Abingdon 12 April 2013 with Motorsport Events

[MX-5 Lazza]

Just booked myself onto this. Any more from TV&S joining in the fun?

[JEVS123]

I'll be there in two 968's...one orange and one black.

Make sure you say bonjour!

J

[MX-5 Lazza]

You must be a much better driver than me. I can only drive one car at a time

[Frimley111R]

And even that's debatable

[john_r]

Whats the surface at Abingdon like these days?

[MX-5 Lazza]

Last time I was there it was a typical airfield i.e not a perfect surface but no potholes and not too rough. Fine for a track day.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Is anyone here who is going to this Abingdon day who would be able to carry 4 MX5 wheels/tyres (195/50/15) in their car from Wokingham?

Our track car (Mk1 MX5) will be going but the track tyres are currently not road legal and it's hard to carry 4 wheels in an MX5 (or in 2 MX5s for that matter). Any help would be most appreciated

[Dump]

Hi lazza,

Im going to this based in stoke poges, and should able to give you a hand if yiu still struggling

J

[MX-5 Lazza]

Dump said:

Hi lazza,

Im going to this based in stoke poges, and should able to give you a hand if yiu still struggling

J

That would be good of you mate. You are in an MX5 too though so won't have a lot of spare space. I'll give you a shout nearer the time if I still need help then.

Until that time, if someone with a bigger car can offer help I'd be most grateful

[plumby2]

If you don't mind running them up there beforehand your welcome to store them in my room on camp untill the day if you can't find a way of getting them up there on the day.

[Dump]

More than likey taking two mx5's or a spare viano.

J

[chevy-stu]

I saw and thought maybe as I went a couple of years ago and had, but the organisers gave me loads of hassle re: the noise limits *
And the coned chicane set up at the far side really didn't suit my big beastie, but still had fun anyways..

• (before booking I called and checked to see what they measured at, as I don't rev my V8 past 5.5K revs, and they said no worries, they'll test me at 2/3 of max revs, about 3-3.5k rpm which I know is around 98db. Yet on the day insisted on 4.5k revs measured, which of course I failed.... much complaining and re-testing by the boss got me out on track but it was an avoidable hassle)

[MX-5 Lazza]

plumby2 said:

If you don't mind running them up there beforehand your welcome to store them in my room on camp untill the day if you can't find a way of getting them up there on the day.

Sorry mate, didn't mean to ignore you. I took Dump up on his offer - cheers Jason

[plumby2]

No problem have a good day, sure you will have more fun than I do running round and round the dam thing!!!

[MX-5 Lazza]

That was a great day! We were really lucky with the weather, it started wet but stopped raining in the morning and the track was pretty much bone dry after lunch.
The track layout was fun and the driving standards on the day were very good with nobody doing anything stupid. IMO these MSE track days are the best run days I've been on with firm but good humoured marshalling, pretty much the same standard as Lotus on Track.

Did anyone take any pictures or video? I forgot to do either. My mates in our track car had some video, I'll post some links up here when they are processed.

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Saturday 13th April 12:48

[JEVS123]

Yep it was a good day although my car was totally cakes in mud and gravel.

Here's a little bit of video from the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfEJyLWV8k&lis...