Track Day August

[Ej74]

Anyone interested local fancy attending Bedford on the 18th or Brands Indy on the 25th ?

Also anyone have any experience of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit ?

Cheers

[wackojacko]

Ej have you seen my videos from Brands ?

Pretty good track overall, quite enjoyable.

Edited by wackojacko on Wednesday 1st August 19:45

[John D.]

I'd be up for Bedford on the 18th. Better than Brands Indy IMHO (these being the only two tracks I have driven as it happens!). The Indy circuit is good for Paddock Hill bend but apart from that its a bit short with only three other turns (ok technically four ). Its fun but Bedford holds more interest for me.

Which trackday providers are you looking at? How much?

[Ej74]

Brands i'd like to do but the short nature of course is off putting

Easytrack for 18th - 199 gbp

I did Snetterton last w/e - good fast track but didn't know the track but good day out not too dissimilar to Rockingham or Bedford

[MX-5 Lazza]

I'd be up for Bedford! (depending on price). Been there twice and while it's a very flat track it's pretty technical and has something of interest for pretty much every type of car, fast open bends, tight hairpins, long straight, shorter straights etc.

Brands is a good track (don't be put off by it being quite short. It's easy to learn but hard to get it just right) but I'll be there in December for a Mazda on Track track day

[John D.]

Ej74 said:

Brands i'd like to do but the short nature of course is off putting

Easytrack for 18th - 199 gbp

I did Snetterton last w/e - good fast track but didn't know the track but good day out not too dissimilar to Rockingham or Bedford

Cheers EJ.

I'm up for booking Bedford

Quite like the look of Snetterton. Fair old trek though isn't it? Norfolk?

[playalistic]

Did Brands in the wet yesterday which was nice if a little slippy

Agreed the indie layout is short but mastering Brands is hard and given the length of the circuit you can get into a nice rhythm that you can't with somewhere as long as Bedford. Also, to do paddock hill bend properly requires some man size balls, nothing of this nature at Bedford.

That said, there is a corner for everyone at Bedford but being flat as a pancake and literally no bumps, camber or anything (converse to Brands, bumps and dips in the braking zones everywhere) it can get tiresome.

All this said, I'm booking up that day at Bedford so hopefully see some of you there...

[John D.]

Bedford 18th, booked!

[Ej74]

Booked !

Bedford is flat but has a variety of challenging corners and is not far from home for me.

Driving Snetterton just confirmed to me that i would keep going to Bedford unless a day comes up at w/e for the full course at Brands, Silverstone, Goodwood, Donny etc

Took less than 2 hours to get to Snetterton its only 140 miles for me

[John D.]

Splendid!

Playalistic - You in too?

[playalistic]

Yep!

[John D.]

Cool. Bringing the Noble I presume?

EJ - what are you bringing? Locost/Caterfield jobby?

[Ej74]

Locost was sold long time back
Now in a stripped MR2 NA on 888's

Edited by Ej74 on Monday 6th August 21:36

[MrChips]

Not sure about getting past the driveby noise limits though!

[wackojacko]

Ej74 said:

Locost was sold long time back
Now in a stripped MR2 NA on 888's

Edited by Ej74 on Monday 6th August 21:36

Needs to be yellow

[John D.]

MrChips said:

Not sure about getting past the driveby noise limits though!

Oh go on. Bring some baffles

EJ - I think I knew you had swapped for an MR2 but had then forgotten! Looks good.

[Ej74]

TVR's have got onto the track at Bedford and then short shifting gets you through the day !!

Yes, does need a colour change - its is currently many shades of black with bits of red

Hankering after more power already (3rd day in MR2 and it has been faultless)

[playalistic]

Well I somehow managed to balls this up and am now on the reserve list! Fingers crossed a space comes up. In the meantime...

[Ej74]

Same here took the cash now tell me its fully booked

[wackojacko]

Ej74 said:

Hankering after more power already (3rd day in MR2 and it has been faultless)

Indeed, However they are fun to rev the nuts out of and be absolutely faultless all day long..... V6 Track car would be interesting .....