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| Andy |
| Posted on: Friday, May 4th, 2007, 9:41:49pm |
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That Scottish Sports and Saloon Championship is an interesting mix isn't it!  Liking that alot. Just needs a Cappo in there! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 9th, 2007, 10:17:35pm |
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Well Cadwell Park was fun - not!!!
Practise went well on the Saturday with some excellent lap times but towards the end of the final session the exhaust downpipe developed a split... So a real drop off in top end performance. We welded it up but a couple of laps into qaulifying it went again and he ended up seventh..
We welded it again for Race 1 but then on the green flag lap the driver's side inboard CV joint on the driveshaft went... So he ended up sitting it out which probably turned out to be a good thing because there was a major coming together on the first corner after the start with two cars having to be towed away and three more looking worse for wear..
We fixed the drive shaft for Race 2 and had another go at welding the downpipe.. It went again on lap 3 but he still ended up third... Just not enough power to make an attempt for second or the lead.
Still, he took it all in his stride and didn't throw his toys out of the pram. It was me doing the spitting feathers bit because we'd ordered a new downpipe and it hadn't arrived in time.. >
The weather was good though 
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 9th, 2007, 10:21:05pm |
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| Yeah I was reading Andrew's website earlier - terrible luck! Could have been far worse though and he still has the number one spot in sight! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 9th, 2007, 11:13:34pm |
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Yes this was only the second meeting.. There's plenty of time to pull it back.
He thinks clipping the kerb broke his driveshaft joint but that's pretty unlikely. In fact I had a good look at it once we'd changed it and there were obvious signs of wear. |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 27th, 2007, 7:31:45pm |
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Yay.......... Little sod was absolutely on form at Knockhill today and won both his races....
The first was from second on the grid and the second from pole... Really first class racing, lots of overtaking and with the added bonus of no damage to pay for 
The videos should be good so I'll let you know when they're up.. |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 27th, 2007, 7:44:14pm |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LITTLE SOD
And that Banker of a Big Sod that pays the bills too...  |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 27th, 2007, 8:54:08pm |
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Well, done chaps, keep up the good work!
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 27th, 2007, 10:20:39pm |
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| Excellent! Congratulations all round! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 10:48:22pm |
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The videos are up on his website now.. http://www.andrew-winchester.com
But here's a cool shot one of the photographers gave me.... That's him in front... He clipped that tyre barrier later on and a bit of the bumper smashed his headlight..
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 10:49:48pm |
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| Thought you said there was no damage? lol |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 10:53:17pm |
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| Downloading now! I see the points table looks much better! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 10:59:53pm |
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Thought you said there was no damage? lol
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The sort of damage I worry about is accompanied by a huge invoice.. A headlight and a bit of bumper is only about £20 worth... |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 11:02:47pm |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, May 28th, 2007, 11:28:37pm |
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| Even though I knew they didn't I couldn't help but flinch when Scott Fraser locked his brakes, waiting for the crunch! Really is breathtakingly close racing. One question. What was the hand gesture for at the end? |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 2:18:50am |
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Yes good aren't they.. I just wish there was a rear facing camera as well and I'm looking into that. The one we have is standard Panasonic hand held cam..
I asked him about that gesture as well cos I was a bit concerned he was giving Scott the finger.. He told me - quite indignantly I should add - that he was holding his finger up to the camera to show he was first.. I believe him cos that's just not the sort of thing I would expect him to do.. Actually Andrew and Scott are pretty good friends and the reason they race so closely if they're up front together is that they've grown to trust each other not to do anything stupid.. Scott is a nice lad. He's a bit older than Andrew at 21 or so and actually works at Knockhill teaching skid control... As you can see from the second race he needed that going sideways round Clarkes.. !!
Here's another photo I was sent tonight... that's really close !!!
