Abingdon - MSE - 16th October

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I'll be there. My first outing of the year, first time at Abingdon too. Really excited. Red caged Caterham with some sort of smiley and a scruffy carbon nose.

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Sweet - will look out for you guys. Getting excited now/ a tad nervous. Been a while since I've been on track, so cannot wait.

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Glad everyone had a good time. I stupidly forgot to check for car descriptions on this thread before heading out, so I just wandered about speaking to people - as ever a friendly bunch at an MSE day.

I've emailed MSE about the photographer. I think it was ACK Photography, but not sure - I'll post when they reply.

Sadly lack of electricity ended play for me - my alternator gave up the ghost, but I was nice and warm in the AA van on the way home. I thoroughly enjoyed the track layout which I thought suited big and small cars alike. As with other MSE days, I found the driving standards were pretty good, with minimal waving of the naughty flag required.

As an aside, I had two tuition sessions with Anthony and he was very good. I know 88% were experienced drivers, but I really do think that the most cost effective way to go faster is driver training, at least for a novice.

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jumare said:

Interesting to hear about the tuition something I'm considering for next time, do you go out in your own car?

Yep - you book sessions in your own car and get advice during/after each run. Generally they let you drive three laps to observe, then feedback, drive a few more laps, feedback, few more laps, feedback and things to work on, then done. The Caterham's open so talking on track is impossible, but they do live feedback in closed cars I believe.

One thing I did this time that I haven't before is made notes on the main points - which if I review them before the next trackday means I should progress, instead of forgetting them and needing a session of tuition just to get back to where I was at the end of the previous trackday.

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DeaksD14 said:

Ahh smitters were you in the black Elise at the end of the day? Although come to think of it I saw a flatbed coming for it instead of AA.

Good news that those photos might surface though! I still have never had tuiton, I do need to get round to doing it!

Red Caterham. I departed about four in the end. Sad to hear the black Elise died too - that looked a bit rapid.

Great news on the photos - I've never had a good amateur trackday photo taken - it's just too fast for most people's point and shoot/i/happy-snaps kit and usually wildly blurred.

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Kezzie said:

Photos will be online tomorrow.
Sorry for the delay but had to do some demolishing of a 1970s fireplace & surround over the weekend to keep SWMBO happy.
Also I was out yesterday throwing the Atom around under the tutelage of Ed.

Adrian

Great - do please post a link if you're allowed. I got a bit giddy and trawled through 30 pages before realising the reason I wasn't appearing was because it was Abingdon in 2014! Here's hoping for a good shot or two.