Silverstone Performance Open Day
Silverstone Performance is throwing open its doors to TVR, Toyota and Lotus owners for a bit of pre-Christmas fun on Saturday 15 December.
The open day will run from 9am to 4pm (for passenger laps, sign on from 8am).
Activities will include:
- Various SP cars will be running on the Grand Prix Circuit for passenger laps with SP director Phil James (aka PHer BossCerbera). Five rides available in each car, subject to track stoppages. (More rides will be available if time permits.)
- Dyno runs on the Weltmeister dyno only £30 (limited to 25 places so book early to be assured of a place!)
- Free geometry checks
- A snack van will be on site for hot drinks and burgers all day - first bacon butty is on the house if you arrive before 10am
The SP cars being driven on track will include:
- Toyota MR2 SP240. SP's turbocharged and tweaked roadster with 240bhp/240lb-ft "A wolf in sheep's clothing."
- Toyota Corolla SP Compressor. SP's supercharged and tweaked hot hatch with 230bhp/190lb-ft "About as fast as I'd want to go in a hot hatch."
- TVR Cerbera 4.5. My SP-fettled trackday favourite "Silverstone's a power circuit, the Cerbera's got plenty of power. Perfect."
-TVR Boss Cerbera. I will be using the track opportunity for some shakedown laps after its year-long engine development programme. The Boss's last outing was London Thunder in November 2006.
Customer(s) cars:
- Lotus SP-K. Supercharged and intercooled by SP to serve up over 250bhp/185lb-ft "Really brings the Lotus chassis to life... after an hour in the lanes I had the adrenaline shakes"
Call Tracey (Mrs Trackside) on 01327 855772 to reserve a ride; to book a dyno run; or to RSVP if you'd just like to pop along for the social. The more the merrier, there's loads of space to park.
You can also book your own car in for the trackday by contacting www.goldtrack.co.uk
Background:
SP was formed in 2005 out of the ashes of former TVR main dealer Silverstone TVR. Alongside the TVR specialism, SP established a relationship with Toyota Motorsport to tune selected Toyota models - in particular the MR2 roadster (tested by PH in 200bhp guise in 2006) and the Corolla T-Sport. With expertise and development miles racked up on the 1.8 litre 1ZZ and 2ZZ engines in these models, SP has latterly turned its attention to forced induction conversions for Lotus cars using the 1ZZ and 2ZZ. One or two customers with Lotus SP-Ks will be along on the open day.
To accommodate the growing business, this summer SP acquired a large double workshop at the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit with four service bays, a dyno cell and ample storage for project cars. The dyno cell is sub-let to, and operated by, Weltmeister Technologies Ltd, run by ECU-guru Chris Davis. SP and Weltmeister collaborate and share expertise on tuning projects.
Why should everyone go?
"It's the first time we've opened the doors to everyone and got all the toys out for one last blast before Christmas. It will be fun, especially if the track's wet."
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) managed to rip off before it even got onto the track, put the 540 onto the rolling road to see if the thrashing up the M40 added a bit more power ( it did, up 25 brake 
) then over to the track for some action, was an open pit Goldtrack day so plenty of nice stuff there, GT3 RS being the most common and the most smashed, 2 I think including a 57 plate black one that managed to hit the only tyre wall available so an expensive day for someone!Had three laps in the newly repaired MR2 which is a little rocket, Phil chasing down a Tuscan Challenge car and keeping with it through Stowe albeit a little sidewards
and then into 11 2ERO for another blast round. So all in all a bloody good day and thanks to Phil for getting it organised.
) managed to rip off before it even got onto the track
I can only be in awe of Matt and Phil's restraint and not stringing me up on the ramp. After five months of getting the car back on the road, I get into it an stack it into a barrier I can't even say it was an impressive crash because I was only doing 10 mph
. The laps with Phil were awesome 
and I thank him for the chance to have experienced it. Nice to put some faces to names and meet some old friends. Thanks again for friendly greeting and memorable day. 
I wish you all a Happy Xmas and New Year.Big thanks to Phil for the spin out in the Cerb - you make it look so bloody easy power sliding at over a hundred! Absolutely huge fun!!!
A lucky escape maybe One of these days Phil
Cheers to everyone else at SP and Mrs TS for the free butty token
... good to see a few old faces and meet some new ones too. 
We'll do it again next year - mixed blessing winter track days... Silverstone GP circuit at the weekend is a plus point. Cold tyres a minus point - EVERY session had a stoppage in it because of an off, not to mention the six cars I saw spin either in front of, or behind, me.
Sinclair: the longer you leave it, the worse it will be...
Phil, I'll bring my lid to the next one too and see if you can scare me in the MR2...and then maybe the Cerbie...
Took a few pictures during the day, the best of which can be found here.
This picture is the beginning of a story...
http://www.pbase.com/trackside/image/90354280
What happened next led to a major bollocking for me and a ban for the race car.
I think the guys in the neighbouring garage were a bit perplexed when he hopped (literally) over to them and ripped their driver's wristbands off, only to discover he'd got the wrong white prototype...
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