MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Motorsport Board => Topic started by: SteveP on April 02, 2012, 07:46:22 am
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Good idea hope to make a few races this year :smiley:
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Watch out for a deal on some tickets very soon :happy2:
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Watch out for a deal on some tickets very soon :happy2:
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is anyone televising the races, Motors TV seemed to show a few but they were very sketchy with their scheduling and didn't show all race meets.
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I hope to be entering the mk2 championship towards the end of this year or for 2013 :driver:
Will start up a thread if people are interested to see how I on?
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Anyone know or have alink for the motors TV schedule. I cant find the VW Cup on there anywhere
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I hope to be entering the mk2 championship towards the end of this year or for 2013 :driver:
Will start up a thread if people are interested to see how I on?
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I hope to be entering the mk2 championship towards the end of this year or for 2013 :driver:
Will start up a thread if people are interested to see how I on?
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Thanks Mike :happy2: Still early days atm and struggling to find a car, so will start a thread when there is a bit more going on to talk about :laugh:
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Link to dates and circuits.
http://www.vw-cup.co.uk/calendar.htm
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I hope to be entering the mk2 championship towards the end of this year or for 2013 :driver:
Will start up a thread if people are interested to see how I on?
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Thanks Mike :happy2: Still early days atm and struggling to find a car, so will start a thread when there is a bit more going on to talk about :laugh:
I'd be very interested to follow your progress too :party:
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^^^ Thanks :happy2:
They are also starting the MK4 TDIGTI chalenge this year so im talking with the organisers about what costs would be involved in building a car for this series. I would still be racing amongst the MK2's for the time being. So if anyone knows of any cheap but reliable MK4 GTI 1.8T's please let me know haha
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Anyone doing oulton on Monday?
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Anyone doing oulton on Monday?
I was contemplating it, but it looks like raining for the day. :sad1:
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Don't mind rain it makes the racing more fun :driver:
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I'll be at the Brands Hatch round with the DTM / Scirocco R cup stuff :happy2:
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Good race today a few offs too :driver: due to the rain
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Noticed some pics have been put up too
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagevaults/sets/72157629415071034/
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And a couple of on board Video's from the Yellow Seat Leon
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Was loads of crashes that race and loads of offs on the grass action :driver: was nice to see Sie too
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Speaking to Kev @ KPM today and 5 out of the 6 cars he was running need to visit the body shop before the next race :laugh: :laugh:
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:signLOL: I did notice that :signLOL:
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AMD boss Shaun Hollamby on pole in his AWM run Mk5 Golf GTI for tomorrows race 2 after finishing 6th (Strategically ??) in race 1 today. Should be intersting.
James Walker in the KPM prepared Rocco R way faster than everyone out there tho!
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^^^ James is as mad as a box of frogs that's why :signLOL: :signLOL:
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Is his dad like that too? Cos he went for a big lunge for 2nd place at Druids but caught the grass and spun off into the gravel trap! :driver:
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Not meet his Dad but I suspect it runs in the family :signLOL:
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AMD boss Shaun Hollamby on pole in his AWM run Mk5 Golf GTI for tomorrows race 2 after finishing 6th (Strategically ??) in race 1 today. Should be intersting.
James Walker in the KPM prepared Rocco R way faster than everyone out there tho!
Is Simon Whittaker working with Shaun Hollamby / AWM now? :smiley:
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Who's he??
AMD sponsors the AWM cars it seems and was offered a race seat for this weekend I think!
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Who's he??
AMD sponsors the AWM cars it seems and was offered a race seat for this weekend I think!
I see. Si is the chap who looks after my car when Im in Yorkshire (VW Master Tech @ VagCo Doncaster)
Looked after Aaron masons Golf race car last year
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Oh he was there then as saw his red van parked next to the AWM gazebo with the 4 race cars
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Steve that is a good polite way of describing James ha! As we all know you don't get anywhere though if you haven't got the gonads and the ability to go places, James is a cracking driver! :happy2:
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Ooops Shaun spins round at clear ways on first lap due to cold rears then gets pushed into gravel pit at paddock on 2nd lap!
James Walker working his way towards the front again!