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 5:16:11am |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 8:19:33am |
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| You can see the trust that's for sure. And yes some impressive drifting going on! The hand gesture I meant was actually the one at the end of the first race. It was a hand raise. Wasn't sure if it was a 'is that the race over?' kind of movement or something else. |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 8:26:32am |
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| Oh goodie - more great video to watch with the wife later. Great pics. Glad to see success is coming your way - keep it up guys |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 8:28:21am |
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I think he was just waving at the Marshal's at the end of the pit lane.... either that or relief at it all being over...
That was a very, very, very close finish..... 0.007 sec ! He wasn't sure whether he'd won or not until he came into parc ferme.. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 8:31:47am |
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| Ah it was a 'was it me or was it you?' kind of getsure. I must admit I watched the second gesture a few times to make sure it wasn't the bird he was giving. |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 12:25:54pm |
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Nah.. They're all good buddies as can be seen from this one of Andrew and Scott mucking about when I was trying to get a serious shot of Andrew with his first race winners cup... He's a really nice lad and you should see his girlfriend  The guy in the background is Peter Cruickshank who came 3rd in car 3 in the second race... He's been at it since the mid nineties.. He's a filthy rich property lawyer from Glasgow...
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 7:49:44pm |
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| Just watched the vids and we really enjoyed them Andrew is very patient waiting to tee up that final corner. As to the hand gesture - a simple 'I'm No 1 today' is how we read it. Great racing though. You must be really proud. |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 30th, 2007, 9:21:24pm |
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Yep.... I am very proud of him... Mind you I'm proud of the other two as well...
One is in Seattle working for Boeing... He's a composite structures designer... The other is an architect & works in Plymouth...
They are both hugely supportive of Andrew.. In fact I was quite touched last night cos the one in the USA sent Andrew some cash to buy a set of tyres.. Ain't that nice
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Sunday, June 24th, 2007, 9:43:59pm |
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Yay...... One win, one second, one fastest lap at Knockhill today in the pouring rain...
Absolutely pi**ing it down.... some carnage but fortunately not involving our car... One got T-boned so hard it bent his back axle..... 
Photos and vids as soon as we've dried out !
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, June 24th, 2007, 9:56:58pm |
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| Excellent! For Andrew that is not for the ones involved in the smash!! |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Sunday, June 24th, 2007, 10:44:28pm |
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Andrew certainly likes knockers  |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Monday, June 25th, 2007, 6:51:23am |
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| Like father, like son |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Monday, June 25th, 2007, 8:15:46am |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Monday, June 25th, 2007, 8:18:10am |
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| Is he leading the championship Dick - it was a 123 pt tie before last weekend? |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Monday, June 25th, 2007, 9:18:14pm |
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We thinks he's one point behind in the XR2 Championship but five points ahead in the overall Champion of Champions thing... He missed pole by a tenth which would have given him an extra point..
Still no worries...... plenty of races to go..... |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Monday, June 25th, 2007, 10:33:01pm |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007, 12:44:30am |
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| Vids are up on his site... Quality is a bit off compared to previous ones.. Not sure whether it's just the weather or we need a new camera.. Been trying to find a 2nd hand Sony mini cam like the pros use... It's a remote head with a separate recorder.. |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007, 8:07:52am |
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| Will enjoy tonight |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2007, 2:42:54pm |
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The May meeting at Knockhill is on Motors TV tonight (29th) at 9pm .... Channel 413 on Sky...
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2007, 2:54:36pm |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2007, 4:16:00pm |
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| Excellent, I'll just set it on autoview! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Monday, July 2nd, 2007, 8:47:20am |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, July 2nd, 2007, 12:06:15pm |
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| No but the wife did when it switched itself on! I was on bedtime story duty at the time It's repeated a couple of times isn't it? Or have I missed the repeats too? |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Monday, July 2nd, 2007, 6:17:04pm |
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I was on bedtime story duty at the time
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I thought that's why they made videos and dvd's! |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, July 2nd, 2007, 6:18:42pm |
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| lol |
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