The Coastal 240 June 15th 2008

admin · The Coastal 240 June 15th 2008

Note the new date, details of the rules format to be posted soon

admin · PRIZES!!!!

Yes - we will being a giving a prize to the 1st & 2nd teams in this years Coastal 240

Paul

Those that attended today (Sunday 25th) took part in the draw for the Coastal members in the Endurance race.

Team A (to be named)
Barry Hughes (745)
Simon Lovett (995)
John Greeno (Green)
Paul Sanders (2.4)

‘Supreme Peeps’
Ian Alcock (785)
Ben Mannell (2.4)
Stephen Clark (2.4)
Mark Woods (2.4)
George Fairweather (2.4)

Team B (to be named)
Trevor Bailey (2.4)
James Brewer (665)
Ian Gilbert (675)
Graham Wright (2.4)

Note: Team B may be amalgamated into the two other Coastal teams depending on numbers on the day.

Colchester Cruisers
Paul Bellinger (2.4)
Dave Brinkley (2.4)
Darren Evans (2.4)
Craig Wood (925)
Tom Kholer (955)
Mikey Syrett (975)

Bury Buggy Club
Leigh Welch (2.4)
Wayne Melville (875)
Cameron McDonald (2.4)
David Studd (855)

Please note your frequency allocation and ensure that you bring your crystals with you.

If you want a team name please let me know as soon as possible. We will still accept entries up until 9.30 on the day but late entries will be placed into teams according on numbers and frequencies available.

Sams Old Man

Sam is ready to race, please add him in for the Endurance meeting

Paul

Have you got enough fags to last 4 hours Pete

Sam will be in but not sure where yet.

Little Mac

i am now unable to make the team race due to racing in scotland that weekend.

Cam

CuttingEdge · Name

Team B is now named the Cutting Edge Crew and we mean buisness

& we will be quite happy to take a Colchester or Bury Driver to add to our team ( With one or two exceptions ) ...........

Mr.B

Colchester are planning on having 2 teams now.

Colchester Croozers:

Paul Bellinger
Tim King
Dave Brimley
Craig Woods
Mikey Syrett

Team 2,To be named.

Leon Martin
Vince Graver
Tom Kohler
Julian Page
Hopefully one more on the day.

Looking forward to bringing your silverware back accross the border.

See you all sunday.
Paul.

Paul

Hi Paul, great to see antoher team entered. Please can you let me know the frequencies of the second team members. I have got Tom's as 955.

Mr.B

Hi Paul,
Vince,Leon and Julian all 2.4
Paul.

Paul

Thanks Paul, good old 2.4, makes life so much easier

El Capitano · Bury down to 2

Paul, bury are down to a team of 2, but we are still coming over to see if we can either get in with another team or there are stragglers to join us.

admin

We have at least two extra who we can second to Bury, Sean Bird & Sam Gormer

Paul

Get yourself over Leigh, we will sort everyone out when we are all in.

It looks like being a fun yet very competitive day. I have heard that some teams are already talking about tactics............ personally I don't see how minty breath freshners are going to help

Mr.B

CuttingEdge

Leigh you are welcome in my team especialy after your drive last week to win that final ,,,,,,,,,, You drove the best I have ever seen Well done

Come on Down & join the Cutting Edge Crew

Team Mini · Upload Photo's

Hi, is it possible to email me rb_tbp@msn.com the login details so that i can upload some photo's that i took today of the Coastal 240 Endurance Race.

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admin

Big thanks to every one involved especially Paul & Linda for keeping us all informed of what was happening.
To the Colchester Croozers for their win,
There some great battles that went right down to the last minutes so well done everyone.

We learnt a lot and will incorporate them in the 2009 Coastal 240

Team Mini · Coastal 240 in Pictures

Pictures available online here http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563804774mlKwSI

markw

wat a day it was so much fun with good last minute battles. i tryed my hardest to close the gap in the last ten minutes and well done to the rest of the team well drove well all day.

also thanks to everyone involved Paul , barry & Linda
and finaly well to done the winners

Paul

I would just like to thank everyone who came along to race today, I wasn't sure how it would go but alot of work went into making the day a success.

It was good to see so many teams really getting into the whole tactic thing and I must congratulate Colchester for running a very well oiled schedule and also for turning up with their cars in team colours. They eventually won by just two laps and I am sure this was down to some slick pit work as both the top two teams were in the pits, changed transponders and out again in under 8 seconds. The victorious Colchester team also took six of the top ten quickest laps with the quickest being a 14.046 on lap 732!

It was very close though, and at one stage it looked like the win might be snatched away from them and who knows what would have happened if the 'Peeps had not 'lost' their transponder for over a minute. All the teams did very well to last the 240 minutes and it was amazing how close some of the racing was. Credit must also go to team Fifty/Fifty who had a torrid time in the opening 30 minutes and at one stage were 14 laps behind the 5th place team. Unluckiest driver must have been Trevor who fried most of his motors in an attempt to get his team further up the leaderboard.

Everyone entered into the spirit of the meeting and what a beautiful job Tim did on Stephen's bodyshell to win the individual concours prize with his stunning Gulf Oil colour scheme.

After the succcess of this meeting we hope to include it in our calender for 2009 when I'm sure the competion will be just as fierce.

Well done everyone!

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Team Mini

Thanks

Mr.B

Thanks to all involved with putting the event on today.
I'll speak for all the Colchester boys in saying that we all thoroughly enjoyed it,obviously it helps when you win.

We'll definately arrange a return match,maybe later this year or early 2009.
Unlucky to those that had problems throughout the event and i'm sure every team had a problem or 2 and thats what makes these races so good.,different every time.
Cheers again.
Paul.

greyfox

What a great days racing yesterday - with good weather, some really great teamwork from each of the teams, some very close racing throughout the day and only 28 seconds seperating 1st and 2nd after 4 hours of enjoyable racing, but at times damned hard work!
Many congratulations to Colchester Croozers for a deserved win, especially with the slick pit stops that they were capable of, and also to all the teams for the great spirit they each showed throughout the day.
Look forward to seeing this as an annual inter-club event, as it is certainly a very different form of racing.

No. 46

Very well done to everybody involved in the racing and for the crowd for making a real good atmosphere for the Coastal 240. One of the best meetings i have ever raced at and i love the format. Who needs five minute racing in this day and age.

Photos from the meeting

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The Coastal 240 June 15th 2008

PRIZES!!!!

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Bury down to 2

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