Lydden tomorrow..

[HairyCaldairy]

Anyone else attending? If you see a balding middle aged man in a Cooper S looking overwhelmed and a teeny bit scared on his first track day, that will be me!

[E-bmw]

Not going & haven't been to Lydden but aside of that good choice of car, I have one also for track use.

Take your time, do short stints & keep an eye on others to learn from, tuition is always a good bet if they are doing it yet.

[HairyCaldairy]

E-bmw said:

Not going & haven't been to Lydden but aside of that good choice of car, I have one also for track use.

Take your time, do short stints & keep an eye on others to learn from, tuition is always a good bet if they are doing it yet.

There are novice sessions so hopefully I’ll be in good company. 15 minutes each session, 6 of them. Sadly no tuition available due to the dreaded C19 otherwise I would have booked some up. I’ve done a bit of work on my Cooper S, 17% pulley and charger service, slightly bigger tyres and I have completely overhauled the cooling system, new water pump, hoses, header tank, radiator etc.
Fingers crossed that will have helped.

[rallycross]

How did you get on?

Lydden is one of my favourite circuits and the track days they organise are usually really good fun.

[HairyCaldairy]

rallycross said:

How did you get on?

Lydden is one of my favourite circuits and the track days they organise are usually really good fun.

Loved it. It was a real rush even though I was probably the slowest! All very well organised and, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but everyone on track was very respectful and safe. Car performed well, I was really chuffed with it. It burped a drop of coolant out in the first session but after that it was good as gold. There was a real mix off weather and track conditions and that added to the fun!
Definitely booking again.

Edited by HairyCaldairy on Sunday 23 May 16:59