2013 Donington Trackday - UK 964 gathering
#81
Another stunning day at Donington (following a great social evening) and many thanks to Steve for organising this. Great to meet up with a number of you again - already looking forward to the next meeting
#82
Yes thanks Steve for organising once again. Great day and loved the bat mobile flames coming from Franks car.
I did manage to run into the back of a range rover évoque thingy on the way home though so back to the body shop it goes. Doh!
I did manage to run into the back of a range rover évoque thingy on the way home though so back to the body shop it goes. Doh!
#83
Oops. Trust you are OK but given the height difference of the cars I fear for the 964...
#85
Great seeing you all and meeting new faces.
It had been too long - very happy to have been back on track finally. Planning a few more this year.
Steve - as ever great day. Thank you.
Ouch! I'm sure the Evoque looks a lot better now
Did you get caught up in the bad traffic due to the overturned truck?
There were huge tail backs coming back to London. I peeled off into the fuel station to find it was closed.... a truck had come off the motorway, travelling all the way up a steep embankment and landed on it's side, a tennis court distance from the fuel station....
Emergency services were all over it - the truck looked in a very bad state...
It had been too long - very happy to have been back on track finally. Planning a few more this year.
Steve - as ever great day. Thank you.
Did you get caught up in the bad traffic due to the overturned truck?
There were huge tail backs coming back to London. I peeled off into the fuel station to find it was closed.... a truck had come off the motorway, travelling all the way up a steep embankment and landed on it's side, a tennis court distance from the fuel station....
Emergency services were all over it - the truck looked in a very bad state...
#86
Yes not sure who was more embarrassed, me for hitting him or him for driving an évoque!
Yeah mate couldn't believe it when I saw it on its side just after the services. Amazing the chaos when they close one lane.
Yeah mate couldn't believe it when I saw it on its side just after the services. Amazing the chaos when they close one lane.
#87
#88
What a brilliant day - again! What a great crowd, just sorry I missed the social last night.
But you losers all missed the best bit of the day! It dried up nicely and I stayed out until the chequered flag, so basically an hour straight sliding the car around - hilarious
I was grinning to myself for the first 3 hours of the journey home, the by 4th hour the boundless joy dissipated a little tbh. Jaisus traffic was terrible, I should have just done M1 M25 M23 home and instead I went M1 A43 M40 A404 M4 M25 M23 home, and pretty much every diversion I tried to avoid a crash had its own accident, in fact I think there were fewer offs on the track day!
But you losers all missed the best bit of the day! It dried up nicely and I stayed out until the chequered flag, so basically an hour straight sliding the car around - hilarious
I was grinning to myself for the first 3 hours of the journey home, the by 4th hour the boundless joy dissipated a little tbh. Jaisus traffic was terrible, I should have just done M1 M25 M23 home and instead I went M1 A43 M40 A404 M4 M25 M23 home, and pretty much every diversion I tried to avoid a crash had its own accident, in fact I think there were fewer offs on the track day!
#89
Still, you didn't get black flagged, which is a fairly major acheivement.
#90
Glad to hear you all enjoyed in chaps. Indeed it was great evening and day with a fantastic turnout of 964s. By coincidence I was out on track with Pete/Chief most of the time (as evidenced by Pete's videos above) and had some great fun sharing the track with them.
One of the highlights of the day for me was a passenger session in the other blue C2 belonging to Richard Lambert. It was amazing how quick a fairly standard C2 can go with a racing driver at the helm. Smooth and fast sums up his driving perfectly. I got out of his car knowing that there is a lot I need to learn about 911 driving!
One of the highlights of the day for me was a passenger session in the other blue C2 belonging to Richard Lambert. It was amazing how quick a fairly standard C2 can go with a racing driver at the helm. Smooth and fast sums up his driving perfectly. I got out of his car knowing that there is a lot I need to learn about 911 driving!