A Few BOLOCS at Bedford.
Discussion
Piooly, Orange and MiniD and Swiss-Tone.
Great day out and many thanks for the pax laps Marcus -
I know what I'll be doing to my suspenion now.
See you all again soon.
BTW did anyone get any piccies - I'm hoping to find one of my car. Took my camera but I'd obviously not turned the charger on after putting the battery in it a couple of days before I left
Great day out and many thanks for the pax laps Marcus -
I know what I'll be doing to my suspenion now.
See you all again soon.
BTW did anyone get any piccies - I'm hoping to find one of my car. Took my camera but I'd obviously not turned the charger on after putting the battery in it a couple of days before I left
twas an excellent day - good to see you Tipper.
I am really pleased with the car - it was it's first time out on track (with us at least) and I was so impressed with how well it handled and how it compared to other cars out there - it just seems to pull so well, I love the torque of the k series.
Spin's like a beauty as well if you lift-off where you shouldn't, which Orange demonstrated to everyone in the pits not long after the day started. I also had my fair share later on.
We were very lucky with the weather, considering how crap yesterday was. my car is full up with water now as a result of the rain & wind - out with the wet vac and a dehumidifier!
A big thanks to Piooly for the use of his garage on Saturday, and all the times before...(endless list of dates
) - we would have been tearing our hair out without the use of it.
I had an instruction session with Martin Donnelly which thew a whole bag of spanners in the works for me and confused the hell out of me, especially with the irish twang making it that much more difficult to understand. All very good instruction though - I'll just have to do a few more days to put it to practice! The most memorable bit of tuition was where he said 'now LEATHER IT' coming onto the back straight - I'll remember that one
Didn't get any piccies this time - too busy driving and keeping warm!
I am really pleased with the car - it was it's first time out on track (with us at least) and I was so impressed with how well it handled and how it compared to other cars out there - it just seems to pull so well, I love the torque of the k series.
Spin's like a beauty as well if you lift-off where you shouldn't, which Orange demonstrated to everyone in the pits not long after the day started. I also had my fair share later on.
We were very lucky with the weather, considering how crap yesterday was. my car is full up with water now as a result of the rain & wind - out with the wet vac and a dehumidifier!
A big thanks to Piooly for the use of his garage on Saturday, and all the times before...(endless list of dates
) - we would have been tearing our hair out without the use of it. I had an instruction session with Martin Donnelly which thew a whole bag of spanners in the works for me and confused the hell out of me, especially with the irish twang making it that much more difficult to understand. All very good instruction though - I'll just have to do a few more days to put it to practice! The most memorable bit of tuition was where he said 'now LEATHER IT' coming onto the back straight - I'll remember that one
Didn't get any piccies this time - too busy driving and keeping warm!
MiniDiva said:
I had an instruction session with Martin Donnelly which thew a whole bag of spanners in the works for me and confused the hell out of me, especially with the irish twang making it that much more difficult to understand. All very good instruction though - I'll just have to do a few more days to put it to practice! The most memorable bit of tuition was where he said 'now LEATHER IT' coming onto the back straight - I'll remember that one
I'll second that! I couldn't understand a word he said but the thumbs up every now and then was all I needed. I braked (what I thought was) particularly quite late around one of those hair pins and thought we weren't gonna get round to then hear Donnelly shout "Great!" again with a thumbs up 
..and I thought I'd done it wrong. Second time round though I did do it wrong and had to go straight on though the cones 
Great day and as you mentioned Mini, we did ok with the weather considering yesterday. It was nice to have you and orange for post track day drinks too! As you saw, I do have video and will be showing how MrK and Swiss do a social day
Nice convoy home too, hope we didn't hold you back Piooly!!
See you at the next one Mini
baby red said:
MiniDiva said:
Nice convoy home too, hope we didn't hold you back Piooly!!
