Anyone interested in taking part? Sat 14/05/05 £150 for full day open pit. Very few entries and organiser is considering cancelling

Toby, Steve ??

M3CSL wrote: Anyone interested in taking part? Sat 14/05/05 £150 for full day open pit. Very few entries and organiser is considering cancelling Toby, Steve ??

You're joking.. that'd be a great shame.. I'll post sth to the SS-R site tho I think the price is putting some off even tho it's a full day and pretty quiet.

Could do - whats the track like - and how many are likely on track at once? Can you PM me the details?

Cheers

Steve - basically 30 cars or so on track and no more so plenty of space, open pit lane, fresh new tarmac, size is somewhere in between knockers and the last layout at Crail. Aim is to not attract the hot hatch brigade with a big focus on safe driving and no slicks etc allowed.

If you can make it then that'd be great. But you need to email/book in next 24 hours before they cancel. They were short 8 places as of yesterday.

This event is going ahead  Anyone book through http://www.javelin-motorsport.co.uk/ - http://www.javelin-motorsport.co.uk/

Paul

Wooo hoooo.... !!!!!

Was this before or after the re-surface Dunc..? apparently it's pretty smooth virgin black top now.. if it's smooth enough for bikers then I reckon we'll be fine.

Cost wise is a bit south of the border agreed but then Willie doesn't pay to have proper martials on hand and the tarmac is frankly lousy.

KH is getting dearer by the year as well know.

Looking forward to the change of layout and soem TVR baiting..

Down towards Haddington (south Lothian)

Car is being prepared right now. Knockhill this afternoon and East Fortune tomorrow

What time you getting there Paul??

Will want to get those wheels swapped ASAP..

You don't have a mobile fuel supply per chance..

The plan is 08.30.

I've got a couple of Jerry cans in the van.

Cool.

Colin says we can get out to fill up if necc.. it's just so I can run at half tank or so but might still fill up at Falkirk and run at 3 quarters down to half for the morning.

Just spoke to Colin - see you guys there. He said to be there around 9?

I'll be there a wee bit earlier (8.30-8.45) just to be safe - gates open at 8..

Cool, see you guy tomorrow.

Had a bit of an eventful day at KH today. I'm down on power, hopefully just dirty/bad fuel. I broke my front splitter on a cone

Willie Robertson from Crail was there and punctured a tyre on his GT3 RS after an airborne moment. Car of the day was 360 CS

Great day!  I'll try and post some pics and video later.

Good to see you at the end Malc!!

Nice to see 3 cars I knew about

Paul your Radical sounds brill, just caught enough to see you spin (on purpose at the bend where the exit gate was) Far more controlled than the Alfa who decided to go straight on into the field at the same corner (so much for brakes !)

Jon yours sounded good out of the bends as well (heard you had another Hawthorn moment but not as serious !)

Steve you weren't squeelling as much as the others ! so those 19's must have some grip

Glad you all had fun

Some pics to start the ball rolling

Ok, first vid. This one has Paul in the Radical

Me tailing M BLUR round the track to come next.

Back Online (Right Click, Save as): http://vme.no-ip.co.uk/EastFortune1a.wmv - http://vme.no-ip.co.uk/EastFortune1a.wmv

Second vid. This one is quite big (110MB) - just under 14 minutes of chasing M BLUR around the track.

http://vme.no-ip.co.uk/eastfortune2.wmv - http://vme.no-ip.co.uk/eastfortune2.wmv

Download worked a treat on that last one Steve. cheers m8.. will splice with my own footage and send to Stephen.

I def need more front grip for the fast sweepers but I was outbraking everything bar the rad on the day and scalped a Chimera and a 993 Carrera too boot.. job done..

Beemers rocked East Fortune that day.. Steve's oil burner very impressive between corners..

claymore_72 wrote: ps the Radical sounded even better than the TVR !

m8 so did the M on full chat.. those Chimeras lack a real top end to wail proper.. sounds greta on the road tho.

Rad sounded lovely - as those bikey engine things go... onl;y going to get quicker as Paul learns its limits.. the only car I was worried about in my mirrors - that and Steve's diesel monster of course..

Went out with Rog (aka Admiral) and the devil posessed me - lap times dropped 5 secs a lap and then I overcooked it twice.. exuberant throttle being the culprit.. no excuses.Pushing harder than I woudl normally but the run offs were gr8 so it was good opp.. only light damage to front splitter.

Great day.. lovely track.. beautiful weather.. can't ask for more.

Stickies would have been better as I was washing out a bit on turn in which led to both my spins....

Good to meet you Jon

Great pics and vids Steve, Dan is happy you got some pics of him driving. He also wants to thank you for the pax laps, he's still talking about your car!

There's a 4 hour session at KH this Thurs for £80 if anyone is interested.

Paul

M BLUR wrote: the only car I was worried about in my mirrors - that and Steve's diesel monster of course..

No need to worry Jon, after the throttle pedal was fixed I wouldn't have been in your mirrors long

You to Paul.. Rad was very cool.. especially once you got the throttle sorted.. banzai is the word the word that comes to mind..

But will our front splitters take the abuse Paul.... not for me.. will get the wee car checked over first... maybe next month's Hot Marques tho.

M3CSL wrote: M BLUR wrote: the only car I was worried about in my mirrors - that and Steve's diesel monster of course.. No need to worry Jon, after the throttle pedal was fixed I wouldn't have been in your mirrors long

Very true m8.

