Track Day Virgin: Off To Thruxton
Discussion
I''m off to Thruxton tomorrow for a hoon round the track. Since it is my FIRST trip to a track I have taken the precaution of 1) Using someone else''s car (one of their Lotus Elises), 2) being instructed.
Apart from listening to the instructor, getting a good night''s kip and not drinking tonight is there anything else I should do to prepare?
e.g. Sit cross legged surrounded by candles and incense burners holding on to a Sidewinder Steering Wheel and muttering mantras like ''Slow In. Fast Out'' and ''Brake BEFORE the bend'' etc.
Advice from experienced hands gratefully received....
quote:Drinking WHILST driving! Oooh. I think you're right
But don't drink it in the Elise. It puts the instructors off.
Seriously though: Thanks for the tips gentlemen. I have a Thruxton map which I shall pore over studiously tonight. I shall purchase water bottles...even though we're first on at 8:30am I reckon that's still a good plan!
Cheers again.
Don
quote:Actually I was very impressed. I am a confirmed TVR/Porsche man myself but I really liked it. I think this was because it was in its natural home. Getting in and out was a right game and 'spartan' doesn't do the interior justice - there IS no interior! But none of that mattered when hooning about Thruxton. I couldn't own one to use as transport - but to go to the track and back it'd be just great. I'm sure there are people nuttier than I am who'd use it as their only car but I couldn't! Very interesting to be taken round in a Porsche Boxster after. Its MUCH quieter, refined, lots less tyre noise and so on. It wasn't as quick a ride but I don't think that was the car. The young man (I never thought I'd be old enough to say that) who showed me how to do it properly in the Elise after I'd had a go fairly made it FLY! If after a few YEARS of practice I could go nearly as fast I'd be a VERY happy man. Rambling but happy
Glad you enjoyed it. What was the elise like?
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