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Top man - was it as much fun as you thought it'd be?
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fun , in extra large doses, didn't really care that it rained , need to sort brakes for better feel but hey i'm gonna join woolbridge and go again looking towards maybe the next mira round , can't do curborough i'm on route to le mans

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Don't forget the next MIRA has been moved to May 28th - I'm gonna be there subject to babysitters, as my wife is away that day with my sister-in-law!! I'll know in the next few days - if you're gonna be able to make MIRA it will certainly make me pull out all the stops to be there, as the only Imp I've raced so far this year is my dad in the same car!
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Probably joined this one a little late, however another option for imp engined racing is in the SRGTC. I've run a Ginetta G15 Davrian there for about 6 years now and have had some good clean, fun racing. You can see details on www.srgtc.org.uk Basically cars must be a Sports racing or gt car (or replica of) built up to 1975, running on 1a / 1b tyres. No forced induction allowed.

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is anyone entering gurston 27/28 august weekend in the hsa?

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Can't do it unfortunately - I'm now just down to do MIRA on 17th September and then the season closer at Curborough on 9th October. Looks like we may go the whole season without meeting.
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I won't be there unfortunatley, car won't be out until next year :roll: . Well worth going tho', as it's part of the british hillclimb championship. Equivalent to being in a support race on a british touring car event. All the top runners will be there and the HSA have there own class, so there is no pressure. Very good atmosphere & nice track facilities. My mate in his mini last year went up (well you actually start down hill) straight after Adam Fleetwood (hill record holder) every run, made the mini look very slow :twisted: , 80 mph at the bottom of the hill against 143mph. (and only 70 mph for me in the imp, but i could take the corner at the bottom flat out :lol: ).
I have a dvd of the event last year if you are interested, i could post it to you.

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hope to be at Curborough for the end of season.

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One day, Gerry. One day... :roll:

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Hi Stu (should it be Stu-lonso now?)

Good to see you're coming back to the Imp fold, a bit like getting back with an old flame, but even more expensive!!

Yes, Andy did some fantastic times in his turbo, but don't forget that my article and therefore quoted class records related to class N (less than 1040cc and fully road legal), whereas Andy's turbo put him in class P (basically anything over 1040cc or any non road-going Imp engined cars of whatever capacity) - did you do a sub-70 at Loton in an under 1040 normally aspirated car, or was that when you had the 1070 fitted?

As I remember it, the protest on Andy's Imp wasn't so much about the HSA Imp classes, it was from the drivers of other cars in the up to 1400cc modified production class who were fed up of him beating their twenty grand Novas and Minis!!!! I think it was 'cause he was using his A008Rs at the time - not list 1a.

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today from gurston

first run time 50.67 hollow 65mph k'sel 26.15 finish 63mph first ever time on hill

second time 48.54 hollow 64mph k'sel 26.11 finish 65mph this run was just after a heavy downpour actually ran with wipers on

third time 47.08 hollow 65mph k'sel 24.57 finish 61mph this run had the car sideways between k'sel and ashes

so back tomorrow for one more practise then two timed runs
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Keith,

Best of luck tomorrow (and don't do what I did on my first visit to Gurston - outbraked myself into the tight right at the bottom of the hill and went grasstracking!!).

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Saw your car at National (very very nice it is too), but unfortunately didn't get to speak to you personally! Good luck at Gurston, a hill I've never been to but would love to do some time - are you still planning on doing Curborough on 9th October?

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first practise today

time 47.32 hollow 65mph k'sel 24.72 finish 59mph

first com run

time 46.28 hollow 65mph k'sel 23.92 finish 64mph

final run

time 45.44 hollow 65mph k'sel 23.81 finish 64 mph


boy was that fun , anyone got any previous Imp times from Gurston?
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Is anyone staying local on the friday night? Learnt today my entries accepted.
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Went to see the hillclimb on Sunday and watched Stuart Cairney beat the Mini's in the damp conditions. I got a good photo of him on the hill, does anyone know if he is contactable through the forum to let him know?

Hope to see many of you at Curborough in October, in the Imp. :D
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Can you post the picutre on the forum? - I know nothing about Stuart or his car...
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:D Way to go Stuart! Imps rule! :P

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Have posted 4 pics from the Shelsley hill climb in the Events album, includes a very nice Avenger that was competing. I assume most Imps were running on Saturday having looked at the HSA website
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Hope to see many of you at Curborough in October, in the Imp. :D
By this do you mean as a competitor or spectator?
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I'd love to be there as either! Alas I remain Impless until the new shell for mine is prepared, painted and built up. :cry: It'll be a sprinter - 930 cc, R21, etc. I am keen but a bit impecunious, mainly due to the Imp! :? Maybe I'll have it back by then. It'd be great to spectate and get to see Curborough in preparation for possible future competition there.

I suppose I could come along in the modern and meet you all, see what happens and what is involved and get some idea of what, if anything, I'll need to do to the car, etc.

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got the car running again yesterday, just got to get some threadlock for the screw on the lumenition. going to try playing with brake bias next, hopefully see you there.


