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Forge Motorsport Action Day Crash
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Daniel
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Harsh words, but the angle of the car as it comes into shot leads my first feeling to be a throttle stuck wide open, or brake failure, no doubt coupled to inexperience . However if its a throttle wide open you should see the amount of talented drivers who take seconds to realise , comprehend and react .
I assume he was ok ?
If lake of talent , then i am stunned he got that far round his first lap , that little talent would have been lucky to get past quary.
I assume he was ok ?
If lake of talent , then i am stunned he got that far round his first lap , that little talent would have been lucky to get past quary.
SHE was ok, AFAIK it wasn't her car, as she was in the queue and I overheard her her saying to the owner that she didn't like driving it.
Advikaz
ClioSport Club Member
Bit of an extreme way to prove a point :L
Or a final way of making sure she never drives it again.
Missed the crash just saw the recovery, lots of rumours about brake failure.
I was in the queue to go out on track as this happened. heard the screech and looked to my left and saw a car in mid air.
Daniel
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
That's what happens at all the Chav Action days. The only reason I go now is to laugh at people either crashing or modding badly.
Its not a serious event and shouldn't be taken as one!
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
What time/times were you out mate? My mate took his polo out and hated it..lol. You may have seen it?
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/478743_10151394985753976_1135415061_o.jpg
Quick wee bugger.
I went out with the clio at 1045(apparently, nearer 1115 after the delays) and then I was out in a 106 rallye as a passenger on the 1315 (1400) session lol. Didn't see your mates polo, 20vt?
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
See the thread mate. In short. No. Its a walk away job.
Ah he was on at 4ish. Yeah mate, BAM with a hybrid.
I've been to enough to know that's standard procedure, what with Combe being on my doorstep. It's the very reason I've never taken any of my cars out on track at one. Attracts some complete goons.
The circuit was actually very quiet in general on Saturday compared to most events I've been at there, perhaps everyone took the opportunity of good weather to stay at home have a BBQ and get pissed instead.
Ah, I had gone home by then, I had been up since 3am friday morning with only 4 hours sleep in total until asturday evening.
The retards are pretty easy to avoid IME, Ive been going for best part of a couple of decades now and never had an issue.
TBH they are some of the most fun trackday drives you will get IMHO, the big variation in standards means the track is littered with mobile chicanes which means no two laps feel quite the same.
You do have to get the hang of what rules to ignore as well, like if someone stays on the right off line, I just overtake them on the left with plenty of space and in safety, even though you arent meant to.
I've had a couple of mates get collected at similar events by complete clowns (the onboards/go pros showed they were complete faultless and had been victim of cretinous drivers) so seeing as I only have the one car, I value it, and don't have the spare cash to replace it or do major repair work as a result of a non fault incident I'll stick to giving it a miss.
If I get a sub £1,000 disposable track weapon I'd reconsider but I'd certainly not want to take a car of any value out when the chavs are on track.
If I get a sub £1,000 disposable track weapon I'd reconsider but I'd certainly not want to take a car of any value out when the chavs are on track.
Fair enough, Most of our track cars only tend to be in the 2-8K region in terms of what they owe us, so not really a big deal if one day some wally does wipe one out for us, but I can understand why you wouldnt want to take something you really love out on the track.
Evo 5 RS
Christ. That has to be a brake failure, either that or she's a million miles away
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Castle Combe + Action Day = Crashes.
Been the same for years lol.
Been the same for years lol.
Jamie86
ClioSport Club Member
RS175,595,205gti,172
That's half the fun watching generally big powered 4wd's being badly driven!
Much like the 300bhp Impreza I went past in my 100bhp car!
wide open throttle feels similar too the brakes need to be sodding good to slow you up
They were running behind by about 10, my 10 o'clock slot was delayed a bit. Then the 1130 slot I was in was delayed by half an hour, the kind marshal let me jump the queue though.
IIRC those coupe's use the brembo 4 pots, I bought a set to fit too my fiesta ST ages ago and the guy who i got them off said there are quite common to failure if not cleaned regularly. Something to do with the dust seals. The set I had were an absolute pain to clean, the dust had cooked itself onto the metal and as a result of cleaning started to take chunks out around where the carriers sit.
Hope the guy's ok
IIRC those coupe's use the brembo 4 pots, I bought a set to fit too my fiesta ST ages ago and the guy who i got them off said there are quite common to failure if not cleaned regularly. Something to do with the dust seals. The set I had were an absolute pain to clean, the dust had cooked itself onto the metal and as a result of cleaning started to take chunks out around where the carriers sit.
Hope the guy's ok
Chris205
ClioSport Club Member
Many Things
Wonder if it had fancy brake pads that needed heat in them to get them to work? Looks like shes completely off line anyway so ended up in an understeery mess
The ammount of people on that video taking the wrong line on that corner is astounding, I had tuition round combe and got quicker and quicker all day, wouldnt fancy heading into quary doing 130-140 like some of the big power stuff would be doing, I've seen many of the back ends come out under braking because drivers take the wrong line
The ammount of people on that video taking the wrong line on that corner is astounding, I had tuition round combe and got quicker and quicker all day, wouldnt fancy heading into quary doing 130-140 like some of the big power stuff would be doing, I've seen many of the back ends come out under braking because drivers take the wrong line
