McApe @ Spa...

Fluoxetine · Post by **Fluoxetine** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:17 pm

Seems the results of the first race are in...

http://www.ris-timing.be/circuit/rf/2007/lotusr1.htm

McApe finished 6th overall, and 3rd in Class B, half a car length behind the 340R which took second...

Well done!

Ross.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:41 pm

Goanyersel ya big ginger Ape!

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:20 pm

kenny wrote:Goanyersel ya big ginger Ape!

Gerritrightupem..

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:14 pm

Great link Ross

I'll watch that for tomorrow

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:09 am

8 121 DE COCK Luc Exige Cup 240 B 1:37.894 2:54.104 2:54.585 RUN 0

Fluoxetine · Post by **Fluoxetine** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:00 am

And there's more...

He finished 9th overall in the Heritage race yesterday, sharing someone elses S1 PTP 170...It was mentioned on Seloc that his fastest lap was only 0.7 slower than Martin Donnelly (ex Lotus F1 driver) racing in the same class, and at one stage he was catching Martin by 4 seconds a lap!

...And he managed a mega impressive 4th overall / 2nd in class on the road today, just 0.5 of a second behind Steve Williams in his faster / lighter Duratec...Handicap still to be applied, but results below...

Whoo hoo!

jj · Post by jj » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:27 am

mckeann might be a dobber but hes certainly put his money where his mouth is with the results this year - good skills sir

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:18 pm

4mil 4 t win!!!

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:15 am

Yes, I think he would have been in with a chance of winning class A in the endurance race as a solo driver - he shared with Matt Bartlett (who is a jolly nice chap, btw) and though Matt is by no means slow, Skeggs/Donnolly are both very quick, so by the time they did the driver changes, Neil had about 30s to catch up.

He did catch him up, but partly because Donnolly was "resting" the car (he'd worked it very hard in the previous race and it lost a driveshaft and a load of gearbox fluid - no more flat shifting, please) and mostly because there was an insane golf with 100's of BHP that kept catching Donnolly on the straights and then tussling in the corners (this golf actually ended up pirouetting across the start/finish straight on just the front left wheel when he launched it across the kerb at the end of the last lap!!).

Neil was pleased to note that with Steve Williams (his main competition in class B) co-driving two other class A cars, Neil's best lap in Matt's car was a good few seconds a lap faster than Steve's in either of the other two cars (all three ~PTP170 spec I think) - with the reg changes for next year looking like a drop in BHP in class B, that might make things a bit closer (assuming he doesn't switch to class A instead).

Of interest to some will also be Peter Frith's (sp?) result in the Caterham MegaGrad - he ended up P1 in their second race (I bumped into him on the plane home) - I've met Peter a few time over at Lawrence's, and I'm sure the 7's fans on this list will know him.

Cheers,
Robin

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:30 am

Thanks everyone for the kind words, and for caring enough to look out for the results.

Will use this as an opertunity to thank robin and kelvin, both of whom flew to amsterdaam, hired a car, and drove 200 miles to watch me race, fix my car, and most importantly, wind me up (i mean mentally prepare me) enough on friday night to go out and try to beat Martin Donnelly.

Full report to follow this afternoon or this evening.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:36 am

Livin the dream...

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:55 am

Bravo sir.

Respect.

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:07 am

Well done ya big Galoot!

I read somewhere you had enough energy left for a drift around the hairpin on the Ferry car deck...

Post by **Shug** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:49 am

Respec' sir, respec'

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:59 am

Great results Neil, especially with the car holding up as well. You can not beat a S_E pit team...........

I presume that the calipers arrived OK and that you managed to get them fitted?

tut