Oulton Park - laps - video

[cirks]

Well, it's only taken me 3.5 years to get around to putting this on Youtube but here's a view of Oulton Park from my car. Sorry that the rearview mirror is a bit of an obstruction. Just enjoy the sound instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5nEARx0PD4

[edited to change link to new version with corrected sound]

Edited by cirks on Thursday 26th March 12:32

[rev-erend]

Superb...

You are a track star .. all those inferior TVR's being passed in a blur.

Sounded excellent.. but the sound did seem to disappear about 3/4 way thru.. and that rattle must drive you nuts .. sounds like the rear hood.

[jmorgan]

Superb Not hanging around.

Er, red flashy light on the dash and an automatic glove box?

[tempus]

Thanks for sharing,looked like you had a good run(not too much traffic),brought back a lot of memories.Tempus

[cirks]

jmorgan said:

Er, red flashy light on the dash and an automatic glove box?

Red flashy light does not do 'flashy' anymore (fuel pressure gauge which has decided to pack up...)
Auto glove box - very expensive optional extra gives the passenger something else to worry about

rev-erend said:

and that rattle must drive you nuts .. sounds like the rear hood.

fortunately, can't hear it with a helmet on but yes, it's bl**dy annoying on the road. The squeak is the roll cage (it's always had this bizzare resonance since being fitted) and the rattle is actually a bit of the camera mount!

Edited by cirks on Monday 23 March 10:11

[pwd95]

Cracking vid.
Is it me or is the sound out of sync with the picture.

[cirks]

pwd95 said:

Cracking vid.
Is it me or is the sound out of sync with the picture.

Um, don't know. I'll check it. Could always be that my driving was out of time with the engine and clutch

[combine]

I wish I could drive that well , thrashing griefs , chimps , kit cars , crickey !

Edited by combine on Monday 23 March 19:05

[beacon]

Yes cracking video , love to see wedges flying , what tyres have you got on ????

[cirks]

beacon said:

what tyres have you got on ????

Toyo T1R now but the video would have been shot when it was on Bridgestone SO3s. The Bridgestone SO2 and SO3s were always great on the car.

[wooly350i]

pwd95 said:

Cracking vid.
Is it me or is the sound out of sync with the picture.

Yep cracking vid but left hand was'nt leaving steering wheel at gear changes unless he was using his right hand

[cirks]

wooly350i said:

Yep cracking vid but left hand was'nt leaving steering wheel at gear changes unless he was using his right hand

It's called heel and toeing....heel and toe were moving the gear stick I'll sort out the sound when I get a mo.. It seemed to be ok before uploading to youtube.

thanks all for the positive comments (about the driving and vid rather than the sound!)

[grahamw48]

Just what's been needed...great car, great driving, and no bloody crap soundtrack drowning it all out.

Many thanks for posting...will do my best to emulate on my way home from work tomorrow.

[BoltonTVR]

Unfortunately the camera doesn't show the huge flames that comes out of the back of the car. They are very impressive. That was a great day and I can't believe it was nearly four years ago. That was my first, and so far only, track day. I really must try harder.

[cirks]

BoltonTVR said:

Unfortunately the camera doesn't show the huge flames that comes out of the back of the car. They are very impressive. That was a great day and I can't believe it was nearly four years ago. That was my first, and so far only, track day. I really must try harder.

I know - it doesn't seem like 4 years ago. I remember the days (cor, I must be getting old) that I was doing 8-10 trackdays a year... Marriage, children and work have brought that down to about 1-2.. Let's aim to get out there a bit more this year and remind people what great cars the wedges are.

[cirks]

The sound issues have now been resolved (well, seems ok to me now!). Now to be found here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5nEARx0PD4

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Any Idea of what times you was getting. I think the Tasmin racers was getting about 1.48 last year.

[cirks]

TVRleigh_BBWR said:

Any Idea of what times you was getting. I think the Tasmin racers was getting about 1.48 last year.

no idea without timing it from the video (in fast forward mode )

I've just timed the first lap after my warm up one and it was 2:10 which means an average of 75mph if my maths is correct. Don't know if I did anything faster later in the video.

Edited by cirks on Thursday 26th March 15:31

Edited by cirks on Thursday 26th March 15:35

[grahamw48]

Thanks again.

I'd like to do one too, but would just need to edit out the crash scene at the end.

[pwd95]

That's cracking that. Nothing sounds like a Wedge.