RAF marham 14/15th april....

[jimminy cricket]

i went yesterday and this is my day....

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[NotNormal]

I was there yesterday, was an awesome day and well organised. Did have to chuckle at yellow smart car with the pistonheads sticker on the back, my god how slow

F40 and Ultima's were extremely quick all day and a joy to watch.

BTW. I was in the little red Corsa going pretty well and having lots of fun

[Naughty Magpie]

NotNormal said:

I was there yesterday, was an awesome day and well organised. Did have to chuckle at yellow smart car with the pistonheads sticker on the back, my god how slow

LOL - I know! Sorry about that - my Cobra broke down the day before & as I'd paid £100, thought I'd take SOMETHING round! At least I only took it out for about 30 minutes in the whole day - was a complete laugh. I was pretty gutted about the Cobra - I'd only managed about 40 minutes driving when it went bang & broke the front suspension.

I didn't dare take the Smart out for any longer as it was terrifying taking the bottom corner at 80mph & realising that it won't go round a corner & plus I was definitely annoying 99% of the drivers out there!

[Seademon]

Had a really good day at Marham yesterday! I did a couple of laps in my mates white sapphire cosworth, 1st time I'd driven a turbo'd rear wheel drive car but I only managed to spin twice ha ha

If anyone has any good pics of white sapphire cosworth, white Mitsi Evo 2, clio cup & a black N reg skyline GTS I'd love to see them - thanks

[mtv dave]

Naughty Magpie said:

NotNormal said:

I was there yesterday, was an awesome day and well organised. Did have to chuckle at yellow smart car with the pistonheads sticker on the back, my god how slow

LOL - I know! Sorry about that - my Cobra broke down the day before & as I'd paid £100, thought I'd take SOMETHING round! At least I only took it out for about 30 minutes in the whole day - was a complete laugh. I was pretty gutted about the Cobra - I'd only managed about 40 minutes driving when it went bang & broke the front suspension.

I didn't dare take the Smart out for any longer as it was terrifying taking the bottom corner at 80mph & realising that it won't go round a corner & plus I was definitely annoying 99% of the drivers out there!

Ouch Hannah! I just read in the PHEA section about your woes. Sorry to read and see how the car looks. I'm sure you can sort it all and it'll be as good as new.

Good on you for taking the Smart car out. I bet it was a bit of a hoot!

[NotNormal]

Shame on the car Mr Magpie but as you say would be daft not to drive something round the track, as said made me chuckle

Mr Seadeamon, I have a vid of the white Saf when it pedulum'd in fron of the crowd resulting in the spin and MASSES of smoke when re-joining. Its about 30meg though - eek !

[jimAtr]

I was at Marham on Sunday in one of the Black Accord Type-R's, had a great day and only one spin, i think the white cossie was behind me and span as well, I have a bit of video of it

Some padock pictures are here -> www.tu012.demon.co.uk//pictures/rafmarham/

[stew-typeR]

absolutely loved saturday. massive fun out on track. was a nice layout. shame about the stone chips.

shame about the problems some people faced(hannah with the ball joint etc).

stew (black ITR)

[garyfrogeye]

Sorry to see the Cobra on the outfield.
Mine was the little red Frogeye (AKA the moving chicane) circulating 100mph slower than anyone else.
Only jst touched 100mph down the straight but oh what what fun around the twisty bits.
If anyone has any images of my frog please let me know as my camera packed up within five minutes of arriving at the track!
Thanks to all at RAF Marham for a fantastic day. This trackday virgin is now hooked.
Gary

[GTS 029]

Great day out and the smartie was hilarious. I was a bit gutted to split the intake hose into the throttle body so could'nt hold any boost!!Arse!

I was in the supercharged (although it may as well not have been) Holden GTS

[Davemurphy007]

NotNormal said:

BTW. I was in the little red Corsa going pretty well and having lots of fun

You mean that very (read: suprisingly) nippy little red Corsa blatting around on the Sunday???

Yeah that was a bit tasty...........saw you coming up behind me on the back straight and thinking.........that shouldn't be overtaking me that easily??? Proper little sleeper that.........well......nearly

Then I saw the reg and everything made sense

Dave (dark blue Ford Focus - FFOCer)

[NotNormal]

Thats me, had soo much fun . I think next time though I need a few more sets of tyres as a couple of sessions had the F1's totally rinsed at the front.

Was getting 132 down the main straight (low ratio g'box) but seemed to carry good speed through the corners which helped.

Does anyone know what some of the more high powered cars were getting down the main straight as some of those Supra's when past me like i was standing still ?

[Mark in Ireland]

I was hitting 140-145 at the brake marker most times depending on what the boost felt like doing. I was in the lone silver Saab 9000. Fantastic day, very heavy on tyres though.

[spicjt]

I also managed 140-145 in my M3 - but not only the tyres the brakes were taking a beating too! all good fun though!

[Mark in Ireland]

Most of my power seem to be sapped away when I got close to this Lambo....

[karlosfandango]

garyfrogeye said:

Sorry to see the Cobra on the outfield.
Mine was the little red Frogeye (AKA the moving chicane) circulating 100mph slower than anyone else.
Only jst touched 100mph down the straight but oh what what fun around the twisty bits.
If anyone has any images of my frog please let me know as my camera packed up within five minutes of arriving at the track!
Thanks to all at RAF Marham for a fantastic day. This trackday virgin is now hooked.
Gary

Great to see something different!! The only problem I had with your car is it may have given me early onset Bronchitis You forget how useful a cat is

[garyfrogeye]

Great to see something different!! The only problem I had with your car is it may have given me early onset Bronchitis You forget how useful a cat is
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Are you intimating that burning 1 litre of oil every 100 miles is unusual?
You have me to thank for the current warm weather.

[tjdixon911]

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Does anyone know what some of the more high powered cars were getting down the main straight as some of those Supra's when past me like i was standing still ?[/quote]

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I was hitting 140 with the odd occasion (once I think) hitting 145, I think with a little more confidence I could have got a bit more as I was braking/slowing early for the right hander, plus I wasn't doing too well exiting the corner onto the main straight! I didn't know how to take that corner really, I think it was the width that I struggled with...

[cosrush]

Sunday was excellent :-)

Spoke to some of you as well on here (Red Corsa and the Holden), sadly I didn't my car with me though.

It was nice to be able to chat to other petrol heads about their cars and the like, and found most people really approachable.

Whether I get my car back on the road or not next time, I'll definitely go even if its just as a spectator ;-)

[garyfrogeye]

I hit 100mph (once) down the straight and that's with a lusty 67 bhp. Just wait till next year when I have an extra 10 bhp. You'll all be sorry then.