Pd round 1 afterthoughts

[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

[lsd32]

had a great weekend,loved everything ,weather,track,speed and how my car now handles.missed out on the top 32 by two places,didnt think i was out enough to the outside clips myself.big thanks to gem and a few of the boys for the start line panel beating on my car as i had it too low and the wings and tyres decided to eat each other

bring on round two,i love punchestown

[Bubba]

I was watching alongside S13-Ste with the Lenihan clan and it was a good laugh although i've never heard a crowd so quiet. Compare that to the "last Day Out" in the rosebowl (an awesome days drifting!) and the crowd was deafening! Some of the super-lap calls were definitely way-off. As for the twin battles i'd comment on the judging if i actually heard a word they said

@carpo your car was just awesome to watch and your skills definitely weren't lacking either.

@danmoorhead that was me that overtook you on the motorway and gave a little beep beep salute!

@Flat Eric, thanks for the passenger spin, was pretty sweeeeet!

as for the calls of favouritism in PD, surely not

[bnollie]

Darren qualified first on saturday and then hit the wall hard on his second run. He did his best today but the car was about a foot shorter on one side causing it to steer like a shopping trolley, I think its fair to blame the car for his two spins in top 16.

Overall I think it was a brilliant event to start the year off.You can never keep everyone happy and to be honest I didn't agree with some of the judging either but I know how hard it is for PD to even get judges and I respect the lads decisions.

I dunno what was up with the crowd but even in the pits there seemed to be very little going on, i think its due to only 16 cars being around on sunday. Saturday was absolute madness with cars everywhere and there was a great atmosphere around, maybe have pro qualifying on sunday morning instead ???

Driving was superb, so many lads have stepped up their game big time and although James was amazing today I think he'll have his work cut out to claim another title.

I know there was some words had at the drivers briefing about lines and walls etc, how do the rest of you boys feel about all that as I only spoke to a couple about it. Do you prefer running close to walls out wide ?. Would you have preferred there to be no passing so you could run the walls and just have to follow the lead car instead of defending your line or deciding to make a pass ????

What about spectators, which would you lot prefer to be watching ???

Ya thats a true point but he did hit the wall. He is a driver at the top level. The car must have been grand before he hit the wall so it was a mistake by the driver not the car

[Mick K]

Some very good comments made,Just read it all now,Will do up my piece in a while just have to nip out!

[MCNSPORT.com]

Ya thats a true point but he did hit the wall. He is a driver at the top level. The car must have been grand before he hit the wall so it was a mistake by the driver not the car

cars cant make mistakes

[Robbie Daly Ps13]

cars cant make mistakes

Very true statement.........!

[bnollie]

My point exactly thanks Darren

[MCNSPORT.com]

My point exactly thanks Darren

weird point to be making

i think what eric meant was if the car wasnt fucked then i would prob hav been on the pace or at least have not spun