Oulton/Donington weekend dates this autumn (Focussed Events)

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:09 pm

Hi all,

FE have just released prices on their weekend dates at Oulton, Donington, and Snett:

http://www.focusedevents.com/car_event_list.asp

Oulton Sat 4 Dec
1. Andy916 (booked)

Any more takers? Bargain prices with these early bookings (price goes up as more bookings are taken)

Andy

Tk · Post by Tk » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:11 pm

I see snetterton for

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:51 pm

[quote="Tk"]I see snetterton for

Tk · Post by Tk » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:40 pm

Mr Fletcher wrote:good value if you have a bike:)

is that what the spinning red and yellow i is
its showing snett on the sat and sunday in the car days
i see the one on sunday has gone up to

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:01 pm

not sure trev just read the price per "rider" in the info although they have been known to run mixed days with sessions .

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:02 pm

[quote="Tk"]
i see the one on sunday has gone up to

Tk · Post by Tk » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:17 pm

they all say riders i think

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:38 pm

Yup, the car days say 'riders'. It'll just be that they haven't updated their pages properly (FE began as a bike trackday co)

Andy

Safety_James · Post by **Safety_James** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:13 pm

Ive mentioned this to Kevin a number of times, change the 'Rider' to driver as it confuses people, and can potentially cost them a sale!

Good rates for a superb 2 days!! Get in quick!!

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:09 pm

Well, Oulton we had a slippy but fun day at Oulton on Saturday:

Travel up on the Friday night was on snowy roads once beyond Derby into Cheshire. The scoob 4wd and Federal RS-Rs handled the conditions just fine! On to Oulton in the morning and there was snow round the track and in the paddock, so we blagged a garage:

I was in the blue scoob, which some of you know, and my pal Stui was in the MX-5 which he's in the early stages of converting into a track car. Conditions were wet all day (salt on the track meant that it never properly dried out) and well slippy. First session out, on RS-Rs, and I was just starting to enjoy the slidyness when I caught up Stui. We went round Druids tight together when he hung the back end out big style ... I backed off and sure enough he swung round 180degrees off to the right and unfortunately kissed the barrier side-on (but no major harm done). That section stayed treacherous all day (oil, I think), with non-existent turn-in and immediate side-slip with any positive throttle. Rest of circuit was great - with some lock on the centre diff and well-timed braking there was sharp turn-in, decent grip mid corner and lovely contollable oversteer on the exit. After first session I switched from RS-Rs to some RE070s which I wanted to use-up, which turned out to have a little less outright grip but were nicely progressive whilst sliding. The day was a great lesson in steering the scoob on the throttle. I remained on softish damper settings all day and just tweaked tyre pressures and centre-diff settings, which seemed pretty much spot-on. The only things to come past were a quick Evo 6 on 888s, a tracked-up old 5-series (dunno which one, sorry!) and surprisingly a 230bhp Megane on Pilot Sports. This was the most entertaining thing to watch, with the driver sawing wildly at the wheel everywhere, but wasn't actually that fast:

All in all, a top day. Now then, who fancies doing Anglesey track on 30th Jan for just