TRACKDAY and ACTIVITY WEEKEND! *Rockingham 22nd/23rd Sept*

[lower]

Did that Clio have a passenger in it? (I don't remember even seeing a burgundy Clio there A silver one I let past and then kept up with through the twisties, but no burgundy one...)

didn't notice a passenger. The burgandy clio only had one headlight, i'm assuming for a cold air feed.

The silver one was Tom, a 182. He snapped a couple of wheel bolts later in the day

[Tomiam]

One thing I have noticed is when instructors are in the car with a driver the first lap is very slow to show the driver the "correct" line and then gradually they will build up speed until the 20 minutes on track is up.
Also as the instructor is so busy erm... instructing and the driver is trying to concentrate on what the instructor is say whilst trying to follow a line, they often ignor traffic building up behind them. Pretty much the same when getting caught behind a learner driver on public roads...

Nod nod. I had instruction and at some points I felt like I was 'in the way' Its hard to concentrate and put into practice what you are being told at the same time as keep your car in a straight line and let people past.
At least I managed the first and last

[Tomiam]

There seemed to be a good standard of driving going on which is nice for a change, only a few pesky westfield type cars refusing to move out of the way.

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It was worth it!

Unfortunately my video camera was in photo mode unknown to me so I got no video from the day

Well... Considering the above photos, you might be interested in this short clip of yourself then
Nice flame burst on 2nd corner too
17mb file -- http://www.sendspace.com/file/dphn0j

Banked Corner - Exit 100mph+
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ios88a

Opps! Me and Instructor in Car.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/avlalk

[vashy]

thanks to garrick for the spare tyre (lifesaver!) and thanks to anna for the oil and the cheesecake! oh and for organising it, best weekend I've had in ages (:

pics coming up soon, no i-net at my new place yet O-:

[jonb-]

There seemed to be a good standard of driving going on which is nice for a change, only a few pesky westfield type cars refusing to move out of the way.

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It was worth it!

Unfortunately my video camera was in photo mode unknown to me so I got no video from the day

Well... Considering the above photos, you might be interested in this short clip of yourself then
Nice flame burst on 2nd corner too
17mb file -- http://www.sendspace.com/file/dphn0j

Banked Corner - Exit 100mph+
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ios88a

Opps! Me and Instructor in Car.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/avlalk

Tom,

Brilliant! Thanks for that, made my day.

I remember that lap well, if it had continued a bit it would have shown me finishing off that tyre

[Tomiam]

Np at all mate. Knew you'd like it

Also, I have video clips of the off roading - if anyone wants me to email them their 4x4 video, please just PM me. Ive got about 300mb of off road stuff - some of everyone in the 4x4 that was with me.

Plus - got Photos of the quad biking. Again, just PM me please as Im out of hosting space atm.

[Speedy]

Can you use FTP? If you can, I'll sort you out with a box to drop everything into.

[Tomiam]

Yep, I use WS_FTP.
No that conversant with it, but it seems to work for what I use it for. Would be great if you could. Now that Ive checked file sizes etc... The total size, just for the off road stuff, is about 1GB though. I have another bunch of stuff (photos / short video of Rockingham) which is less than 1GB too
Then the actual bullet cam stuff , which Im not sure people would be interested in as its just my car, which is err.. a bloody huge lot of files.

[jonb-]

Can't you just flickr / photobucket / imageshack / pisca the photos, I'd like to see them.

[Tomiam]

Funny you should say that... I just spent an hour resizing / picking some.
Photobucket, never used it but it cant be that hard. Will work it out and upload.

Rockingham - Banked Corner 1


Rockingham - Banked Corner 2


Rockingham - Accomodation 1


Rockingham - Accomodation 2


Rockingham - Other Track Cars 1


Rockingham - Other Track Cars 2


Rockingham - Queueing Up


Rockingham - MR2 Folks 1 (we're middle right ..err.. where the MR2's are..)


Rockingham - MR2 Folks 2


Rockingham - MR2 Folks 3


Rockingham - MR2 Folks 3

[Tomiam]

I think...
This should work http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee294/MR2_Tomiam/

[Speedy]

Great pictures. I'll give you an address by PM to upload the video stuff into (just leave it going) tonight.

glol @ still standing btw

[lower]

that's my car following you out on the left

[Speedy]

waa? - IIRC, that was an RX8

[nicedude1976]

It was my 3rd time on Rocky International Long, I was expecting worse mess with so many people, but I would say it was as usual (maybe except the red flags), not too busy, so I did enjoy it a lot again.

Driving standards - I have always experienced some nutters overtaking you without consent and not always on straights on ANY track days only because they were significantly faster, honestly havent experienced a difference in between BAT and other organisers in this respect (ok but I dont usually complain, rather try to watch mirrors etc)...

Next time I will probably do Rocky National with LOT, looks interesting

[Simarshy]

Thanks for organising the weekend Anna, me and my friends had a great time.

Was sorry to hear about the knock you had Turbo-G was a bit unlucky on the first time out but i'm sure it will be sorted in no time. Don't let it put you off!

Being the first trackday I've done in the UK I was a little confused with the overtaking, I always waited for concent (other then that burgendy clio, which as previously mentioned was a really pain) but a few people never gave it and others just overtook when they felt like it.

On the whole though was good fun, and I'll definatly be doing some more next year (and not spending the whole day with stupid rear damper settings on)

Si

[lower]

waa? - IIRC, that was an RX8

doh!

[mr2mk1chick]

Being the first trackday I've done in the UK I was a little confused with the overtaking, I always waited for concent (other then that burgendy clio, which as previously mentioned was a really pain) but a few people never gave it and others just overtook when they felt like it.

Si

I would have reported any dodgy moves, as the track peeps don't know if you don't tell'em.
I personally try to always wait for consent, or more often than not am the one pulling over for faster cars.
Its not worth the risk of an accident by breaking the rules, and anyone putting my car at risk will get a word from me if i bump into them later too.
but i didn't get caught in any stupid driving so thats cool