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Next round coming up next weekend at Snetterton, Geordie's old Rocco will be making an appearance with a one hit wonder driver :happy2:
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I wonder who :popcornsoda:
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I wonder who :popcornsoda:
Have a guess Mike :popcornsoda:
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You or Shaun..... :laugh:
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God no that would be carnage :signLOL: :signLOL:
It's a proper racing driver :smiley:
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Next round coming up next weekend at Snetterton, Geordie's old Rocco will be making an appearance with a one hit wonder driver :happy2:
Stevie. ???? :innocent:
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:signLOL: :signLOL:
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:signLOL:
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The Milltek GTR Time Attack driver??
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The Milltek GTR Time Attack driver??
Nope :popcornsoda:
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Pies using Pasty fuel........................ :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda: :wink:
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Pies using Pasty fuel........................ :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda: :wink:
Remember what happend last time he got behind the wheel of a cup car on a circuit :scared: :scared:
He didn't make it past the out lap :signLOL: :signLOL:
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Pies using Pasty fuel........................ :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda: :wink:
Remember what happend last time he got behind the wheel of a cup car on a circuit :scared: :scared:
He didn't make it past the out lap :signLOL: :signLOL:
Not funny for James at the time............................... But fairly funny afterwards. James still talks about it.... :driver: :laugh:
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http://www.millteksport.com/news.read.cfm?articleid=216 (http://www.millteksport.com/news.read.cfm?articleid=216) :happy2:
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Damn I was with him on Thursday too at Rockingham!
Although he made James Pickford take me out on track instead
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And a preview of the car before it was dyno'ed tonight :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fkk207%2FStevep_010%2Ffile-671.jpg&hash=0b0187fff806b2d1e2276f33c72b7403f972c702)
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TOC qualified 2nd for first race! Rob Austin having a go too in a Mk5 with Tony Gilhams team HARD.
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Love that gray
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TOC won the first race after a red flag forced a restart :congrats:
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Also spotted a certain QD throwing some spanners :signLOL:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fkk207%2FStevep_010%2Ffile-1606.jpg&hash=fb98d8926c15fd6dc42478bc71144c8bfd1ce12d)
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^^^^^ Cheers Mr P, good to see you this weekend - Beer soon. as part of the team I mainly look after the Seat of PW, and help out where and when needed. Great fun it is too. hence not on the forum much these days.
We had all sorts of weather this weekend, hail, monsoon rain, thunder, lightning, high wind, and glorious sun all in 30 mins..............
Full report from the weekend (taken from the VW Cup site)
NEWS RELEASE: 5 AUGUST 2012
ONSLOW-COLE AND FULBROOK ON TOP AT SNETTERTON
Pictures for download
On a weekend when the championship frontrunners did not enjoy the best of outings, two new names were added at Snetterton today to the roster of 2012 race winners in the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup. One was that of BTCC star Tom Onslow-Cole, who made a memorable debut in the series in a Scirocco R, and the other was Joe Fulbrook, the 2008 and ’09 champion, whose venerable Bora collected the 13th victory of its career.
Qualifying
With thunderstorms severely affecting Saturday’s track action at Snetterton, Racing Cup qualifying was postponed to Sunday morning and, in sunny and dry conditions, Joe Fulbrook collected his first pole of the season thanks to engine electronics work which appears to have cured his car’s season-long ills.
Onslow-Cole, who signed up to race a KPM Scirocco as practice for next weekend’s Snetterton BTCC rounds, was second fastest, 0.170s down on Fulbrook, with another championship debutant, 16-year-old Mini racer Henry Gilbert, a remarkable third in a Team HARD Golf GTI.
Round 9
Under threatening skies and spots of rain the first of the day’s races suffered an aborted first start following a string of startline shunts. First to get squeezed into the barriers was young Gilbert, and he was followed in short order by the Golfs of Philip Morris and Nikhil Chopra; all three cars were eliminated from the weekend by the incidents, which necessitated a stoppage for barrier repairs.
The second start saw Fulbrook haring away from the pole once again, pursued by Onslow-Cole, who attacked several times around the twisty infield and again on to the Bentley Straight before finally finding a way around the Warranty Direct Bora through the Nelson right-hander.
Fulbrook chased for all he was worth, but with the race shortened to a 10-minute sprint following the stoppage, Joe had little time or opportunity to regroup and attack.
Behind the protagonists for the lead there was a three-way battle for third between Stewart Lines’ KPM Golf, Aaron Mason’s AWM Golf and championship leader James Walker’s KPM Scirocco. The fight was effectively settled in favour of Lines when Mason and Walker made contact, both suffering suspension damage which blunted their pace.
