Spa 26/27th March

[slackalice]

Chaps, are there any of you on here doing this BAT event? I am going over on the 26th but on the track on the 27th. Change of car for me this year, I will be driving a black Skyline instead of the RX7. If so come on over and say hello.

Laurence

[996GT2]

I'll be there on the Sunday, grey Cayman S with black wheels, hopefully the weather will be good.

[kaese]

Will be there in a BaT Caterham and staying at Hotel de la Source near the circuit - hopefully the weather will hold out, not sure what it's like this time of year

[wtdoom]

Im there both days , trying to master a black Carrera GT . Try not to laugh too much please ...

Kaese , weather will be very unpredictable in my experience of Spa , sorry for the bad news .

[jonnyleroux]

wtdoom said:

weather will be very unpredictable in my experience of Spa , sorry for the bad news .

Bad news? what do you mean Baf - Spa in the wet is one of the most amazing track experiences anyone could hope for! If Ben wants an easy life he should sit in front of the Playstation - Spa is a track for proper drivers!

You'll love it Ben - if at any point you're in doubt just give me the caterham for 10 minutes, jump in the passenger seat and i'll stick a smile on your face you'll struggle to shift in a hurry - that's a guarantee!

Jonny
BaT

[wtdoom]

jonnyleroux said:

Bad news? what do you mean Baf - Spa in the wet is one of the most amazing track experiences anyone could hope for! If Ben wants an easy life he should sit in front of the Playstation - Spa is a track for proper drivers!

You'll love it Ben - if at any point you're in doubt just give me the caterham for 10 minutes, jump in the passenger seat and i'll stick a smile on your face you'll struggle to shift in a hurry - that's a guarantee!

Jonny
BaT

sorry Johnny im judging everyone by my own cowardly standards again !
looking forward to seeing you mate ive been away from tracks too long , im making my comeback so to speak .

[jonnyleroux]

wtdoom said:

sorry Johnny im judging everyone by my own cowardly standards again ! looking forward to seeing you mate ive been away from tracks too long , im making my comeback so to speak .

really looking forward to it too. got lots of very nice cars coming to Spa :- 275/F40/F50/458 Challenge, as well as some german rubbish, too :-P

[wtdoom]

jonnyleroux said:

wtdoom said:

sorry Johnny im judging everyone by my own cowardly standards again ! looking forward to seeing you mate ive been away from tracks too long , im making my comeback so to speak .

really looking forward to it too. got lots of very nice cars coming to Spa :- 275/F40/F50/458 Challenge, as well as some german rubbish, too :-P

Tell the Italians to stay out the way

[jonnyleroux]

wtdoom said:

Tell the Italians to stay out the way

The germans can have performance and reliability, but the italians most definitely got the good looks!

that said, despite being a ferrari man through and through, i have to admit that if i was looking for the perfect road/track car compromise - it would probably be a 996 GT3RS. i feel dirty even suggesting it!

[boxsey]

jonnyleroux said:

that said, despite being a ferrari man through and through, i have to admit that if i was looking for the perfect road/track car compromise - it would probably be a 996 GT3RS. i feel dirty even suggesting it!

thud!

[slackalice]

kaese said:

Will be there in a BaT Caterham and staying at Hotel de la Source near the circuit - hopefully the weather will hold out, not sure what it's like this time of year

Same hotel, so hope we will catch up at some point. I guess it will be wet, and just to make it interesting, I intend to drive on R888's, but will have some wets as well in the boot that will need spining on if to bad.

[kaese]

jonnyleroux said:

You'll love it Ben - if at any point you're in doubt just give me the caterham for 10 minutes, jump in the passenger seat and i'll stick a smile on your face you'll struggle to shift in a hurry - that's a guarantee!

Might take you up on that offer Jonny - word on the street is that you're pretty handy around Spa

slackalice said:

Same hotel, so hope we will catch up at some point. I guess it will be wet, and just to make it interesting, I intend to drive on R888's, but will have some wets as well in the boot that will need spining on if to bad.

Great, we are staying Friday and Saturday at de la Source, driving on the Saturday. Might be popping down to Beau-Site for some beers one evening also

[AndrewD]

jonnyleroux said:

The germans can have performance and reliability, but the italians most definitely got the good looks!

that said, despite being a ferrari man through and through, i have to admit that if i was looking for the perfect road/track car compromise - it would probably be a 996 GT3RS. i feel dirty even suggesting it!

LOL. I recall a long argument at the Beau Site and you now seem to realise how wrong you were

Will be there with my SR3 RS

[slackalice]

ANDREWD ? is that the Andrew D that used to race a black RX7 in the Guildford tyres sprint series??? if so Hi, I used to race a gold 200 sx in the same series.

[AndrewD]

slackalice said:

ANDREWD ? is that the Andrew D that used to race a black RX7 in the Guildford tyres sprint series??? if so Hi, I used to race a gold 200 sx in the same series.

Hi, not me. I raced an SR3, a Juno, and a Clio Cup

[wy906]

O/T Is it pointless to take a low-powered car to a power track like Spa?

[jonnyleroux]

wy906 said:

O/T Is it pointless to take a low-powered car to a power track like Spa?

absolutely not. One could argue that given the changeable conditions its pointless to take a high-powered car to Spa!

Yes, you'll struggle up the hill, but there's some downhill stretches where the car will never have felt so fast. Spa is about the corners anyway, not the straights.

I've been round in allsorts of things (including the fire marshals pickup) and it never ceases to amaze me how much fun Spa can be.

Whatever you do, don't be put off by the weather - that's half of what makes such a challenge. Historically (for us at least) March has been dryer than July - albeit significantly colder!

I'm getting properly excited now!

Jonny
BaT

[Jessop]

every time i read a thread about a Spa trackday, i always read about porsches, ferrari's, caterhams among other expensive toys

Worries me for when i want to bring my AX over!

Definatley something to check off the 'to do' list though

[wy906]

jonnyleroux said:

..stuff..

Thanks! I’m more worried about holding up faster cars (unintentionally of course) like all the Porsches and Caterhams etc.

I only got a standard Corrado VR6.

[jonnyleroux]

wy906 said:

Thanks! I’m more worried about holding up faster cars (unintentionally of course) like all the Porsches and Caterhams etc.

I only got a standard Corrado VR6.

Keep an eye on your mirrors and move over for the quicker cars and it really doen't matter how slowly you go round. The slower you are, the more observant you need to be - that's all. That's why the wkers who can't use their mirrors tend to buy really quick cars :-P

Jonny
BaT