Bedford Autodrome Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Anyone there?

Bedford Autodrome Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Anyone there?

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V800MJH

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156 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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Was a busy day with 95 cars booked on apparently. Although it didn't feel as busy as that on the day.

Did anyone else attend? Plenty of nice cars so had to be a few Pistonheaders..

Ended up being a great day weather wise and I don't remember there being 1 red flag.

Did anyone get any footage or proper photos?

I was in a Silver Renault Clio.

gashead1105

558 posts

152 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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Me, blue and white exige. Was a cracking day in the end, bit worried during the sighting laps (I saw a couple of spins and some overtaking in a braking zone!) but actual standards during the day were very good.

There's a few videos on youtube, I can't find them at the moment.

ajhmini

133 posts

169 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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I was there in the grey 56 plate mini, standard except some A048s. I was there with the blue e46 m3 with black wheels and e black mk3 golf. I had a great day, first time at Bedford and only my third ever trackday. Managed to cover 200 miles on track without missing a beat.

Got some good footage but struggling to edit it down to a manageable size at the moment. Will post it up when I can



Edited by ajhmini on Wednesday 5th November 17:48

rodgling

299 posts

198 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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I was there in the white-with-black-stripes 7, with a friend in the orange 7 and friends in the clio which blew up mid morning (gearbox failure and power steering leak).

Enjoyed the day but annoyed I didn't check my pads before coming, they were very very low so overheated quite easily so I wasn't really able to commit to braking into faster corners which kind of put me off my rhythm a bit. Then the throttle cable snapped so slowing down became less of an issue...

I was passengering during the spin on the sighting lap :-) in fairness to the driver it was very slippery there.

rodgling

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198 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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0836whimper

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197 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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rodgling said:
I was passengering during the spin on the sighting lap :-) in fairness to the driver it was very slippery there.
Loved that, a classic smile FWD too I think ?

That's my CSL/GT-R vid, I have got some more but it's a bit dull, both driving and light levels.

V800MJH

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503 posts

156 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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I missed the spin on the sighting laps. But to be fair it was very very slippery first thing, especially on semi slicks.

I think most of the cars mentioned are in my footage somewhere. Certainly remember the GTR flying past me in one clip and the green/orange? Caterham.

Had a look over the CSL, very very nice car! There was a guy called Steve (my friends dads friend) who had the CSL interior in his silver M3.

Edited by V800MJH on Thursday 6th November 07:55

V800MJH

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Thursday 6th November 2014
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Here's a vid of me following Steve in his M3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnyBOdv5nsA

Here's one of me following one of the Cayman S, which seemed to be on the track non stop going very well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58B-BSZzg4

And another of just a general session with plenty of other cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZmAYdI_-s

rodgling

299 posts

198 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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0836whimper said:
Loved that, a classic smile FWD too I think ?

That's my CSL/GT-R vid, I have got some more but it's a bit dull, both driving and light levels.
Ah no, that was in the (RWD) orange 7. Didn't realise someone else managed a sighting spin?

I did see the AMG overtaking people though - he seemed to not be around in the afternoon, don't know if he got black flagged in the morning?

McSam

6,753 posts

174 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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Hi guys wavey

I was there sharing my E36 328i with my fiancée:



It was a really brilliant day, no red flags and cracking weather which I didn't expect at all! We got a little over 150 miles done. There were some drivers pulling sketchy mid-corner overtakes or diving up the inside, but generally standards seemed pretty good.

Except for the guy in the black MX-5 with the orange cage, who started his day off nicely by passing us very late on the back straight on the first lap of the first session and spearing off across the grass, gutted my GoPro wasn't switched on for that hehe

I've got plenty of footage, just need to edit it down into something respectable. Some nice machinery out there, I was particularly impressed by the Cayman's pace and V800 was very quick in that Clio! I really enjoyed the circuit, you can get a nice flow going and it was big enough that - in my car, at least - you could go quite a while without hitting traffic. We only had to wait to go out once, too, every other time we just drove straight out onto the circuit, which was great!

I heard radio calls come through about the A45 AMG overtaking on the sighting lap, he was quick but seemed far too aggressive all morning, then I didn't see him later on so perhaps words were had.

Photos have now gone up here: http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackday/index.p...

ajhmini

133 posts

169 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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Here's one of my videos from Saturday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swBjVVR7aI&li...

Bomberharris

315 posts

144 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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Great day, Hi mcsam i was there in my green mazda mx5 mk1 with no 73 down the side.......nuff said :-)

V800MJH

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156 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Oh I do remember seeing the A-Class driving by now actually. Didn't know it was an AMG one though!! Don't remember it sounding special.

Don't think he was out on track whilst I was out there though.

V800MJH

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Friday 7th November 2014
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ajhmini said:
Here's one of my videos from Saturday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swBjVVR7aI&li...
Thanks :-)

It's good to see my car from another angle.

I can remember that session too. Almost had a bit of a moment when the M3 going completely off line made me brake mid corner.

Do you have no more footage from after that video stops?

ajhmini

133 posts

169 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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I'll check - I think I just did a cool down lap after that though (after you went past me again)

V800MJH

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Friday 7th November 2014
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ajhmini said:
I'll check - I think I just did a cool down lap after that though (after you went past me again)
Send me the link if you upload it please smile

Was hoping to hear the noise of my car from your video but that lovely supercharger whine is a lot louder than expected.

ajhmini

133 posts

169 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Just checked - yeah just a short clip of you passing me then I start a cool down lap. Just uploading another video (Mac seems to be taking forever) with a clip of a silver Clio getting it a little wrong and diving up the wrong side of the cones, don't know if that was you or one of the other Clios. This video's a little more sedate, learning the track in the damp in the morning, but managed to get one of the Caymans having a sideways play with the blue 911 at the end of the day. Will post a link when it's finished processing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdiGaqzzi_g

Edited by ajhmini on Friday 7th November 19:01

V800MJH

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Monday 10th November 2014
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ajhmini said:
Just checked - yeah just a short clip of you passing me then I start a cool down lap. Just uploading another video (Mac seems to be taking forever) with a clip of a silver Clio getting it a little wrong and diving up the wrong side of the cones, don't know if that was you or one of the other Clios. This video's a little more sedate, learning the track in the damp in the morning, but managed to get one of the Caymans having a sideways play with the blue 911 at the end of the day. Will post a link when it's finished processing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdiGaqzzi_g

Edited by ajhmini on Friday 7th November 19:01
Decent little bit of footage of the Cayman and 911 on that corner.

Would you mind uploading the little bit of me going past you? Not often you get to see external footage of your own car on track so would be good to see.

Not sure about the cones moment you mention. I cut the chicane a couple of times when I was on a cool down lap and there was a car on a hot lap coming up behind me fast. So could have been me, but if it was actually a moment then it would have been one of the other two silver Clios.

ajhmini

133 posts

169 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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The only other footage I have is in that second video - you go past me at 9mins 30sec. I pull over for a cool down lap after following you for a couple of turns.

V800MJH

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Monday 10th November 2014
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Got it thanks mate.