to also fit his new engine ... which did not fit easily without dremelling the emgine mounts and filing a huge chunk out of the top deck etc etc ....in reality this took him from 11.30 ish to 7pm so no run time for Ryk
Pete was all setup car ready but had deceided not to run in the damp conditions and plus wanted to pick the brains of teh 235 crews so he didnt take to the track ....
I myself after dousing the car with a good coating of wd40 took to the track to see wasn't raining but small areas of standing water present and the car handled like a dream
Took the car out a few times and the conditions changed a few times worst was when it was a wet track but no water as it was just so greasy
Decided to get round to spraying shell ) after Ryk kindly trimmed it up for me lol )
Silver and green ...will find a pic soon
Anyway track closes and ryk is just finshing off his preparation to allow his car to run
Off to the pub we go for food and drink
Steak and ale pie for ryk and myself
Pete Ordered the chips and gammon and peas instead of the extras ( coleslaw salad _)
food turns up Petes has all the extras attached and no peas.... OI garcon plate goes away with attached items scraped off but gammon not cooked to well done standard and th epeas then arrive
Ryks and mine arrives with 6 baby new potatoes to share between us OI GARCON is this all the potatoes we get ..Yes Sir ....Would you like me to get you some more ... Er yes please........
another five potatoes arrive
We then return to the tent for a few more bevvies but Ryk has had a hard day so he retires early ...
Failed to mention previous that during the day i had noticed that RYk had forgotten to zip his tent up so now had a indoor paddling pool effect going on lol
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Pete and myself stayed up for a while longer discussing things
During the night was woken by the rain and wind a few times which did not bode well fr the days racing
Woke up at five fifteen requiring the need of toilet ands wanted to check taht the pit tent was still ok ......
all fine
Pete had also woken up and we then set about starting the day as normal
BREAKFAST and Ryk had also joined us ...
one of the Best things about cotswolds The Showers omg bliss as none of the other venues have these so easily accesible/to a useable standard...
Tbc ...
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Craig.Woods
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you should write a Book?.. Tales of the terible 3?....
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jbsmith1
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TimR
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oops i knew i forgot something hmmmm
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Craig.Woods
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