Snetterton 300 Race Report

[Englebert]

Some photos sent through to me this week...

Rare shot of the NSX on the move!

Pulling away from a 211, natch.

My old man held up by the safety car...

..and unlapping himself.

My dad pulling a massive drifto! He did that braking whilst turning under load, naughty naughty.

But he did rescue it...

Inside the garage

The proud team!

 

[Revels]

Brilliant!

Does it feel strange to be sat in the middle of the car?

 

[Pearcy]

What happened to the onbaord you were uploading?

 

[Englebert]

Unfortunately our fancy new HD shizzle means lots of memory... i need to buy an hard drive to actually save it!

Being sat in the middle is awesome, you're at the pivot point! Takes a few laps to get used to it... but being such a small car its not that far away from being on the left/right.

 

[Rob_]

Love the go green livery.

Whats the specs on the elise?

 

[aaronc]

Awesome read as always!

 

[Englebert]

Love the go green livery.

Whats the specs on the elise?

Well, this is how it started...
http://www.plansmotorsport.com/docs/lotus-motorsport-elise.pdf

Most of the body and underbody has been changed. Engine is now built by Scholar rather than Minister, and can be 260bhp+. It has a sequential Hewland 'box and the aforementioned central seat conversion. Plus lots of stuff my race team wouldn't let me say!

 

[Cookie]

Such a dweamboat

How much for a go?

 

[Goodj]

yoko birds are ropey

Wow, is that a europa on track!

That must mean there's only about 4 of them on the road now!

 

[dunganick]

Looking good, not sure about the White honda badge on the NSX.

That second to last corner on the 300 looks to be a real pain, at the Porker media pretty much every car was locking up every lap. Personally think they have ruined it, from a photography point of view i preferred Russell.

 

[makavelli]

great write up of the race and loving the go green livery

my mate was testing at snetterton last week, he has his first race at oulton on the 25th. He is racing in the British GT Chapionship, hoping to get to a few races this year

 

[Englebert]

Well, its not a very photogenic circuit now it looks like a farmer's field Nick! p.s. saw you at the station last night, is that your commute?

Thanks for the props. I'm still unsure on the NSX's look. Think it looked best with it's original wrap when it looked nearer to standard.

 

[Englebert]

Finally got some video up of this.

[youtube]xX6b_RQ4HKk[/youtube]

 

[Stava]

That's making me feel sick. Better mount needed.

 

[dunganick]

That's making me feel sick. Better mount needed.

Man up

Cool video dude, its crazy the braking/cornering speed of that car compared to the others around it. What did the Orange Exige have done to it? doesn't look like its got much aero, but wasn't lacking in a straight line.

 

[Englebert]

The Exiges are all 260 Cups, the 260 denoting the horsepower. In reality, it is the torque that makes them significantly quicker though. Same engine is in the 2-11s, and some of them have different gearsets which makes them rocket ships! When i get the Dijon vid up, that will become even more apparent.

In fairness, the orange Exige was probably being driven about as fast as it could be. They are not normally competitive against us or the 2-11s. He was a crazy Dutchman!