Abingdon 24/5

[CaptainSlow]

Just booked the MX5 on this with MSE, anyone else going?

[Herman Toothrot]

Me, see you there I'll be in a silver mk3 MR2 come say hello :-)

[Terzo204]

I will be there - Black Westfield. Feel free to say hello (Mike)

It's the start of my stag do/armageddon... off to Bournemouth for a *cough* few beers afterwards.

I'll be there with the following:

GT3 or Clio 182 Cup (Mark)
Lotus S/C (Bob -owns a race Team called KMS)
172 (Matt)

and a few other passengers.

Looking forward to this one!

See you there gents

[Sigmamark7]

I'm sure that Bob from KMS was the guy who inspired Eddie Jordan. Anyway, I am hoping to be there to show you boys how it should be done.

[Bladez]

Hi Mike I remember you from a good day at Hullavington.
I hope Mark has fresh tyres after his wheel spinning antics in his Clio 182 cup.
I can't come to this one I'm afraid as I liked Hullavington (apart from the silly overtaking rule) and really want to try Abington.
My other problem is its very hard for me to get time off in the week and I'm finding it hard to find track days within a couple of hours drive from the Midlands on at weekends.
I'm going to Rockingham on Sat 15 June. It's a cheep day £120 and I might do Bedford GT on 27 July. It would be great to see you again if you can make either.
Have a great stag do.
Taz. (Orange RX7)

[Terzo204]

Bladez said:

Hi Mike I remember you from a good day at Hullavington.
I hope Mark has fresh tyres after his wheel spinning antics in his Clio 182 cup.
I can't come to this one I'm afraid as I liked Hullavington (apart from the silly overtaking rule) and really want to try Abington.
My other problem is its very hard for me to get time off in the week and I'm finding it hard to find track days within a couple of hours drive from the Midlands on at weekends.
I'm going to Rockingham on Sat 15 June. It's a cheep day £120 and I might do Bedford GT on 27 July. It would be great to see you again if you can make either.
Have a great stag do.
Taz. (Orange RX7)

Hi Taz,

I hope you are keeping well, love the car! Everyone needs a V8!

Thankfully Mark has bought some new 888's. If I knew how I would post a picture of Marks "slicks". That man knows how to get value for money out of tyres!

I have yet to try Abingdon but i'm sure after the 3 hour safety briefing it's sure to be a good stag do!

I'm off on my honeymoon for most of June, leaving my friend to look afar cats and the Westie. Bedford might be a goer though. It's a great track. Quick and plenty of grip.

Just watch out for the banking at Rockingham, it's tricky. Have fun mate!

[CaptainSlow]

Looks like it's going to be a bit damp!

[Herman Toothrot]

It's still suprisingly grippy when wet at Abingdon :-)

[CaptainSlow]

Herman Toothrot said:

It's still suprisingly grippy when wet at Abingdon :-)

even with LingLongs on the back of an MX5?

[Herman Toothrot]

That just means more fun for less tyre wear :-)

The only pain is the complete lack of shelter, I'd bring a brolly.

[Terzo204]

I'm bringing my rain suit...

Glad to hear there might still be a bit of grip. It's also the temperature that might be an issue.

It's going to be fun either way.

See you all tomorrow.

Mike

[Herman Toothrot]

I'm planning on walking round chatting when it's dry and driving in the rain :-)

[Terzo204]

Plenty of driving tomorrow then!

I just looked at the forecast, not looking good at all. Oh well.

[Herman Toothrot]

Another really good day, rains good did an ~40 minute session immediately after lunch :-). Shame so many people were spinning though and wiping out cones, did start to piss me off towards the end of the day, well a lot, to the extent I gave up when queuing for the don't know how manyith red flag and went home.

Hello to Nigel in the VX220 I was chatting to and the chap in the tail happy BMW 2002, didn't get your name lovely little car that :-)

Captain slow, don't know how i missed you but everytime I saw what I presume was your MX5 parked up it had no driver in or next to it.

Mike I didn't see a Westfield out today (think there was one under a cover), what car were you in?

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Friday 24th May 17:32

[Sigmamark7]

Well what a miserable wet and windy day. I have to say that I was having a great time in the Clio despite the wet conditions and I did see Mike out in his Westfield and also Bob (of KMS) in a white Megane Cup. All in all, not a bad day inside the car, but dreadful out of it. Top marks to the Marshalls for their efforts to keep the track open, despite the wind rearranging everything during the day and let's hope that summer arrives soon!

[Herman Toothrot]

Not sure it was the wind rearranging things entirely, I witnessed 5 cars spin immediately infront of me, red BMW twice alone.

[Terzo204]

Herman Toothrot said:

Another really good day, rains good did an ~40 minute session immediately after lunch :-). Shame so many people were spinning though and wiping out cones, did start to piss me off towards the end of the day, well a lot, to the extent I gave up when queuing for the don't know how manyith red flag and went home.

Hello to Nigel in the VX220 I was chatting to and the chap in the tail happy BMW 2002, didn't get your name lovely little car that :-)

Captain slow, don't know how i missed you but everytime I saw what I presume was your MX5 parked up it had no driver in or next to it.

Mike I didn't see a Westfield out today (think there was one under a cover), what car were you in?

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Friday 24th May 17:32

Hello,

I didn't get many laps in on Friday. The lack of windscreen/roof, pelting rain and gale force wind seen to that. I also found it was turning into wacky races at one point - too many cars spinning convinced me to give it a bit of time before I went out again. I'm too skint to break my car.

Overall, an enjoyable day but other then the 10 or so laps I did in Marks Clio, I only managed 62 miles. This is by far the lease amount of miles I have ever done in one day. At least the rest of the weekend was perfect weather!

I must say I was very impressed with the blue VX220, christ that car was so quick out of the pits.

Mike

Edited by Terzo204 on Wednesday 29th May 21:54

[Herman Toothrot]

Terzo204 said:

Hello,

I didn't get many laps in on Friday. The lack of windscreen/roof, pelting rain and gale force wind seen to that. I also found it was turning into wacky races at one point - too many cars spinning convinced me to give it a bit of time before I went out again. I'm too skint to break my car.

Overall, an enjoyable day but other then the 10 or so laps I did in Marks Clio, I only managed 62 miles. This is by far the lease amount of miles I have ever done in one day. At least the rest of the weekend was perfect weather!

I must say I was very impressed with the blue VX220, christ that car was so quick out of the pits.

Mike

Edited by Terzo204 on Wednesday 29th May 21:54

Oh the supercharger 2.2, yes they are properly rapid, faster than a 260 CUP Exige. I intended going that route with mine until Zafira man drove over it.

Yes was wacky races, I watched 5 spins immediately in front of me as a caught them up, 4 different cars.

I was perfectly happy with my hardtop on, not really roof down weather was it..

[Terzo204]

Herman Toothrot said:

Oh the supercharger 2.2, yes they are properly rapid, faster than a 260 CUP Exige. I intended going that route with mine until Zafira man drove over it.

Yes was wacky races, I watched 5 spins immediately in front of me as a caught them up, 4 different cars.

I was perfectly happy with my hardtop on, not really roof down weather was it..

I can believe that, it went out of the pits at such a rate. I'm very impressed.