Abingdon 17th July

[agentsmith]

Anyone else here doing this one?

Only my second track day with my own car, but very much looking forward to stretching the M3's legs on a circuit again (especially since i've replaced the chocolate brake pads with something capable of repeatedly stopping it's 1.8tonne bulk).

Hoping for a dry day and a few friendly faces!

[Tomiam]

I shall be there (orange Caterham R400 SV) and a friend with his Mk2 MR2.
Looking forward to it

[ArcenPower]

Hi

I'll be there with the above mentioned MR2. Should be fun.

You should come over if you see us, Yellow R400 Caterham and White (ish) Mr2.

[agentsmith]

I'll do so See you there chaps!

[benskett]

I was there,white civic EK9. Great day!

[the_stoat]

I was there in an orange Westfield, 1.6 sticker on the back. The rain in the morning made it interesting at times.

[agentsmith]

Was a great day, really enjoyed meeting a whole bunch of like minded guys.

Spent a lot of time since working out which extra car to buy to do them more often. MX5 is looking likely

[Tomiam]

Good to meet some of you folks at Abingdon.
Some nice toys there! Bloke with his bargain basement MX5 was a good laugh too!

Still finding my feet with my Caterham R400. 2nd track day in it since I got it a month and a half ago. Its still on road tyres with the backs the same width as the fronts (dont ask.. it was like it when I got it) so it can be a little slippery from time to time.

Got some footage from my last run. https://youtu.be/Pg5TcIGzEKo

Edited by Tomiam on Sunday 19th July 17:46

[michael-mii89]

Was also there was good day as always unexpected rain made it a little interesting though

[agentsmith]

Yes was amusing in the rain Dried out quickly though I guess the tarmac was still hot from the sun.

That onboard video is a good reminder that the Caterham is quite the precision tool

The photographer seemed to have cleared off by lunch, but guess they will have captured most of the field by then. Pics are meant to be appearing here any day now:
ack-photography.co.uk

[michael-mii89]

Yeah the rain helped me to my first spin on very worn r888. Glad I brought a spare set of wheels though with some pilot sport 3's on so I could enjoy the rest of the day with some grip.

Cateram video is great good to see the difference in speed in and out of corners compared to my little 205

[Kezzie]

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agentsmith said:

Yes was amusing in the rain Dried out quickly though I guess the tarmac was still hot from the sun.

That onboard video is a good reminder that the Caterham is quite the precision tool

The photographer seemed to have cleared off by lunch, but guess they will have captured most of the field by then. Pics are meant to be appearing here any day now:
ack-photography.co.uk

Thanks for the plug ...
I was there until the end just hid from the rain before lunch. Also good excuse to beat the queues at the burger van lol
Photos will be all sorted and online towards the end of tomorrow.

Adrian

[agentsmith]

Thanks Adrian, nice pics!... bought a couple of those

[Tel]

Great vid Tomiam!

I'd be interested to know what the camera and software setup was please...looking for something like this myself.

[Tomiam]

Hi Tel,

Thank you for the kind words

Set for my Caterham video was as follows:-

Camera: Garmin Virb Elite (if you shop around you can get them for about £160). Ive owned a GoPro Hero 3 Black and I found it awkward to use compared to the Virb Elite. The Virb Elite is MUCH simpler to use and I personally got better footage from it as a result. Its got a screen on the back so you can see what its pointing at, a huge sliding switch on one side to start / stop recording (easy to operate with driving gloves too) and its cheaper than a GoPro.

Software 1: Garmin Virb Edit. This is only used to export the GPX file. The software itself is crap. (Free)
Software 2: Dashware. I import the video and GPX file into this program and then drop the gauges on top. I then export this video. (Free)
Software 3: Cyberlink Powerdirector. This is used to add on the titles, remove unwanted footage and the magnifying glass comes from here too.

Once you've done one video and saved it as a template in Dashware, all the other videos don't take too long to do up to that point. Unless you need to add titles mid way through the video / effects like the magnifying glass etc, then there isnt much point in going anyfuther than just using Garmin Virb Edit and then Dashware.

Hope this helps!

Edited by Tomiam on Thursday 23 July 18:09

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