Combe charity trackday tomorrow.

[martin thomas]

Anyone here going to combe tomorrow for the macmillan charity day? Looks like it's going to be a wet one. I'll be in the red e36 m3, Come and say hello.


MT

[106 gti]

I shall be there seeing how its only 20 minutes from me .
I will be with my trusty camera wandering around the track .
Cant miss my car as it will be in the pit area somewhere im sure ...

[106 gti]

Got a few shots of you going round today martin ....
Im uploading them now .

[stevevp]

Hi, Just seen this post. Any chance you have any pics of my blue VX220? I was probably holding everyone up!
Thanks, Steve

[106 gti]

stevevp said:

Hi, Just seen this post. Any chance you have any pics of my blue VX220? I was probably holding everyone up!
Thanks, Steve

Oh yes , ive got a few .......lol

[martin thomas]

106 gti said:

Got a few shots of you going round today martin ....
Im uploading them now .

That would be great mate, Hope they were taken in the pm as i was having all sorts of problems with my suspension in the morning.(looked like i was driving miss daisy lol) Had a great afternoon though after getting the kw's set up.Was really happy with the results.


martin

[106 gti]

Here are the rest of my picture's

http://public.fotki.com/NEILD/charity-day-castlec/

[stevevp]

Great pics and an interesting mix of cars. Many thanks.

[106 gti]

Cheers bud , if you want any of the pic's in high res let me know as i dont charge alot .
Here are a few ......

[JA Motorsport]

Mega Photos of the Clio which was doing Passenger rides all day, Sorry if it Scared a few of you Was not the intention

[106 gti]

205 bhp from a clio , and looked well set up ........wish id had a passenger ride now .....lol

[JamieBtcc]

was a pukka Clio Cup Car just not as shouty. was £30 for 3 laps all proceeds to charity

[martin thomas]

That clio cup was going very well indeed, I had some good fun with it in the afternoon. It was throwing huge flames from the exhaust on upshifts, Good job i wasn't in an open top car or it would have burned my eyebrows lol.

Martin

[JamieBtcc]

really? usually on down shifts it does that

[106 gti]

The 205 J85 , was was more than a match for the clio .......

Was a good track day for sure ......

[martin thomas]

106 gti said:

The 205 J85 , was was more than a match for the clio .......

Was a good track day for sure ......

I spoke to the fella with the quick 205, He came over after we had a good tussle and he killed his brake pads. He said the car was running 200bhp and he had it weighed at 800kg, It was definately quick.

Martin

[JamieBtcc]

Problem with the clio it actually weighs over 1000kg so down the straights its a little breathless how ever I think the guy in the gtr was a little supprised when it blew it off the road lol. Once again sorry if it intimidated any of you

[106 gti]

martin thomas said:

106 gti said:

The 205 J85 , was was more than a match for the clio .......

Was a good track day for sure ......

I spoke to the fella with the quick 205, He came over after we had a good tussle and he killed his brake pads. He said the car was running 200bhp and he had it weighed at 800kg, It was definately quick.

Martin

Matt is a top bloke , and does most of the car himself , with a little help from Sandy Brown in the fettling departmant , this car is a well set up track beast for sure , and being a local he knows the track inside out .....

[matt holley]

106 gti said:

martin thomas said:

106 gti said:

The 205 J85 , was was more than a match for the clio .......

Was a good track day for sure ......

I spoke to the fella with the quick 205, He came over after we had a good tussle and he killed his brake pads. He said the car was running 200bhp and he had it weighed at 800kg, It was definately quick.

Martin

Matt is a top bloke , and does most of the car himself , with a little help from Sandy Brown in the fettling departmant , this car is a well set up track beast for sure , and being a local he knows the track inside out .....

I think Martin is thinking of Spikey as he is the one that ran out of brake pads, thats a 205 with gti6 engine with TBs, a very quick car, I also had a play in the afternoon and had a scare when the clio spun right infront of me going through the esses, I had enjoyed catching up with it, I didn't speak to the driver afterwards.

I had a good day, I couldn't make it work in the morning, just couldn't find grip, the afternoon was great fun though.

[BenElliottRacing]

Hi everybody thanks very much for attending the day.

Here's a copy of the email sent from Suzanne - our contact at Macmillan

Katie - thank you and Ben SO much for yesterday, we all had so much fun (a welcome change from the things that the Committee have done before!) Thank you for all your hard work, your patience and your amazing generosity to the Macmillan cause. We are so grateful to you, and can assure you that it will be well spent.
Just to let you know that the overall profit was £2691.34. The tombola raised 257, the simulator 70 and the tins 19.34.
We did enjoyed meeting you both, the drivers (we felt very brave!) and all the other people at the track, they are such a nice, friendly bunch and made our day. Many, many thanks. We wish you the best of luck with your 'new' venture and a Very Happy Christmas. Suzanne

Numbers were down a bit on previous years which meant we weren't able to make the ~4k we've made previously but still a good amount raised.

We will keep you posted if we do an event next year - All of the Saturdays are taken but we may consider doing a Friday event.

Thanks to Castle Combe for their help and to my better half Katie who does such a good job organising these events. This was the 6th Charity Trackday Katie has organised and in total these events have raised ~£18k.