Today at Snetterton
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Fantastic day at Snetterton today. Brilliant crowd last night at the hotel, great to see you all again and to meet some new faces.
Daniel, what can I say? The Radical is the most impressive car I have ever been in and your driving was fantastic. Thanks for taking me out, that was best track experience of my life. I drove 100% better after watching your lines and style of driving. Hope you are going to Folembray mate..
See you all soon!!
Flash.
Daniel, what can I say? The Radical is the most impressive car I have ever been in and your driving was fantastic. Thanks for taking me out, that was best track experience of my life. I drove 100% better after watching your lines and style of driving. Hope you are going to Folembray mate..
See you all soon!!
Flash.
What a fantastic day after threatening rain! Yep, the Radical is pretty flattering as well as being utterly devastating - very happy indeed with it! Mind you, after letting racer & instructor Austin Kinsella drive me round I realise there's a whole new style and set of skills to learn!
Roll on Folembalooble and the warm weather...
danny
Roll on Folembalooble and the warm weather...
danny
It was superb! Thanks to everybody involved in making it happen.
The Radical was awesome, and like Danny, I have some serious food for thought after sitting in my car while Jay Shepperd drove me around - AMAZING!
Also, note to self: brake later, the car WILL go round the bend! Was able to do 95 or so round turn 1 but was still too wary of both the esses. Once we'd put full wing on the car, Coram was huge fun and pretty much flat out!
The Radical was awesome, and like Danny, I have some serious food for thought after sitting in my car while Jay Shepperd drove me around - AMAZING!
Also, note to self: brake later, the car WILL go round the bend! Was able to do 95 or so round turn 1 but was still too wary of both the esses. Once we'd put full wing on the car, Coram was huge fun and pretty much flat out!
Brilliant fun and well organised as always. Tuscan definitely now in need of some TLC however - too many red shift lights I suppose. Anyone here know if the chap who stuffed his Cerbera into the tyre wall at Russell on the final red group session is OK. Car was a real mess - hope he wasn't. Cheers.........M
What stuff up at Russell? I was in the red group but had to leave before the last session. I only recall one other Cerby in there with me - the gorgeous yellow 4.5 with anthracite spiders belonging to Cirvy. Please don't tell me he pranged it.. it was going SO well.
I'd like to add my thanks to the organisers (and I was just going to complement them on a day without serious incident). Fab day, fab circuit (my first time at Snet), good to meet you AndrewD and next time I'll grab that lift!
Now, where did I put those new pads, fluid, tyres etc?
I'd like to add my thanks to the organisers (and I was just going to complement them on a day without serious incident). Fab day, fab circuit (my first time at Snet), good to meet you AndrewD and next time I'll grab that lift!
Now, where did I put those new pads, fluid, tyres etc?
Beej,
Unfortunately I think it was Cirvy’s Cerbera. It looked fine as they towed it in from where we were standing but then we saw the o/s had rather heavy scraps and a broken window, glad to hear no one was badly hurt.
So you managed to burn up those tyres then
hoping to blag a ride in your new toy when you get it!
Unfortunately I think it was Cirvy’s Cerbera. It looked fine as they towed it in from where we were standing but then we saw the o/s had rather heavy scraps and a broken window, glad to hear no one was badly hurt.
So you managed to burn up those tyres then
hoping to blag a ride in your new toy when you get it! 
Cheers Paul and Andrew. Yes I had a rather large moment at Sear (hit the lock stops on opposite and couldn't catch the swing back so we went round and round) - that basically warmed up/destroyed the rears, so I did my best to kill the front n/s as well. Now that SO2s are all gone, I thought I'd try the Toyos.
Was I the only person to boil their brake fluid? C'mon, you just weren't trying hard enough. Those 3, 2, 1 brake boards are exactly that.. 3, 2, 1 wait for it... now stand on them.
As for the (lack of) track car, Caterham apologised and are sending the trailer down tomorrow to pick up the Nelson Ledges car - so I'm not booking anything until I know the diagnosis.
If Cirvy reads any of this.. sorry about your brakes and even sorrier to hear about the damage. Hope it hasn't put you off.
