750mc HH 2019 Silverstone Race 1 "tail*gate"
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Silverstone......the power circuit!
With my engine running really poor and now knowing that its only kicking out 220bhp, I was pretty worried about being straight driven past.
But quali worked out well and qualified on pole by a freaking second!
Overall lap times were slow with the new surface put on a few month before hand for F1, and it felt pretty awful trying to adjust to the much earlier braking points and how differently you had to load the car up to make the initial turn in phase.
Poor start again, its either me, my wanky 220bhp or a mega Steve!
Unfortunately something happened to steves engine on lap 1, I thought he missed a gear but he fell back pretty rapidly. Didn't find out what was the cause and the engine sent a rod through the block whilst pootling around in the paddock area.......gutting!
Started to pull a gap, but we had some fierce winds at the track, head on down hanger straight, and the riv nuts in my FRP tailgate failed, caught the leading edge and sent it skywards!
I thought the bleeding back wheels had come off, and wasnt until I was facing backwards I saw the tailgate in the air and went "ah!.......thats my issue....50 ft up there".
I was going to pit, but decided to carry on and see what it was like. They couldn't black flag a broken part that wasn't on the car! haha.
Suffice to say, that tiny wing did quite a lot! The oversteer was ridiculous.
I lost 8 seconds in that spin, and the lead. But getting back to it and adjusting, the FL gap between tailgate and no tailgate was only 1.4 seconds! I was running about 3 tenths faster than the then leader, which wouldn't of been enough to close the 3 second gap up tbh, but his engine then decided to melt and I picked up the lead again.
I was laughing to myself at what a stupid race this was!
But! Entertaining!
public "you cant drift a front wheel drive!"
Ben "here, hold my tailgate..."
😂😂😂
More of a oversteery understeery power slide 😂. That slide and catch into this first corner 🤯 this kids got some skills.
@@thetalkingelement2415 thanks man! 👊
Made my night this hilarious! Amazing control though and can't believe how much a difference rear wing makes
Been watching your vids ever and very impressed. Fantastic demonstration on how downforce effects all cars at speed and not just single seaters.
Thanks David! Would really appreciate a sub if you haven't already 👍
Well, that was certainly a spoiler I wasn't expecting! Seriously though, bloody hell you held that well!
Ba dum dum tsssshhhh! Thanks man! Haha
@@BenR22 Thank you, thank you! I'm here all week!
Another great race, so impressed by your ability to open a gap once you get to the front. Great driving!
Thanks Ian!
Fantastic car control and comments as usual. ;) By far the most rewarding (and human) motorsport I watch!
Ben: do you remeber how sideways i would have done this corner during season 1?
Also Ben: Woah...woah! wooooowwuwuwoooo......
Wasn't counting on it returning! Like the car thought it was a request or something.
Ben, your car control is awesome...great recovery after losing the rear hatch....amazing what difference it made...clearly undriveable without it but you still kept up a great lap time. Great win in the end.
Thanks Robert! Yea it still surprised me, but it was pretty smooth and predictable and just took some adjustments.
***don't scratch the body work***** oh Ben i love that one
Couldn't resist!
Nice driving after the weight reduction trick.! :O)
Just trying to keep it on track!
I shit my pants for you.. absolutely incredible drive! Never a dull moment in your vids
Another masterclass in waffling while winning races! Also great to see the difference a wing can make as you said.
Awesome video as ever Ben, thanks for spending the time to do them.
Thanks Alan! Haha!
What a video! Watched it with the old man the other day, he’s now watched a few of your other videos 😂 was good to catch you at Donington 👍
Thanks man! Good to meet you.
Boosted cars...
Heavy rain...
Parts fly off....
Your unstoppable Ben 👍🏻✌🏻
Haha! Thanks!
Wish you would vlog after, would make great content
I keep meaning to, but so much happens and pack up has to be quick etc. It just so hard to do a round up after 100% promise I'll just grab the gorpo after and do even a rough vlog!
@@BenR22 I too would love to see some kind of aftermath round up of the race between you and fellow competitors, understand it's hard like you said but would be great content for people that cant compete but want too. Great driving yet again man! Keep it up
@@adamrich2035 noted. Will try to, depends how a race goes, people are quite emotional after a race and might not be up for me shoving the cam in their face and asking how it was. But it would make for good vlogging.
