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On 2024-11-03 10:42, Tom Elam wrote:

>>> Just to set the record straight, you are about done with racing.
>>
>> Nope. Wrong again.
>>
>>> Just 1 race entered, late this year, none finished,
>>
>> Two races actually:
>>
>> The British Columbia Historic Motor Races (which you knew about, 
>> because you made multiple replies to my post here about it).
>>
>> And one SCCBC event, where I was taken out just after turn 3 of the 
>> first lap of the first race, so really no surprise that I didn't 
>> finish any race that weekend.
>>
>>> dead last in club FF standings with 1 point.
>>
>> And a right rear suspension destroyed enough that I didn't enter 
>> either race in October.

Your graceful apology for not having had a clue is oddly missing, Liarboy.

>>
>>> 2003 no races entered. 2002 7 races finished out of 22. Not enough to 
>>> even be eligible for the club championship. 2001 you ran just 3 
>>> races, won all 3, but those were 3 2001 Club Champion Alan McColl 
>>> missed. Strange about that. When better drivers show up you don't.
>>
>> Well ignoring that the spittle from your rage-posting seems to have 
>> blinded you to the typos you've made about the years, my younger 
>> brother died at home in June of 2021 after having been diagnosed with 
>> cancer in April of that year. The first event of that year was in 
>> June; 3 days after his death.
>>
>> You'll note that the only event I attended in 2021 was the last event 
>> of the year, and I have no control over who attends what events.

I reported on what happened to my brother at the time, Liarboy. You even 
replied to my post.

Your graceful apology for not having a clue is oddly missing, Liarboy.

>>
>>>
>>> The one 2024 vintage race you entered you pulled the restrictor plate 
>>> and even bragged about it. Some racer you are.
>>
>> I pulled the restrictor plate after I showed I could easily beat the 
>> other Formula F cars running that weekend.
>>
>> Race 2 (with restrictor):
>>
>> 25 seconds ahead of the 2nd place FF
>>
>>
>> Race 3 (with restrictor):
>>
>> 58 seconds ahead of the 2nd place FF...
>>
>> ...and first place overall, ahead of an FC.
>>
>>
>> Race 4 (with restrictor):
>>
>> 33 seconds ahead of the 2nd place FF.
>>
>>
>> So was it any wonder I was getting bored?

Your graceful apology for not having a clue is oddly missing, Liarboy.

>>
>>
>>> Chicken-shite bragger-boy Alan!
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> I was referring to races that count in the club championship, not a 
> bunch of vintage cars racing just for fun. Had more competent drivers 
> shown up you would not have been bored.
> 
> So yes you did pull the plate and then bragged about how much that 
> improved your results.

Yes. A fact I reported at the time, including precisely why I'd done so.

Boredom. Sorry, but I was running never less than 2 seconds a lap faster 
than next fastest FF.

Except (mind you), in the very last race of the weekend where I decided 
just to drop back and play with Erle so HE wouldn't be bored. And while 
I didn't put the restrictor back in, I refrained from using the correct 
gear for almost every corner (1st gear corners in 2nd, and so on)...

....and backed off to let him take the chequered flag, because he was a 
legal FF and I was not.

And what makes you look worse, Liarboy, is that you were already told 
all of this before.

> 
> You still can't admit it. The de-rated Honda is as fast as a freshly, 
> highly, and expensively tuned Kent, and can repeat that long after that 
> Kent is trashed by running way over its design limits and needs a 
> "refresh". That's WHY you bought into the Honda FF club. That is what 
> makes the Honda the choice of top drivers. The Honda/Mygale combo is a 
> proven and consistent winner. After a few races the Kent that is 
> competitive will fade or break. You admitted that about your Kent car.

I've never denied that the Honda Fit engine is as good as a good Kent.

And I joined the "club" for the reduced maintenance load, Liarboy. I've 
never claimed to be, nor do I want to be a good engine mechanic.

But you forget that Doug had just such a Kent engine:

Freshly built by Arnie Loyning.

Tuned and maintained by a professional race prep shop.

And his car was only a little older than my (1994 vs 1998)

And your claim that...

"After a few races the Kent that is competitive will fade or break."

....is just more of your ignorant bullshit.