Was I the only person to boil their brake fluid? C'mon, you just weren't trying hard enough. Those 3, 2, 1 brake boards are exactly that.. 3, 2, 1 wait for it... now stand on them.
As for the (lack of) track car, Caterham apologised and are sending the trailer down tomorrow to pick up the Nelson Ledges car - so I'm not booking anything until I know the diagnosis.
If Cirvy reads any of this.. sorry about your brakes and even sorrier to hear about the damage. Hope it hasn't put you off.
I think I was lucky.
Once everyone was signed in (WTF don't the car club send out duplicate Octagon Motorsport indemnity forms for passengers, almost EVERYONE had to fill one out on the day making the queue ridiculous!) the event kind of ran itself so I managed to blag rides in;
James' Ultima - central heating to die for
Tom's Tuscan - quicker down the straights than the Ultima
JeremyC's Caterham Superlight R - wooooahhhh!!!!
Danny's Radical - serious SERIOUS piece of kit...
I doubt I'll ever do a lap of Snetterton faster that those in the Radical, what a totally manic machine!
Unfortunately the red flags for the Cirvy accident reduced the number of laps in the 'Snetterton Taxi' (my diesel Merc) to just 2. Considering the understeer I was getting out of Sear that was probably a very good thing.
Once everyone was signed in (WTF don't the car club send out duplicate Octagon Motorsport indemnity forms for passengers, almost EVERYONE had to fill one out on the day making the queue ridiculous!) the event kind of ran itself so I managed to blag rides in;
James' Ultima - central heating to die for
Tom's Tuscan - quicker down the straights than the Ultima
JeremyC's Caterham Superlight R - wooooahhhh!!!!
Danny's Radical - serious SERIOUS piece of kit...
I doubt I'll ever do a lap of Snetterton faster that those in the Radical, what a totally manic machine!
Unfortunately the red flags for the Cirvy accident reduced the number of laps in the 'Snetterton Taxi' (my diesel Merc) to just 2. Considering the understeer I was getting out of Sear that was probably a very good thing.
Peter - you'll lap faster for sure if you come back next year and we have nice sunny weather again! I was just building up nerve until your jinx caused my only problem of the day with the water temp sensor falling off :-)
Seriously though, for a truly amazing experience you needed a ride with Austin driving - just imagine turning in carrying almost all the straightline speed, then braking hard, turning hard and changing down hard simultaneously in the few metres before the apex - awesome! Bring him back next year! I think he holds a few outright lap records in the UK set with an SR3.
danny
Seriously though, for a truly amazing experience you needed a ride with Austin driving - just imagine turning in carrying almost all the straightline speed, then braking hard, turning hard and changing down hard simultaneously in the few metres before the apex - awesome! Bring him back next year! I think he holds a few outright lap records in the UK set with an SR3.
danny
For the amazing experience, ditto what Danny's just said, about Jay Shepherd who took my SR3 out. Bejaysus!
Accelerating hard AFTER the 1 marker board into the esses at the end of Revetts, to overtake, off the racing line, yet somehow pile through those esses whilst braking, changing down, and turning the steering wheel. Defied belief!
Accelerating hard AFTER the 1 marker board into the esses at the end of Revetts, to overtake, off the racing line, yet somehow pile through those esses whilst braking, changing down, and turning the steering wheel. Defied belief!
Not too late to say thanks to Andrew for a great day.
Not just the track but good thrash over the night before and back to Gloucestershire on the day.Surprisingly little traffic.
Only just made it to a garage though.Used gallons and gallons on the track. Too much right foot.
Special thanks to Kerridges who fixed my oil pressure (or lack of) on the spot and allowed me to do one last run.Many thanks.
Trundle
Not just the track but good thrash over the night before and back to Gloucestershire on the day.Surprisingly little traffic.
Only just made it to a garage though.Used gallons and gallons on the track. Too much right foot.
Special thanks to Kerridges who fixed my oil pressure (or lack of) on the spot and allowed me to do one last run.Many thanks.
Trundle
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