Nigelp Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 This is pretty much a copy/paste from my review on Northloop, so the names aren`t relevant. The pictures tell the story anyway Short version. It was great fun, lots of messing around, nothing hit and is pretty cheap too. Mazda on Track Car control days. Loaded up Friday, that was interesting, I reckon there was 25mm clearance each side of the Nissan between the alloys and trailer sides :o . Drove down to MK to stay with Simon, traffic was awful, what did I expect for a Friday night? Short 30 min drive to Finmere then ready to unload the Nissan. A guy came over and asked if he could borrow my footpump, no problem. He came back 5 minutes later having broken it. "sorry...." Cup of coffee, sign on then time for the most relaxed Briefing I`ve ever been to :thumb: "don`t crash and have fun" were basically the rules of the day. Then is was time for some sighting laps behind Al (who drove the quickest signting laps I`ve ever done...), immediately after, we started on the `handling course`, I say handling, but it appeared almost everyone treated it as a drift course.... Alex had a check underneath after hitting the `bump` partcularly hard. Initially, some people were struggling with understeer, including this guy who`d won this car in the Raffle @ Bovington. cone collecting... Cone removal team in operation The Nissan was easy to drift. Matty was having a great time. There were spinners too. Alex Simon Then, it started to come together. Even Al had a play.. After a morning`s instruction, Helen took to the circuit Jim had a go and understeered.. Alex was the first to destroy a tyre. Smoke, we liked Smoke Jim drove Ian`s car, and span.. When spinning, the general consensus was that keeping it pinned was a good idea Darren all wired up. Just before Lunch, Nick pointed out my rears were down past the canvas and to the metal. Whoops. Fitted the spare pair of `fronts` to the back, up to 45psi and away we went. Lou went out for a go on the short track, she span a couple of times, but managed to get the back out and then save it, so for here, that was job done and she was happy We`d brought some portable burners, frying pans, bacon, eggs and bread for lunch. Surprisingly, a queue formed.... The afternoon was pretty much the same as the morning, lots of fun and wearing out of tyres. Helen was giggling from the passenger seat as usual. I knew the tyres were well worn, took Simon for a couple of runs. The last one and I managed to get the transition from left to right in one slide, best I`d done all day, I was chuffed. Went towards the finish line sideways when the rear tyre popped. Ah.. Day over, so I had a few great laps with Alex as he tried to destroy the rear tyres he`d been `loaned`... Loaded up and left around 4:30pm, back home just under 3 hours later after an awesome day. I`d definately recommend the day, the surface looked bad, but was actually OK, the tyre wear was higher than expected, I destroyed 4 part worn tyres in 22 miles. Most of that was sideways with the tyres smoking, but you are much better going with a set of cheap tyres on an event like this. You`ll have just as much fun. Organisation was very relaxed, so long as you didn`t look dangerous, you were left alone, with advice being offered when needed. Catherine, who spent the morning in the X5, had the inverter plugged in. Unfortunately, just as we were ready to leave, I tried to start the X5 and the battery was Flat ! OH NO !! Fortunately, Alex had a booster Pack we could use. I can understand why people keep using MoT, they are a great set of guys Couple of videos from the Day, unfortunately, the stabilisation had been turned off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkdof12Y A MASSIVE thanks to cookiemonster, who sold me these alloys and tyres. Which, by the end of the day, were worn out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great pictures mate! Really glad the tyres lasted the whole day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun1982 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Looks like you had some good fun there mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks like a cracking day of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazman Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great write up, really enjoyed reading that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks like you had some good fun there most 'events' like that that I've planned to go to seems to attract the ...eeerh... wrong crowd. looked as it was a good crew there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly199 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I WANNA GO!!!! I have been looking to do something like that for ages!!! Awesome pics mate, looks like a fantastic day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelp Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 most 'events' like that that I've planned to go to seems to attract the ...eeerh... wrong crowd. looked as it was a good crew there Mazda on Track actively `discourage` the "...eeerh... wrong crowd", for the same reasons. It can spoil it for everyone else. Although called `Mazda on Track`, they do allow other marques too 350Z owners are very welcome and they make awesome drift cars for novices too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Looked like a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo-ninja Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350 giZ Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Looks like great fun! Good pics and write up. Cheers for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 most 'events' like that that I've planned to go to seems to attract the ...eeerh... wrong crowd. looked as it was a good crew there Mazda on Track actively `discourage` the "...eeerh... wrong crowd", for the same reasons. It can spoil it for everyone else. Although called `Mazda on Track`, they do allow other marques too 350Z owners are very welcome and they make awesome drift cars for novices too might try and find some group like that over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks like a cracking day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Recognise a lot of the Five's from mx5nutz. Looks like a great day. May have to destroy the rubbish Maxxis tyres fitted to my MX5 soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez @ H-Dev Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Looks like you had a great time. I know Alex in the MX5 - he works from the same Farm as me and I almost came along with him. And Dave with the ADAC BMW lives in the same village - small world. Wish I'd come along now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris p Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 looks fun why did you take your car on a trailer? those old tyres not up to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelp Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chris, I went with my wife and 2 kids AND spare tyres, we wouldn`t all be able to fit into the Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Finmere is just up the road from me,i live in Brackley. Is there any of these event booked for this year at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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