Marham Trackday write up

lolek · Post by **lolek** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:04 pm

fantastic day, was my first time on track (other than 1/4 miles) once i got over the fear of wrecking the car i really enjoyed it. has any one got any pics of my car (golf vr6 blue) on 3 wheels? was great meeting you lot aswell, glad the brake cleaner sort of worked james, did you take it with you on sunday and use it during the day?

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:12 pm

Hey! The problem was with the pads and not the disks, need a new pair! Also my new tyres I got on sunday morning need replacing as they're shot.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:41 pm

lolek wrote: has any one got any pics of my car (golf vr6 blue) on 3 wheels?

Have a pic of a Golf with a BP sticker in top left of screen and R Virtual Reality in the Driver's side. Is that yours? Definitely on 4 wheels though

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:40 am

lolek wrote:has any one got any pics of my car (golf vr6 blue) on 3 wheels?

i was behind you in session 4 i think? you were defo on 3 wheels then!! if you watch the footage in the vid section you might just make it out?

you were mainly doing it on the back corners and there wasn't many photographers in that area.

if you ordered a photo CD you might get lucky?

anyone thinking of going to the september one?

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:12 am

Yeah should be going to the september one just got to get some coilovers and new tyres!!!

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:41 am

Definitely up for another :-D

Naughty Magpie · Post by **Naughty Magpie** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:03 am

Thought I'd post up a picture of my "racing" Smart - 599cc of pure bigpower I reckon. It actually looks like it's moving! And my passenger's obviously not frightened enough! Can't believe someone thought it worth taking a pic of! Fantastic.

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:15 am

Well what a great day, i really enjoyed it and was good to really push my car hard and put all the latest modifications to the test.

I began to really get in the swing of things and thought i was going along well.
Only downside for me was that even though i taped the front of the car up i have now got some evil stone chips on the front of the car and i also went through a whole set of tyres, brake pads and discs!

I think that I enjoyed this track more than going round at Snetterton as you could push that little bit harder without the armco seeming about 2 foot away from you, think this is the way i will go with trackdays in the future.

Got to say i think some of the Focus boys need to learn a bit of trackday rules and the exotic car drivers really need to learn how to push those cars a bit harder rather than crawling round the corners and then planting it on the straight!! Still a great feeling sliding past a 100K Ferrari though!

I will definitely be up for the one later in the year and lets just hope the weather is as nice as it was for this one.

Big well done and thanks again to Keith Watson and all the organisers for putting on a fantastic day.

Post by **Ben** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:28 am

I'm with you ian, I so prefer airfield days - at least you have a better chance of not hitting an armco - plus it's the only time I'm not Captain Slow.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:23 am

Like you say, no armco certainly lets you explore the car's capabilities a bit more.

The other bit I like, is that, as it's most people's first time on the airfield tracks we all have to find the fast lines. It was quite entertaining watching some of the 'routes' taken