York Drag Way

[Williamson]

Alright there,

Im from the puntosports forum and Ive read that you are trying to organise a fiat meet at the york drayway, Ive nicked some details off of here and posted them on there, upto now there are about six people interested, hopefully we'll get some more.

Do you know what you would have to take to be able to take part? Ive never been before but Ive heard you need to take your driving licence and a crash helmet? Is this correct

cheers
wilber

May the records spin like a windmill

 

[2.0 20v]

Yeah just take your driving license.
They usually don't ask for a crash helmet unless you'll be crossing the end of the 1/4 at over 100mph

Si.
2.0 20v HGT + £2.5k of stereo + NOS (soon)

 

[HP]

heh - not likely in a cinq, unless you've got the Novitec biturbo conversion!

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
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[MikeWhitcombe]

Or start already moving...

Cinqmeister
Alias: BIG BROTHER
http://www.channel9.tk
'94 Cinquecento Basica (USA Spec) 0,9l

 

[Silver_Sei]

Yeah all you will need to take is your car and your licence.

I have got 15s on now and thinking of taking my old 13s and give it a ago on both wheels and see what the difference is. would ii be ok just changing the front wheels and leaving the 15s oon the back all the time? (bit like a drag car lol)

James

www.clubcento.co.uk

 

[HP]

You could do, might look a bit odd though!

Pete.
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[mickymunch]

that'd look cool! a lot of sports cars have bigger wheels at the back. your not gonna be cornering so you might as well!

Mick
Cinquecento Sporting

 

[Silver_Sei]

worth giving a shot and actualy see how much 15s make a difference

James

www.clubcento.co.uk

 

[The Mighty]

Can't really make any excuses this time, its only 20 minutes from here. For those who've never been to Melbourne, a word of caution. The return road has steadily been detriorating for the last 50 years, if your car is low, be extremely careful. In fact the strip is not that flat either, but it should make for a fun day out. See you all there...........

Chris (Orange Marea 155)

 

[Silver_Sei]

where do you live 'The Mighty' as im only about twenty mins away aswell?

Im going to have a look on the place and see if there is anywhere we could meet up and convoy in.

James

www.clubcento.co.uk

 

[Williamson]

Im going to go to a meet on the 27th of this month, its not a fiat one but i'll let you know how it goes, think its a VW event, GTI & hothatches? but its got the RWYB.

Never done a run before so Im going to get some practice in before the Fiat meet, try and kill me punto GT

wilber

Punto GT - Pipercross Airfilter - Bleed Valve - Forge Dump Valve - Seb1 Chip - 150BHP

 

[HP]

A little advice - I tried far too hard at Santa Pod. Couldn't get grip off the line, just wheelspan all the way through first and cost myself a fair amount of time. You don't need to be violent and drop the clutch or do burnouts in normal cars, just practise minimum wheelspin starts - even if it means you don't get to full throttle straight away.

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group
Clubcento

 

[Williamson]

cheers for the advice, I'll try and remember not to floor it off of the start

Punto GT - Pipercross Airfilter - Bleed Valve - Forge Dump Valve - Seb1 Chip - 150BHP

 

[The Mighty]

I'm 20 minutes the opposite direction Silver. But if anyone's going from the Hull area and wants to convoy down there, then I'm on for that. As fixit says, its all too easy to try too hard off the line, especially at York, where the surface is not anywhere close to Santa Pod standards. As for burnouts, if you're running normal road compound radials, the best thing to do is drive around the water and just do what the pro's used to call a dry hop. Just a quick spin of the wheels to clean off any gravel and muck, a quick chirp on the throttle and drop the clutch is enough.

Chris

 

[HP]

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its all too easy to try too hard off the line, especially at York, where the surface is not anywhere close to Santa Pod standards.

Chris

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oh my god.
I thought Santa Pod wasn't good, the track - although smooth - was super slippy, and the run-up stretch where everyone does the burnouts (Yep, I tried and nearly bust my gearbox) is pot holed.

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group
Clubcento

 

[MikeWhitcombe]

Good old UK roads

Cinqmeister
Alias: BIG BROTHER
http://www.channel9.tk
'94 Cinquecento Basica (USA Spec) 0,9l

 

[The Mighty]

The potholes aren't in the burnout box at York, they're all over the strip.............I could start remeniscing about how good it was when I was a kid and seeing some really serious machinery there. It was never the best track, but its really not suitable for anything vaguely fast these days.

The problem with Santa Pod is that when its fully prepped for a race its super sticky, but that amount of rubber on the surface without the VHT "glue" gets really shiney. When its sticky you nearly leave your shoes behind. Which reminds me of an amusing incident at York...............

 

[Silver_Sei]

hi guys there is a lancia day on the 24th august so most clubs are going there its at lotherton hall so unfortunatly i am going to have to change the date. but thoses who want to still goo it is a rwyb so you are all still able to go sorry i will get in touch with your and arrange a new date
James

James

www.clubcento.co.uk

 

[Silver_Sei]

Just had an email from york today saying the the 14th September is a possible date so im needing to know if there is any interest in the event please will you let us know either on hear or at [email protected]

James

www.clubcento.co.uk

 

[Donz]

i'll (provisionally) go on the 14th

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