All those at the SIDC for organizing the event and organization during the day, Stef, Pete, Rob, Harj and those I have missed.

Thanks to the following for entertaining me.

Scott in his awesome Evo6 GSR, the way these things get the power down is unbelievable.

Sam in his modded Impreza some strange lines at times including a short cut across the grass. Only joking M8

Dingy, the MK2 had slicks fitted and was eventually allowing him to get some power down. 440bhp/ton really pushes you into the seat.

Matt (Type R) This Civic may not have awsome grunt out of the bends but it doesn't need it, carries all the speed through the bends. Hard for me to describe the way it goes through Craners, it was embarrassing some serious machinery today.

To everyone else I saw today it was nice to meet you all again. Lets hope its a bit warmer next time.

Lee

 

Well it certainly beats a Sunday in front of the TV but it was cold and foggy to start with.......

Nice to finally meet some of those I've spoken to on Scoobychat - Harj, Doc, Puff and ChrisP. <edit> Also thanx to Graham Cowland for the advice on strut braces and the like.

I must also say that although I originally had grave doubts over the new wrx, seeing Pete's today has certainly swayed my opinion. I know aesthetically it's just wheels and the spoiler (I think anyway), but it definately looks much better. It looks like it goes alright as well

Til next time,

David

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Really great day out. Big thanks to harj for the ride out. Scott and Sam who came down from Scotland for the strange but exciting rides round(never seen Donno completly sideways before. Must be the scotish way!!!)
and to everyone else who makes it what it is.
Looking forward to the next one.

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Boy was it cold .

Great to meet up with the boys and girls again.

Few pictures form the day on my site ;

 

Top Pics Chris!

Andy

 

Yes I`ve gotta say what a great day.
First time on track in the Skyline and I hope you boys enjoyed it as much as me and Steve.
Nice to meet the faces behind the names.
Will see you all again and next time hopefully I can bring my car along for a giggle.

 

Chris,

That new shape looks quite nice on picci what about in the flesh.

Cheers

 

WHAT A WEEKEND 4 ME!!!!

Sam + Scott came down from Scotland to stay in Nottm.
We went out saturday nite 4 a meal then round town/late nite club!!!!had a 'wicked' nite with them, the two girls + craigamonus!!!! back about 1am!!! not toooo late,

arranged to meet them with the others of the Nottm POSE to convoy to Dono.

they had a great day at dono (1st time on track at dono 4 them!)
i had some good rides in the Evo6 + the modded scooby!
as Lee says some funny lines were taken by Sam!!! lol he got better as the day went on lol very quick UK scooby indeed!
Evo is just awesome!!!! more mods on it than a Vespa owner!!!!!!!lol

will see them again definately.


thanks everyone else!!!

there was better track day ettiquette this time lads!!!


what about the Skyline????? wow!
monster!!!!................
i want one.


Phil

 

whooped the skyline......through craner and out powered it up the hill


bring it on....

need AP's

 

But he managed to drive it home.

Only joking Steve, have you got it sorted?

Lee

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by paul w:
<B>Chris,

That new shape looks quite nice on picci what about in the flesh.

Cheers[/quote]


Looks really good in the flesh, in the pit lane I didnt hear one bad comment all day and plenty of good comments. Looks like a proper impreza now . Just needs the WRC headlamps IMHO and I maybe tempted . I think Mr C will sell quite a few of those spoilers .


cheers

chrisp

 

Went home to get a new pump....tis fixed and in the garage.....

Oh and it didn't cost me over 30K....

 

Aye,

big thanks to Stef et al for organising the day, and the guys who gave me a ride - i never once pressed the passenger-side brakes

There are a few piccies at

 

Thanks Harj for the ride ... enjoyed it immensely (and at least I wasn't sick )

Stef,

do I get my tenner back seeing as I didn't get to drive

Had a great day ... looking forward to the next one.

 

Hi all was a great day,nice to put faces to names,top cars all round nice to see ANDY TANG'S motor back sparkling agine,notts boys i'll have to meet for a blast soon!! cheers tommy.

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by dingy:
<B>whooped the skyline......through craner and out powered it up the hill


bring it on....

need AP's[/quote]
Guess I wasnt driving it in that session then M8

 

Indeedy....what a superb day.

SIDC for sorting it all out...
The hands of tires NH for not feeling the cold.
Stef for his walkie talkie antics

Thanks to Mr Fog for final lifting so we could get some time out on the track.

On the whole I think the more thorough drivers briefing worked out quite well, the track seemed a much safer place to be. I remember back to my first time and its quite un-nerving having a car home in on your butt...well done to the newcommers today you were all pretty well behaved.

As always great to see you bunch...

(you know how you are...I won't name names )

...and thanks to quite a few of you for balancing out the weight of my car by sitting in the passengers seat...hope you all had fun I did

Even my 12 year old little girl enjoyed traveling round the melbourne hairpin a bit sideways

so....whens the next one

Ian



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Was a great day today, cheers to Stef for the organising. Couldn't help staying out as I had a huge on my face all day, Melbourne loop is awesome as I got the back out a few times with a little help from my handbrake friend LOL

Hope Lou_C is ok as the 15 min non stop run was a little jaunting for her I got 1h30m on tape today and it looks great even though Dingy chickened out and ducked into the pits when I was flashing him to move its true that these Cossy boys don't like being overtaken with a 150BHP lesser car LOL

David Brown and I had a little blat and what handling that Exige has, simply undescribable. Steve and Birdy in the Skyline was good fun as it was Steve's 1st time on track and he done a great job controlling the beast, but I think he needs a better coach that Birdy LOL

Apologies to those who I couldn't take out as there were so many people but not enough time.

