Northamptonshire owners meet?
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Gixerboy
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Hi all,
Drew will catch up with you at Mitcar on the 16th, good luck with the Hiill climb!.so going to try to work with the 9th :-
1) 12.30 PM 9th August./ 2nd Sunday of the Month Stags Head Maidwell.
Dave / Gixerboy -QP
Miles / Emtee -GS
Coop / -GS
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We have a week or so to strengthen numbers so let give the Midlands Maserati Meet a Go!
Cheers
Dave
Drew will catch up with you at Mitcar on the 16th, good luck with the Hiill climb!.so going to try to work with the 9th :-
1) 12.30 PM 9th August./ 2nd Sunday of the Month Stags Head Maidwell.
Dave / Gixerboy -QP
Miles / Emtee -GS
Coop / -GS
Zep - ?
keano-?
We have a week or so to strengthen numbers so let give the Midlands Maserati Meet a Go!
Cheers
Dave
zagatoes30
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Can't do 9th Aug but will try to get to other 2nd Sunday of the month
zagatoes30
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So what was so good that you needed to move the Maser on?
Emtee
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Not done Blyton yet. Hope it's fun. Are you going to compete? Which club you in? Need to get my Exxy down to NMS, and then I'll be looking to do just that through the HSA, though next year now I think.
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9th is in the diary, though it looks like just me and Dave so far. How about making Mitcar the first meet. It's an AROC event, but they'll probably all break down on the way there, so some trusty Tridents should be welcome 
oh hang on, I'm taking the Exxy, so I'll probably break down as well.
oh hang on, I'm taking the Exxy, so I'll probably break down as well. 
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I'll be there Miles...
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Blyton is a nice track - it has proper racetrack tarmac laid over an old runway, so the run-off areas are in general massive and flat concrete, but the track has good grip, no stones, proper kerbs and flows well. Means it's also a very good place to run road cars like the Masers - Evo magazine use it to test cars, but the lap times they produce don't include the chicane in the long back straight - they just go straight through that section. Makes a massive difference and means they can get to near 60s laps in road cars, whereas a real race car driven by a professional driver in the Blyton Sprint series runs a time like 65s on a lap which doesn't include the last 100m before the pits! Bit of a cheat, really... Without the chicane though, cars like the Masers would be 160mph+ on approach to a 90deg corner which doesn't have any real run-off. Had to happen for most punters. Take the Exxy to a test/track day there and you won't be disappointed.
NMS? Are they the guys preparing your car? Is it good to run yet?
I'm in the 750MC - the plan is to run the car in the BikeSports Series Class D, doing circuit racing rather than hillclimbs/sprints, although they provide good testing of how the car is running and I can get a guest entry fairly easily. Problem is, the car has to run in Sports Libre, and will be outgunned by the considerably larger engined machines, and I need some ultra soft tyres to be in with a shout, as the circuit compound I've got is too hard to work instantly. Used to run the OMS in the HSA, particularly at Harewood - good series, but I'm looking for more track time than a hillclimb day provides.
What about Mallory? Fancy doing a test day there?
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Count me in, I have a pass for the whole weekend...
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I'll be going Dave. It'll be the first outing for my Exxy. Not a big show, and you ain't going to see super exotics, but it's pleasant enough if the sun shines. Mainly Alfa's, as its organised by the Alfa Owners Club. Be great to see you there, though I appreciate its a trek.
Might pack a hamper and then at least we can pull up a chair and chew the cud.
Might pack a hamper and then at least we can pull up a chair and chew the cud.
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Oh and yay! 1K posts!
Cheers Miles, mostly good morning and goodnight - I will endeavor to make it and hopefully a few of the guys trying to do the Northants meet can do so as well, Excuse my ignorance - what is the exxy?