Just do what you can, if you can't then it's all good. We understand it's hectic after a race :)
Just stumbled across this video, and I love hondas haha awesome 😎 and that tailgate went flying 😳
Thanks man! Sure did! Like 50 ft up!
So how did you get into racing? I’ve done a fair few track days etc in my hondas but never made any RUclips vids about it, kinda wish I did now. This is right up my street
@@fullyrc8555 You just decide to do it, and go. Get your starter pack, do the test, get your licence, get your safety kit, choose a race series, sort a car, and turn up. Sound a harder than it is, usually because everyone wants to race an m3. I started in 1400cc metros.
I was literally typing about people who say fwd doesn't need rear down force as you said it.
Really wasn't expecting that, had go rewatch it a couple times to see what happened 😂
It fucked off... Thats what happened!
Awesome content as usual! Really unlucky with the tailgate. Kinda lucky with the Peugeot also having troubles. Really enjoyed!
Thanks bud!
Holy crap! Completely lost rear traction, quality save and race!
Thanks Dan!
Awesome bro, few laughs aswell😜👌👍
Ben’s got a new purple knob 😅
Eagle eyes!
Love watching your channel, always entertaining 👍 thanks for the upload...
Thanks for watching!
Dude you are a legend! 😅 congrats for the win!
Thanks bud!
Great video again Ben, that pug 205 is seriously quick on the straights!
Hopefully you get it back on the dyno and running 100% soon
Sure is! But big engines blow up big! Mines all better now, so looking to steam ahead. One giant cock up at the next race though... Last time I fuck around when I can just easily win a race.
@@BenR22 👍 look forward to seeing your next race, keep up the good work 👌
Looks like your hatch got serious abut looking for Steve
my God, I was just about rolling around on the ground after seeing this comment! hahaha!
@@danielcgomez Cheers ^^
😂
Ben enjoy watching your videos, your a great driver not sure how you can talk and drive at the same time driving at this level. Hope you get spotted for a pro drive mate.
Thanks man! Appreciate it...... Still waiting for someone to offer a cup of coffee yet alone offer seat haha.
Top race buddy 👌 and at least the rear camera had a better view 😂
F**k my arse 😂😂😂 incredible as always mate! You car control is one of the best ive seen. Would the rear camera be better flipped left to right? My brain couldnt work out which side cars were at 😂 but i am very very very simple 😅 cant wait for the next video mate!
Is that an invite? Haha.
Thanks man, I try!
And yes, I'm going to flip it back like I always had it before. Someone asked to see what it would be like, but I can't fathom it either.
11:14 ... "Was that my F$#king Tail gate ?!" Classic line (probably needs a sticker mate !)
You really cant write your races and Vids never fail to entertain ! Keep up the good work!
Haha! That's a bloody good call! 😂 Thanks man!
Was waiting on this video 🤙🏻
Ben: I wonder where Steve is
Wing: I shall find him
Haven't even watched it yet and I liked it straight away 😂
Love you!
Really enjoying your videos. Looks like you mirrored the rear camera so it looks more like looking into the rear view mirror on this one. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks! Yea mirrored, and it feel so unnatural to me and others. Do you like it better this way?
Keep up the good work i enjoy watching your videos
Thanks bud! I enjoy you watching them haha!
God demit ben.. I get scared here!! You did very well. I bet if you go to races like gt2 you give a big outsmart to many pilots there.
Haha! I'll take that bet, someone get me in one! 😊
Someone is sleeping on that teams.. You drive to be a top 10 in top tear races easy.
@@Nsatiro wow thanks man!
Very skilled driver👌👌
Thanks Adam!
Whoa you're awesome, just showed some true skill winning after this accident
Haha thanks man, not awesome, just enjoying it all 👌
Another excellent video Ben very entertaining 😂 and great result 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Gary! Glad you enjoyed, 👍
You should lose your tailgate more often!
Showcases your drifting skills😎🤣
Great race, mate.
Thanks mate! Or someone stick me in a rwd! 😂
I freaking love this channel
Channel freaking loves you!
What a bizzare race haha. The tailgate flying off was a bit of a blessing in disguise I think. You got your head down after that and drove much better, impressive keeping up with the car in front without it.
You could see the surface and grip was terrible, looked like you were driving on plastic tyres.
Congrats on the win bud, well deserved. 👍
Thanks josh! I dunno about blessing. My win is held together with tape and the stays are all twisted! Lots of work in the off season.
