TVRCC Trackday @ Cadwell

[Slacey]

The cars should be on track by 9-9:30

Edited by Slacey on Friday 28th May 10:07

[RichardD]

Slacey said:

The cars should be on track by 9-9:30

Thank you.

I'll be bringing a friend (we are both TVRCC members), so I'll pick him up early ish, whether he is awake or not .

[SeiW500]

Wish i was going but a bit too close to Lemans trip!!!

Done it many a time in the Westfield, what a superb track, one of my all time faves.

Will be doing Oulton in August which is also a great track and only 30mins from home

[Cerberus90]

Anyone had a look at the weather forecast?

Rain on and off pretty much all day, great.

[haircutmike]

Cerberus90 said:

Anyone had a look at the weather forecast?

Rain on and off pretty much all day, great.

Be positive.

I'm driving up on and using 1/2 worn triple 8's!

[Cerberus90]

Great day, thanks to Bernie for oranising a great day.

We got 3 runs in before the rain, then decided to call it a day so as not to spoil it on the wet track.
The M performed flawlessly, ran really well and surprised us in the corners with the amount of grip. Gearbox and cam aren't matched very well though as we kept dropping off the cam and gears were just in the wrong rev range for certain corners,

I'm definatly hooked now.

[kevin63]

As always a brilliant well organised day, thanks Bernie.
I will post the photos I managed to take when it was dry soon.
I was gutted when the day ended with the Grantura crunching it, that was a car that everyone I talked to wanted or liked the most and we all felt for the owner, at least he was ok and the car will be repaired.
Thanks to everyone for such a great day.

[R TOY]

Yep, superb day,many thanks to organisers and club .
Real shame about the Grantura crash. Car looked imaculate (before) and to add insult to injury i believe the owner was heading to LeMans 24hr.. Tough break but at least no injuries.

Dave.

ps Thanks Dom, Tuscan never missed a beat all day.

Edited by R TOY on Tuesday 1st June 22:17

[haircutmike]

Yes, a very good day despite the weather, thanks to all who arranged it, also, good to meet you Sean.

What a fantastic circuit, scenic and technical all in one package.

Even though the track was wet for a lot of the day, I really enjoyed the challange of keeping the car on the black stuff!

200 miles there, just over 100 miles on track and 200 miles back, the only problem all day was a fuse blew on the boot release circuit .
Thanks to the guy who gave me a fuse.

Christian, hope your oil pressure problems aren't to excessive, £££!

I think I will stay in the office today to reduce my carbon footprint !:

HCM.

[blackiepaul]

Any one know how to get hold of the photo guys?

Their website is down and the email they give does not work?

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Any help appreciated.

Excellent day and very well organised, well pleased with the car until one of the rear inner brake pads decided to throw a wobbly

[edward1]

Thanks for organising a great day. My first time at Cadwell and it is a really enjoyable track. I actually quite enjoyed the weather I thought the dry/damp/wet and finally dry again made it more chalenging and interesting, and meant I had some rubber left to drive home on!

[kevin63]

Here are the photo's I took on the day, http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/kevind63/C... if you want full res of your car then just let me know details of your car (colour, reg and which photo's you want) via email and I will send them you when I get time.

[cirvy]

Great photos Kev, cheers for posting them

A great day out once again at Cadwell, next time i'll be sure to take the right car!!

Does anyone know if the final take up was enough for the club to break even?

[mikeinsheffield]

Thanks for a great day - really enjoyed it.

Did every session despite the weather - found the challenge of trying to get the elusive "perfect line" and keep the Cerb on the tarmac was a great challenge and thoroughly enjoyable. The perseverence paid off - the track got drier and drier through the afternoon, and the final session of the day was almost dry everywhere except under the trees in the woodland session, and there were only about half a dozen other cars on track! Managed to fly round on a clear track!

[450Nick]

Ah I'm very jealous that I didn't get to go to this... I've only driven Cadwell once in the wet but it was bloody peeing it down when I did with standing water across the back straight! Cracking fun trying to stop it sliding around in the twisties though!

Sorry to hear there was a crash though... What happened? Was it over-egging acceleration over the mountain and hitting the barriers or too fast into that first corner into halls bends? Those two seem to be responsible for just about every incident!

[mikeinsheffield]

The really sad news was the white Grantura (I think) that came off at the old hairpin - the driver was a really nice chap and the car was pristine. It was really slippery under the trees. The only other one I know about was a nudge of the nose of Chim into the armco on the inside of the exit to Hall Bend - too much power when not straight and arround she came.... but the damage was only light and the car went straight back out for all the rest of the afternoon.

Great photo's Kev - thanks for posting them all up so quickly (you either have very fast broadband or you were up all night!)

[haircutmike]

Excellent pics Kev.

Could you bring a laptop and some discs next time then you could undercut the opposition ? .

[kevin63]

haircutmike said:

Excellent pics Kev.

Could you bring a laptop and some discs next time then you could undercut the opposition ? .

[Yellabelly]

I have about 250 - 270 images from the day, will post them up soon mainly of around the Mountain and Hall Bends









just a taster!

YB

[haircutmike]

Sounds good!