See you at the next one Mini
Yeah sorry for zooming off, I was starting to fall asleep in the convoy, so I thought best to get home a bit sooner, seemed to wake me up too as I had to concertrate more....See you at the next one Mini
Tipper, how the car is ok after your spin, it was great to watch, hope me being behind didnt put you off.
Mini - garage use is never a problem, its great when you and Orange come round, I never seem to buy milk or bread these days as you guys always bring it round with you lol !
I too can give the thumbs up for the track day. Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
baby red said:
...and us, me and SimonK
Was yours one of the MR2s Baby Red (the Mk3 that did a great spin in front of the pits or the Mk2?)
I'll say hello next time
Was that my morning or afternoon spin Olly? The first one was with my instructor on board (so that was alright then
the second all by myself. If it was the afternoon one then I was trying to chase the yellow GT3 (got a bit over-confident) and had my foot to the floor (probably a bit early) on that bend. I could feel the car just sort of rolling into oversteer and didn't dare lift as I knew it would definately go. Just hung on and hoped - need a bit of tuition methinks!Finally how was it that Martin Donnelly was always paxing with the ladies??
A shame I had to miss this, but the Foo Fighters made up for it
So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
piooly said:
Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
Best tip from SimonK... "ignore the right hander, just make it round the right and sort it out afterwards". You can do it at 95 with stickies, but not 105 :hhe: well, at least I can't!So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
TIPPER said:
baby red said:
...and us, me and SimonK
Was yours one of the MR2s Baby Red (the Mk3 that did a great spin in front of the pits or the Mk2?)
I'll say hello next time
Was that my morning or afternoon spin Olly? The first one was with my instructor on board (so that was alright then
the second all by myself. If it was the afternoon one then I was trying to chase the yellow GT3 (got a bit over-confident) and had my foot to the floor (probably a bit early) on that bend. I could feel the car just sort of rolling into oversteer and didn't dare lift as I knew it would definately go. Just hung on and hoped - need a bit of tuition methinks!Finally how was it that Martin Donnelly was always paxing with the ladies??
S Works said:
A shame I had to miss this, but the Foo Fighters made up for it
So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
Tis true. Although i cant claim the credit - its in the circuit guide book thing.piooly said:
Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
Best tip from SimonK... "ignore the right hander, just make it round the <b>LEFT</b> and sort it out afterwards". You can do it at 95 with stickies, but not 105 :hhe: well, at least I can't!So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
S Works said:
A shame I had to miss this, but the Foo Fighters made up for it
So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
Well that 90mph on Toyo T1R's, I reckon I could squeeze 95 but it would feel like sucide !! A bit more training and I might be able to crack it. Doing it lap after lap is the trick, I only manged to do it 3 times, usually brake a little too much and end up doing 80mph.......piooly said:
Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
Best tip from SimonK... "ignore the right hander, just make it round the right and sort it out afterwards". You can do it at 95 with stickies, but not 105 :hhe: well, at least I can't!So babyred... more spins eh? Did you keep away from the armco this time?
Glad I'm not the only one that found himself over-braking for the chicane.
80ish was about the best I could get through it at but always realised how little of the track I was using on the way out. I'm sure it didn't help that my car had a distinct lurch as I flicked left/right (well attemted too). I'm sure better damping and springs will sort that................
(Better driver might help too
)
80ish was about the best I could get through it at but always realised how little of the track I was using on the way out. I'm sure it didn't help that my car had a distinct lurch as I flicked left/right (well attemted too). I'm sure better damping and springs will sort that................
(Better driver might help too
)piooly said:
Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
Best tip from SimonK... "ignore the right hander, just make it round the right and sort it out afterwards". You can do it at 95 with stickies, but not 105 :hhe: well, at least I can't!VTECMatt said:
piooly said:
Highlight for me was mastering how to take the left and right hander after the main back straight at 90 mph. It scared the hell out of me but I have now cracked it !
Best tip from SimonK... "ignore the right hander, just make it round the right and sort it out afterwards". You can do it at 95 with stickies, but not 105 :hhe: well, at least I can't!Gassing Station | Elise/Exige/Europa/340R | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff