Donington - Sat 13th March
Discussion
dannylt said:
YES!!! First track day of the year, very looking forward to it - hopefully in the Radical (though lots of maintenance required on friday afternoon), otherwise the Elise... Forecast was saying rain earlier, hope it doesn't - have brand new slicks waiting for flat through Craners
We went through at 126 last time Danny, that was fun enough
TVR Drivers are made of tough stuff!
You know before you open the curtains when there is snow outside...
That early light and deadened sound.
So dawned March 12th the TVRCC ARDS day at Silverstone.
Leigh (No.1 and only Son) and myself hooked up the trailer with Kevan Gores Cosworth powered Tasmin and headed into the blizzard. The rule here is that until we know the day is cancelled we have to make our way there.
Haha that was easier said than done. 15cms of snow while towing a trailer can be interesting. We passed the time watching other drivers skid majestically into certain parts of the scenery.
On arrival at Silverstone 07.30am it was evident that there would be no driving on the circuit.
The security guards were stopping people entering the circuit as it was considered dangerous to even drive on the access roads. Not so for our intrepid Club members though.
A plan was hatched to have some classroom tuition and take the written ARDS test. At least it would have made the effort and bravery somewhat worthwhile.
The drivers turned up over a period of an hour with great stories.
Cliff Jobson arrived in his Cerbera! Even those with 4x4s, ESP, ABS, etc. found the going tough so serious cred to Cliff.
Dave Reynolds stayed at a B&B in Silverstone village overnight but found his Griff could not be dug out of the snow so WALKED! to the circuit. In total we had a full compliment of 12 for the ARDS test. All passed the written test and now look forward to the next instalment with the driving tuition, assessment and fun Autotest.
Watch this space.
Long term weather forecast anyone!?
Steve Lewis
steve@b-chip.com
You know before you open the curtains when there is snow outside...
That early light and deadened sound.
So dawned March 12th the TVRCC ARDS day at Silverstone.
Leigh (No.1 and only Son) and myself hooked up the trailer with Kevan Gores Cosworth powered Tasmin and headed into the blizzard. The rule here is that until we know the day is cancelled we have to make our way there.
Haha that was easier said than done. 15cms of snow while towing a trailer can be interesting. We passed the time watching other drivers skid majestically into certain parts of the scenery.
On arrival at Silverstone 07.30am it was evident that there would be no driving on the circuit.
The security guards were stopping people entering the circuit as it was considered dangerous to even drive on the access roads. Not so for our intrepid Club members though.
A plan was hatched to have some classroom tuition and take the written ARDS test. At least it would have made the effort and bravery somewhat worthwhile.
The drivers turned up over a period of an hour with great stories.
Cliff Jobson arrived in his Cerbera! Even those with 4x4s, ESP, ABS, etc. found the going tough so serious cred to Cliff.
Dave Reynolds stayed at a B&B in Silverstone village overnight but found his Griff could not be dug out of the snow so WALKED! to the circuit. In total we had a full compliment of 12 for the ARDS test. All passed the written test and now look forward to the next instalment with the driving tuition, assessment and fun Autotest.
Watch this space.
Long term weather forecast anyone!?
Steve Lewis
steve@b-chip.com
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