Well, that was round 6 at sunny Sweetnap ! !

Another great day for the Contrast team. with 4 out of the top 5 being Contrasts. with only one solitary Hormann! who could have forseen that last year??

Saturday started with the love bus up to its neck in mud. and located firmly on its pitch with no chance of being blown away, or burnt to the ground, with the possible exception of saturday nights feature moment with our resident pyrotechninition,

so there we were, cars being readied with great expectations of some valuable practice time. only to be held back by the odd shower tightly intermingled with downpours so a long discussion took place, which took all of 5 seconds, we could either " go to the pub" or " spoof for the trophies and still go to the pub" or "turn the bodies upside down and race boats, then go to the pub" the decission was inevatable with the LSOR " THATS IT WE ARE GOING TO THE PUB!"

so that put paid to Saturday, other than a bit of time starting engines.

Sunday started nice and sunny but with the threat of showers later, in the first few heats our mentor Ian showed how to do it, putting in some remarkable times, most Contrasts were going well, But Johnny was having problems with his rear NON standard brakes hanging on and causing direction issues, confusing the diff, luckily he seen this just before the finals, after this his game picked up dramatically, until a tangle snapped a shock shaft, dumping the springs and collars, , Tony was getting to grips with the terrain and quickly got to terms it, Mike Craddock had a superb time dropping lap times lap after lap, this was most noticable by the fact that he had only picked up his kit just a few days prior, also he hasnt driven large scale, let alone straight into a national Andy was working on tyre choice and settings, i was well pleased, building on round 5's experiences, chasing Ian in second spot through qualifying.

So we climbed up through the finals, with our Ian in his rightfully owned place pole #1 i claimed #2 Mike Craddock #3 then we had Andy and Tony so 5 out of 10 in the A final

the Horn sounded and we were off, i couldnt get grip for the first 2 laps, quickly dropping places, after which the grip started coming back and after 30 minutes it was revealed, that Ian posted the top laps, earning him 505 points and the undisputed Supernational title, i was pleased with another podium position, followed close by Mike Craddock and Andy. i am unsure of Tony's postion. But an A final is good which ever way you look at it.


What a Result for us all !!!!

Nice one Mike! Glad you all had a good time!
Another great result!
Well done lads!

Mike,
not sure on what final you are talking about but the main final I watched and timed did not have Tony in it.

Ps, is Tony your magical friend

Yes congratulations to Ian on the SN title, I do believe that James Mc has also won the junior title and to Mr Rally Cross for a cracking first outing in Red.

Hope to see you at more LSOR meetings Mr Cradock sir.

Ps, any photos of the love bus coming out of the field. Did you use Barrys 4 wheel drive -- sorry Barry you only had 3 wheels to drive on!! I have the pics!!

Darren....
Mikey iszzz gettin old and chasing Ian is just tooooo much for the old boy
We got out of the field with the fantastic help of Rick Ashman.... Cheers Matey..... Thanks ... truely otherwise i was destined for another unsheduled night in the camping field

Cheers also to all the pushers now mud men !

Johnny

My red van didn't need the help that several suggested it may do to get out of the field!

With 4 out of the top 5 results at Frome (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th) going to Contrast, the potential of the car is starting to be seen as we get used to the cars.

Ian

And i am not ruling out how speedy was driven

after all bhp isnt every thing good throttle control is



PS sorry Tony for my previous post, i thought you were in with us in the final.

no problem, i was more than happy with my finish in the semi's, much harder to race on the dirt compared to tarmac

Im still blown away by how well Mike Craddock did on his first race ..... Will be interesting next year
Also two other very good LSOR drivers will be on the grid with Contrasts to give those guys at Horman & Elcon a good old race....Lets hope FG get back into the racing scene just to mix it up a bit
2010 is shaping up good already, and this year is not anyway near over yet

Johnny

Johnny

Dont forget Harm BX3


Mick

WOW, Notts round 8

what a magnificent result, for HF racing Contrasts 1, 2, 3, and only a small hand full of parts broken on all cars for the entire weekend,

Our Professor 'O' taking top spot, after a massive come back, hammering the lap times, even with 2 and half brakes working ! ! ! then Mike Cradock in second, for his awesome smooth drive, i will even give myself a kick up the Arse for choosing the wrong front tyres, the soft fronts went off after the first 20 laps or so resulting in understeer, but hey, i am ever so chuffed to pull a third from that, with nearly a third of a tank of fuel left, roll on 45 minute finals ! ! ! !

I did feel for James, his one big chance of taking first after Ian momentarily stopped, also tough luck for Tony as his RX pack dumped, one lap from home, i guess he will have a charging plan already worked out for his next races. Also andy had some bad luck with tyre choice as well.

Many thanks again go to John from HF racing for sponsoring my drive,

and Darren Worth for his massive effort through the year, just so that we can have the racing, the poor chap didnt even get a chance to drive a car.

and thanks to Ian O, Andy K, Darren C, for giving me some very worth while tips,

GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR

PS where did that photo of the 1,2,3. finish go ?

Cant add much Mike,
except

Thanks to all the drivers and organisers for putting on a brilliant last round....... Thanks chaps
Darren as ever we salute you and i hope you continue to be our lead man in LSOR for 2010
THANKYOU !
Johnny....

2010 here we come

Cracking last round of the championship for the red coats , with a 1 st 2nd and 3rd in the final. Not bad going concidering the car was only released at the start of the year

Following my little issue in the final, tip number 19476442652/1 is check your front wheel nuts are tight..even if the wheels have been on and never touched since racing at the previous meeting, they just might fall off at an inconvenient moment!

Ian

tip #2995576483/a

just fit wheel nuts the same as on my Contrast, and thats the end of runaway wheels

Hi Guys,

The wheel nuts Mike is talking about, are available from HFR... bit on the expensive side but as he says no more lost wheels

Regards

John