750MC Hot Hatch 2019 Castle Combe Race 2
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Race 2, in the dry.
I'm confident I can do this one and get my Combe win.
I've written a detailed blog of the events in this race and it would be appreciated if you could check it out as I'm going to keep the descriptions here shorter from now on.
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Please, I beg of you, don't stop making these videos. Love the format, the passion and it's fucking exciting. Respect man! From South Africa.
Thanks man, I won't! So long as there is a place for them and I can afford to keep doing it by raising sponsors.
That was def. an attempt to shut a door that wasn’t going to close. Exciting video!
Thanks bud.
Placing the rear view into the roof area is about the best delivery of view I've ever seen.
Thanks man, seems like people like it!
I agree x100
Well I’m shattered just watching this video...the tension and physical effort were incredible. Great racing.
Thanks Rob! I was almsot dead in the arms after the race!
Absolutely incredible racing dude. Literally on the edge of my seat watching this.
Man that was bloody intense to watch, fantastic battle! As for the incident, you were definitely far enough along side, purely a racing incident, these things happen.
Cracking job all round regardless!
Thanks bud! All good in the hood!
Grabbing some beer after work to watch this. Bet it’s another goodie!
That first overtake had me on the edge of my seat!!
Haha, and my seat was puckered!
Epic Race...I used to be a Track Marshall here for a few years before I moved to Oz. Love the videos
Well that was some drive there from inside the cockpit. It was very exciting watching at the time but that was intense close racing.Great blog as well.
Thanks Graham!
Great pass into Camp! Great Vid!
Thanks bud!
Just discovered your channel.Great driving Ben thanks for yhe footage.Im at Coombe April 1st if you're racing I'll be cheering for you.
Good to read your comment in your blog about contact in racing. The skill is being close without touching and I really dislike some opinions that "rubbings racing". BTCC sets a a bad example.
In 4 years of racing including wins I'm glad to say ive only had contact with another car once and the only result of that was me removing some tyre marks!
It is an issue....
Absolute emotional roller coaster dude!
That was an amazing race Ben!! As others have said, it's proper edge of your seat viewing to see you battle with other drivers who can match your pace! Hope to see more like it this year... Can't have everyone thinking you're having an easy time if it hahaha.
I don't have personal race experience yet but I do have a few years first hand experience of watching videos of junior drivers incidents etc and in my view, you had the line and the other driver had ample time and position to see you were there. Hope it all gets sorted out quietly and amicably.
Can't wait to see the next rounds.
Thanks bud. Yea all is good, it's one of those things, but because I put out all my videos I have to comment on it to an extent.
Cooor. That was a tense race. Fair play. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Haha thanks!
Epic race! One of the best videos you've put up in terms of lapping 100% pace with some quick guys chasing you. Unlucky to not have the win.
Thanks bud! Almost!
What a driver mate 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Awesome video on so many levels. Well done, it’s racing !
great race Ben! pity abut the steering going out, and a real pity about the contact in the corner. Love edge of the seat racing for sure! Good luck at Cadwell!
Thanks Daniel!
That was epic, my favourite race to watch of yours. Nice to see you have some close competition as usually you are leagues ahead of the others. I know how it feels to drive fast without PAS so I could feel the pain especially when the back markers were knocking you off line!
I presume it went down as a race incident, no way you did anything wrong you were already alongside.
Thanks! Yea just one of those things. Driving with no pas was exhausting and the arm pump was mad. I was dead at the end.
Awesome driving and very fast times. I've got an MX5 NB of a similar power level with 260BHP at 1060kg, next goal is to get into the teens around Combe. Stiffer spring rates are next on the list.
Thanks man, on subsequent checks on the dyno, turns out we were running 226bhp! So 215/ton!
@@BenR22 I guess there’s no comparison between a race and road car. What bhp/tonne class do you run in?
@@jimmyjones5787 well, yes and no. Modern track cars are pretty damn good, only issue is their weight.
I was running in the 260/ton class. But my power was down for the first 3rd of the season as my inlet valves weren't closing fully.
