Abingdon 24th April
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Was a really fun good day 
Had a great few laps chasing the graphite GT3, lots of fun.
Someone learnt the embarrasing way that the blue flag means pull over faster cars want to pass, not try and speed up to stay infront
It was so obvious a spin was fast appraching and thats exactly what happened about 3 corners later.
Had to head off early as I'd nothing left on my front brake pads and rear tyres were looking decidedly bald
Will try and upload a video later
Had a great few laps chasing the graphite GT3, lots of fun.
Someone learnt the embarrasing way that the blue flag means pull over faster cars want to pass, not try and speed up to stay infront
It was so obvious a spin was fast appraching and thats exactly what happened about 3 corners later. Had to head off early as I'd nothing left on my front brake pads and rear tyres were looking decidedly bald
Will try and upload a video later
We had a great day too, but unfortunately on the very last lap when I was just about to overtake one of those Mk1 Escort Mexicos that I had been chasing for ages I snapped a con rod and that was the end of that, another engine bites the dust!
The Pug had a good ride home on the back of a tow truck!
The Pug had a good ride home on the back of a tow truck!
Damn thats bad luck, have you raised the rev limit?
Yes, but I don't think it was over-revving at the time - I slowed down before the first big left hander at the top of the first straight, dropped it in to third and it just lost power - could be it went a bit high and I didn't notice - only done two trackdays with that engine, so I'm not happy!
On the up side I was planning to get a new head with bigger valves and stuff anyway, just need to do the bottom end as well now!
Luckily still plenty of GTI6 lumps around at not much money
On the up side I was planning to get a new head with bigger valves and stuff anyway, just need to do the bottom end as well now!
Luckily still plenty of GTI6 lumps around at not much money
Not so bad then.
Heres my vid from the day, cars in it include Red Mini Cooper S, White Megane R32R, Graphite Skyline GTR, White MR2 Turbo, Black Exige, Navy Blue Golf Gti.
http://www.steve-bowen.com/Eunos/240409AbingdonEun...
Heres my vid from the day, cars in it include Red Mini Cooper S, White Megane R32R, Graphite Skyline GTR, White MR2 Turbo, Black Exige, Navy Blue Golf Gti.
http://www.steve-bowen.com/Eunos/240409AbingdonEun...
Some stills of the day at http://www.collinsclan.co.uk/pages/trackdays/abing... sorry about the plethora of 328 pics but needed to get loads for the driver
Sorry to here of the Pug's engine demise, one of the 7 lookalikes suffered the same in the morning too
Have to say the Escorts looked sweet as did the lotus Sunbeam later in the day driven by the Station Commander
HT your MX was going like a train
Sorry to here of the Pug's engine demise, one of the 7 lookalikes suffered the same in the morning too
Have to say the Escorts looked sweet as did the lotus Sunbeam later in the day driven by the Station Commander
HT your MX was going like a train
Edited by F355GTS on Saturday 25th April 22:50
F355GTS said:
Some stills of the day at http://www.collinsclan.co.uk/pages/trackdays/abing... sorry about the plethora of 328 pics but needed to get loads for the driver
Sorry to here of the Pug's engine demise, one of the 7 lookalikes suffered the same in the morning too
Have to say the Escorts looked sweet as did the lotus Sunbeam later in the day driven by the Station Commander
HT your MX was going like a train
Great pics Sorry to here of the Pug's engine demise, one of the 7 lookalikes suffered the same in the morning too
Have to say the Escorts looked sweet as did the lotus Sunbeam later in the day driven by the Station Commander
HT your MX was going like a train
Great pics - I have a video of me overtaking your Ferrari, not very good as it was a cheapo camera my mate had, but you can view it here: http://s433.photobucket.com/albums/qq53/andyjstone...
Andy
Andy
Herman Toothrot said:
Official Photos are up and I have to say, credit where credits due they look a much better set of pics than have been the norm, lots of different angles and places round the track so will be ordering a CD
Quite tempted by a CD myself.. he hasn't sorted them into car types like he usually does, they appear to be in the order he took them.. and I was on track once it became OPL first.. Gassing Station | Track Days | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff