Donington Trackday - Sat 28th Feb

[paulf968]

Three 968's already booked for this trackday at Donington with Circuit Days, www.circuit-days.co.uk £199

Anyone else fancy tracking or spectating?

NB Trackday opportunities seem limited so far this season at Dony - probably something to do with the F1 developments or maybe overambitious hire rates.

paul f

 

[saintsimes]

Date noted Paul, diary uncertain (as usual) at the moment.

 

[paulf968]

Only 3 days to go -- anyone else dropping into this trackday? -- all welcome and pax laps always a possibility. Myself, Adrian Stock and JP in action - some cooking 968's there!

 

[paulf968]

A good day indeed, plenty of familiar faces and a great atmosphere.

Some txt I put on PH here:

The track was dry all day and grip levels were superb. Lots of very fast machinery around - the 2 TVR's going like the clappers (red + green) -- the other bright green Jap thingie with the rear wing was also flying along, mind you the engine was bit smokey but it lasted the day. Couple of well driven Caterhams buzzing around.

Driving stds seemed reasonable considering how many newbies were there -- but still rather too many red flags for visits to the kitty litter & breakdowns. Thought provoking video! -- no place to put the drivers left elbow between gear changes though, always been a TVR problem!! Some black flags as well -- and did the dreaded dB monster take some victims! As mentioned above - not a good day to be a Ferrari owner, when visiting an earth bank backwards at pace.

Nige - real shame about your engine, just as you were out having some fun. Never seen a Golf engine stripped so quickly in a paddock though !! If anyone can have it up and running soon you can.

I was struggling a bit with settings fot the rear of the car -- I suspect the shock absorbers need refreshing as even on full hard the back was wallowing a bit. So much fun running round with the 968 possee and good banter in the pits/cafe.

Was absolutely cream crackered when I got home, a good day -- 'til the next time


Finally, Nige posted up this video which includes some footage of yours truly -- I enjoyed it anyway!!

http://www.vimeo.com/3416221

paul f