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Maybe some slightly softer pads on the front Keith? For those of you that don't know Keith had some issues with locking brakes at MIRA on Saturday and spun at the right hander after the speed trap - as a result he accidently started an experiment to see if a 998 will run backwards!! Glad to hear the engine's running again.
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going to try the reverse actually, put some harder rears and a bias valve in, spent some time on phone with Uncle Malc.


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ImpManiac wrote:
I suppose I could come along in the modern and meet you all, see what happens and what is involved and get some idea of what, if anything, I'll need to do to the car, etc.

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That's what I did - went to Curborough to have a look and got hooked. FWIW my first sprint at Curborough was in a car with a bog standard 875 sport engine and standard 12 wheels and tyres. Improving things gradually as you go along is the way to go.

Back to the original theme of this thread - trying to get people to come out hillclimbing and sprinting. This is how it stands for next year:

Keith (supaimpy) - who I met for the first time on Saturday. Hopefully out in class N again next year, plus maybe his lad, Dan
Andy (stepponit) - threatening to come out again next year after a year off
Paul (I think, Impmaniac) - might be out if he gets his car finished, see above
Stuart Watson - former class benchmark, let's work on him to get him back in his Imp!!
Stuart Cairney - done some events this year, anyone know if he's coming out again next year?
Michael Tindale - not on the forum AFAIK. Registered in class N this year but currently using his Clan instead.
Me - up for it again next year, as long as three or four others are.
Who else?

It's worth noting that the HSA now have a fantastic website. See http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk Ben Boult (President) and Paul Richardson (Chairman) are both Imp-men - Paul was out in his Clan on Saturday. Let's get fields of 5 Imps out next year in class N!
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Sounds like fun! :D

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we will be at curbourgh in an imp but only as a spectator, but will come down and introduce ourselves. see you all there
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Any Impers who fancy a day out with us next Sunday, Curborough is hosting the final round of the Aldon/HSA Speed Championship. Myself and Keith Laming in road-going Imps in class N, Paul Richardson and Mike Tindale (Clans) and Graham Cashmore (Davrian) in class O, with Ibbo (Daviran) and Norman/Andrew Till (sharing Clan) in non-roadgoing class P. (this is from memory - hope I've got it right).

Also running is Tony Marsh, six time British Hillclimb champion in his Gould single-seater. He also used to race GP cars (I think he was even racing the day Fangio won the '57 German GP at the Nurburging!)

Practice starts around 9.30, competitive runs at 1.00 pm.

Normally very cheap to get into Curborugh, if you can find it!!
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www.curborough.co.uk/

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All being well, I'll be spectating. I hope to meet some of you! :D

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http://www.curborough.co.uk/files/intr2003.pdf


a good place for those curious to give it a go



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Keith,Gerry & any body else competing

See you Sunday, i'll be down to cheer you on. :lol:

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Looks like we can expect a good turnout of spectators - see you all there on Sunday!
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Two Imps (one double driven), two Clans (one double driven), two Davrians - getting back to like it was in the good old days. Thanks for all of you spectators for turning up also, nice chatting to you all - my most enjoyable day of the season so far!

Keith and I are already making our plans for next season. Provisional dates are already out on the HSA website http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/calendar.htm

See you all next year if not before.
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Great to meet you, Gerry! It was also nice to meet you, Keith and the others too. I am looking forward to next season!

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Hiya Stepponit. My profile:

old- no, overweight- no, balding- yes : the exact opposite of your description - should make for an interesting contest next year.

It'd be great if as many Imps as possible could at least enter for the two HSA MIRA rounds. Centrally located, cheaper to enter as you get reductions for being a HSA member, fast, exciting, and a dedicated class N for Imps as the HSA dictate classes. What more could we want?

I'm also planning to do Llandow (great camping facilities and a superb fast, long circuit) and Gurston (never been but heard it's exciting) next year, as well as my usual local events at Loton and Curborough.

Keith is on board, sounds like you are Andy, hopefully Impmaniac, up for it Stumacher? We even got Ben Boult back in a saloon at Curborough thanks to Keith lending him his car.
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Just had to post this to get that reply count up to 100 - it's been on 99 for so long I started to feel like a nervous cricketer!

Any updates on your plans for 2006, class N contenders?
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Gerry,

Happy new year!

I am going to begin making enquiries this very week about events, MSA licenses, etc. I hope to get my car back soon(ish?). I have booked up for the proposed track day up at Knockhill this July - can't wait! Anyhow, I might be looking right here for advice about how to get an entry into events in the near future. This has been covered before but some aspects of our chosen sport still confuse me a little, sometimes. If I have any problems, I know you guys will straighten them out! :D

My main focus will be the Aldon/HSA events, I think, although the odd round of other championships wouldn't go amiss, I guess, especially if they are local. I am constrained a little by finances but am determined to try at least a few events this season.

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OK, so where are we all with our cars for this year??

Mine is still in the garage, not a jot of work done over the winter, exactly the same spec as last year, except I'm going to get the Webers rebuilt at Solomon and Mayson if I can afford it - fed up of the car doing 20 mpg and ticking over at 2500 rpm when it's hot on the way home from events!!

