Pd round 1 afterthoughts

[DaveM-sport]

Great first weekend, lots of drama yesterday with Brian getting alittle carried away with a backwards entry in the Compact pity a few cars had big offs though like John Macs M3 and a few others eariler

Huge crowd today but I think the lack of atmosphere was due to a few things like the sound quality from the judging not that great, some odd judging at times which would have any spectator confused. Fair play to Peden and Eric though as their decisions on a few battles was better I think even if the majority was against them.

Think he weather needed to be good and big crowds at the first round so it will help keep the interest throughout the season

Guards being check points and sneaking around the pits towards the end was alittle much though!


There was points going for speed on the radar yesterday as John Mac got a few extra with his entry speeds.

Think it was something like an average speed was found and then your penalised for not keeping within 5mph of it but not sure if they used that system in the end

[Cooldrft]

Any idea what the average speed or John Mac's speed was Dave ?

[stack-180sx]

had a grate weekend some weather seen ste r34 2 day nice motor. some crack yesterday qualified 14th and got to the top 16. made shit of the back of my car though but what about it roll on round 2

[DaveM-sport]

had a look at Darrens car Saturday evening just bedew I went home and it was well bent at the front end alright which would have messed things up even if they straightened it as best they could
Maybe the MacNamara team will have to get some spare cars

20 euro for Sunday would be alot really considering there was much more action and drama on Saturday and it was only 10 euro. Probably be better to run the Pro Qualifying on Sunday morning as it drags on very late in the evening Saturday especially u there is a few crashes that bees clearing up which is tiring for the drivers and teams as well as it gets too drawn out fir spectators that are there all day

Any idea what the average speed or John Mac's speed was Dave ?

Not sure on inital entry speed but he was well into 3rd gear and 2nd is good for around 60 before he changes and he was well into 3rd which tops out at about 80 or 90

they got a speed for him hitting the wall at nearly 50mph anyway which would have been after bit of braking!

[dR Dan]

Thought it was a good start to the year... Some good driftin, good weather and a big crowd! Guards at the gate was upsetting but nothing Prodrift can do about that... Some big offs on Saturday which was awesome but at the same time sorry to the drivers involved... And yes Darrens car was bent out of shape, like really badly... Dont think hed 1 gud run Sunday seeing as he done it Saturday... As always loved watchin Donal in that mental little cam... Big congrats to everyone involved especially James, Nigel and Alan for taking the top 3 spots... Roll on Punchestown!

[Muttly]

It was a great event BUT and they're big but's, Saturday was too long, it was 7.45 when it finished up. Some of the judging calls were very off. Super lap was a bit random at times.

Personally the worst call of the day was with Alan Sinnott (sorry lad), theres NO way that was a rerun with Mick Deane, Mick beat him fair and square. the first run was very close, I'd even call it a Sinnott win because of the lead he pulled coming out of the tear drop BUT the second run was a 0 for Alan, it shouldn't have even been a question, he cut one corner and then flattened the second cone and then Mick pulled a bigger lead than Alan had in the first run. In the rerun that shouldn't have happened it was very close and that should have been rerun but it was given to Alan.

As for getting judges from a different country, I'm sure its possible but be prepared for the entry fee and ticket costs to go up to pay for it.

[meego1]

ye definetly agree mike v alan shoudnt have been rerun.Theirs no need to bring in foreign judges, just use drivers who arnt competing ,eric could easily do it, people wud respect his decision because of his skill and knowledge behind the wheel and he s well able to talk up their, none of the judges have achieved anything to my knowledge that qualifies them for the position anymore more than any other supporter of PD

[MCNSPORT.com]

Some amazing comments here

my car is a complete write off after saturday crash. steering rack, tie rods, chassis all bent but i said id give it a go and see what happened

favourtism comments are just silly

judging is a very hard job and nobody wants to do it. ive judged before and fell out with friends over decisions, you cant win as a judge its a thankless job