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First race of the season Clio 182 Race Car

Russ Rallye

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Thought i'd put some pics and vids up on here for the guys that dont know me/go on Cliosport. I have a Ph1 230 V6, SEE HERE but also have a Clio 182 racecar that i've built myself to compete in the TARC Tricolore (formerly 'French') Trophy.
This is the car anyway.
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The series is dedicated to cars built by french manufacturers Peugeot, Citroen and Renault so mostly clio 172, 182, 197 and 200's, Peugeot 106, 205 and 306's, saxo's and xsaras etc. Some great close racing and a very friendly paddock. Anyway race report (lifted straight from CS)from Rockingham as follows.

Arrived at a grey Rockingham on Friday afternoon for some much needed testing as the car was only put back together on wednesday/thursday and un tested since last year really with a few updates over the winter. Having never been to 'The Rock' before the plan was to just get the basics out of the way, figure out where the circuit goes, make sure the car is ok and had to bed my brakes in a scrub a new set of dunlops in.
Big thanks to Pete for the help as ive said and also dinger and his Mumbray motorsport guys, top blokes and great company, its a pain trying to test on your own! Slow and steady in the 2 sessions got everything done i wanted and a bit of a feel for a car that's now very different to how it was at the last round at Oulton.
My cooling issues are now a thing of the past with the new rad and the new pas system works great too. The biggest problem previously were the brakes but they are now a whole different league, ultimate stopping power and heat management are far better but i've needed to recalibrate my braking style a little to get them working as they should. My lack of practice with them and track knowledge ulimatel;y cost me in both races but i know the pace of the car is good and will be backed up when i get some proper testing at oulton where i'm a lot more comfortable.
So no issues with the car meant it was pretty much ready for Saturdays quali/races. Nice evening with Dave and the Mumbray lads, Sonny and Kev @khj100 and a curry was good fun.
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Qualifying.
As i hadnt done any fast laps of Rockingham thought it best to get a guided tour at speed from someone who had so got latched onto the back of a certain Mr Hunter for 3 or laps. Dropped back after that to give us both some space before i went for a quick lap, done a couple back to back and the session was done and the car felt pretty good. Back in the paddock i was shocked to see i'd made Pole with a 1:35.245 by less than a 10th of a second from one of the Mitchells in a Pug 205, next car another 205 was 9/10ths back with Simon James in a Saxo VTS behind him with a 1:36.613. Tony was behind him with a 1:36.707.

Race 1
Sat on the front row of the grid is a great feeling, although that soon changes when you get mugged of the line! Too much wheelspin in 1st saw to that. Got passed by the 205 and saxo and had a great battle with them and Tony behind. Managed to get passed the 205 and close in on Simon in the Saxo. I knew i was faster but i just couldnt make it past and we had an awesome battle, i gave him a slight tap at the 2nd corner when he braked alot earlier than i expected and i had nowhere to go, no malice intended and all friends! So thats how it stayed, 1st in class and 2nd overall and i had fastest lap too with Tony far enough behind that i didnt have to keep looking in the mirrors.
Race 1 Vid
http://youtu.be/zbw4vduJg6Q

Race 2
So as the grid for the 2nd race is from the results of the 1st race i was 2nd, still on the front row just on the other side this time. Got a better start this time but still couldnt get in front of that Saxo, i knew if i didnt want to watch his rear bumper all race i'd need to get by him asap and try and get away. An ambitious move at the first corner on lap 2 saw me out brake myself and end up on the grass with Tony going by. Had a good battle with tony and another 205 throughout the race. However i had problems with gear selection from lap 2 in and missed 4th on at least 3 occassions, more than once getting second instead which is not good. I dropped back for a lap or so to make sure everything was ok before getting my head down again. Managed to pass the 205 and get upto 3rd, the saxo was too far up the road but i caught Tony quite quickly, catching him is one thing, getting by is a whole different ball game! I'd left it too late, the last lap board came out and i was right behind, i had to do it this lap or not at all. In a near carbon copy of my lap 1 mistake i done it again, far too hot into turn 1 and ended up on the grass! Looking at the vid, when Tony hits the brakes my GPS is showing 123mph and i just had nowhere to go, 205 was back past and that was the final result although there was still action until the last corner! Fastest lap again and my fastest of the weekend while trying to catch Tony and the 205 back up, guess thats called red mist!
Race 2 Vid
http://youtu.be/t8f21HX6r08

Some random pics from the weekend.
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So an awesome couple of races and a successful weekend as the car stayed pretty much in one piece, manage to knock the alternator wire off due to my off track excursion but thats my fault not the car! Looking forward to the next one and i hope the vids will make some of you on here want to get involved and get those 'nearly finished' cars out there. If anyone wants anymore info on the series please ask or take a look at www.trackattackraceclub.com
Russ
 
Nice one Russ! : )

Great report - very compelling...
...must...try...to...resisssst...!!!


