Novice/taster track sessions Saturday 11th April

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:19 pm

Someones got gold! ^

Suz · Post by **Suz** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:21 pm

Daniel wrote:Someones got gold! ^

:-D :-D :-D

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:55 am

Suz wrote:In the words of my passenger Eddy "I didn't see that coming" LOL. I have a couple of pics of the aftermath in the mud (not showing the car and a halfs width of mud I threw on the track though). I think as I went over the crest the car lightened and hit some damp and the rear let go. Was hard on the throttle and didn't lift off. Was nothing i could do one second was going ok next was going over the red come on the Apex and doing a 360 on the grass. Luckily nothing broken just a lot of mud.

Good fun though :-D Do I get my Gold now?

Suz

Yes it was great fun Suz.
You were not hard on the throttle though, but perhaps a bit too much speed/throttle/steering angle for that part of the circuit though on that lap.

No damage done though and you got your confidence back by the end of the session :thumb:

Eddy

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:05 am

[quote="stuart"]Glad you had a nice time out guys. I think the amount you learn and the amount of fun you can get is incredible for the value for money..........

Hence my addiction

If Eddy didn't see it coming, I hope to Hell he wasn't giving you tips ]

Stu,

Remember Suz is an awesome kart driver so i wasn't giving much advise. Her lines were very good from where i was sitting

She was changing down to 2nd at Sears and unsettling the car so i told her to keep in 3rd and it was loads better

Stu, it did surprise me as it was only a couple of laps into the session and the car seemed well planted.

Was a combination of a tad too much speed/throttle/steering angle on that lap that made the back end twitch enough to promote the MR2 into one of their famous antics.

She held the slide well, but when the front touched the apex kurb it spun the car more of course.

Who needs Alton Towers lol.

Eddy

Post by **Ben** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:14 am

lol .. sounds like fun guys

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:23 am

D4nny8oy wrote:When you said "keep a look-out at the bomb-hole" I didn't realise how much of it you'd dug-up Suz :lol: I should think those marks will be there for some time!

Thanks to Eddy for arranging the slots, and special thanks to Jay for being stuck at work which meant I could have his 'go' LOL :P

It seemed the 2pm slot was perfect as the track was just about dry when we went out, then as me and my brother left Snetterton part-way through the next session it started bucketting-down. I don't think Eddy minded as he was busy claiming scalps, including a clean looking mk2 Golf race/track car which he seemed proud of passing!

Only problem I had was high coolant temps after the first 4 laps which then meant I had to keep easing-off for 1-2 laps before I could push-on again. I had planned to remove the front plate and cut a large hole behind it to improve airflow to the rad, but with a 'mare fitting the tailgate in the morning I didn't have time. ](*,) It just meant I couldn't let the laps 'flow' as I was watching the temp guage throughout.

The list of improvements gets ever longer. PMSL

No worries Danny,

Thanks to everyone who came down. Etiquette was good of course.

Yes,
On my lat session which started out dry, the little Metro seemed to be reeling everything in although some were novices of course.
Yes, i was surprised to take the gold, which looked well sorted with its stripped out interior, cage and Newman stickers.
When it started to rain i was able to steam past everything partly due to my selection of tyres i think. Was held up round Corum by the 325 and the Merc and took them before Russels. I hope someone got that on film.

Great fun was had by all.

Eddy

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:17 am

well i received my email this morning from Raw Action Photography, here's the photos; (i've already placed my order :P)

Suz · Post by **Suz** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:04 pm

Damn looks like they missed the spin :-D I can now deny all knowledge of it LOL

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:31 pm

Suz wrote:Damn looks like they missed the spin :-D I can now deny all knowledge of it LOL

You seemed quite proud of the dirt in the intake vents- in fact, you told me off for digging some of it out.

There were loads of people there with video cameras, but I've seen no footage of the day so far on Youtube. My brother took some on-board video on his phone in my car, but didn't realise the sound was disabled

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:40 pm

Suz wrote:Damn looks like they missed the spin :-D I can now deny all knowledge of it LOL

i know, how could they not take photos of that

great idea Danny, i didn't think about looking on youtube