Castle Combe Action Day 27/04/13 - Skoda Video

[TDIfurby]

OK - This perhaps isn't the most exciting of titles, but this is video from one session (pre-booked so all Skoda) from my Fabia - front and rear facing blackvue cameras and then sync'd together and overlayed to achieve this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYrSdtO40k

Anyone else got pics/videos? I know the day claimed a Megane RS250, TWO 3 series beemers, a Clio 172, and a Pug 306 which frankly deserved to be crashed the way it was being driven / handling around quarry....

[micron750]

Have to agree about the pug the bloke spun on the first lap into Quarry the car nearly went over something very wrong with the suspension well there was he then stuffed it in the wall AFTER the Chequred flag what a dick!!!
I also saw the Clio Bimmer shunt that was a big one the amount of barrier damage[5 posts snapped off] and car was mental lucky no one was hurt.

Thats the whole reason why i'll only ever do a private trackday too many idiots Saturday,apart from the skoda one which was very well behaved lol

[ukaskew]

I took far too many photos, all here:

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/Motorsport/CCSPCA...

The Clio Cup was a write-off, completely wiped out by the BMW, only just been built I believe.

I would be very surprised if the Meg survived as well, roof and boot aside every panel looked ruined...

Edited by ukaskew on Monday 29th April 07:42

[Aydena]

I was there in a red Volvo 850 turbo saloon, missed most of the crashes, did spin myself which was my own fault! Pushing it too hard into the corner and braking too late!

[joe_90]

Damn it, I forgot about this. (live 10 mins away) and normally take the kids up to watch people run out of talent. I would not take my car/my trackslag on one of these days, for fear of getting hurt, not the car getting damaged.

Edited by joe_90 on Monday 29th April 12:14

[aka_kerrly]

I went along as it is as others have said an excellent opportunity to see some varying driving standards and a interesting selection of cars on the track.

There are always a few people who get carried away and some how fool themselves into thinking that they are racing. That combined with the tendency for people to bunch up and not giving much faster cars the room they need means that sadly there are often mishaps.

The clio/BMW contact was terrible, the BMW was all over the grass approaching quarry before slamming the clio and eventually the side wall. Both cars had looked immaculate on the previous lap but I do recall saying to my friend that the clio, bmw & an astra were far too tight going through quarry on the previous lap.

On the plus side I always enjoy some of the more unusual cars that have either far more power than standard or a very good driver for example the early 80s Toyota Starlet (anyone know WTF was powering it?) the Rover 216GTI was getting flung around rather well and was quite enjoying watching the chap in the stripped out Xsara VTS who was hassling scoobys and Evos.

The Briskoda sessions were quite good to watch to as a demonstration of of effective some of the Fabia VRS can be - there was a (TDIFURBYs) and a Silver one which were flying around with a good trail of black smoke ;-)

[joe_90]

Megane crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...

Also, is that the same guy about 1:30 that comes flying thru the field that normally crashes? or has a reputation for doing so.

[aka_kerrly]

Aydena said:

I was there in a red Volvo 850 turbo saloon, missed most of the crashes, did spin myself which was my own fault! Pushing it too hard into the corner and braking too late!

It was you chasing the Volvo estate around then?!!

[MagicalTrevor]

Seems like a load of idiots on track. Maybe just the camera but I couldn't see much indicating and too many people just overtaking and hassling people. Conversely, not too much looking in mirrors for faster cars.

Seems shambolic and I'm glad I wasn't taking part!

[joe_90]

MagicalTrevor said:

Seems like a load of idiots on track. Maybe just the camera but I couldn't see much indicating and too many people just overtaking and hassling people. Conversely, not too much looking in mirrors for faster cars.

Seems shambolic and I'm glad I wasn't taking part!

Yep, even though I have a trackslag (old bmw) track car, its the fear of being hurt that puts me of Action Days at combe.

[MagicalTrevor]

joe_90 said:

MagicalTrevor said:

Seems like a load of idiots on track. Maybe just the camera but I couldn't see much indicating and too many people just overtaking and hassling people. Conversely, not too much looking in mirrors for faster cars.

Seems shambolic and I'm glad I wasn't taking part!

Yep, even though I have a trackslag (old bmw) track car, its the fear of being hurt that puts me of Action Days at combe.

