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#16 charliebudd

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Posted 08 April 2014 - 12:51 PM

Had a good start to the race season with two 3rd place finishes. will post onboard footage from race 2 shortly 



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Posted 08 April 2014 - 12:52 PM

starting 6th with 6kg of success ballast after reverse grids,

 



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Posted 25 April 2014 - 07:25 PM

Looking forward to getting out at brands hatch on monday, for a bit of testing 



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Posted 25 April 2014 - 07:38 PM

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

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Posted 29 April 2014 - 09:37 AM

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 



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Posted 29 April 2014 - 10:09 AM

 

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 

 

yes thanks that makes sense, its clever to stop people running away, keeps it fun I suppose.



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Posted 29 April 2014 - 10:20 AM

yes it does. to be honest i think the weights need to be heavier as i didnt notice a difference 

 

 

 

What's meant by success ballast? Obviously a weight but for what?

we have 2 races in the weekend, start position in the first race is determined by times in qualifying.

 

then for race 2...

 

the driver who won race 1 has to pull a number 4 , 6 , 8 from the hat. what ever number he pulls out thats where the grids get reversed from. plus the top 3 drivers get a success ballast.. driver who won gets 10kg 2nd place gets 8kg and 3rd gets 6kg. they then carry this over to the next qualifying and race 1. 

 

the idea is to stop any drivers running away with the championship.. 

 

have i exlpaied that ok ? aha 

 

yes thanks that makes sense, its clever to stop people running away, keeps it fun I suppose.

 



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Posted 11 May 2014 - 07:19 PM

Good going today

enjoyed watching you 



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Posted 11 May 2014 - 10:38 PM

Where were you lot in the pits could not see your cars and there were some good battles going on

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 05:14 PM

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?



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Posted 13 May 2014 - 05:21 PM

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A few pics from the weekend



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Posted 13 May 2014 - 08:17 PM

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?

Hello Mate 

 

my car (the one above in the pictures) was parked with team bailey. My dads and brothers where parked further along. they race in the super mighty minis. 

 

not sure on build cost. as i don't own my mighty mini. but that car is a heritage shell so not cheap...

 

but last year i raced my own car and that cost me 4k to buy. tyres 65 quid ago probably go through 2 complete sets a year at the most. fuel for car £90.00 a meeting. entry fee £380.00 per meeting. damage unknown. (last year i had none) if you want to test its about £150 for a half day on a friday. 

 

i recon your looking at about a grand a meeting all in. competitive car from 3500 to 6k. 



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Posted 13 May 2014 - 08:17 PM

 

A few pics from the weekend

 

great thanks :)



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Posted 13 May 2014 - 09:16 PM

If you don't mind me asking how much did your car cost to make and how much do you spend in a season?

Hello Mate 
 
my car (the one above in the pictures) was parked with team bailey. My dads and brothers where parked further along. they race in the super mighty minis. 
 
not sure on build cost. as i don't own my mighty mini. but that car is a heritage shell so not cheap...
 
but last year i raced my own car and that cost me 4k to buy. tyres 65 quid ago probably go through 2 complete sets a year at the most. fuel for car £90.00 a meeting. entry fee £380.00 per meeting. damage unknown. (last year i had none) if you want to test its about £150 for a half day on a friday. 
 
i recon your looking at about a grand a meeting all in. competitive car from 3500 to 6k.

Ok thanks

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Posted 16 May 2014 - 11:14 AM

Next time out we are at Zolder in belgium, never raced here before cant wait! 






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