Croft 27th July

[millband]

I'm doing the morning sessions at Croft on Sunday. Anyone else going to be there?

Steve

[blackscooby]

Yep, we'll be there in a brace of Peugeot 205's. One with a recently rebuilt engine on a new cam with 0 miles on it !.. so that should be an interesting session !

I'll be trying my best to break a Yellow Pug... I normally manage hahahahaaa

Cheers

Mark

Edited by blackscooby on Wednesday 23 July 12:15

[millband]

Excellent car, I'll make sure I don't get in your way lol

[blackscooby]

I think I've still got vids from in-car..
www.peugeotsport205.co.uk

Click on 2007 and there should be some Croft incar footage there.

[blackscooby]

Absolutely brilliant day yesterday. Both our Pugs were in Session 1 throughout the day. One of our lot had a bit of an issue with his Clio g/box which really really decided it was determined to deposit it's contents including the gears onto the track on the last session in the afternoon.

Made one hell of a mess, no idea as the moment what it did !

Personally had great fun chasing down Porsche Turbo S and an RS4. I do cheat slightly running on full slicks !!!

How did you get on ?

13/08 Update
Further investigation proved that the gearbox remained intact on the Clio and "other" large metallic parts were responsible for significant damage.

Edited by blackscooby on Monday 28th July 11:58

Edited by blackscooby on Wednesday 13th August 16:05

[millband]

Thought it was excellent Managed to bag a free instructor for a session which was helpful. My Smart wasn't quite the slowest car in my group, I managed to pass a Seat Leon Cupra whose drivers were on their first ever trackday. I seemed to be able to keep up with people through Barcroft, Sunny In and Sunny Out but obviously I got dropped on every straight! Also lost loads of time every lap on the hairpin, even with instruction I struggled to get that right.

Watched the afternoon session for a bit and saw you take out the 911, nice one

I also caught you on video, I'll try and get that on YouTube at some point.

Steve

[Track'd]

I popped along for the 1st session to get a few pics. What cars were people in and i'll see what shots i've got. Red/Blue and RB320 Scoobies, bodykitted 206, s2000?

On a side note we're currently in development of www.trackd.co.uk, which is going to be a place where all things Trackday/Motorsport at Croft can be discussed, share vids and pics, and all in one place.

With so many car forums it can be hard finding all the videos and pictures from each trackday. We're hoping to team up with the local photographers and drivers to get more footage and shots.

Please sign up, hoping to launch it properly very soon
cheers
Gary

[Track'd]

sorry above link has a comma. www.trackd.co.uk

[millband]

Track'd said:

I popped along for the 1st session to get a few pics. What cars were people in and i'll see what shots i've got. Red/Blue and RB320 Scoobies, bodykitted 206, s2000?

Cheers Gary, I'd love to see any shots you have. Blue/Silver Smart Roadster for me. Blackscooby was in the yellow 205 GTI I think.

Cheers,

Steve

[Track'd]

My camera's time is wrong, but i was maybe there at 10/10:30am lol as i don't have any of a Smart Roadster. Did get a few of the yellow 205 gti. What are the roadsters like on track? I really regret not taking my Clio 182 on track at Croft

http://www.trackd.co.uk/shots/car.jpg
http://www.trackd.co.uk/shots/car2.jpg

[blackscooby]

Gary,

Great photos, fantastic work !

[millband]

OK, here you are blackscooby - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i87Cd2ncIOQ

And some more from my laps -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOpVdd1V_zw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOtLxlO3Liw

Steve

[Track'd]

Steve,

Would it be ok to put those videos on the Croft video section of Track'd?

We're looking to get more people to register on the forum. If anyone is interested we hope to get both regulars and new trackday'ers to contribute with links and photos, overall helping everyone

[millband]

Sure, go-ahead

[blackscooby]

Millband,

Excellent stuff, thanks for that. I uploaded some of my incar stuff last night, but some some reason it failed on youtube. I'll have another go tonight.

[blackscooby]

My first session.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I7yonv6oiiE

Sadly the camera broke all subsequent tapes

[blackscooby]

Booked back in at Croft for another session on Sunday. Fantastic... bring it on.
Shame it looks like it might be somewhat damp ! Should be interesting though to say the least !

Mark