First event I'm entering will be Loton on May 21st (coincides with the new Shropshire camping event), hopefully do 3 or 4 more events throughout the year as per 2005.

Have to keep things to a minimum due to IMPending arrival of kiddie number 2 in July. I have a deal with my wife that if the baby is born by 21st July I can take the sprint car to the National and leave the rest of them at home! Here's hoping it's not overdue!!

What stage are you others all at?
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My Clan will be out on the circuits again this year. Have registered for the 750MC Roadsports and the first race will be at Brands Hatch on 1st April. Not sure if I will do all of the rounds but also hope to do at least a couple of races on the Continent again. Also a possibility of entering for Mr Palmers race meeting at Brands on the 19th of this month.

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Existing car currently in the garage and having new harnesses and fire extinguisher fitted to comply with latest regs. Whilst doing this have decided to fit rear cage in accordance with MSA regs in respect of Sports cars upto 2000cc. 750MC scrutineers have no problem with integral cage but just trying to keep everyone happy!

Have made some progress with daughter's race/road Clan and have completed build of engine and fitted it along with lowered 3rd and top transaxle.

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Still yet to get my Chamois back from being painted. :oops: Everything on the car is brand new, including the engine, so I don't propose to enter it for anything any time soon. Maybe towards the end of the season, finances and car permitting. :wink:

I have already entered the Imp '06 track day at Knockhill, though. :D Should be great!

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I'll be out in the HSA hillclimb & sprint championship this year in a
Clan. I've bought Ian Ingrams white race Luff Lightweight shell &
converting it to hillclimb spec to compete against the Till's red car.
The oily bits from my Rawlson Imp will be fitted to the shell now that
the Imp is in need of repair (was rolled last year). Still got plenty to do, only got the shell 3 weeks ago. I've managed to modify the seat mountings & floor plan to get me in it , being 6'3" doesn't help especially with a skid lid on. I've stripped out all the wiring, lights etc (car will be non-roadgoing) & i've got to fit the big arches on & i'm fitting an 'irish' front end on, because i can & i prefer them.
6 weeks to the first event means i've got to get on with it.

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First event of the year has happened - Mira 22nd April.
Nice dry day with 3 practice runs & 2 timed runs, no major incidents & was run very smoothly & professionally (as usual).
No runners in Class N unfortunately. :(
3 runners in class O (roadgoing imp specials), With Paul Richardson taking the honours in his Red 1040 Clan, Mark Ibbottson in second with his White 1040 Davrian mk5 & third was Micheal Tindale in his Yellow 875 Clan.
Class P (imp engined non-roadgoing) was a Clan only event with Andrew Till in his Red 1120 Clan beating Eric Morrey (me :) ) in my White 998 Clan with Norman Till second driving the red clan into third place.
On a personal note I was finishing the car off late into friday evening & very happy to actually be there competing. 10 weeks to convert a roadgoing race clan into non roadgoing hillclimb car using all the mechanics out of the rolled imp certainly was pushing it tight but it was worth it with me ending up with a time similar to the times i did with the Imp on my first go in the car. In fact the first time i drove it was to the start line for my first run :shock:
Unfortunately i wont be at the next few events so my next go is at Curborough on the 11th of June. I was going to do Mira on the 21st May but the entries closed on monday :oops:

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Hi Eric and all,

Love the feeling when the new season finally gets underway.

My entry is in for Loton on 21st May, and Curborough 12th June. Class N contenders so far are myself, steponit and Stuart Cairney, see

http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/competitors.asp for details.

Could do with one or two more people signing up, although my own seaosn wil be limited to probably 3 or 4 events due to kid due on 15th July.

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I am hoping to have a go at some competeive event in the Clan...

the south east seems so far from many of the hsa events though!
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It would be great to see you at some events :D

The distance thing is a problem. The HSA series is supposed to be countrywide but it does favour the south west. The majority of the events are in the Midlands & down the south west side of the country. The furthest north this year is a new one at Cadwell, & i think most 'northeners' would be upset at me calling that 'oop north'. :shock: Unfortunately being in any of the corners of the country always means you will have to travel a bit further than me in the midlands (not that woking is that far in the corner). There are only a limited amount of venues and to be honest i've never been to one in the south east. One thing i do like about the HSA series is the variety of venues, a lot of area championships natrually concentrate on the local ones but you then miss out on the challenge of different venues. The only other registered competitors in my class this year are the Tills & they are from Bristol & Cornwall. This year they are doing some local rounds & selected HSA events so i will probably only compete against them a few times. I don't blame them, i did Wiscombe a few times (400 mile round trip) & i wouldn't want to do that journey every time (especially with my Scimitars mpg).
I don't really know a solution unless you enter local events but then you will miss out on competing with other impey things.
You can tell i'm bored at work :wink:

Cheers

Eric
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Post by Keith 'Supaimpy' Laming »

well guy's i'm still about but not renewed my licence or any of my memberships, house is taking priority I neglected it to build the Imp and with a Clan in the garage got to earn some brownie points, I will hopefully be out this season Gerry to join you in class N


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Be great to see you out again if poss keith, although like I said I can't do as much this year, also for domestic reasons!
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