anyone going to donington 10th may

[khm]

anyone going to donington 10th may ( this saturday )

[BenElliottRacing]

I'll be there teaching one of my customers in track club's caterham roadsport.

[khm]

any chace of a few pointers ??????;)

[BenElliottRacing]

[willdew]

Yep, me and my mate are going.

968 and Integra Type-R

[khm]

fingers crossed the weather holds

[willdew]

khm said:

fingers crossed the weather holds

Definitely - I'm on slicks, which won't be much fun if it doesn't...

[khm]

which group are you in ??

[BenElliottRacing]

So that was an entertaining day!

Watched one clio tbone another into the old hairpin and then had to dodge them both as one went right and one left.

quote of the day: 'A little bit of contact is alright isn't it?'

For reference above: when you've out braked yourself pulling the handbrake in panic is not a good idea. The clio 182 driver did this and that caused him to slide into the clio v6 infront of him. Looks like the 182 came off better as well.

message to 182 driver - soften the brake pressure when abs cuts in to shorten brake distance!

He's now banned from donington park. He had earlier overtaken another car (who had one of the crcuit instrctors in it) whilst fully on the grass - bouncing along!

[Magic Mod]

There was an old blue Mini on the track, what was that thing doing there?

[khm]

think this is what you saw LMAO

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6288764935...

yep i was watching too, thought the second one was gunna stop in the middle of the track until it rolled back onto the grass - drive for the car & hope it's not still there when you arrive !!

[phatgixer]

BenElliottRacing said:

He's now banned from donington park. He had earlier overtaken another car (who had one of the crcuit instrctors in it) whilst fully on the grass - bouncing along!

Good lad!

[willdew]

khm said:

think this is what you saw LMAO

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6288764935...

yep i was watching too, thought the second one was gunna stop in the middle of the track until it rolled back onto the grass - drive for the car & hope it's not still there when you arrive !!

Hi Keith,

Good to meet you on Sat. What camera set-up are you using here? Whilst it seems a bit "foggy", it looks like a good quality recording.

Think the std of driving in the Intermediate group was rather better than that shown by some in the so called Expert sessions.

Cheers,
Will

[mattlander]

Hi Guys, First time at Donnington on saturday. We were driving the Scoob WRX sports wagon (black). really enjoyed the day!! the weather was great. We put ourselves in the beginner group as it was our first time at the track.
Just a note on the 182 driver... he was quite aggressive and even after being black flagged on the final session he continued to drive!! As for the blue mini driver... OMG!! get out the way dufus!! lol

Does anyone know any good sites to view and purchase racing cars? I ahve driven a Vauxhall Louts 2.0 before and would love to get my hands on one.

[khm]

Hi Keith,

Good to meet you on Sat. What camera set-up are you using here? Whilst it seems a bit "foggy", it looks like a good quality recording.

Think the std of driving in the Intermediate group was rather better than that shown by some in the so called Expert sessions.

Cheers,
Will
[/quote]

camera was going a bit 'dicky' needs a coat of looking at, when i came in from last session it was hanging off

wish we had been in inter group, much better driving & alot more quicker cars - think they were just filling groups up with anything

[khm]

mattlander said:

Hi Guys, First time at Donnington on saturday. We were driving the Scoob WRX sports wagon (black). really enjoyed the day!! the weather was great. We put ourselves in the beginner group as it was our first time at the track.
Just a note on the 182 driver... he was quite aggressive and even after being black flagged on the final session he continued to drive!! As for the blue mini driver... OMG!! get out the way dufus!! lol

Does anyone know any good sites to view and purchase racing cars? I ahve driven a Vauxhall Louts 2.0 before and would love to get my hands on one.

pistonheads classified ( obviously LOL )
racecarsdirect.com
motorsportads.co.uk
ebay .................LOL

[SimonV8ster]

BenElliottRacing said:

Watched one clio t-bone another into the old hairpin and then had to dodge them both as one went right and one left.

So what happens to the guy that was hit ?? He ends up with a smashed up car that he has to fix and pay for himself ??

[willdew]

SimonV8ster said:

So what happens to the guy that was hit ?? He ends up with a smashed up car that he has to fix and pay for himself ??

Yep. Unless he can make the other guy feel suitably sorry for him to volunteer to pay something towards it, which is unlikely. You go on track at your own risk.

Edited by willdew on Monday 12th May 14:50

[khm]

best to have a quick car then people won't catch you LMAO

[Flying Peach]

mattlander said:

Hi Guys, First time at Donnington on saturday. We were driving the Scoob WRX sports wagon (black). really enjoyed the day!! the weather was great. We put ourselves in the beginner group as it was our first time at the track.
Just a note on the 182 driver... he was quite aggressive and even after being black flagged on the final session he continued to drive!! As for the blue mini driver... OMG!! get out the way dufus!! lol

Does anyone know any good sites to view and purchase racing cars? I ahve driven a Vauxhall Louts 2.0 before and would love to get my hands on one.

I was the driver of the blue Mini, it's only a 1.3i