RAF MARHAM TRACK WEEKEND – 4-5 SEPTEMBER 2010

[robg2]

What's the weather going to be like at the weekend then? Will I need my 'wets' (not that I've got any...).
I'm in Spain at the moment. Not bad here...

[SnapperLad]

Cloudy with sunny intervals according to Google weather...

[giger]

The weather is looking good all week and in to early next week. Fingers crossed for some classic Marham weather

[GeorgeyDee]

The weather is looking very good for this weekend so bring the sunblock

Just a friendly reminder that you MUST BRING PHOTO ID with you in order to get in to camp. We have checked all details now but we can't let you in until you can prove you are the same person as on our master list.

People have turned up in the past who have had to leave a passenger behind at the gate because they forgot thier ID.

Official ID only. Blockbuster Video Card will not do

For Example;

Passport
Photo Driving Licence
MOD F1250
Warrant Card
'Prove It' Card

Edited by GeorgeyDee on Thursday 2nd September 08:47

Edited by GeorgeyDee on Thursday 2nd September 08:48

[giger]

What time does the briefing start this year? I seem to be missing that information. Is the briefing at 9 so we need to be checked in before that time? I need to co-ordinate this with my mate and we're a little unsure what time to head off

[GeorgeyDee]

Gates open at 07:00.
Gates close at 08:30.
Drivers brief between 08:30 and 08:45
Track opens with two site laps at 09:00
Track closes at 16:30

Edited by GeorgeyDee on Friday 3rd September 21:55

[giger]

Cheers, didn't receive any of the above info for some reason. Hope it went OK today for those that attended. See you tomorrow

[GeorgeyDee]

It went very well today. Loads of track time for all (6 hours). Open sessions tomorrow to so plenty of time on circuit

We have working out what type of tyre leaves big rubber bits on track. It's rally compound Pirrelli slicks. The rest of the slicks were fine.

See you all in the brief tomorrow.


George

[MGR]

I think I may have added to the large rubber bits left on track. Although there were some other contibuters also as my tyres were intact until after lunch. I had some new(ish) budget tyres on the front of mine which have about 5mm of tread over about 2/3rds of the tyre now and have 0 mm on the other 3rd. The entire tread seems to have effectively just come off on 1/3rd of the tyre. Will post some picks tomorrow. I suspect it may have come off in entire blocks or long strips.

Edited by MGR on Saturday 4th September 21:34

here is a photo. Hard to see on the photo but the left half of the tyre is just the outline where the tread used to be the right hand side still has tread. You can sort of see looking at the lower part of the tyre.

Edited by MGR on Saturday 4th September 21:44

[perdu]

MGR said:

I think I may have added to the large rubber bits left on track. Although there were some other contibuters also as my tyres were intact until after lunch. I had some new(ish) budget tyres on the front of mine which have about 5mm of tread over about 2/3rds of the tyre now and have 0 mm on the other 3rd. The entire tread seems to have effectively just come off on 1/3rd of the tyre. Will post some picks tomorrow. I suspect it may have come off in entire blocks or long strips.

Edited by MGR on Saturday 4th September 21:34

here is a photo. Hard to see on the photo but the left half of the tyre is just the outline where the tread used to be the right hand side still has tread. You can sort of see looking at the lower part of the tyre.

Edited by MGR on Saturday 4th September 21:44

naughty naughty MGR

you were going too fast again weren't you...



Lucky beggar

see you all next time around

God and the War Office willing, must have been a really good day for it, hope tomorrow is good for you chaps

[mrB10]

As ever a brilliant day, we had a thoroughly entertaining 7 hrs whilst we were there.

My co-conspirator managed to remove half the tread of the front tyre after a spirited drive in the afternoon that really put paid to the afternoons entertainment but it was worth it. Oh, he offers his apologies for the 360 he managed prior to lunch in our silver BMW, but glad the marshalls saw fit to allow him back on.

[stevo666]

Another fantastic day today (sunday), only 2 tyres u/s and lost 4th gear at about 2.30! The old girl brought a smile to all its passengers.......

Many thanks to Ian for organising the PH attendance and of course Geaorge and his RAF team for their organisation and participation.

Shame about lack of numbers (less money raised) but hopefully next year numbers can increase with some changes?

Also - can someone remind me of the photographers website as forgot to make a note of it!

Thanks again to all the organisers,

Steve

Edited by stevo666 on Sunday 5th September 19:03

[DanSN117]

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/gallery/collection?...

[B'stard Child]

stevo666 said:

Another fantastic day today (sunday), only 2 tyres u/s and lost 4th gear at about 2.30! The old girl brought a smile to all its passengers.......

Having been a big fan of your car for what seems like years it was great to have a few passenger laps in it - sheesh it picks up revs so well and is lovely and nimble through the twisty bits. Made me wonder why I persist in trying to make a big heavy coupe into a track car

[B'stard Child]

stevo666 said:

Shame about lack of numbers (less money raised) but hopefully next year numbers can increase with some changes?

I think I'm going to start a separate thread on that subject - I had some interesting conversations around the paddock on Sunday but the people at the event aren't really the people I need to get opinions from - it's really the people who didn't attend and have done previous events that I need to hear from

[mrB10]

it was strange, we normally do the Sat because its quieter and we have stuff to do on the Sunday (bargaining point!) but this time it was very quiet. Is this due to the ongoing economic gloom or an issue with the event? I don't really think its the latter.

[2woody]

thanks to all for the event - just as good as ever.

all of our cars managed the entire event without too much trouble, so I could get on with the driving - I lost count of the number of passengers I managed to squeeze in.

I'm glad we managed to find the "rubber chunks" culprit !

different car next time methinks - The Holden is currently top of the list, but I'd still quite like to bring the Bentley

[GeorgeyDee]

Thanks all for eveything. It was by far and away the most well behaved track weekend ever which allowed me some time out on track.

Well what can I say! Steve took me out in the Sunbeam!! It was the quickest i've ever been round that track!! We finished off some slicks which resulted in a bit of a spin as we were running on canvas not rubber

Steve,,,,, Sorry about the wing mirror. I hope you get it fixed but thanks for the thrill ride

We came back in to learn that the only incident involved me.... Oh well,,, so Ian kindly offered to take me out in the Monza. Lovely car,,, Sweet sounding engine and very smooth. The Sunbean and the Monza are like chalk and cheese when it comes to track behaviour but still very quick.

Very relaxed weekend for me thanks to you guys and I finally had time to play.

Once again thanks to Ian and Steve for grabbing me and forcing me to have some fun


Cheers

George

Edited by GeorgeyDee on Monday 6th September 20:39

[stevo666]

George - it was my pleasure and the best way that I could say 'Thank you' for all the effort you put into running/organising the event.

Steve

[SnapperLad]

The both galleries for Saturday and Sunday are here - as always Brian has concentrated on getting the action frozen whereas I've added the feeling of speed.

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/trackday

Cheers for all of your support

Lee