Autocar Track Day
Discussion
Did anybody notice the Bedford trackday results in todays Autocar. In a field including TVR, 360, 550, Punto Sporting various Porkers (including Tiff in a Turbo)and other exotica the slowest car of the day was a Boxster and the fastest a Mk1 Golf.
Okay the Golf was a bit special but the driver was almost as fast in his other less radical Golf.
Food for thought?
Okay the Golf was a bit special but the driver was almost as fast in his other less radical Golf.
Food for thought?
I did the inaugral 'How Fast?' day last year in a Type R Accord. Probably the same guy in the Golf who did rather well last year, come about third if memory serves me right behind a factory preped Caterham R500 driven by the Autocar staffers.
Whilst thinking the driver of the Boxter may not have been very brave. It is a damn difficult track to learn. No refference points anywhere being on a dead flat airfield. We only got a couple of very short practice periods and one shot at a fast lap.
Not nice approaching a corner and not knowing if your about to go left or right, makes picking the line a touch difficult. He may have flumped his one fast lap?
It seemed to me all the fast people last year had done at least one track day there previously, and some even had the chance the day before.
How did I do? Came about mid field, 55/100 I think! Still a Griff 500 was way behind me.
Whilst thinking the driver of the Boxter may not have been very brave. It is a damn difficult track to learn. No refference points anywhere being on a dead flat airfield. We only got a couple of very short practice periods and one shot at a fast lap.
Not nice approaching a corner and not knowing if your about to go left or right, makes picking the line a touch difficult. He may have flumped his one fast lap?
It seemed to me all the fast people last year had done at least one track day there previously, and some even had the chance the day before.
How did I do? Came about mid field, 55/100 I think! Still a Griff 500 was way behind me.
Know just what you mean about the reference points. I've yet to ride in an Ultima but I took a Chevron around Llandow about 20 years ago and the view must be pretty similar (goldfish bowl), took an awfull lot of acclimatisation and even then not easy. Can you imagine what it would be like racing at Sebring, scarey! Its a lot easier in a Saloon, easier still in a Caterham with cycle wings, strangely I found the Super Seven type winged 7 difficult to place.
Keep up the good work Paul, we need more cars like yours to encourage others to dare to be different.
Keep up the good work Paul, we need more cars like yours to encourage others to dare to be different.
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