After the recent trip to the ring Barney has definitely
caught the track day bug from me, having done Snet
the other week i talked him into trying a few other UK
circuits and not being that impressed.
So a plan was hatched to attend Brands Hatch Novice Track-day - PM.
a maximum of 3 track-days attended previously was the
restriction. I tagged along for the ride as Barney was taking
his dad along and they were planning to share the drive.
On arrival it seemed the novice bit was a load of rubbish
plenty of well specked cars and experienced drivers had
been flying around the am sessions and its was hard to
see and novices so barney offed me a drive, ace ive never
done Brands and its another track now ticked of my list.
Not your usuall novice car
The car run faultlessly having had new grooved front and
rear brakes fitted with braided lines and some new rubber
fitted to his recently purchased track rims.
Driving etiquette was top notch sadly driver skill wast and
much of the day was spent waiting for someone to be dug
out of the kitty litter. I think brands record was broken
many times today with loads of people not even making it
round the first corner after a stoppage causing another
stoppage. Also brands seems to have a very different
attitude to noise testing "please blip the throttle sir" sticker
attached and on our way.
The track was awesome and it definitely lived up to my
expectation and comes a close second to cadwell for me.
I think we all enjoyed it and barneys dad will probably be
found out on track again soon.
