PD Rnd3 Punchestown 2011 Afterthoughts

[Falvey]

think i jynxd you man just as i said to the lads your car was georgous you hit the wall good driving all weekend tho man

Cheers bud, sure she was never going to stay that clean forever anyway lol

[chrisbrady325]

Good Weekend even though i only really got to watch Saturday Was Brilliant, So many Drivers Impressed Me!! Rob Barnett Should Have Advanced in Top 4 there wasnt much need for a re-run as the first battle said it all!, Eoin O Sullivan in the Black Chaser.. what a driver will go far this lad, a JOY to Watch!! YOu just need to sort out some grip , Mc Keever well what can you say only.. A CRAZY ASS YOUNG PILOT .. But Out of all these the one who Impressed Me Most had to be.. DANI MURPHY it was like she came out of nowhere this weekend she has improved so much since last season and hope to see her go far this year!

Was Ragin the Car didnt run properly for me so headed home sunday morning, was a huge dissapointment for us, not getting any points on the board, not getting to compete as i felt it would have worked really well for us, just one of these things i suppose... Thanks to everyone who helped on saturday to get the car running.. Damien Mulvey, Holly, The Deane Team, Andrew Coyle, Darren Butler, Richill Motorsport..

[chrisb]

in some ways a dissapointing weekend for me, clutch went on friday. with the help from rob barnett and his bro daryl, richard bradley (bradley motorworks) we headed back home friday night and set about getting a new one in her, got the clutch that richard had sourced picked up by my brother in law while we took the box out. he arrived back while we were still trying to get the flywheel off (ended up cutting three bolts to get it off lol rob felt bad damaging an orc flywheel). new clutch didnt come with a flywheel and we didnt have a standard one so on the phone to richard who got me sorted, my dad went and lifted it for me in which time rob took into cutting the flywheel off, took over an hour to lift flywheel and when we arrived rob was on the last bolt. anyways got it in and back to gether for 12.30am, few hours sleep then back down the road. second lap of practice i lost second gear....gutted, one that i was out and two for the effort everyone had went to to get me out again had been wasted.

might be out for the season now due to funding which i feel sick about every time i think about it, but when things are tight the most important things gotta come first.


track was crazy and best one ive driven, some cars wrecked over the weekend, not nice to see. christy carpenter, respect man, the dedication to keep going after all the issues is second to none! pitty about bradys car and the issues would have liked to see him with another good result. rob barnett great driving all weekend. duane smoke machine! great driving from both mccarthy brothers

alan sinnott on form, best laps round that track in the top 16 yesterday rubbing walls on full angle. a well diserved win and hope you go on to take the title.

[git]

Cheers bud, sure she was never going to stay that clean forever anyway lol

Great driving outa you man, had good crack with ya friday!

[dR Dan]

Awesome Awesome AWESOME!!!!!!

Where to start....

I must admit when i heard the likes of Nigel wasnt competing anymore, James was prioritising JDM and Mulvey wuldnt be ready... Along with the likes of Frenchy etc i was worried for the series... But it seems theres an endless supply of talent in this country and some up and comeing drivers who are really gonna put the shakes into the top boyos... This series has and will continue to be proven as the main stepping stone to the big series making some drivers decisions to go elsewhere baffling but anyway their loss IMO!

Willis every event u go out in you improve 100 per cent.. Keep it up!

Barnett aggression is awesome!

Famous JH your wallin rubbin is Immense!

Diarmuid O Connel you must have hugemungous Liathroidi!

And finally i have genuine man love for Eoin O Sullivan, bit more experience in chasing and you'll be the man.

Sunday morning was depression central but thankfully things cleared up and led to some AMAZING battles id said early that i fancied Swan to do well as he was on it all weekend...

Huge huge huge props to Donal Garry on his battle with Swan that was deffo my battle of the weekend!

Big Congrats to Swan absolutely delighted for you and lastly congrats to Sinnot lookin good for a well deserved championship!

Finally havin been staffing for years and knowing how awkward it can be when rain arrives huge thumbs up and congrats to the staff for keeping things going so well...

This season to date has been nothing short of amazing and long may it continue..

I LOVE YOU GUYS XXXX

[pmc-drifter]

What a weekend!! Saturday was absolute madness, never a dull moment. First of all one of the lines on the hydraulic handbreak had split and we had no flaring tool to fix it so it was spraying fluid when ever i gave the handbreak or breaks a stab. First battle in the top32, made shit of the front of the car, seriously disappointed as I thought my day was over, but the team tore into beating it straight, ripped the radiator out of johns car and off she went again.

Basically I just want to say a huge thanks to all the lads for being flat out looking after the car all weekend. John and Inspector John Hall sprinting from the watching area upto the start line after every battle to check everything and top it up with oil as it was pissing from a line to the vanos. Also James Cruise you are the man.

Fair play to prodrift for making the best track in years!!

Thank god John also pulled a great result Sunday, well deserved, not an easy car to drive at all!!

Michael Swan was absolutely on it, I would have loved to see him on the top of the podium!!

[dan]

great drivin from every driver sum wknd

[markII-90]

Best weekend ever!! Some serious drivers out there all weekend and some mega carnage goin on to !

Saturday morning I was all over the shop and only got 2 practice runs in and on 1 of them I managed to rip a pipe off the intercooler! Rang a mate and he got down with 15minutes to go before I had to go and try qualify, managed to qualify second in the top 32 which I couldnt believe I was over the moon..

Managed to get to the last 8 and was up against Brendan Stone which I was nervous as fuck on the start line waiting to out with, on the second run I was chasin him a bit to hard and managed to end up in the wall !
Luckily it was only minor damage and I was seriously overwhelmed at the amount of people who offered parts and help to try get it goin again, cant thank you all enough

Got the car going at 10 that nite but there was still a few issues with it, so rather then risk doing more damage I just parked it up for the next day.

Huge thanks to Dominic who lent me his orange 1js14 to try qualify in the top 16 pro, I spent all morning tryin to get to grips with a totally different car then what I normally drive and the rain and wind didnt help at all and the fact that it wasnt my car I didnt want to push to hard in it, I ended up 17th which I was expecting to come last !

All in all a great weekend with great craic and great driving..

Mondello round 4 is going to be goooooooood

[carpo]

Great weekends drifting had by all some serious driving out of the guys on saturday...sunday was the same started off bad with the rain and wind with tents and crap blowing everywhere lol..but was good it cleared up well after lunch...one of my worst weekends ever driving fair pissed with crashing on friday and the same on sunday in the top 8...i just need to fix the car up and put the crap weekend behind me...sick would be a under understatement...!!

Was great to see swan get on the podium and same for jp,sinnot was on it all weekend and i was very happy for shane sullivan as he's had a lot of problems with the new car and it really started working for him at punch

[git]

Cheers bud, sure she was never going to stay that clean forever anyway lol

Great driving outa you man, had good crack with ya friday!