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Offline Arabas

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Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« on: April 06, 2012, 04:26:22 AM »
i bet Kelu will be happy to hear that i will race one more time, instead of poking him all the time.
there will be a race event for cars made prior to 1984 at a nearby circuit tommorow morning.
starting will be Lemans style, with drivers running to their cars.
every team will have 4 members and each car has to race 6 laps.

i will be attending with my 1979 Opel Manta

since i knew nobody, they put me in a team with 2 Fiat 128 (1.3L) and one Autobianci A112 (0,9L)

i just hope i don't get any worse today, coz i have a flu that is really annoying. yeah, you guessed it right: i am making excuses from now for the bad lap times i will have !  :lol:
some Porsches, Alfa Romeo, Renault turbos will be there, so i bet it will be lots of fun!!

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will post pictures after the race
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 06:12:27 AM »
Good luck Arabas! Make us proud.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 08:14:17 AM »
Sounds like a lot of fun. I'm jealous, except for the flu part. May you turn the best lap times of your team. Best wishes and good luck!
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 08:17:24 AM »
Shiny and Rogue, thx for your wishes!!!
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 09:30:14 AM »
Good luck my Greek brother.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 09:36:31 AM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 06, 2012, 09:30:14 AM
Good luck my Greek brother.

thx buddy  :usa:
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Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 10:40:04 AM »
Arabas-  make sure you drive the right way around the track. And sneeze on all the other cars.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 10:47:20 AM »
Quote from: Gentleman Jack on April 06, 2012, 10:40:04 AM
Arabas-  make sure you drive the right way around the track. And sneeze on all the other cars.
:lol: :lol:

too much cornering might get me sick and  :barf: . a slippery track may help me not to finish last  :D

PS: which is the right way round the track?   :huh: :huh: nevermind, if i get it wrong, i m sure i will realise it soon!
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2012, 10:54:30 AM »
Good Luck Arabas! Sounds like a Blast! Hang in there and showem how it's done!  :drive:
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2012, 05:50:26 PM »
Good luck, hope you will do well, and also hope you get better soon.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2012, 06:41:13 PM »
Quote from: Arabas on April 06, 2012, 04:26:22 AM
i just hope i don't get any worse today, coz i have a flu that is really annoying. yeah, you guessed it right: i am making excuses from now for the bad lap times i will have !  :lol:
I couldn't say it better :lol: so that statement is very true

Also, what was in your head linking us with the pdf in greek? Do you think anybody can read that except malakas?

My next reply on this topic will be something which I love to post, beware!
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2012, 08:19:47 PM »
Good luck George, Hope you feel up to parr and do some Great Lap times .  :thumbs: we're  in your corner make us proud . Go Get um.    :yay:
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2012, 11:24:02 PM »
Car wash check
Helmet check
Flu pills check
Tire pressure check
Gas check
Manta still in one piece check
- sneeze-
Camera check

Thx for your encouraging words guys! Hope not to embarrass you  :D

Will post pics to avoid kelu's hit  ;)
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2012, 07:28:12 PM »
Quote from: Arabas on April 06, 2012, 11:24:02 PM
Car wash check
Helmet check
Flu pills check
Tire pressure check
Gas check
Manta still in one piece check
- sneeze-
Camera check

Thx for your encouraging words guys! Hope not to embarrass you  :D

Will post pics to avoid kelu's hit  ;)

It can't embarass us ,Your doing the Driving . I think you'll do OK
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2012, 06:58:48 AM »
all i can say that it was so much fun! the weather was perfect and i had a very good time at the track.
organisation was of medium level (neither good nor bad). i didn't stay untill 17.00 to get any results but i will find out about them probably tommorow.

let's start from the end.
first bet was to cross the finish line without any mechanical failure.
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there were so many different cars participating, from these
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to these  :devil:
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the track was good, although they made some changes to make it more technical and to avoid very high speeds.
we started running to get in our cars. i started first from my team and finished first, but i don't know any of my times.
on the second lap i got a bit lazy to downshift form 3rd to 2nd gear and i got half a meter of lawn, without any more consequences. that was a good lesson not to get lazy at any time..

looking forward to see my times..
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2012, 08:16:26 AM »
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2012, 10:52:22 AM »
Arabas They got some nice pictures , and that in car lap had me leaning a bit with the car.Can't wait to see the Times.  How's your Cold doing?  :yay:     :urock:     :thumbs:

   OH and Kelu should be Proud. Without any  ( :kwh: )
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2012, 11:07:24 AM »
1) Train to run faster
2) Train to put your seat belt faster

Other than that, AWESOME pics and video, thanks for sharing ;)
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2012, 11:44:11 AM »
Hahah the seatbelt battle is fantastic
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2012, 12:10:00 PM »
My best man came to the track and took the pics.
Yeah I laughed my heart out when I saw on video the seat belt fight. It wasn't that funny at that time though :)
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« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2012, 03:10:34 PM »
Great job!
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2012, 03:29:49 PM »
Enjoyed the video, from what i saw your time should be better from what expected! Nice to hear you had a great time  :thumbs:
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« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2012, 06:09:20 PM »
Thanks for the pictures and video.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2012, 09:14:47 PM »
Nice run, now if you only knew how to put on a seat belt.
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Re: Megara 24 laps race for old sports cars
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2012, 04:12:14 AM »
out of a total of 84 participations, i got in the 57th place with a total time of 10 mins and 45 sec.

the team i run with came 17th out of 21 teams.
it seems that the team i run with, got the 3rd place in it's category (depending on engine size, category and production year).

my lap times were
1st lap 2:07 (damn seat belt)
2nd lap 1:47 (got a bit out of road on this lap)
3rd lap 1:43
4th lap 1:43
5th lap 1:43
6th lap 1:42

seems like there is consistency in my lap times, which means i have to practice more and to mod brakes, suspension and get an LSD to be able to achieve better lap times next time.
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