Will370z Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 See you there phil, weather looks good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Wish it wasn't same day with Grasshopper Have fun guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 You should bring your 370 to the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Adrian on track in a TT 370z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Well what a great day out, an amazing track, great driver discipline, great weather & a great bunch of friends. The zed performed faultlessly, the brakes held up well & so did the tyres considering the punishment I gave them throughout the day. Just a quick clip of the zeds as we left. I`ll hopefully post up some on track videos during the week, but it`s now time for bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just wanted to say a huge thanks for all those that turned up today, what a great day and we had some cracking weather. Stayed up in a local hotel with Darren the night before for lots of beer and some pub grub, best way to start a track day weekend. Up at the crack of dawn and head over to Rockingham. Awesome track and i must admit more than a little nerve racking seeing that huge wall right next to a very fast lefthander on the oval. Definitely the most technical circuit i've been on. Was great to see see my track partner in Crime Andy arrive shortly after in our trusted BMW, then came Andy, Lydia, Phil and his mate Dave and then Andys girlfriend. But star of the day has to be Ken, our biggest fan at this rate as he's coming to all of our track days thus far, but this time he came with a huge feast in his boot. Tables, chairs, salads, pies, quiches, potato salad, coleslaw, sandwiches, crisps, cakes, muffins, ............. huge big thankyou for that, you must come again Thanks for takign me out on the skid pan Lydia, Ken and Darren. Was a lot of fun BMW was decidedly off at the start as she kept sliding out on all the left handers, swapped tyres and it improved then disappeared. Thank goodness as i did lose confidence on some of those bends but at the end of the day it was awesome. Some nice machines there today and lots of friends so wasa great day out. Will post up vids later but heres a few quick pics The start of the feast - this was only a small part of what came out of kens boot The zeds vs Rockingham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) P.S. Andy - your exhaust sounded awesome on the duel carriageway Edited August 18, 2013 by Will370z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Great day out guys! Haven't reviewed my videos yet but looking forward to seeing any photos! Finally starting to get through tyres now... thats 2 out of 9 deemed to be dead now! will definitely have a look at the tracking before my next day with Ian, just to make sure its all pointing in the right direction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Still on a high from yesterday I thought that my car handled very well yesterday on road tyres, kept up with alot of lighter & better prepped cars through the corners & I think I may have surprised a few people on the straights But after the trip out in the SC`d VX220 I`m looking again the change of direction & cornering is on a completely different level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 haha nice one Darren, looking in autotrader already are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 But after the trip out in the SC`d VX220 I`m looking again the change of direction & cornering is on a completely different level. Sadly I don't think Will or myself will fit in 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipouk Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 But after the trip out in the SC`d VX220 I`m looking again the change of direction & cornering is on a completely different level. Sadly I don't think Will or myself will fit in 1. I'm 6'4 and can just about fit in one, I had a VX for 6 months before writing it off - Will was able to sit in it but I think we took the roof off! It was a great day out on Sunday, the MR2 went faultlessly, handling much better with new tyres, though I did manage to spin once when taking Andy round. I'll also admit to being a little scared when I arrived at the track as there isn't much room for error on the high speed corner... I will post up some pics when I get them from Dave as he did take quite a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 welljell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Your mr2 was like a little go kart phil, went very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipouk Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 There is a selection of photos from the day here: http://www.flickr.co.../100509262@N02/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 There is a selection of photos from the day here: http://www.flickr.co.../100509262@N02/ Nice pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergwerk06 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm at Donington on the 16th so this will be a bit too close to that for me but I've just booked 11th September at Blyton, 2nd October at Cadwell and 16th November at Oulton Park, if anyone wants to join me for any of those that'd be great. I'll be in a mk1 mx5. Looking at Oulton for the 16th Nov- cracking circuit- will let you know when booked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I may be up for this, would probably not book myself & wing it. If it`s likely to be a dry day I`d go up & see if I could get on last minute. I`m not a fan of Oulton park in the wet & being in November there is a good chance of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 1st video finally uploaded, Me & Will out for a Sunday morning tour of Rockingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nice little vid darren. If i had known you were recording i would have shut up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Haha, always recording, I couldn`t post the other outing, you know the one where we were slagging off all the mods & various other members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Rockingham Wet Grip video, I was rubbish, really disappointed that I couldn`t manage the entire corner, perhaps a few more attempts & I would have done it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Some cracking photos there! really loving the mix of perspective and shots. Darren i'll watch your footage when i get in - looked at my few videos last night and they looked really slow... hopefully your car with twice the power will seem faster! and yeah low grip drifting is darn tricky - i find sliding a car a lot easier on dry tarmac! Once we've got an LSD fitted to the beemer i want to go on a DWYB day at Santa Pod to finish off some tyres properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 It was a great day out on Sunday, the MR2 went faultlessly We have a Mk2 Turbo for track use, great cars on tack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 & one more clip from the first afternoon outing, took a while to get the tyres back up to pressure after the lunch break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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