News Item: : Lydden Hill 17th July
(Category: Misc)
Posted by Jonathan F
Monday 19 July 2010 - 12:00:02
For rounds 7 and 8 of the Nippon Challenge, Vaughan made his debut at the Lydden Hill circuit in Kent.
Race Report
Having an amazing start in the first race from the second row, Vaughan jumped to the front of the pack, and managed to fend off the awesome power of the chasing 500bhp Subaru of Dale Gent, but the extra power eventually allowed him to slip past and take the lead.
All was on target for a comfortable 2nd place when disaster struck, and Vaughan found himself without any brakes on the last but one lap! This gave away his advantage to the chasing 3rd place car.
Following hard work in between races, Vaughan found himself back on the grid for race 2.
Starting from 3rd place, Vaughan executed another trade mark excellent start.
With the tyre swap looking to have done the trick, Vaughan was soon up to second. However the good news was short lived when the car started to have problems 5 laps in.
On lap 6, Vaughan decided not to risk any lasting damage and retired the car.
The car's ECU had registered a dangerous increase in water temperature, and so it had put the car into limp mode.
It was a disappointing end to the days racing, as so much more was promised as a result of swapping the tyres. Hopefully we can resolve our problems before Cadwell on August 21st.
This news item is from VF-Racing
( http://www.vf-racing.co.uk/news.php?extend.33 )
(Category: Misc)
Posted by Jonathan F
Monday 19 July 2010 - 12:00:02
For rounds 7 and 8 of the Nippon Challenge, Vaughan made his debut at the Lydden Hill circuit in Kent.
Race Report
Having an amazing start in the first race from the second row, Vaughan jumped to the front of the pack, and managed to fend off the awesome power of the chasing 500bhp Subaru of Dale Gent, but the extra power eventually allowed him to slip past and take the lead.
All was on target for a comfortable 2nd place when disaster struck, and Vaughan found himself without any brakes on the last but one lap! This gave away his advantage to the chasing 3rd place car.
Following hard work in between races, Vaughan found himself back on the grid for race 2.
Starting from 3rd place, Vaughan executed another trade mark excellent start.
With the tyre swap looking to have done the trick, Vaughan was soon up to second. However the good news was short lived when the car started to have problems 5 laps in.
On lap 6, Vaughan decided not to risk any lasting damage and retired the car.
The car's ECU had registered a dangerous increase in water temperature, and so it had put the car into limp mode.
It was a disappointing end to the days racing, as so much more was promised as a result of swapping the tyres. Hopefully we can resolve our problems before Cadwell on August 21st.
This news item is from VF-Racing
( http://www.vf-racing.co.uk/news.php?extend.33 )