Toyota Sprint Series at Barkston Heath

[andrewc]

Round 2 of the new Toyota Sprint Series was on Sunday. Another airfield, so mostly flat and uninteresting, with a few cones thrown in...

Toyota Corolla with Celica GT4 drivetrain - won fastest time of day
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/tss08-r2/IMG_3535.jpg

Toyota Celica ST165 on the starting line
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/tss08-r2/IMG_3274.jpg

Toyota Starlet KP70 with 4A-GE engine. Guy was fabulous to watch - spent more time looking out of the side windows than the windscreen
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/tss08-r2/IMG_3669.jpg

Should I stay or should I go? He missed me, but hit a bollard.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/tss08-r2/IMG_3047.jpg

Plus a lot of Celicas of various descriptions, a couple of Starlet Turbos, half a dozen MR2's, an ordinary Aygo and a supercharged one, and a Sera.

Didn't rain but it was overcast all day.

[Matt Sayle]

Nice shots. How did the Aygo go? Love that Starlet.

[andrewc]

The Aygo was a real surprise. The 450bhp 4wd Corolla posted a 53.44 second run. The Aygo posted a 62.45 and didn't come last - in fact it beat two Auris SR180 driven by invitation drivers from Max Power and other magazines, an MR2 turbo, a Supra, a Celica GT4 and a few others. It came 39th out of 53.

http://www.norwichphoto.co.uk/tss/r2/others/Aygo/slides/IMG_3191.jpg

[Matt Sayle]

I take that is down to it being light and nippy. Just shows power isnt everything.

[andrewc]

Exactly. What it lost down the straights it could carry through the corners, many of which were quite tight so the bigger cars had to be very precise.