Onslow-Cole crossed the line 3.6 ahead of Fulbrook, with Lines third, a further six seconds adrift. Mason was just behind for fourth, with Walker dropping well back towards the end to collect fifth – his lowest finish of the season – ahead of the sister Scirocco of Craig Milner.
“It was a tough race,” said Onslow-Cole. “Joe was hard to get past and I couldn’t shake him off…”
“I think my car was quicker in a straight line,” added Fulbrook, “but Tom drove well and fair play to him for a good win. The Bora is going a lot better this weekend and handling well too.”
Richard Morgan’s SlideSports Golf GTI placed seventh, just ahead of the SEAT Leon Cupra of Peter Wyhinny, with Paul Dehadray ninth to score his best result of his rookie season and AWM’s Simon Tomlinson rounding out the top 10 in his Golf.
Jim Cartwright started 23rd in his Golf after a clash with another car in qualifying and battled through to 11th despite mismatched dampers, ahead of Jonathan Wilson in 12th. Wilson’s son, Tom, fell by the wayside early on in the restarted race with a puncture while holding sixth.
Championship second place man Mike Neuhoff took the opportunity during the race stoppage to switch to wet-weather tyres; alas for him the rains did not come until the slowing down lap; he finished 18th.
Another BTCC man making his Racing Cup debut was Rob Austin; his experience was not as profitable as Onslow-Cole’s and ended in retirement after only two laps with mechanical problems.
Round 10
Fulbrook bounced back to take a fine win in the second race of the day at Snetterton as tyre choice proved crucial in difficult conditions. There was a rain shower before the off, but the track had started to dry as the cars made their way to the grid. The result was a mix of tyre choices, with most – including most of the KPM Racing squad – electing for wets while others gambled on slick rubber.
A great start from row two by Lines allowed him to take the lead, but he was soon under pressure from fellow wet-shod runner Onslow-Cole. The race one winner moved through from row three and took the lead at the end of the opening lap after Lines ran wide at Murrays.
Onslow-Cole’s KPM Scirocco edged away initially, but he was then quickly reeled in by those on more suitable rubber. First Mason went forward to challenge before Fulbrook and Tom Wilson moved to the front. Both had started on slicks, but whereas Fulbrook had bided his time in fourth in the opening laps, Wilson had been on a charge from row 10, a legacy of his first-race retirement.
Fulbrook’s Bora hit the front after four laps with Wilson’s Complete Racing Golf GTI closing in. The Westcountry youngster took the lead on the run to Riches at the start of lap six and looked in control as the duo quickly pulled away from the rest.
Fulbrook wouldn’t let Tom get away, though, and he retook the lead back with just over two laps to go. Wilson remained close, but the experienced Fulbrook held on to win by 0.464s. “It was a bit hairy to start with,” said the former champion. “That was hard going, but it was a matter of being patient, and they all kept getting slower. I really wanted to win and Tom’s good to race with.”
It was Fulbrook’s 13th championship race victory over an eight-season span, and Joe is now just one win behind Paul Taylor in the all-time rankings.
Wilson’s second place was his first podium finish, and it was agonisingly close to being a maiden win. “I was pretty certain about choosing slicks and I thought we would win, but Joe’s a good driver,” he said.
Almost half a minute behind came a tough battle for the final podium place. Mason and Onslow-Cole fought it out initially before Cartwright – after starting from row six on slicks – snatched third on the penultimate tour. “The front of the car got rearranged a little bit,” admitted Cartwright of the fierce scrapping. “There were bits of car everywhere, but it was an awesome race.”
Mason was fourth, just holding off Onslow-Cole by a tenth. Having fallen as low as sixth at one point with his worn wets, the BTCC driver managed to repass Lines for fifth on the last lap to complete a fine first weekend in the series.
Jonathan Wilson’s Complete Racing Scirocco wasn’t far behind sixth-placed Lines to collect his best finish of the year to date, while Neuhoff finished ninth, behind Craig Milner, from 18th on the grid. Wyhinny rounded out the top 10, ahead of Simon Andrews and championship leader Walker, who started on the front row but fell back straight away. Nonetheless, with only four races remaining, Walker maintains an 84-point championship lead.