I really loved that car, although i wasnt to keen on the tiger stripes it sported towards its last days...I remember seeing it once in bristol and being tempted to go for polycarb windows myself...
wow i remember that day . i even have pics of the car at a max power show and then smashed at combe . just looked diffrent in the video . built by grant motorsport i think
Yep was a well prepared Mk1 Shame about the crash, i didnt realise he was racing Joe LOL. Funny place to go off there lost it coming out of bobbies
It was Steve's first time on track and i think he was trying to stay with Joe and just pushing to hard, having said that we all know what its like when you want to try and catch someone faster than yourself I knew when they both lined up behind me in the first session of the day (the other vid) there was going to be trouble thats why i booted it out of the pits and pulled away
I recall a picture of it in the paddock, after the lorry tow. Would have been on the CGTI forum, 2 versions ago - not sure if threads were kept...
remember that day too... hark at us lot.. LMAO He asked me before the day began how to approach his "first ever trackday"... Dont get bated into a chase, ease yourself into it, be smooth and keep it on the black stuff. Woops.. Joe was hunting that day for prey... remember him spinning out when waiting for me and my Jetta and then giving chase....... and shortly after spinning out at quarry. LOL Several mishaps that day, but the mk1 was a tragic loss and waste of a car. Red Mist.. beware folks. Funny.
got some pics of it on the lowloader . will post up tomorrow , on that same day a s8 went off at quarry i think .
Vid of Raceinvader's car at Brunters: [YOUTUBE]x8wQr9zh454[/YOUTUBE] And a vid of Marcantonio's Bora, which laid unused after a mega- build during 2002, before Joe picked it up at the end of ~2004/start 2005.
now thats a very sad picture... yee gods! was'nt steve in the forces or something? (prolly got that bit wrong) Whats he driving about in now? That was one lovely car.
Steve's mk1 was awesome, it had all the right parts, but the car was never set-up properly. It was a real shame he got caught up in 'the chase' that day, very easily done if your new to track day's [:^(] top car... certainly influenced my own build
Yep, definitely Forces - was in the PVW article. Hasn't logged on the the forum in 2.5 years now, though he has a YouTube a/c where he had loaded up the 'Pod vid in the last year. Just one vid on the account though.
Lost contact with him of the last few years. I'm sure Malc will be along sometime to shed some light on things.
Last time I spoke about him he was driving nothing interesting....what a gutter. Maybe one day he will replicate the beast or go even better. In the meantime R.I.P
yeah awesome mk1 have some inters pics of that , looked amazing , yeah i had a onboard vid as they were on a mission and overtook me , that session was a bit crazy , 3 abreast overtaking that day i recall , real shame. i am still driving the same Mk2 track hack