Harj...
Harj...

 

Enjoyed what action there was in the morning before I had to nip off for the afternoon.

As cold as ever, although the fog was a new visitor.

How come the cafe wasn't open again?

Photo's can be had here:

 

Yep

Great day eventually.

Impressed by David's Exige and Matt's Civic especially the way they handled the Esses and Hairpins. (hope the car's ok Matt)

Highlight 4 me was trying to keep within 1 car length of Puff to record him on video for 30 mins flat out. Unbeknown to us tape ran out on first lap

Big thanks as always to the commitee members for their time and effort and to the star guys from Tyres Northampton.

DJ

 

Thanks to all for organising it, and everyone for making it a brilliant day!

Thanks to Nito for convincing me to sign my life away, and a special thanks to the two Dave's!!

Dave Lewis - Thanks for taking me for a spin, and showing me how it was done! Solid driving from a top bloke. It only showed me how much I need to learn!!!

Dave Brown - Thanks for taking my girlfriend, Caroline for a spin. I know there was a BIG queue to ride with you, but thanks again for being good to your word! She was most impressed, and I think her work mates will be bored of the story by Monday afternoon!!!

Nice to meet a lot more people, and thanks for the interest in my car!! Back on the road again!!!

Cheers
Andy

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by dingy:
<B>whooped the skyline......[/quote]

Pff! Who didn't ? with either driver (having said that, it was his first track day.. so can't blame a guy for taking things carefully - respect)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by salsa-king:<B>Evo is just awesome!![/quote]

Another one or two whooped (running on 3-cylinders BlowDog ? )

Shame I wasn't on the same part of the track as Dingy

I had a great day, managed to get my lines right, and got on the pace once my brakes warmed up (damn yellowstuffs) but once they had, I had a blast.

And if you thought the car was nippy.. just wait till I've got the supercharger fitted for the next Dono - Handling + Power

Apologies to all those I couldn't take out today, as is the way, things get queued up to the end of the day - perhaps next time.

Don't forget the golden rule, the good lookin' girls get priority



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Wow, what an entertaining day had all round in the end. Thanks David for the passenger ride in the Exige, top motor, apologies for leavin th window open when your missus was in the car.

Great ettiquette on track today, car was running so so sweetly. Looking forward to next one.

Cars fine, its a Honda - Bullet proof

Did anyone get any piccies or video of my three wheeled Civic ? LOL

Just go's to show size doesn't matter.

Matt

 

Type R

Just mailed you one, not a great camera so the detail's not too great but you can see your inside rear off the road!

Am in process of thumbnailing/eradicating number plates of the rest of my pix, will post link later, was hoping to sort it tonight, but am too tired now, I blame Steve Lawson, Danny Fisher, Dave Lewis and Tony T5NYW Walls for leading me astray in the Thistle bar last night...

Absolutely top day, thanks to all that organised it. I thought the general standard of driving and etiquette today was superb, and the format of the day meant that there weren't too many cars on the track at any one time, so as a relative beginner I wasn't constantly having to ease off to let the better guys through.

Cheers

Simon

 

OT!

Simes,

Arles Image Web Page Creater is the business for thumbnailing and making HTML pages. Saves me loads of time.

 

Great day. Thanks to those who made it so. You know who who are.

Best thing for me was behaviour on track. So much improved, and so much better whether you were overtaking or being overtaken.

Roll on Springtime!!!

Richard Hopkins

 

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT Day.

Thankyou to the organisers and to all that were there.

This circuit is fantastic. Fast sweeping and undulating, a real tyre killer, mmmm and brakes too. Managed to warp my front discs, severely. But they held out brilliantly all day and even after 15 hard laps, in one stint!! No worries . Loads of sideways action and plenty overtaking.

This circuit is fast damn fast and scary too with hard 100mph+ plunging corners where your hanging on for dear life, well my passenger certainly was. Poor Johnny wasn’t to impressed though, managed to make him feel sick, twice!! He said that he nearly had to ask me to stop mid track and let him out. Hehehehehe.

And as for those so called fast Evo's PAH !! Only slightly quicker on the straights but pu$$y's around them corners. One even spun out on a corner right in front of me, a complete 360degree spin. I had no where to go . Now that was cool!!


Thanks to everyone again. See you next time.

Mark

 

As usual, a crackin` day..........

big thanks to Mike Tuckwood and his superb handling Type R for the ride round and to Jase Cooper, black Type R for the sideways action , hope ya got the tyres sorted.

Good to see the Midlands posse again, you know who you all are, ce ya all at the Midlands meet next Sunday, it`ll be a blast.

Paul

 

Great day! Cheers to all that organised it.

Can't believe how well behaved everybody was on track - people moved over quickly and I saw no dodgy overtaking etc. Much more enjoyable this time.

Yeah Matt (Civic) - I've got 2 bits of video footage following you (then overtaking you ) I will see if I can make a mpeg/some pics for you.

Cheers to Curtis and Steve Lawson for taking the time to look at my overboost problem - seems OK now.

Good to catch up with everyone else.

Rich
(Silver UK MY00 W46* EWL reg) ...if anybody has any pics

 

What a top day!

Even the fog and freezing cold couldn't detract from it! Cheers to Harj for the early few laps alongside me.

ChrisB - some great photos (1 of me )
Thanks to all who organised it, Pete C for the last minute brake pads (I seem to destroy a set every 20 laps!) and Mark from NH tyres for having endless patience......

Good cruise up too - got some great video footage

Southern lot - see you at the next Quays meet

Ben

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