@@BenR22 I think you’re 10/11 secs a lap faster around Combe which is mind blowing. Got some MeisterR Clubrace’s to go on, hoping that will see me into the teens with some more seat time. 😀
@@jimmyjones5787 just keep at it bud 👌
Why didn't I watch this sooner, very intense race man, gutted you didn't get the win but those breakaway laps were epic! Had to work hard, those 205s are like wasps, just don't bugger off 😂
Thanks bud, would of been fine if I didn't loose PAS. navigating traffic at poor points on the track killed the gap I'd built.
@@BenR22Like you said back markers are luck, unfortunately the luck wasn't on your side that race. You'll get the win there soon man. And it'll be interesting to see you race Prebble again now he's joined the Honda clan!
Amazing racing.
Well done!
Thanks man!
These video's are far better to watch when you have some real competion. Exciting stuff!
Not sure how to take that 😂
Haha. Don't get me wrong Ben, i enjoy all your videos. It's just better to see you battling than being pretty much unchallenged at the front!
@@k20ee96 😂 not winning takes the edge off the drive, but it does help reset at a higher level and progress.
Fantastic vid , great driving :)
Thanks bud!
Great video. Good choice of weapon.
Great racing, you had the corner, GP caused the (racing) incident, no big deal, he will know exactly what he did wrong and wont do it next time (could be as simple as the home boys not wanting to lose at home and getting a bit wild). Great racing and another good video.
That was intense. Remember, rubbing is racing. Haha!
Great race love it
Thanks bud! Was a doozy!
Damn. Great race. Too bad about the PS issue!
Such awesome footage mate 🍔🍟🍟🍺
Thanks!
That was intense.
Good video and good effort. As everyone else has said, it was just one of those things, neither of you were giving it up and that's racing. You were real out of luck that day with the back markers, every time in that chicane
OMFG THE HEEL AND TOE AT 15:23
What a fun little track !
You bet!
just subscribed to you bud,awesome racing and a dam shame you had power steering issues as you were doing so well! keep up the great racing
Great racing fair play I love going to Combe aswell but deffo keep with the in car audio as your racing so what if we hear swearing now and again😂 it’s nice to hear what the drivers are thinking and going through as there racing fair play
Dat gearbox😂🤤
Fantastic racing Ben! In my honest view, you had the line. Simple as that. You went down the inside very early, it wasn’t a late entry mad dive. The other driver had time to see you, he knew you were there (both cars wing mirror to wing mirror) he then turned into you. From my view it did seem quiet an aggressive steering input from his side. But its racing and people make mistakes. Well driven 👍🏼
Yea, it's fine. Shit happens, judegemt calls are made in hundredths of a second. It's just how you move forward.
Nice to see such close competition!! Really good watch this one especially with the pas fluid all over the screen
Haha! Yea, that wasn't a great help. The temptation to wipe it was so high as I actually carry screen wash... But.... I knew it would make the whole screen worse haha.
What tires are you running? I love the format for your videos, by the way!
Great vid.
Was great watching you in the B8 at Brands recently in the Guards race.Bit frustrating dropping so far down the orser but I gueee can make it more fun ,interesting.Definetly the most sideways through Druids 😁.Anymore racee with it?
Haha thanks man! Yea, only finished putting the car together Thursday night. We did OK. Engine dropped onto 3 during the race so the other driver dropped back a lot since it was so hard to drive on a small power band.
And yea druids, span trying too hard for that last mph.
Also found out we had defective tyres that were slowly leaking through the side wall!
I'm rebuilding it now, so it'll be out for Oulton and hopefully Spa.
@@BenR22 Nice mate.
I'm curious to see if this is the one where contact was made with someone at Quarry. I saw it in a YT video a while back, and on that video I said I wanted to hear your side of it and what happened. I read the blog part 1, after coming from your IG stories about people not washing their hands - What a link huh.
Anyway, let's go see if it's in this vid!
