Wow - track day was brilliant!

[twobears]

Had my first ever track day instruction yesterday and it was one of the best things I've ever done I was a bit nervous beforehand in case Colin at CAT said that my driving was appalling and I shouldn't even be in charge of a disability scooter but he was very complimentary and gave me loads of confidence.

 

The weather was fine at the start of the session and I learnt how to threshold brake from 80 mph amongst other things. The high speed track was excellent and getting up into lane five was such a buzz. I managed 122 mph and wanted to do more but it was time to move to the next experience.

 

I hated the skid pan because it made me feel ill so I bailed out (not literally) and we went onto the handling circuit which was the best fun ever It had started to chuck it down and was thundering and lightning but I pressed on (literally this time!) and had a fantastic time. I absolutely loved every second of driving round that track and didn't want to leave. The Alpine circuit seemed a bit dull after the thrill of what had gone before but Colin said that I did really well and that I was naturally wired to drive a performance car. I am sure he says this to everyone but it made me happy nonetheless and I am already planning my next trip.

 

I can thoroughly recommend CAT and Colin is a fabulous instructor. He explains the engineering and physics behind what he is teaching you but makes it easy to understand which was great for me since I am useless at stuff like that.

[Zugara]

Good job

 

Glad you had a wonderful time.

[Stew]

Brilliant to hear.

 

Glad you enjoyed yourself Annie. You'll be whizzing round as a Track Day Queen soon enough by the sounds of it.

[twobears]

Thanks! I told Colin at the start of the day that I definitely didn't want to do a proper track day but by the end I was telling him that I'd changed my mind

[rabbitstew]

Excellent! I used to supervise track days a few years back and its really rewarding watching peoples progress throughout the day.

[MITZ@CougarStore]

Glad you had fun...

[Will370z]

Congrats, good to hear you had a good day.

 

Ebized and Glrnet have also been and loved it and learnt a lot.

 

May have to look into it one day

[Squee]

Sounds like you had a great day Annie and sounds like Colin's a good egg. So when's the next track day

 

S.

[NeilMH]

Well done. It sounds like money well spent.

[Ebized]

It is a really great experience and as you say, Colin make it very easy to understand and certainly helped to boost my confidence - something I would recommendad anyone to do

 

Glad you enjoyed it - I have to admit, the handling circuit is great fun and the ZED is so well suited

[DoogyRev]

Glad you had a great time

 

Any pic or Vids?

[twobears]

Thanks everyone. No pics or vids I'm afraid as Millbrook is a proving ground for all sorts of new vehicles so they stick security stickers over your mobile phone camera to prevent you from using it. It was a bit ironic in a way because my husband (who very kindly came along with me knowing that he would have to sit in the CAT office all the time that I was out enjoying myself ) is a director in a company that sees new vehicles at the clay model stage and has input into the design of some of them. I have to admit that I would have loved a photo of my car on the track, especially if it looked as though I knew what I was doing