The whole basis of what it is leads to the accidents. People turn up to these events in whatever car they have with the bravado of having an audience. They pay their £30 (or whatever) and want to get the most for their money on a track that is challenging and has a history of accidents.

I actually think the idea of it is irresponsible.

[boxsey]

Is the overtaking rule on these days....let them past only if they can?

[aka_kerrly]

joe_90 said:

Yep, even though I have a trackslag (old bmw) track car, its the fear of being hurt that puts me of Action Days at combe.

Sadly I do agree, I wasn't prepared to take my car out on Saturday and tend to stick to the marque specific events as there seems to be less of the lunatics trying to prove themselves/their cars.

[mattdaniels]

These days have been notorious over the years for poor driving standards and lots of accidents. I'm surprised they're still going TBH.

[TDIfurby]

This is why I only book a session for the Skoda club only. This year there was some confusion and about 8 of our club ended up going out with randoms, and our 30 car session was only about 18 cars in the end! Not good, but a lack of communication from Combe and myself led to this (I delayed going up due to crashes earlier in the day, but not everyone on the stand did).

Looking to book two earlier sessions at the Summer day in September, to ensure no repeat of the above, and also hopefully no repeat of delays which always seem to occur later on.

[mattdaniels]

aka_kerrly said:

joe_90 said:

Yep, even though I have a trackslag (old bmw) track car, its the fear of being hurt that puts me of Action Days at combe.

Sadly I do agree, I wasn't prepared to take my car out on Saturday and tend to stick to the marque specific events as there seems to be less of the lunatics trying to prove themselves/their cars.

On the contrary, I've seen some pretty poor driving on SMurF days/sessions (single marque forums) because of the "we're in the same spec car I'm not letting this guy past / I must catch this guy in front" mentality. It's all about the nut behind the wheel not the make of car being driven. That aside these CC days do seem to have a track record for attracting the wrong type of "nuts". I'd never take my P+J to one, I'd only ever do a well organised track day with a reputable TDO where I know the day will be well run with a reasonable low limit of cars on track.

[mdm1uk]

Correct me if im wrong but I thought the idea of track days was to explore the limits of your car in a safe and controlled environment. The poor chap who smashed his Megan into Quarry didn’t do any thing I haven’t seen many experienced race driver doing by crashing there. Okay his lines are questionable but when he went into the corner he wasn't trying to out break any one and nobody else was involved.
IMO a lot of accidents between two cars are caused by the tits that don’t look in there mirrors when faster cars are approaching or for some reason don’t believe that they should be over taken. I’m guessing they are the same people who will be sitting in the outside lane of the M4 on the way home refusing to pull over
Track days are by there nature about going fast and inevitably crashes will happen. But lets not beat people up for going quick. If some one is driving dangerously it is up to the TDO to weed them out and in my experience they usually do quickly.

[Aydena]

aka_kerrly said:

It was you chasing the Volvo estate around then?!!

Indeed it was, mine was Automatic aswell!

[micron750]

mdm1uk said:

Correct me if im wrong but I thought the idea of track days was to explore the limits of your car in a safe and controlled environment. The poor chap who smashed his Megan into Quarry didn’t do any thing I haven’t seen many experienced race driver doing by crashing there. Okay his lines are questionable but when he went into the corner he wasn't trying to out break any one and nobody else was involved.
IMO a lot of accidents between two cars are caused by the tits that don’t look in there mirrors when faster cars are approaching or for some reason don’t believe that they should be over taken. I’m guessing they are the same people who will be sitting in the outside lane of the M4 on the way home refusing to pull over
Track days are by there nature about going fast and inevitably crashes will happen. But lets not beat people up for going quick. If some one is driving dangerously it is up to the TDO to weed them out and in my experience they usually do quickly.

Its all very well exploring the limits of your car but if you spin you've found the limit and should back off slightly in many cases Saturday some of those who spun didn't learn by their mistake and paid the price and to crash AFTER the flag is just taking the piss!!

[mdm1uk]

micron750 said:

Its all very well exploring the limits of your car but if you spin you've found the limit and should back off slightly in many cases Saturday some of those who spun didn't learn by their mistake and paid the price and to crash AFTER the flag is just taking the piss!!

Just out of interest wy was there so many spectators. I have never seen that many at a track day before in fact I don't think there was that many on the last Castle Combe race last year.?