@@BenR22 if it doesn't involve tape you're doing something wrong haha, don't think any amount of tape was fixing that tailgate back on though 😅
Keep at it man, got this championship in the bag. Be interesting to see if Prebble can bring on the fight next season now he's joined the dark side!
@@AutoworksJAL no, the scrutineers specifically told me if it can't stay on without tape, it's not going out. Haha.
Prebs will catch up, he's complaining about power. But we have to drop to 245bhp/ton for next year from the 260 we are right now. Thankfully, the extra 15kg of the oem tailgate bring me to 246bhp/ton! 😂 So if I win with that on right now, I'll be fine next year when they have to add weight.
@@BenR22 oh right haha.
Yeah I've seen he's been struggling with it a bit but from what I've seen it seems to be making alright power. Was a forged supercharged engine before wasn't it? So maybe it's slightly lower compression...
Be interesting to see if he can bring the fight though! Keep at it man 👌
@@AutoworksJAL well, all depends what you expect from something. The Internet has told everyone thay 260bhp is what a k20 should make on drop in cams and bolt ons. And in reality, you'll be lucky to net high 240's. I think he's in the 240 bracket. My k20 in 2017 was making 240.
I think it was a stock k20 with a charger on, so he just took it off. I'm sure he can.
Brilliant mate 👍🏻
Haha thanks Craig!
Another awesome video Ben. Amazing driving skill
Thanks Jared! Appreciate it!
Ben Rushworth no problem 👊
Another cracking video. Loving this stuff.
Thanks belchy!
Good to see you wing it 👍
I see what you did there. 😏
👍🏻👍🏻🏁🌹🌹12:18 ...😂😂🤗.i just love him, awesome driver, channel and humor💋💋💋
Haha thanks! Never knew swearing could be so endearing. 😂
What that my f'in tailgate? LOL. Classic. Awesome.
What is your settings of front and rear toe, camber and caster?
"fuck this corner" brilliant haha
Quite a surprise, but you handled it rather well. Racing luck also helped.
Sure did! And yea... Surprise is one way to put it! I shat the bed!
Sorry man I don't know if to like or dislike the fact that it happened
Like obviously! Help me out here! 😂
Nice purple knob...try relaxing your grip on it 🤪
Also...is it me or is the rear view shot going the wrong way??? Need to flip the vid as when you turn left, so does the rear view...if you get my meaning. When the Pug goes to overtake on the right in the rear view, you are looking left.
Yes, it's flipped!
I had a few people asking for it to be flipped as it seems more life like to them to have to reversed. But it does my brain in!
I won't be doing it again.
HH racing to the rescue of my boring Tuesday
Really glad you think that it helps haha. 👌
@@BenR22 Indeed! Always a fun watch dude. Good stuff
You could see it flexing before she when weeeeee 😯😂
And she went big! 😂
@@BenR22 hats off to you still keeping it together 💪💯😎
you sir, are awsome!
Thanks deem
Love the vids mate.
Thanks josh!
Another impressive drive. Any chance of doing a one-off vid with a less wide angle lens, to see more what you are seeing?
We aren't allowed anything strapped to our helmets, and over the shoulder you loose a lot of view with the driver blocking it. What would you like to see?
@@BenR22 Ah, sorry - I wasn't suggesting strapping anything to you. Just a camera view that shows the longer shot. I'm a marshal, and I'd like to see your view of us at racing speed; with the wide angle that shows everything, I can barely see the posts, but I'll bet you are focussed much further up the track than that view for most of the time, so whilst you move around and can change focus in your eyes, you won't have the wide angle camera view for most of the drive. Me standing on the track looking for the posts just 'aint the same as you running at speed.
@@andyowens5494 sure, I can give it a go!
I see flags in my peripheral, they sort of just pop out, I don't look directly at them.
Sometimes I notice a flag way in the distance and surprise myself that I took that info in.
One example is in 2016 metro cup race at brands. I span under "double yellows" coming into paddock as fluid was down.
I spotted a single yellow flag as I came out of clearways start of the straight, and being tucked up behind the guy infront I saw the yellow being brought in through his back widow and visually through the car it's not very crisp with him and evrything else I'm concentrating on.
