Spitfire Raceway Drag & Drift...

[J3JCV]

Was anyone there?

I went with the kids for a couple of hours and there and had a great time - some very fast cars so imagined some owners would be on here?

Cheers.

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Mighty Flex said:

I went and did 3 runs in my MR2. Ended up against a dsg quattro Audi of some description every time, which is a bit dull . Awaiting results, hoping for a high 13, but not sure.
I'm not sure I'd visit without having a go, but it does give you a good hit of tyre smoke and noise.
The drifting is more of a BMW graveyard every time I see it, but entertaining for a bit. Camel vale motorclub uses the same area for autosolos, which is a lot of fun if you have want to have a go.

I did see an MR2 which looked quick on a run, we were stood where you could see the reaction times, top speed and time - so it was quite entertaining. Saw a few 10 second runs and they looked madly quick. I hear what you're saying but my 11 year old daughter was loving every minute of the noise and tyre smoke, especially at the drifting, so it was a tenner well spent and we will be back at the next one! To be honest I also liked that one run was a McLaren and a GTR, then the next was some guy in a completely standard Peugeot 108 against a ragged 05 plate E55!

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SiT said:

Where is it??? Never even heard of the place.

Si

Its a Perranporth Airfield https://www.perranporthdrivingcentre.com/spitfire-...

[J3JCV]

I guess its a safety thing, but found there was enough people cycling through so you could get a good spot and see everything.

We copped and changed between the drifting and the drag strip over the time and was a good laugh - definitely going back in April.

There was club stands too - should get a PH contingent....(but not my car!)

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MightyBadger said:

There is always a nice selection of cars at the raceway, great little local event. I tend to spectate as my cars are slow and uncompetitive.

Ditto, but that didn't stop plenty of people in a random selection of shopper cars! I applaud them really.

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Roverload said:

Not been there this year but used to go in this. Not sure I'll make any events this year as new car in many many peices and looks to continue that way for some time.

Also been lent this v8 escort to run in the past. If you see the yellow van there that's me, ph'ers welcome for free cup o tea or use of tools.

Nice one.

Who owns the escort - is that Gav's car??

[J3JCV]

There is another Drag & Drift event on the 7th November.

Details on the Perranporth Driving Center website: https://www.perranporthdrivingcentre.com/events/sp...

[J3JCV]

There is a closed competitor (no spectators) event running on 3rd April and it appears some decent cars are attending.

Entries close tomorrow... https://www.facebook.com/Spitfire-Raceway-Cornwall...

Shame I cant spectate though.

[J3JCV]

Back again on Sat 20th, hope weather is ok. Went to the last one in September which was another great day out.

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some good videos of the last one a couple of weeks back, missed it due to covid, but went to the last few.

[J3JCV]

There was a track day run by https://www.trackdayscornwall.com/ they invited the Street Scene Cornwall group (Facebook) and Classic Car Cornwall - so there was plenty parked up and few decent cars on the track.

Not the same horsepower as the Drag & Drift attracts, but if I had a car that would be anyway fun on a track I would 100% join up for testing my own limits etc.