Bedford GT 15th Feb OPL

[Zoobeef]

Passionford day.
I'll be there in my vx220, anyone else?

[loggyboy]

Lots from cliosport going I believe. Was waiting on weather as fancied a dry day, but might book anyway.

[Zoobeef]

Its the type of circuit where even if its wet you can push and be reasonably safe so I intend to enjoy it whatever the weather!

[billyboysm3]

Booked, we are in a Bmw E36 328 black vert.

[loggyboy]

Also booked now.
In this :

[Steve Barrett]

Yep, I'll be there...


Steve

[360mrk]

Yep I'm there in the m3.

[Feirny]

I was there, not on track though.

Didn't realise it was you in the VX though Zoobeef, would have said hello other wise.

Got rid of the Noble?

[Zoobeef]

No the Nobles sat in the garage. The vx loves being abused. Expensive day though as I turned up and checked the trailer and the £550 hardtop had gone missing on the A1

Made it a wet day too.

[aww999]

Was that the red VX with lots of aero addenda? Bad luck about the roof; I don't think I saw you on track but the car looked great in the pitlane! I had a blast in my grey AW11 MR2, it's pretty much standard throughout but even ~100bhp got me sideways enough to see the "NO DRIFTING!" board, it was so slippery out there! Wet trackdays really suit it I think - almost no tyre wear and I wasn't getting buzzed by Radicals and caterhams every 30 seconds for once!

Edit - just noticed that every sentence in that post has an exclamation mark after it. I think I am still buzzing . . .

[Steve Barrett]

Had a good laugh in wet/dry condition, my CSL ran faultless all day with only 2 "no drifting" boards lol

[joehirth]

Steve Barrett said:

Had a good laugh in wet/dry condition, my CSL ran faultless all day with only 2 "no drifting" boards lol

Steve, was that you who got no drifting board on the first siting lap lol??

Me and a mate were the nutters in the 137bhp B class

[aww999]

I saw a blue Clio spin on the sighting lap at the hairpin into the straight, quite amusing but shows how slippery it was! Why are they so anti-oversteer ("drifting" if you must) in the wet? I understand the issues around tyre squeal and noise in the dry, but if you are trying to push a RWD car in those conditions (and why else would you be there?) you are always going to end up going sideways at some point.

[Steve Barrett]

joehirth said:

Steve, was that you who got no drifting board on the first siting lap lol??

Me and a mate were the nutters in the 137bhp B class

Yes, I had the traction switch off and I was simply "testing" the grip level on cold tyres, I soon found out the grip level wasn't there lol..


Steve

[Steve Barrett]

Pics are up...

http://www.msvtphotography.com/?Action=_VC&id=...

[Feirny]

Zoobeef said:

No the Nobles sat in the garage. The vx loves being abused. Expensive day though as I turned up and checked the trailer and the £550 hardtop had gone missing on the A1

Made it a wet day too.

Ouch, that's bad luck.

I thought you were just a fellow tough northerner, though

[Zoobeef]

Feirny said:

Ouch, that's bad luck.

I thought you were just a fellow tough northerner, though

Even with no heater in the car it Wasnt too bad actually. I am a tight northerner though, tight enough that I'm going for a run tomorrow to see how much of the A1 I can cover on foot to find the roof. It must be somewhere haha!

[Feirny]

Zoobeef said:

Even with no heater in the car it Wasnt too bad actually. I am a tight northerner though, tight enough that I'm going for a run tomorrow to see how much of the A1 I can cover on foot to find the roof. It must be somewhere haha!

It's a slog from Blyth to Cambridge area haha. Good luck though.