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Hope to do one race in the series this year but sadly my engine eat itself and is in bits at the moment so be lucky to just get it back together before my next CSCC tin tops race!
 
Heard it had spat its dummy Carl, sorry to hear that. Hopefully it'll be back together ASAP though. I'd like to do a round of the tin tops maybe oulton if the cars upto it.
Russ
 
Ah I see, tbh a lot of series outlaw sequential boxes which is a shame, I always wanted to run my old cup car in cscc tintops but couldn't for that reason. The Tricolore trophy has an invitation class so with permission an ex cup car/spider could possibly run.
Russ
 
Russ Rallye":23sl3s7e said:
Eastlmark, assume you have an ex cup car?
Russ


yes! (spider race car has now gone BTW) and finding a series to run it in is very difficult. Although the tricolore has an invitation class, the regs still state that no sequential box's are allowed. (full stop). I could understand it if you had a full grid but how many started the first race? There again, if I did get an entry I feel I would be a sitting target! I only race for the fun of it, probably would not be that fast anyway... and whats more the standard race car has a lower spec motor (no ITB'S etc) than some of the allowed cars so whats the problem? A few of the other Spider race cars around would also spice up the entertainment as well.
 
That looks absolutely brilliant Russ..!

Myself and a couple of friends are currently building up 2 ph1 172 track cars, so had a look on your BUILD THREAD over on CS, I hope you don't mind me including a link.. Unfortunately we haven't quite have the time or funds to go into such attention to detail on yours, but its certainly given us a new direction to work towards after Origine RS at Goodwood in August where we'll be having a bit of fun in them. I feel a complete winter rebuild coming on..!

Fancy a trip down South in August..?

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No problem Williams, thought about going to the Origine Rs event, if I still have the V6 then I'd probably have a run down in that. The race car wouldn't be much good on track as it'll fail the static noise test as it always reads 99/100db static never mind drive by where I've tripped the noise meter at Oulton park at 110db+ due to induction noise I think.
Do you have a build thread on the Ph1's you're building? You don't fancy building them to production spec for the Tricolore trophy and racing them?
Russ
 
Ahh.. thats a shame Russ. Wire wool up the exhaust..? lol What exhaust have you got on there at the moment? (I've not yet read all of your thread)

Initially, we thought we didnt have the budget to enter any particular series. So we were just going to do them for general track days etc.. but reading a little on the Track Attack site, it looks very promising that this might be right up our street! We'll need to have a more thorough read ofcourse, but it'd be great to join in!

No build thread at the moment, some of the things we've found are quite laughable.. and to be honest, its not a touch on some of the project threads on CS.. yours included :bow: But we're having a laugh doing it all the same.. and if you knew Graeme and Chris you'd understand. :rofl:

I've been taking some pics throughout the build, so once its a little nearer completion I'll start a thread up for kicks and giggles.. 8)

Shaun
 
Great stuff Shaun, its got great potential the Tricolore Trophy if we can get some more cars on the grid, if you were interested in getting out there, or anyone else for that matter, Steve who runs the club has agreed to waive the fee for membership/entry until your 2nd race to get new members on grid.

The exhaust on mine is a Pure Motorsport single box system without cat, the exhaust isn't the problem with drive by, pretty sure it's the induction noise from the throttle bodies, only way around that is to fit an enclosed airbox.
Russ
 
Just about already for donington park next Sunday for the TARC Tricolore trophy, anyone local come and watch some good racing, we're on the bill with the Morgan Club so should be interesting. Some guy called Carl Chambers will be racing his 306 too.
Russ
 
Russ Rallye":js8kp4ra said:
Just about already for donington park next Sunday for the TARC Tricolore trophy, anyone local come and watch some good racing, we're on the bill with the Morgan Club so should be interesting. Some guy called Carl Chambers will be racing his 306 too.
Russ
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Ha Ha, yes I will be there trying to split the sea of Clios up with my lonely little pug!
 
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