Anglessy race 25/26 results

[speeddemon]

Hi all . Well for those who couldnt attend theIirish historics held at Anglesey I will bring you upto speeed.
2 steel bodied imps turned out and 3 spaceframes. Colin Rooney, Leo nulty and myself as well as VIncenzo frost and Adrian Oliver.
I will let the other drivers add there worth so I will explain how we went on.
This was the first competitive meeting and I took the car out to get some laps and experience under my belt. Andy Jones who was also going to drive, never managed to put a time in because we had some small issues in practise.
I expected to be at the back of the grid which i was but when it came to the race I decided that although inexperienced i would try and move through the field. I manged to get myself upto 8 from 18 so i was on the pace quite well and when hunting an MGb v8 down, i made a driving mistake and semi spun the car. I recovered back to 10 overall and was well pleased.

On the sunday the weather was warmer and andy took the car out and having to start from the very back he drove around the circuit of which was his first race there very relaxed and getting into the groove. With 2 laps gone from the pit wall we could tell Andy was getting quicker, he had passed around 5 cars and was upto around 13 and by lap 5 he had both 2 MGbv8s and colin rooney in his sights. Without being over the top Andy pulled in a gap which most drivers wouldnt have thought possible and in one super quick flat out stretch up the back straight he had passed the 2 cars and then on the 2 next turn passed colin.
Down the road way in front was an orange midget , regarded as very quick, before lap 9 andy passed the midget and race into 7 overall.
The car was brilliant and i was totally made up and andys lap time was quarter second off leo nultys car although leo wasnt on slick but was still very quick.

What a great weekends racing for £175, we will be back next year to do the same.

Thanks to all that went and to Alan at Ask racing Colin for the forms and all the guys and Girls who made it a great weekend. Including the Mrs who was mint and had to put up with a worried me for 3 days hahah

[madpaddy]

Thanks Mike/adrian /vince and mr jones for making it a good weekend for imp lovers and keith evans for coming along to watch ,It was a nightmare weekend for me 1st off i crashed my cab on the friday morning so i was not on the best of form ,then it took us 7hours to get to the track and it was that sideways rain that andy was onabout ,anyway saturday morning was drying out and on to qualifying went out on a dry track and after scrubbing the new slicks in after 3 2 laps i started to put the foot in and as i did the clutch plate decided it wanted to explode and it was a brand new kit so i stayed out in 4th gear just to do my madatory 3 laps and then in
Out came the tools and we swiveled the engine around leaving all the drysump pipes connected which is easy on a car like mine only problem was i didnt have a new clutch all i had was a used plate ,new release bearing and the preasure plate that was on the engine so in it went and after 45minutes work she was ready
Onto the grid in 19th out or 20 and i droped the clutch at 7,500 and it hooked up only to shift into 2nd and it slipped and kept slipping so i retired and had a beer and watched leo take a well deserved win (note to myself i must get some taller tyres if i want to get on the exhaust of that davrian or better still i should have kept that car when i had it ) leo was like a big kid he loves imps and the win has made the love affair even stronger



Saturday evening and vince and i drove to his workshop and picked up a new clutch kit and so up sunday morning at 6.45 and out with the engine and in with new clutch and so she was fixed ready for race 2 at 10am

Back on to the grid in 19th with andy now behind me in mikes car ,the lights went and i made up 4 or 5 places and the car felt good except for my boggie corner it was wanting to snap the rear out so instead of going flat i was lifting i know you lot think chicken but when you go off at around 100+mph and you get on the grass your just a passenger and in a semispace frame car thats not good news ,i was going well up into 11th after 3 laps and then past the 2 mgbv8 and then had a big slide which big keith said looked great and kept ahead of the mgb,s and a lap later i could see a rocket coming up in the distance it was young jonsey going like a train i held him off for a bit then into the hairpin i was under preasure from the lighter car and got out of shape again on the brakes and as we exited the corner andy went past and there was no way my car was going to stay on his tail i came home in 9th which i was well happy with ,

I then took the rear shocks off and had a play to soften the rear but i came to the conclusion that the shocks are past there best and the rear springs are to hard so i have a bit of work to do race 3 saw us line up in the position we finished race 2 so i was 9th at least now i was in the middle of the pack

Sling shot or what i got the best hook up i ever had and even passed the 2 -1480 midgets and loe only for the to drive away from me down the back straight so i kept my head down and was slowley catching the midgets when i missed a gear and then missed another down the back straight and was in 5th when i went to shift down the gearlever went all loose in my hand and i went for 3rd and the linkage broke leaving me with no drive but at least the car is still running and its an easy fix

roll on national track evening and if anyone is interested in racing in mondello with the irish historics in september i can sort the entry forms

col

[limjamrace]

This is good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to write the write up.
Vincenco Frostio ...I like it!
Sorry to hear of your troubles Colin. Did you get round to using a sintered clutch after all.Its the only thing to use!

[motormouth]

Geat reports guys. It was a fantastic weekend, I was delighted to take an overall win in the ASK Imp, helped a lot by a screamer of an engine built for me by Col's dad Dan Rooney. Pulling 9k in fifth on the way up to Rocket was something else! Here is a video one of the HRCA guys took, quality is only ok and the three races are a little mixed up but you get the idea. And, yes, the Twin Cam Lotus jumped the start in race one!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnDmTJU9nvs&feature=player_embedded

[limjamrace]

Hooray. ..Thanks very much for the contribution.Does the wind ever stop blowing hard in Anglesey?
I looked on to the vid of Mondello in 1989. It mentioned Col dad a few times,but what cracking home brew GT cars..
How did you manage to post the video on here?