silverstone 16th

[gav dunn]

hi, anyone here booked up for the track day at silverstone on friday the 16th, the southern circuit. (never driven southern circuit)

[nitrodan]

Hi i'am cant wait

[tim2100]

Yes I'm booked up there in Red Westfield.

Can't wait. Silverstone South is a great track. First time Westfield has been on track.

ETA, according to the Wiki

July 16thth 2010, Silverstone (South), Circuit Days
T450t TVR T350t
tim2100 Westfield
MarlboroCar Spire GT-R
onzlouk Corrado VR6

Edited by tim2100 on Thursday 8th July 22:38

[Onzlouk]

tim2100 said:

onzlouk Corrado VR6

First time in the corrado

[rex]

Will be there in black e36 M3. going with club GT who are taking their Clio Sport, NSX and Porsche Turbo.

[shim]

I'll be there in rather stonechipped grey CSL

[4parajon]

Its a great track, went myself a month or so back for an eve session. Loved it.
Trying to get time off in Aug to go back there.

[gordon17]

anyone cancelled there booking for the day session of this?
if you do then contact me, i will take it!
Harry 07929 937 684

[tameboy]

Taking my S3 to Silverstone (first time on track for this car).

Weather forecast is mixed:

Chance of Rain. Scattered Clouds. High: 20° C. Wind SW 21 km/h. 20% chance of precipitation.

Really looking forward to the day. Have been on Silverstone before but not on open pit lane track day.

I see that there are no garages available. Is there nowhere to safely store equipment? Haven't got that much stuff to bring but it would be nice to have a base and be able to offload some equipment. Looking forward to opportunity of getting some good shots of the rest of you with my DSLR + don't really want that flying around in the boot if I can help it.

[4parajon]

tameboy said:

I see that there are no garages available. Is there nowhere to safely store equipment? Haven't got that much stuff to bring but it would be nice to have a base and be able to offload some equipment. Looking forward to opportunity of getting some good shots of the rest of you with my DSLR + don't really want that flying around in the boot if I can help it.

There are no garages near there that I could see, its just a hard standing area in the middle of the track. The only people there tho will be spectators and other track users so your gear should be safe, our's was.

[tim2100]

4parajon said:

tameboy said:

I see that there are no garages available. Is there nowhere to safely store equipment? Haven't got that much stuff to bring but it would be nice to have a base and be able to offload some equipment. Looking forward to opportunity of getting some good shots of the rest of you with my DSLR + don't really want that flying around in the boot if I can help it.

There are no garages near there that I could see, its just a hard standing area in the middle of the track. The only people there tho will be spectators and other track users so your gear should be safe, our's was.

Agreed, went to Silverstone South last year. No pit garages at all round there.
All our gear was safe then. However this year one of the guys i am with is taking a van so will pile my stuff in there. It is very windy though

[tameboy]

okay thanks guys. Unfortunately I will be on my own with no extra vehicle so I might just have to trust fellow drivers.

What about access to good viewing points on the circuit? Are there good vantage spots for photography? Do they have any rules preventing photography given they have professional photographers there?

[tameboy]

Weather forecast now suggesting 30% chance of rain...

Chance of Rain. Scattered Clouds. High: 19° C. Wind SW 39 km/h. 30% chance of precipitation.

Hope it stays dry most of the day.

[tim2100]

tameboy said:

Weather forecast now suggesting 30% chance of rain...

Chance of Rain. Scattered Clouds. High: 19° C. Wind SW 39 km/h. 30% chance of precipitation.

Hope it stays dry most of the day.

It was 60% the other day

there will always be somebody by our cars there tomorrow.

[gav dunn]

hi everyone, hope you all enjoyed your day as much as i did!! i was driving the brightly coloured black bmw e36(track prepared} as well as driving the race ferrari 355.

[tim2100]

Yes Awesome day.

I may have spoke to you a couple of times during the day as was parked close to the Race 355. Did it turn out to be a faulty guage?

Will post a couple of videos soon.

[gav dunn]

theres some footage of my onboard camera on you tube-not sure how to load it onto this page-if you want to have a look, type in, gavin1.mpg

[tim2100]

gav dunn said:

theres some footage of my onboard camera on you tube-not sure how to load it onto this page-if you want to have a look, type in, gavin1.mpg

Great clip there. Added the link for you.

[gav dunn]

thanks. what were you driving? really enjoyed the southern circuit, 1st time i drove it,

[tim2100]

I was in the Red Westfield parked about 3 cars away from the Race Ferrari.

Parked next to mates Green E36 325 (the first car on your video)