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Post by Stiggy on Nov 8, 2011 18:03:49 GMT
ma5daracing.com/mk1/eventguide/2011/enduro/index.phpAll MOGGERS are welcome to join us and watch 2 Exocets being driven in anger in the 12 hour endurance race. The competition is stiff but we are very excitied about this event. The cars have done incredibly well so far this year and this final race of the season will hopefully demonstrate the reliabilty of the package. Come and say hello and support your Team.
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Post by Stiggy on Nov 11, 2011 19:32:42 GMT
2 MEV's tested and ready for the off at 9am Alec Livesley and Jonathon Blake are a team, not the biggest team entering the race as they have a MASSIVE 12 hours race ahead of them. Most teams have 6 drivers! We will be doing all we can to keep the cars and drivers going. They also have Pete and James as mechanics who are great lads. Fingers crossed, it is going to be a tough race to say the least. I will post the outcome on Sunday morning
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Post by The Management on Nov 12, 2011 18:28:16 GMT
Race update 14:35:- 5 and half hours in. Both cars running well. We have fastest lap of the day. Currently running 4th on lap 130. Already getting dark. Both Drivers in great form. Latest Update 17:35:- Engine blown in one car, not bad considering that the engine done over 130,000 miles including a number of races this year plus today’s 4 and half hours on the rev limit ! Won't mention the second cars exhaust problems, after all the problems Team Exocet are still running 5th catching the leaders at over 9seconds a lap. On Behalf of Stuart Mills  |
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Post by jonb2010 on Nov 12, 2011 20:36:42 GMT
Good work keep it up. What time does it end ?
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Post by nigel on Nov 12, 2011 20:36:49 GMT
Come on Team Exocet.  More updates please. nigel |
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Post by The Management on Nov 12, 2011 20:51:03 GMT
Dropped to 8th due to exhaust repair failure  On Behalf of Stuart Mills |
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Post by The Management on Nov 12, 2011 21:46:33 GMT
‘FINAL RESULTS FOR THE SNETTERTON 12 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE’ Exocet MX150R Position 9th (out of 16 Teams running MX5 Mk1’s and Mk3’s) Total No of Laps :- 265 Laps (3.1miles per lap) Total Distance :- 821.5 miles Average speed :- 77mph Fastest Lap Awarded to the Exocet MX150R of ‘2min 17.2sec’ Drivers:- Jonathan Blake and Alec Livesley On Behalf of Stuart Mills  ( Full race report will be posted by Stuart tomorrow)
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Post by nigel on Nov 13, 2011 8:08:25 GMT
‘FINAL RESULTS FOR THE SNETTERTON 12 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE’ Exocet MX150R Position 9th (out of 16 Teams running MX5 Mk1’s and Mk3’s) Total No of Laps :- 265 Laps (3.1miles per lap) Total Distance :- 821.5 miles Average speed :- 77mph Fastest Lap Awarded to the Exocet MX150R of ‘2min 17.2sec’ Drivers:- Jonathan Blake and Alec Livesley On Behalf of Stuart Mills ( Full race report will be posted by Stuart tomorrow) Congratulations Team Exocet Considering that this was the Teams / Cars first attempt at endurance racing i think they have done exceptionally well. I mean these are two kit cars both using old Mk1 engines and the one that went pop had over 130,000 miles on the clock just shows the strength of the car. I'd like to know more about the exhaust difficulties ? Top marks go to Jonathan Blake and Alec Livesley i just can't begin to appreciate how they managed to do 12 hours behind the wheel, 6 hours apiece, hour on hour off, 'unbelievable'  Looking forward to Stuarts detailed blow by blow race report later today. ;D ;D ;D nigel |
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Post by Stiggy on Nov 13, 2011 15:56:47 GMT
What a fantastic day! I still cannot believe that Alec and Jonathon raced for the whole 12 hours! The other teams had up to 6 drivers. James the mechanic did his upmost but sadly we were pushed back in the final throws when the exhaust failed on one car and the engine blew in the other, mind you it had done 130k before we decided to make it into a race car so we can hardly complain! I had noticed a burst of smoke on corner exits and they were not exactly being gentle. Apparently the rev limiter is the "change gear" indicator! They drove extremely well all day, somehow I felt they would be at 95-98 percent but it appeared there was no let up and they drove 110 percent all day. Jonathon said "it was like sprinting for a solid hour" Sadly though the exhaust dropped off when we were running second quite late in the day and whilst we frantically ripped the one of the dead car and bodged it on the second car we lost about 12 minutes. Had it not dropped off again we would not have lost another 12 minutes bodging it back on but we did the best we could and at least managed to finish. To my amazement our drivers were catching the leaders at a rate of 9 seconds per lap and had the race gone on for another half hour they would have won. Exocets recorded the fastest laps of the day just proving that if we had not suffered the exhaust issue they would have won easily. We also got a 3 minute penalty for spilling fuel and a stop go penalty for not "pitting" for the minimum 3 minutes but they still held second right through most of the day. I guess a glowing rusty exhaust was going to give up at somepoint. The cars were otherwise amazing. Attachments:
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Post by Stiggy on Nov 13, 2011 23:25:04 GMT
Looks like one of the other teams were running with engines that had been thrashed around all season too, they had both cars with replacement engines back on track within a very short period, greta team effort Attachments:
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Post by Kevin Patrick on Nov 14, 2011 14:01:49 GMT
Now with video - thanks Stuart!
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Post by Kevin Patrick on Nov 14, 2011 14:57:07 GMT
Does anyone know when they will be showing the 2 hour special on MotorsTV about the race?
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Post by JimK on Nov 14, 2011 18:48:08 GMT
What a great event! Just 2 drivers, amazing, they must have been exhausted! Jim |
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Post by Stiggy on Nov 17, 2011 18:19:05 GMT
just found more pics Attachments:
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Post by Stiggy on Nov 17, 2011 18:20:06 GMT
and another Attachments:
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