Bury metro this weekend

[dave g]

yeah was good day graham wasnt

your car went well after the initial 5 minute blood rush at the start of the day hehe.

hopefully i should be a bit quicker next time now my center diff is sorted...and i bin those tyres with inserts in them hehe..man they were bad!

dave

[chrislee]

Originally Posted by Northy

Nearly, he passed me on the last lap of the final. Qual 5th finished 4th. Not bad first time out.

G

Nice one G, did you enjoy it which is the main thing? Are you going back for another go?

Chris

[Northy]

Yep, was fun and certainly different.

I'd like another go on a slightly less bumpy track

G

[jimmy]

cant recommend that j28 track enough, its a reet blast northy. but muddy in winter tho

[dave g]

yeah j28 is a very good track,nice and plenty big,nowhere near as bumpy as the nook,more open and flowing and you can get the buggy nailed open.

[jimmy]

Jumps there are top-banana I have to say. makes it entertaining.

[Lee Martin]

wait until neo!

[losichris]

can anyone comment on the new double at burymetro?

[jimmy]

bit narrow and far away

[RobHatcliffe]

Rewarding if you get it right. Crunch! if you you don't

[losichris]

hahahah, steal front arms and shock towers required then

[RobHatcliffe]

Seems to be B4 front bulkheads that have been breaking - I've seen 3 go so far (in a total of 2 meetings!)

Key to the new jump is that you MUST land on the down ramp. Land too short and it's broken bulk-head time, jump too far and you land on the flat with an almighty SLAP that makes everyone go "eeeuuuuwwwwww!"

[Spencer Mulcahy]

I like it (once you get it right) I did break my wing mount on sunday on it.

[losichris]

thats gona take some skill, getting a double jump right is hard.especially if the takeoff isnt level.
i remember the last double(before it got flattened) was a nightmare

[Richard Lowe]

It wasn't the easiest jump to do consistently...

Although Woody said there is some more work to be done to it which should improve it. It doesnt go all the way across the track at the moment and the edge of the jump is where your car tends to end up coming off the banking, so when it's the full width it will be ace. Preddy got some serious height from it with his XX4

[dave g]

i think they key to most jumps is making them consistent and safe,no good having a jump thats consisdered a car killer if you get it wrong,that doesnt help the lesser skilled drivers.

[jimmy]

definately needed to be wider, I found it hard (in the wet) to line the car up for it.

I am a firm beleiver that stuff like that should be as close to the rostrum and central to the track as possible so everyone can see it well. But I'm crazy me.

Once I knew I had to stay wide I could do the jump most of the time, but it was hard to down slope I felt.

[P_B]

Following on from dave g, and a thought I've already voiced at the track:

I haven't actually driven the jump yet but having been at the club the last couple of weekends my instinct is that it'd be better as a tabletop. Novices (or a botched approach like plenty this weekend in the wet) get the option to bail safely with far less breakages and the quick guys will still be able to downside the jump.

Basically then, no effect on the top guys but club racers will go home with an intact car more often and thus enjoy themselves more.

[MattK]

I am going to have to go aggainst the tide on this one. I am firm beliver in "drive the track in front of you". If a jump is difficult it is up to you to work and get it right. If you cant you are probably going too fast for the skill you have. I cant see the point if having soft tracks that don't push you to your limit. If you want a track thats consistent go oval racing or similar. When I was racing in the 90's in Hinckley (Midlands) the off road tracks were built with hosing every week over different ruff ground and it was always intresting learning each part of the track every time instead of it always being the same.
I realise there may not be many that agree but to be the best driver you adjust to the track and conditions.

[jimmy]

There is hard and there is hard though.

Some jumps you have to do right to go quick and keep up a rythm. Other jumps you need to do right to keep your car in one piece. I prefer the former.
Its all down to construction and placement.

I don't mind a nice technical track as long as things are visible to me - the end of bury straight is not for instance.