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    33 minutes ago, Lauren said:

    It is with very sad news that I have to announce that Jordan Wade has lost his battle with depression. To many he was the cheeky and often controversial face of the club and whilst I always saw him as a good friend and a true petrolhead that loved nothing more than to while the night away talking cars with a pint in hand. Those were the good times. :) 

    However, he had a true passion for all things automotive for which he lived and breathed. A kindred spirit I always thought if ever there was. That is what I'll miss Jordan for. I have spoken to Jordan in the past about his depression and I really hoped that things were getting better, but that wasn't the case and there is nothing I or anyone it seems could do. 

    I am not sure what we will do from here as I would have been at the funeral, but I seriously doubt current circumstances will allow. I am meeting with Richard to have a discussion about it, but feel that if we can't be there we should perhaps organise something else and Jordan would have liked a good amount of GT86 presence. So I will have a think about that and welcome any ideas. 

    I have spoken with Jordan's girlfriend, Michelle and she is understandably devastated and confused by the whole turn of events. I have let her know that we are there to support her and we will.

    I am just so terribly sorry to have to tell you all about losing one of our best and I think most loved members of the club. :(

    Apologies for not making a very well written post, I am just so sad and I can't think straight. 

     

    Devastating news - a truly lovely guy. Could we have a GT86 procession behind the hearse to the funeral and then we go onto a pub garden for a drink in his memory??

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    On 12/09/2017 at 9:30 AM, Innersphere said:

    Thanks Lauren, I have emailed Adrian, so hopefully all good and I will see some people there!  I look forward to being schooled ;-)

    Hi Innersphere - its my first time at Cadwell too (I did Kendrew earlier in the year and got bitten by the bug!!) but still consider myself a newbie and I just plan to take it easy and just try to reduce my time over the day rather than beating anyone else's time - so welcome to the newbie club :)

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    On 12/07/2017 at 6:11 PM, Keethos said:

    A bit late but amazing day, even with 3 hours sleep, made it to Kendrew Airfield in good time, however, being my first time at Kendrew and it being an airfield with cones and tall grass, it took a couple of runs to get used to the circuit (there was quite a few times that I turned too early and even the wrong way at one point).

    I was looking forward to this circuit as I heard there was plenty of run off and nothing to hit.....until I realised that there were plenty of big cones and barriers after blind bends due to the tall grass which you wouldn't want to slide into (fear of digging in and rolling or hidden large manhole covers) but even so, I wanted to really push the Celica as it felt like I couldn't push her as hard at the previous tracks. After getting a void run and then a reasonable time (1:56.10), I struggled to improve. I tried pushing harder with no luck, tried driving more smoothly and trying to go slow in fast out but again no improvement. Then thanks to Ricenurner and old man Special K who suggested to try using 2nd gear more to force me to slow down even more for an even more slow in fast out style of driving and boom, 1:55.50. Sadly even with this improvement I was still last in our class with only 1 timed lap left but I knew where I could improve.

    So after siking myself up but then waiting at the line for a while, I finally managed to pull a good run together. Realising that the circuit consisted of primarily quick transitioning corners, I was able to stay in 2nd throughout most of the corners without bouncing off the limiter much but instead remaining within the power band. The improvement over the previous run was mainly on an awkward "can't tell if it's a hair pin or not" corner where I would always run wide and scrub off too much speed. So this time I made sure that I slowed right down to clip the apex the best I could which gave me a good line through a slight chicane before foot flat down for the longest straight (and only real straight besides the straight through the finish line) and boom, 1:53.71....getting me to 3rd (though there was only 4 of us in the class 1f61c.png😜 ) and only being less than a second behind Rich who I've been chasing all season, usually being a few seconds behind in each round. To my surprise, I actually got a trophy for 3rd so well chuffed.....not as chuffed as the 2nd place trophy at Woodbridge but that was in the 86 which I still miss sprinting with but bring on the next round in the Celica at Anglesey on Sunday 20th August!!!.... can't wait!!!

    A massive thanks to everyone today who helped organise, manage and run such an awesome day as well as thanks to those who took part and even just spectated!

    Big congrats to Kevin for winning the class N1 class for the GT86s, followed by Thomas and Tim.  It was also great to see some new faces joining in, especially Debbie for finally joining in rather than just spectating, I expect to see you on track at Anglesey!!!

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    Great write up Keethos - and I am so glad I finally took part! Not as scary driving as it looks from the spectating side so yes I will be back - can't wait for Anglesey :)

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    On 4/13/2017 at 10:36 AM, ChrisKnottIns said:

    Hi DebbieJ, we'll be really sorry to see you go! I wish we could automatically accept wraps (full or partial) but unfortunately the insurers on our panel don't like them and we have to refer them for consideration on a case by case basis. Glad you've got a suitable alternative this year. Wraps are something we're obviously in discussion with the insurers about as they become more and more commonplace (forgive me). Hopefully we'll be in a position to win you back at next renewal.

    All the best,
    Nick

    Funnily enough now I have got the documents through from Greenlight it is exactly the same underwriter as I was with before, but Chris Knott told me this underwriter wouldn't insure me with a partial wrap! Do underwriters do different schemes for different brokers??

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    On 4/11/2017 at 9:28 AM, ChrisKnottIns said:

    You'll find that there's no one specific insurer who'll be good for 100% of the membership so you'll have to try a few of us to see who's best for you. Try us last and we'll be aiming to beat your best alternative.

    best,
    Nick

    I am currently insured with Chris Knott but you won't renew my insurance because I have had a partial wrap on the car :( Luckily Greenlight are more than happy to insure my car with its wrap so all sorted now at a great price and track day cover as an add on if I need it :)  :)  

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    1 hour ago, Nicebiscuit said:

    Where did you get the lights from?

     

    And whilst I'm here - those wheels look superb.

     

     

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    The lights came from Amber Performance - took a while to get them since they had to come as a special order from Japan but very pleased I waited for them. The wheels wer just  a set off ebay but I think they look great on the car :)

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    7 hours ago, Paul said:

    Just down the road from me Ben! Will keep an eye out. :)

    Not far from me either and a fellow ginger - I will wave if I see you :D Picture of mine after its recent partial wrap.......

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