3rd Dec Brands

[jamesrose]

Anyone else on 3rd Dec (Focused Events) at Brands Hatch ?

[andye30m3]

I'm going to be there in my E30 320,

£99 for a full day was too good to miss just got to hope the weather stays reasonable

[jamesrose]

Weather held out ok, but I'm not sure I have ever seen that many red flags !

[andye30m3]

Think we were in the garage next to you.

Must confess to a spin at paddock early in the morning when it was still wet, stayed on the circuit but didn't impress the organisers a whole lot.

As soon as it dried out the car felt so much better, can't believe how slippery it was first thing.

[jamesrose]

Ah ! Sorry I didn't say hello then.

I was a bit stressed out trying to get the car started in the morning and then managing the strip a few teeth off a sproket in the afternoon !

Looks like you guys were having fun though...it was really slippery for most of the day.
There were definately more people hitting the barriers than I have ever seen on a trackday before.

[victor charlie]

i was told 15 reds
mind you it was slippy

[silverthorn2151]

victor charlie said:

15 reds

My word. It may have been slippy, but what was going on?

We had a slippy day there with Circuit Days recently, only recall 2 reds.

15 is a joke though.

[jamesrose]

Im not sure it was 15...I counted 7 but then I gave up when I broke my car anyway !

[dibblecorse]

It was deffo double figures and I think many can be attributed to the guys that turned up with their cars in the huge truck parked at the bottom of pit lane !!!!

[jamesrose]

Was that the big dark lorry ? What cars came out of that thing ?

[dibblecorse]

jamesrose said:

Was that the big dark lorry ? What cars came out of that thing ?

Some ropey Mk 3 Golfs, mainly in dark colors, one had the 7 on the door if i remember rightly, but nothing that warrented the truck !!!

[jamesrose]

Yeah, I was expecting some decent stuff on the circuit seeing that thing pull up. Each to their own !

Does anyone happen to know the name of the photographer that was at the circuit ?

[victor charlie]

focus events own photographer
try their web site

[dibblecorse]

Alex James Photography was written on the side of the van parked at the bottom of pit lane.

[octainejunkee]

It was greesy in the morning.
Made my evo 8 fun to throw around. I took my pals rs4 round and was amazed with how well balanced it was.
The greesy conditions made it easy to push the tyres past their limit and throw the cars around at safe speeds.-although some people over cooked it lol
i enjoyed keeping pace with the radical (whilst it was still damp) and that seriously quick mk2 golf turbo(on slicks in the dry).
Not all the red flags were due to crash's.
I noticed the green j.a.developments escort finaly expired at the pit exit and caused the session to stop for ten mins...
It was a good day im tempted to do the snetterton event this saturday aswell..