UK 964 Track Day Club
03-14-2013, 02:38 PM
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Looks like pcgb track day list is out for 2013. Goodwood in mid may sounds appealing and the brands Indy novice event in June also.
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm...&key=
Be good to do Bedford and silver stone this year as well as haven't done them before
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm...&key=
Be good to do Bedford and silver stone this year as well as haven't done them before
They have also just added a date at Anglesey for Saturday 27th April. I'm waiting for confirmation of price but expecting it to be in the £200-£250 range. Non-PCGB members usually have to pay extra but I'll have a word with organizer to see if I can get the same rate for them.
Anyone interested in this? If there are a few of us then an overnight stop on the Friday in a local hostelry could be arranged!
p.s. Not done Anglesey myself but have heard it's a really good circuit:
http://www.angleseycircuit.com/
Anyone interested in this? If there are a few of us then an overnight stop on the Friday in a local hostelry could be arranged!
p.s. Not done Anglesey myself but have heard it's a really good circuit:
http://www.angleseycircuit.com/
So:Date: Saturday 27th April 2013
Venue: Anglesey circuit
Price: £250
Numbers: up to 50 (all Porsche)
Booking: Contact Boxsey who will e-mail you a booking form
Overnight stop on Friday 26th April: TBC
I'll be booking it as soon as we get back from Spa.
03-14-2013, 04:55 PM
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03-18-2013, 08:01 AM
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Snetterton is fantastic in the dry and par for the course in the wet... but... I find it really greasy in that intermediate period. The water somehow sits on the surface.
That said, I've done 7 or 8 track days now and two have been at Snetterton and I'm hooked. Great mix of speed and twist on the 300 circuit - is this what you're planning to do?
Bear in mind it's flat circuit so no exciting undulations but the run off appears decent and the bomb hole is a hoot.
That said, I've done 7 or 8 track days now and two have been at Snetterton and I'm hooked. Great mix of speed and twist on the 300 circuit - is this what you're planning to do?
Bear in mind it's flat circuit so no exciting undulations but the run off appears decent and the bomb hole is a hoot.
Masher - as you say, Bomb Hole is a hoot, or it was right up until I made a school boy error there resulting in me spearing off the track (in field), pirouetting three or four times quite happily until the drivers' side wheels dug in to soft ground and oh-so-nearly flipped the car over. I was within inches of rolling, as confirmed by the marshall. At that point I decided to call it a day.
Great fun regardless and starting to plan the next one.
03-19-2013, 04:32 AM
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Well Snetterton yesterday was great fun. I was a bit intimidated by the 10 or so race cars, half a dozen Radicals and a plethora of trailers and awnings in the car park but by the end of the day I actually managed to enjoy myself
Masher - as you say, Bomb Hole is a hoot, or it was right up until I made a school boy error there resulting in me spearing off the track (in field), pirouetting three or four times quite happily until the drivers' side wheels dug in to soft ground and oh-so-nearly flipped the car over. I was within inches of rolling, as confirmed by the marshall. At that point I decided to call it a day.
Great fun regardless and starting to plan the next one.
Masher - as you say, Bomb Hole is a hoot, or it was right up until I made a school boy error there resulting in me spearing off the track (in field), pirouetting three or four times quite happily until the drivers' side wheels dug in to soft ground and oh-so-nearly flipped the car over. I was within inches of rolling, as confirmed by the marshall. At that point I decided to call it a day.
Great fun regardless and starting to plan the next one.
I have tended to use the drain on the inside to hook into - not sure if that's the best line through there.I'm doing Bedford on April 27th as my next track day after Spa but if my purchase of a dedicated track car goes through I'll use that to find out what I've bought
03-19-2013, 08:47 AM
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I thought about going to Bedford on 27th too but it is the weekend after I get back from nearly a month in Oz and I suspect normal life may get in the way.
What do you have in mind for your dedicated track car?
What do you have in mind for your dedicated track car?
03-19-2013, 11:33 AM
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The front right locked up. That Armco was approaching fast, luckily it ended before I hit it.
Chief is still picking grass out from the underside. He was watching from the pit-wall. I don't think he was impressed!
03-19-2013, 04:06 PM
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[QUjOTE=BillyB;10312830]
What do you have in mind for your dedicated track car?[/QUOTE]
944 turbo. I've bought it but not collected it. The previous owner has completely rebuilt it to track spec whilst leaving it road legal. Sould be fun. Can't wait to get it back home.
What do you have in mind for your dedicated track car?[/QUOTE]
944 turbo. I've bought it but not collected it. The previous owner has completely rebuilt it to track spec whilst leaving it road legal. Sould be fun. Can't wait to get it back home.
03-19-2013, 04:13 PM
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[/QUOTE]Sounds like good fun
We need pics though
I had a 944S2 a few years ago as daily driver and it was a great car, I have also driven a track spec 944 which was very impressive
A track spec turbo is going to be quick
03-19-2013, 04:23 PM
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We need pics though
I had a 944S2 a few years ago as daily driver and it was a great car, I have also driven a track spec 944 which was very impressive
A track spec turbo is going to be quick
[/QUOTE]Is there a Porsche you've not owned!?
03-19-2013, 05:44 PM
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We need pics though
I had a 944S2 a few years ago as daily driver and it was a great car, I have also driven a track spec 944 which was very impressive
A track spec turbo is going to be quick
[/QUOTE]I'll post pics when I've got it home. Easter weekend looks like the date. Then I need to invest in some driver training when my wallet has recovered from buying this!
03-20-2013, 01:04 PM
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Finally got round to processing a bit of footage from the Oulton Park Porsche RS day back on 8 March. It was cold , wet , and I was slow and in a Zen trance state....anyway the visibility was not brilliant but the infamous Druids corner is included and clip fades out as head towards Lodge corner...GoPro on default settings