Donnington Show
Discussion
Well, Saturday has come, and myself and Littlegearl haven't gone to donington......
Because we're going tomorrow instead - a very good friend of mine from school is the demo driver on the Fisher Fury stand (his car is the fury demo car for the weekend), and has offered us a spin round the track on the Sunday if it isn't too busy...bit of a no-brainer there!
Because we're going tomorrow instead - a very good friend of mine from school is the demo driver on the Fisher Fury stand (his car is the fury demo car for the weekend), and has offered us a spin round the track on the Sunday if it isn't too busy...bit of a no-brainer there!
Was a cool day yesterday - lots and lots of nice cars to ogle at - including that looovely GT40 replica in the hall 
Didn't get a ride round the track though, my mate had a queue of paying customers, so it would have been a little out of order to give me a spin round the track - oh well, another time.
BTW, my mates car was the dark blue, '03 registered Fisher Fury, with the thin dark grey viper stripes down the bonnet, and the 2 litre Vauxhall XE lump - if anyone saw it
Didn't get a ride round the track though, my mate had a queue of paying customers, so it would have been a little out of order to give me a spin round the track - oh well, another time.
BTW, my mates car was the dark blue, '03 registered Fisher Fury, with the thin dark grey viper stripes down the bonnet, and the 2 litre Vauxhall XE lump - if anyone saw it
Did a few sessions on track. The morning sessions were very scary with numpties who shouldnt be allowed to go on the road let alone a track in particular a couple of hatchbacks. Afternoon was better despite the red flags due to various excursions to the gravel traps.
Weather was fantastic as was the track. I will be back
Weather was fantastic as was the track. I will be back
If it was a red Seat Cupra R and yellow Fiat Stilo Abarth, they were part of my trackday group. The standard of driving would vary greatly because there were some people driving who hadn't been to a trackday before, but they were under instruction all the time. They would also have been driven brilliantly half the time because the instructors were at the wheel 
It is fair to point out that none of the hot hatch drivers caused any stoppages, unlike the many, many other trackday drivers who managed to spin out or drive in an abysmal manner. Some of the worst driving I have ever encountered on a trackday, bad manners, dangerous moves, cars dumping oil etc.
I should point out that I rarely came across one of our group's hatches on a lap, so if they were driving badly I may not have seen them. Or it could have been me driving badly
It is fair to point out that none of the hot hatch drivers caused any stoppages, unlike the many, many other trackday drivers who managed to spin out or drive in an abysmal manner. Some of the worst driving I have ever encountered on a trackday, bad manners, dangerous moves, cars dumping oil etc.
I should point out that I rarely came across one of our group's hatches on a lap, so if they were driving badly I may not have seen them. Or it could have been me driving badly
I think about 3 engines grenaded on track throughout the day. Not the best advertising for the kit car market, but as only kit car enthusiasts were there it didn't really matter
I am still a bit embarrassed about moving over for a GTM on the main straight as I thought it was a yellow TVR Cerbera with Zertec lights. Wondered why he didn't blast past like I was expecting
I am still a bit embarrassed about moving over for a GTM on the main straight as I thought it was a yellow TVR Cerbera with Zertec lights. Wondered why he didn't blast past like I was expecting
was there a for a couple of hours and thought it was a good show...
some track driving was appaling... almost saw an accident between a RX-7 and a kit car as the kit car seemed to wave him past then swerve over and block him... RX-7 man was well sideways under braking!!!
the highlights of the track action was the guy CAINING his (i presume) ex-police Omega V6 round in the morning session so hard when it came it it fooking stank and was smoking and steaming...
and me mate Dave in his blue '03-plate Fisher Fury getting out of his car (after being on the track for about 3 hours) going "this is so much fun"... he was one of the fastest out there too...
...now got to save up for my OWN kit car...
some track driving was appaling... almost saw an accident between a RX-7 and a kit car as the kit car seemed to wave him past then swerve over and block him... RX-7 man was well sideways under braking!!!
the highlights of the track action was the guy CAINING his (i presume) ex-police Omega V6 round in the morning session so hard when it came it it fooking stank and was smoking and steaming...
and me mate Dave in his blue '03-plate Fisher Fury getting out of his car (after being on the track for about 3 hours) going "this is so much fun"... he was one of the fastest out there too...
...now got to save up for my OWN kit car...
littlegearl said:
was there a for a couple of hours and thought it was a good show...
I was a little disappointed in it really.... can't put my finger on why....
littlegearl said:
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the highlights of the track action was the guy CAINING his (i presume) ex-police Omega V6 round in the morning session so hard when it came it it fooking stank and was smoking and steaming...
We found that Omega amusing too.... there were regular chuckles from people around us when it came down the start/finish straight...... the other car that raised a few smiles too was the three-wheeled kit that was plodding around at about a quarter of the speed of everything else!
Saw the engine go in the yellow roadster..... saw it back in the lane behind the pit lane (at the kit car show entrance) afterwards..... the driver reckoned a valve had gone..... and also told everyone that the car was booked in for it's SVA next Friday!
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