RE: Silverstone Sunday Service 05/03

RE: Silverstone Sunday Service 05/03

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JB!

5,254 posts

179 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Was it me or did alot of folks pull out last min?

I checked the list Thursday night and I was 570 odd, by Sunday 9am I was 405 and had other plans already!

davey83

877 posts

88 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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RobPhoboS said:
Chris took some great shots !
http://christeagles.zenfolio.com/p24372909
Nice one fella!!

Craikeybaby

10,369 posts

224 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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JB! said:
Was it me or did alot of folks pull out last min?

I checked the list Thursday night and I was 570 odd, by Sunday 9am I was 405 and had other plans already!
Moving up 70 places from Thursday is fairly normal.

JB!

5,254 posts

179 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Craikeybaby said:
JB! said:
Was it me or did alot of folks pull out last min?

I checked the list Thursday night and I was 570 odd, by Sunday 9am I was 405 and had other plans already!
Moving up 70 places from Thursday is fairly normal.
Yea, but 170?!

CaptainRAVE

360 posts

111 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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JB! said:
Yea, but 170?!
The weather combined with the confusion over track parking didn't help. It has been like this before though. At least people do now take themselves off the list.

Poynter87

125 posts

128 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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davey83 said:
We were the grey 350z in the 9:35am session, oh my were conditions rough haha Great fun mind!!

Anyone got any links to pictures from the day other than on FB?


David
If you are on Facebook search for Will Goodsell photography there is loads of photos there.

kiethton

13,883 posts

179 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Anybody heard from the Civic owner?

Hoping they're feeling a bit better, the GF (?) hasn't left him (either altogether or facing a battery accusation from her mates) and that the car will live again?

JonChalk

6,469 posts

109 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Simpkins said:
Here's the footage from the E36 Compact in the 9:35 session: https://youtu.be/d07PwUMsR6c
A few errors in there. I'm going to cut down a highlights video tomorrow.
Had a big twitch @10:20 and @11:30 in the video as soon as there was no one around me.


Edited by Simpkins on Monday 6th March 22:54
That's me varying distances behind you for a few laps in the red TTS, and briefly ahead once.

My first time out on a track day ever & clearly you were doing a better job than me! Didn't seem fair to keep using better straight line speed to get ahead all the time, when you were doing a better job around the corners.

giblet

8,824 posts

176 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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kiethton said:
Anybody heard from the Civic owner?

Hoping they're feeling a bit better, the GF (?) hasn't left him (either altogether or facing a battery accusation from her mates) and that the car will live again?
According to his post on IG he will rebuilding the car

Jacko22

84 posts

101 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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kiethton said:
Anybody heard from the Civic owner?

Hoping they're feeling a bit better, the GF (?) hasn't left him (either altogether or facing a battery accusation from her mates) and that the car will live again?
been texting today - he's ok considering, just got a stiff neck as expected. The cars getting rebuilt as mentioned so keep your eyes peeled for it back on the track in the near future. Think the Mrs (who's not his mrs) is similar just stiff, their lucky with just a stiff neck

lezdix

484 posts

155 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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CaptainRAVE said:
JB! said:
Yea, but 170?!
The weather combined with the confusion over track parking didn't help. It has been like this before though. At least people do now take themselves off the list.
Approx. 100 cars probably took their names off once given the go ahead from Jack/James that they could make room for others as they had track time and would be parking in the paddock

Armagreggon

43 posts

113 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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My onboard footage from the 10.10 session.

https://youtu.be/5favbLkskt4

I'll apologise for the negative commentary in advance, I was having a good old moan to myself!

nicholasm

145 posts

184 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Jacko22 said:
een texting today - he's ok considering, just got a stiff neck as expected. The cars getting rebuilt as mentioned so keep your eyes peeled for it back on the track in the near future. Think the Mrs (who's not his mrs) is similar just stiff, their lucky with just a stiff neck
He took the Mrs who's not his Mrs? He was probably hoping for a more low-key day smile

Digga

40,207 posts

282 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Armagreggon said:
My onboard footage from the 10.10 session.

https://youtu.be/5favbLkskt4

I'll apologise for the negative commentary in advance, I was having a good old moan to myself!
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I was in the same session, but the other half/group and traffic seemed a lot easier.

drewbagz

183 posts

163 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Ahbefive said:
Anyone else in the 10:45 session? I was enjoying that in the rain. I expected to see the GTR coming up behind me but seems that an AWD Volvo was just about the quickest thing on track in the wet yesterday. More oversteer than understeer surprisingly which is the reverse to how it behaves in dry weather.

The chap in the A3 was surprisingly quick too. Amazing how the performance of cars were reversed in the wet.

Edited by Ahbefive on Monday 6th March 18:10
HAHA I did thoroughly enjoy our jostling around the wet track. Likewise was expecting the GTR to be all over us but never saw it.

Ahbefive

11,657 posts

171 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Was good to meet you and was a good laugh having someone nearby with pretty much the same performance . Everyone else seemed to be going backwards. thumbup

drewbagz

183 posts

163 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Most certainly was. See you at the next one.

WW79

28 posts

100 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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drewbagz said:
Ahbefive said:
Anyone else in the 10:45 session? I was enjoying that in the rain. I expected to see the GTR coming up behind me but seems that an AWD Volvo was just about the quickest thing on track in the wet yesterday. More oversteer than understeer surprisingly which is the reverse to how it behaves in dry weather.

The chap in the A3 was surprisingly quick too. Amazing how the performance of cars were reversed in the wet.

Edited by Ahbefive on Monday 6th March 18:10
HAHA I did thoroughly enjoy our jostling around the wet track. Likewise was expecting the GTR to be all over us but never saw it.
I was in the Golf R32 in the 10:45 session, and definitely glad I had the AWD - I felt like a track god lapping all the RWD guys!

WW79

28 posts

100 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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I decided to take the Golf R32 with AWD on Sunday, and really glad I did! I was running the new Goodyear F1 Assymetric 3's and the grip was superb in the wet. Having said that, I did manage to do a powerslide out of one corner, which is normally completely impossible in an R32..
The narrow-angle V6 at high revs sounded just superb too.

Fun day, especially with the guys in the 10:45 session - the black S2000 and the Fiesta ST was great fun running against!




Edited by WW79 on Thursday 9th March 20:52

Leptons

5,113 posts

175 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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WW79 said:
I decided to take the Golf R32 with AWD on Sunday, and really glad I did! I was running the new Goodyear F1 Assymetric 3's and the grip was superb in the wet. Having said that, I did manage to do a powerslide out of one corner, which is normally completely impossible in an R32..
The narrow-angle V6 at high revs sounded just superb too.
It did sound cracking as you went down the Pit straight!