Keep it up
Did it satisfy your curiosity? Lol
@@BenR22 sure did! I knew it was unlike you to make contact with anyone. Interesting situation for sure
incredible race Ben! did you manage to fix the problems you were having with the shifter already?
Thanks bud. Yea, I had some new springs made for it as well as sorting the lockout solenoid.
Cracking race!
Just wondering what cable you're using for the microphone for your lid?
Thanks! It's just a curly cable from an intercom.
It'll be interesting to see what those Peugeots do at Cadwell with only 2 decent straights to work with and if they'll be able to qualify far enough up the grid on the gains they make from that alone
Who knows, took me about 6 visits to start nailing cadwell. It's not a simple track. And class A is looking busy with 6 or 7 entries!
@@BenR22 I had noticed that, they always seem to miss your name off the entry lists though. I'll see you there
@@PescaraProductions I don't enter until last minute. Final instructions are usually posted before that.
Damn those pugs are quick! Awesome race that one.
How's the steering rack after the failure? New one needed?
Number 1 top tip of Combe? Got a track day booked there next month and only driven a few laps last year.
Thanks, they sure are! Rack is fine and pump is fine! Done a race since on it.
Top tip? Geez.... That's on the spot. Just enjoy yourself and don't out undue pressure on yourself to "perform" on a track day. Combe itself has some trick lines, but for track day use they are a bit aggressive.
around the outside at camp decent move that, garry isnt an easy one to crack at combe hes always been mighty fast over the years, i grew up watching him in the rover 220 he used to race in the saloons which was passed on to his brother
When are you coming back my bro! Missing your content
Hot Hatch has been going a long time and stayed healthy. Good Club Racing. I do feel you could hit the throttle a little sooner out of the chicanes. (What do I know!)
Ccrc or 750mc?
Ccrc is its own little microcosm of motorsport lol.
I think if you watch closely you'll see if brake much deeper than most people, typically threshold until the second apex. I discount the first part of the bobbies and the chicane and only treat it as a boundary for the prevailing left hand corner.
I get on the throttle as soon as I'm off the brake and there is no maintenance period. I think you'll see that's how I maintain a strong advantage through the chicanes.
@@BenR22 750MC Ben. Clearly I'm out of touch. I raced in 750MC F4 until mid 90s - when they threw me out of the Club. Your way is clearly working Ben. Club Racing in the UK is fantastic isn't it. There was a "Green Paper" on the future of motorsport from the MSA mid 80s. I read it on a plane to Taiwan! Pretty well the first sentence was "Grass roots racing must be protected at all costs" and, fair play to the MSA, they have. Great video at a great circuit. Good luck.
@@sideshowbob5237 it sure is great. I just wish it got the views, publicity and promotion it needs. Race days should be free entry and then the money made on cencessions inside. Small fair type area for family, food, drinks etc. Make it a place that is a genuine option for a day out for the public.
@@BenR22 Ben, after I finished with Club racing or, more accurately, it finished with me - but 35 years none-the-less - I got back to my second love: model aeroplanes. The British Model Flying Association (BMFA) has about the same number of members as the MSA - about 35000 I think. Believe me the MSA is a paragon of forward thinking and general organisation compared to the BMFA. Silverstone was threatened with losing the GP because of traffic congestion so the Government built them a new road. Cost £10m? Hardly surprising because motorsport brings hundreds of millions of pounds into the Country every year. And yet the MSA have never lost sight of that all-important line in their mid-80's green paper: "Grass roots racing must be protected at all costs". You have ideas for making it better: write to the circuit owners in the off-season. Can't beat the written word. With respect to views and subscriptions I strongly suggest you keep plugging away. RUclips is a big place now and it must take correspondingly longer to "climb the algorithm". One of the sites I watch regularly now starts with the guy (always) reminding us to hit the "like" button because it is easy to forget and the RUclips algorithm is strongly "like" driven - apparently. You might consider doing the same. Finally, this is where the BMFA are compared to the MSA: we model aeroplane flyers have been pretty inconvenienced by legislation directed at "drone" flying. The DfT blanked the BMFA for nearly a year - wouldn't even talk to them. Can you imagine the DTI blanking the MSA - at all. Keep posting Ben.