M3CSL wrote: There's a 4 hour session at KH this Thurs for £80 if anyone is interested. Paul

....mustn't......be......tempted.....2 days......before....wedding......wife to be......will......kill me

Who do I contact?

Steve,

http://www.vippaddockclub.com/Html/trackday.html - http://www.vippaddockclub.com/Html/trackday.html http://www.vippaddockclub.com/ -

Give them a call for further info. I don't know if I'm going yet, hopefully I can get all sorted but will not know until tomorrow.

Paul

Got 3 bodyshops quoting 8LUR in next 24 hours.. costs will dictate my next outing.. but June 25th on regardless.... for I will have satisfaction...

Steve - you're gonan have a great battle against Yoshi at Crail - by then he'll be running trick suspensioon, diff and 450bhp..let the battle of the black behemoths commence.. Germany v Japan... coooooool.

Me - well I'll be going to hunt Donato and his ultra cool RX7 amongst other things..

Aye - EF a cracking track, I'm sure Javelin would run a day for us and MMC would give us permission but we'd struggle for numbers and cost perhaps too high for some palettes.. but for the money Crail is still a good giggle... either that or you and Yosh short at Knockers but that's a technical circuit and he knows/drives it very well whereas it'll be a level playing field at Crail.

Me - that smooth, nae virginal, black top was worth every pound!!

What I'm going to do now is book the bodyshop straight after a track day.. just in case. I have a number of a great guy if you need any blemish removal.

Good to see you there Malc, pity you couldn't get into the pits as I have quite a few times where the PAX seat was free as Yoshi was feeling ill after the second stint in 8LUR....

M BLUR wrote: Good to see you there Malc, pity you couldn't get into the pits as I have quite a few times where the PAX seat was free as Yoshi was feeling ill after the second stint in 8LUR....

That was your driving!!! I've got it on film lol

m8.. fast 'n' smooth for 95% of the time.. except during my 2 indiscretions.. once when Rog was PAX.. brings out the worst in anyone and secondly towards the end of the sess' where I was chasing you down..  What can I say..

Steve - Just watched your big movie again. Some nice shots of 8LUR pulling away.. I'm just glad you didn't have paddle changes..

I see that black Caterham and red Alfa Junior were holding you up as well.. not sure if it was inexperience or perhaps they just didn't like our German road cars poo-pooing their party... for about 2-3 laps I lost loads of time because of them - that Caterham wouldn't budge over on the straights.. funny as he was trying, as we all saw, when he spun out at the hairpin.. (not that I'd ever do such a thing).

Took me a while to get into a flow and probably shaved about 5-10 secs off my times by the avo.. great day.. great fun. Only then did I overstep the boundaries on the tyres. Perhaps I shoudl have played with pressures byt the B'stones just washed out a bit early in places. Was getting no more than 106 on the straights with Yosh in pax.. a 17 stone weight penalty made for about 10-15 mph deficit on the straight aways....

Was impressed when you rolled out your good wheels for the event.. but can be an expensive way to do it.. I'd buy a set of spares for track if you're going to do it reguarly.

Don't think so Tob - got it on film - they'll have been the Elises I was catching routinely then... They were being driven (how can I put it) 'conservatively' and really slow straight line.. Yosh and Rog will confirm.

By the avo 8LUR probably 2nd or 3rd fastest car on the day - can't take the credit - it's all her... Was a lot of slower cars (particuarly the Alfisti, Caterhams and 2CV) so you tended to bunch up as there we were only allowed to overtake on the straights and not under braking - which is a pity as 8LUR was braking nicely.

Paul only really fast car on the day and you could tell he was still learning with her.. Also a Pulsar GTI-R and a Clio Sport that were none too shabby and Neil Menzies in his Chimera was pretty fast in small stints but he was never out long enough to follow properly. 911 was being driven slow - which was a pity!

You'd have gutted most of the pack in your project M3 Tob.

Best part was she coudl go out for 20-30 laps without complaint as the Alpfas, TVRs, 7s and Lotuses cooled off in the paddock..

They are hopefully running another event this summer and I expect the Scottish_Elises will attend in force.

Paul

Aye Paul - if Tut and Co. go then we'll see some proper fast Elises.. not the granny drivers we saw..

Colin is talking about a sports car event and I suggested he get good support from the Lotus, TVR and POrsche boys to ensure good numbers and then bring in some ad hoc stuff. Should be good.

I'm still mulling over the 323 Turbo

i can't download the vids for some reason, 'a connection with the server could not be established'???

and was also wondering if there were going to be any pictures of the rolling road day at falkland uploaded?

cheers, cliff.

Buying 323T rally car today..

Cliff 323 wrote: i can't download the vids for some reason, 'a connection with the server could not be established'??? and was also wondering if there were going to be any pictures of the rolling road day at falkland uploaded?   cheers, cliff.

Thats cause Steve is away on his Honey moon so his server wont be live

About Falkland you have pm

talking of the rolling road day, does anyone have videos of it?

mine messed up

ive got shortys car and the rx7, but anything after that (including my run ) is unreadable.  but i copied them from the camcorder onto the computer without checking the whole lot and then taped over them so i cant redo it

stephenperry wrote: talking of the rolling road day, does anyone have videos of it? mine messed up ive got shortys car and the rx7, but anything after that (including my run ) is unreadable.  but i copied them from the camcorder onto the computer without checking the whole lot and then taped over them so i cant redo it

I just Pm`s Cliff about his footage