RE: Silverstone Sunday Service 06/03

[andrew]

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[V8RX7]

gavsdavs said:

BenWRXSEi said:

V8RX7 said:

Mine was the blue V6 MR2 on it's maiden voyage - if anyone has any pics.

No pics, but I heard you going round. Sounded fantastic - which engine do you have in there?

Good to catch again today Ben - I think you guys did a good job on a slippery track, it was much more driveable later when we were on it.

I also was pleased to hear the blue v6 - 3vz ??

FWIW V8RX7 - we were watching you on the pitwall and timed you at ~1.20/lap - sounding lovely. Not bad for a taxi engine in a shopping toyota

Thanks - yes it's the Camry 3VZ-FE approx 180bhp in the Camry, the previous owner had headwork etc so should be circa 240 now but I think it needs a tune up.

I thought it sounded great on the hour trip up there and the 30 mins on the track but for the hour home I fitted ear plugs !

I stumbled onto it on Ebay and couldn't resist.

[DickP]

Thanks to all who made it a good day out.

[immunda]

KarlMac said:

Excellent day as usual. Frostbite and forgetting to charge my battery means limited pics.

Farcebook - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17056723...

Flickr - https://flic.kr/s/aHskvFd7og

Finally found a one of my Merc 124 barge in your pics, much appreciated!

[Blipi]

jeremyc said:

thumbup: It was a tad cold for the 80 mile drive there though.

But great fun on empty roads - not an inch on a motorway.

Yep, always super to see true classics

Top job, thanks for bringing it along!

[LankyLegoHead]

I did see a pretty official looking photographer walking around with a Silverstone Media Tabard on. Does anyone know if there are photos to come from that?

[DickP]

Here's some photographs I took of the day: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156539...

[Ali Hubbard]

Iva Barchetta said:

Thanks to all for this morning.

Next time turn the thermostat up a bit thank you please.

And thanks to the nice lady on the pitwall who offered me a plaster for my finger.

You're very welcome. Well us Fiat owners have to stick together! Nice to put a face to the name/car Mr Barchetta.

[GTD40]

Goldenballs13 said:

DSC_0898 by Mike Booker, on Flickr

Last minute passenger only realised they had lost a lens of sunglasses once we stopped, as they couldn't see anything from streaming eyes lol.

[Goldenballs13]

GTD40 said:

Last minute passenger only realised they had lost a lens of sunglasses once we stopped, as they couldn't see anything from streaming eyes lol.

Ive got pretty much a carbon copy of this photo, but with the full sunglasses. I was about to delete this one when i noticed something wasn't quite right!

[petrolbloke]

GTD40 said:

Goldenballs13 said:

DSC_0898 by Mike Booker, on Flickr

Last minute passenger only realised they had lost a lens of sunglasses once we stopped, as they couldn't see anything from streaming eyes lol.

I thought full face lids with visors were mandatory for open top cars on trackdays?

[Shaoxter]

BenWRXSEi said:

For those wondering how slippy the first session was, I've managed to get some footage YouTubed:

https://youtu.be/uswoRCiYZc8

I was in the first session too, seeing it from your Westy makes it evident just how wet it was!
I felt pretty warm and comfortable in my super-barge, probably why I spun 3 times

[LankyLegoHead]

Anyone got any of my GT86 on track?

[H4r1s]

Here's a few I got:













rest are here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskuSqNiT

I think there's one of your GT86 on track there, I might have one more, I will search through them again.

[GTD40]

Goldenballs13 said:

GTD40 said:

Last minute passenger only realised they had lost a lens of sunglasses once we stopped, as they couldn't see anything from streaming eyes lol.

Ive got pretty much a carbon copy of this photo, but with the full sunglasses. I was about to delete this one when i noticed something wasn't quite right!

Yes please

[H4r1s]

LankyLegoHead said:

Anyone got any of my GT86 on track?

Just added another one I found

[Goldenballs13]

GTD40 said:

Yes please

Here you go mate:

DSC_0881 by Mike Booker, on Flickr

[V8RX7]

LankyLegoHead said:

I did see a pretty official looking photographer walking around with a Silverstone Media Tabard on. Does anyone know if there are photos to come from that?

Yes - he's posted already with a link to the pics

[Giles86]

It was great driving Ben.. the video really does bring out the surface water situ, which is hard to gauge from the pit wall. Bring on the next one!

BenWRXSEi said:

For those wondering how slippy the first session was, I've managed to get some footage YouTubed:

https://youtu.be/uswoRCiYZc8

Apologies for the average editing and terrible audio. Watching it back only shows how slowly I was having to go around most of the turns, but there's still plenty of sideways moments - 0:55, 1:21, 3:11, 5:35, 7:12 (past the pit wall!), 8:30, 9:50....... yeah, it was pretty slippery

Kudos to my passenger who didn't ask to go in after over-steering in 4th gear past the pit wall

[danllama]

Hi everyone. I stayed behind for the mr2oc track session and I was a bit unluckly and had a blowout on the m25 on my way home, so ended up getting home quite late. I'm working on my photos now and have to say some of them are very good but unfortunately I don't think I will be finishing them tonight due to being knackered and having work in the morning. They will definitely be up tomorrow evening latest and I'll post back with the links and some samples. No track photos as the car park kept me pretty busy.

Here's two quick samples for now...





Thank you to everyone who came, there's always such a great mix of cars. And good to put some names to faces finally!