Anyway, up to the clerks office after, I have my story, he didn't believe me and we watched the cctv. 7 seconds before I get to the corner the double yellows were pulled in for singles (why not orange and yellow I don't know). Now I said, see, pulled in. Granted my view didn't allow me to see the other flag, but surely benefit of the doubt would be nice thay I wasn't just being a prick.
Nope....
Clerk doesn't like being proved wrong infront of the other officials and 3 other waiting drivers..... So I got points anyway. 😂
Awesome race
Sure was! Felt great at the end.
11:02 - Pressed the "Ejecto Wing" button by accident?
Yea, it's right next to oil slick which I used last year....... 😂
That's one way to implement active aero!
Ben what dash is that your using buddy? Custom Job?
Yea just a custom job... Its basically a big piece of angle carbon.
@@BenR22 cheers bud looking for something similar was hoping it would be readily available
@@pottsiesracingaccord they can be made, but they are extremely flimsy, single ply carbon apart from double where the gauges sit. You have to make all the brackets and support structure to hold it. Also have to trim it to fit. It doesn't just bolt in.
@@BenR22 ah cheers buddy my dash turns out it ain't that heavy once everything is stripped off it, next questions is did you make those brackets for the windows?
@@pottsiesracingaccord this dash weighs 330grams with no gauges in.
And yea made the clips, well my mate did when he was painting it.
I thought "flexible" wings were banned these days?
They are. But shitty hinges aren't.
Fucking awsome
Epic driving. What are those 205s running that makes them so much faster on the straights? :o
Xu10 306gti engines and about 250kg less!
@@BenR22 same power as yours? Shirley that cant be fair :o
@@lastexile1187 fair... What's fair got to do with anyone trying to win haha. Its cool, people make their choices and if it does result in a win, it can only be a hollow one.
Ben Rushworth well i mean arent they in the same class? 🤔
@@lastexile1187 yea same class. 260bhp/ton. But from my "research", one of them is closer to 310bhp/ton.
brilliant...haha!
Thank man haha.
Henlo Ben fav track to race at? Thank you for another brilliant vid
Henlo! Tough one. Honestly can't decide!
4:21 excuse me what was that?😂😂
A racing term.......
hey man. i like your skill. hows your opinion with front traction bar?did you using it?
Thanks, and no. Its not a good item for circuit racing. All you need are kingpin machine spherical arms and you're sorted.
@@BenR22 did you mean rose joint bearing?
@@johndayne895 yes, Rose joint is a colloquial term as there was a company called rose making spherical bearings. Much as they are called heim joints in America.
That is one way to get weight reduction
😂 Ffs!
Ben Rushworth it is not my fault your trying to cheat with detachable rear ends. Jk luv the vids
@@Pepperoni-vp6wf gotta do my part when others are pushing the rules too! 😜
Do you even wing bro? 😁🏁
At this point... No. 😂
4:22 🤣 what happens in the paddock, stays in the paddock.
🤫
Do you race at Oulton Park
Not this year in this car. But I just did Oulton in the chevron at the gold Cup.
@@BenR22 Cool i missed that event
Do you mind if i copy your helmet design for mine ? :p it looks absolutely awesome
Haha, you don't need to copy man, I'm sure with some thought and some styling ques, you can design your own. Keep not simple!
My own design originally took the chevrons off will hoys helmet.
Ben Rushworth hahaa of course im not gonna copy it but the design is very nice and the coulours go so well together ! Really nice one
hahaha, just keep going.
Nothing else to do, boots gone!
That shit fucking scared me bro what the fuck
Surprise you need to get the meatball flag.
You and me both!
@@BenR22 where have been? Any new contact coming out soon?
@@GODZILLA1521 soon fella! 2022 should be the year the teg makes a return and I get some time to go racing again. Plus covid just has made it very very boring to jump through hoops to go racing.
Love your vids and channel your are very inspiring and living the dream😂💪💯, i want to get into this so I opened my own channel i have 139 subs🙈 but drive a 700bhp i need tips how to get into these races. Thanks again for your vids means alot
Well no wonder why you were understeering so badly
Oversteering?
Ben Rushworth in the video it looked like the front end was washing out due to understeer and rubble/oil or whatever on the surface
@@creed8196 ah OK, with you. They had just resurfaced the whole circuit for the f1 race. It was way less grippy than the year before and all my old reference points were too deep and the braking threshold was also lower, leading to small trailing lockups and understeer.