Awesome racing bud. Not sure why you are so apologetic for the contact. Looks like the other guy tried to shut the door whilst you were alongside on the inside. It was near the turning in point for the corner either. Awesome stuff either way!
Thanks Nick. It's just being courteous. Nobody likes to go off no matter the reason. I'm not here to make enemies in the paddock. If a sorry from me means something to the other driver, I'll say it. If it doesn't, I won't feel any worse for saying it.
Why do you run 600cc injectors? That sounds a bit overkill?
It is a 2.4l engine making a fair bit of power
Intense!
That was an intense battle
Dude. A proper fucking race.
Its never nice making contact
Tho. I think you handled it well.
Damn fine race craft. Lose your
Power steering, have a bit of a
Dink. Thats racing dude. Keep
Posting please. Subbed ❤
Is pugs pace due to the drivers and their track experience or the car itself?
Or perhaps a bit of both 😂
They definitely have lots of experience around combe. Spec wise I don't know enough about either car to comment with any authority. But it's fine, the club keeps a tight rein on bhp/ton levels so I'm sure once they're tested they either make the cut or they don't. All's fair and good around here.
👍🏁👍
1:12.800 is only a tad under 4s slower the the formula ford lap record. Not bad for something that weighs more than twice as much with less then twice the power
Thanks Edward 👌 I try work hard at making the chassis the priority. Got some updates coming soon too!
Hello everyone.
Does anyboby tell me the name of the red peugeot 205 driver? His user? Or if he have some videos at RUclips?
Thk u
Adam prebble i believe
Good race, shame about the contact but that's racing, it's going to happen sometimes, and as long as you do not make any stupid crazy moves then you have nothing to feel sorry for.
Those DW Injectors are too small. Get some of Bosch 1000/040S/14mm.
600cc injectors are too small for 260bhp?
@@BenR22 I'm running 255hp (2147 Toda engine) revving to 10000 with 1000cc Bosch Injectors. Which by the way have the best Spray Pattern out there. Way better power everywhere. I use DW 300 Pump at 63 psi. And yep I win everything to and I race in a Under 3lt Class here. Oh and on 98 Octane. Enjoying your video's but yep you need a little bit power to catch those Pugs but not the wheel spin type of power. The Bosch Injectors will get you on the back of them. Do a re-tune too. There is even more in a re-tune. What ECU you using?
@@scottwyman5014 injectors were free from a sponsor, so they did me fine. My championship is regulated to 260bhp/ton so with more power comes more weight, if you want to stay legal. That grey Peugeot is significantly over the regulated limit to the tune of 310bhp/ton, however he was never caught for some reason.
Your fuel ratings in the US are different to ours as we only advertise the Ron at the pump. So an 99 octane fuel here is a 92.5 octane for you.
The championship is, or was, designed to prevent people spending money to get to the front. For example my k24 is all stock and costs about £1500. The engine in the Peugeot is about£12,000- £14,000 from what I hear that particular engine builder charges.
I hold the lap record at every circuit we've visited since 2017, which is the year I started. The new spec car won't be eligible for the championship I have been doing.
@@BenR22 Righto I see whats going on. Thanks for the info.
I watched this race 😂😂😂
Thanks will!
@@BenR22 no worries, I literally watched all your videos after this. They're so entertaining and really well put together 👍🏼keep it up there great
@@ITSMEWILL awesome! Thanks for the support man!
You were literally alongside him, why the hell did he turn in to you. You had that corner, that 205 was overly aggressive, he shut the door on you just before too aggressive as well. Ben you can pedal.
Thanks bud, try my best!
Definitely not your fault there
I was watching this one from quarry corner! Best racing I’ve watched in a long time, got some great photos on both quarry and pit wall of your civic if you’re interested? Loved the car, Find me on Instagram - @danmerchantw
This isn't a Civic.