Leslie

Imlach

Was away yesterday so have only just seen your post.

I made that remark about the road being empty because of Saxo Boy's description in his original post. Your point is right of course if you are pushing your luck round a blind corner, John Bank's post underlines that, but his experience and being able to stop in the distance you can see ahead saved him that time. You are also right that it is quite possible to arrive at a critical point on a corner on a track day or during a race of course only to find someone else's accident going on. At least on a track everyone is trying to go in the same direction-big difference to road driving of course. It is all down to driving sensibly according to the prevailing conditions wherever you happen to be.
A track day is ideal for learning to improve your own car control and finding out what your car is capable of. Maybe it should be a secondary consideration how fast you are compared to the other drivers. If you feel you have to prove yourself against other drivers then get a competition licence and use it. I got the impression that Saxo Boy is bothered in this respect. More experience of life tends to convince you that this really does not matter so much-just the fact that you are improving your own skills is much more satisfying, and useful!

I prefer to be called "Les", it is just that the forum would only accept my full name when I registered.

Les

David_Wallis

Blue??