snetterton anyone?

[DB1]

hi im in norwich, about 10mins from the snet. would anyone be interested ina mr2 day at the snetterton track.

i think it would be a good day for the OC's to get together and show each other what were made of.
Or just the IMOC.

what do you think? i will do the donkey work if neccessary. prices etc.

let us know in this post.

dean

[peterjf]

Hi Dean

I'm interested, possible two cars, depending on when etc.

Peter

[kaiowas]

Snetterton is only down the road from us, certainly interested depending on price/date.

[DB1]

just contacted snet.
spoke to a guy called alex there who takes the bookings, he is going to email me all the relevant info/options.
ill give it good read and post the best options up tomo morning.

keep posting if you r interested though, the more the merrier (cheaper)

[Rowland]

I'd defo be interested...

[Mikey P MR2]

i would be very intrested (have to be school summer holidays or weekend though) have family in Attleborough (just down the road from stetterton) too so have some where to stay.
Its a good track too.

[mr2mk1chick]

would need to be a weekend and open pit format

[roboliver]

Weekend and open pit would be good for me, well up for some track days, just getting my tin top up and ready!

[afennell]

Could be up for this depending on dates. Is this the test track that 5th gear use?

[System-G]

Is this the test track that 5th gear use?

They may have done one or two things there. They usually film at Anglesey or Cadwell.

[Rowland]

With all due respect this thread hasn't really come to much so I'm gonna book this date. Open pit lane -->

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/snett ... uctID=4250

[System-G]

I think at £194 for two drivers mid-week is a bit steep
Also no chance of me getting time off

[Rogue]

With all due respect this thread hasn't really come to much so I'm gonna book this date. Open pit lane -->

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/snett ... uctID=4250

Looks attractive at that price and with an open pit lane. I'll most likely still do the test day on the day after - I really need to know what lap times I'm putting in and not be held up by traffic I can only only overtake by consent. We'll roll up with the race team on Thursday evening so we'll probably cross paths.

I've phoned Snetterton and let them know you're racing there at the weekend and to keep an eye on you for timing and stuff. Just so you know, I had a guy testing at Snetterton this week and he was lapping consistenly in the 1:26's. Eugene O'Brien jumped in the car for a couple of laps and put in a 1:25.6!

Patrick

[Rowland]

1.25.6 is damn fast - Who is this Eugene fellow? Presumably he has prior experience of the circuit/car?
From memory 1.28 was fast last year, 1.27 was very fast on the Falken ZE512's.
To shave two seconds off at Snet is some going given the circuit layout with only a tyre change to R888's alone.



The test day is obviously ideal as far as I'm concerned too, but escalating prices lately (~400 GBP for the day) plus the fact a family friend is longing for a shared drive trackday means my decision is somewhat decided already...



Rowland


Ps: Unless I have a financial windfall and can do both...

[Rogue]

1.25.6 is damn fast - Who is this Eugene fellow? Presumably he has prior experience of the circuit/car?

From his website (http://www.eugeneobrien.co.uk):

Eugene is an ex-BTCC works driver and multiple British Champion in Single- Seaters and Sports Cars. BRDC member Eugene started his career in Formula Ford and Formula Vauxhall-Lotus where he raced against and beat several Grand Prix names to be, including Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Mika Hakkinen. He then went on to race in the televised BTCC for the factory Peugeot team before a highly successful foray into sports cars winning in Sports 2000 and Pro-Sport 3000 and set the GT2 Class lap record in the Le Mans 24 hours.

Not wanting to lose touch with grass-roots racing Eugene has recently competed in categories as diverse as MX5s, Citroen 2CVs, Radicals and Britcar. In 2007 he and two of his students became the first team to win three consecutive races in the Uniroyal Cup Endurance Series.

He did an out-lap, two hot laps - 1.26.5 and 1:25.6, and then came in. Prior to that he's done a few laps of Silverstone in one of our other cars - thats it!

Patrick

[Rowland]

Hmm - There's a guy who knows what he's doing.
It'll be interesting to see how our guys in the Championship compare time wise.
Damn, if I get down to those kinda' times I might even setup my own website too!
(And maybe grow a beard as this obviously helps...)

[mark73]

Hmm - There's a guy who knows what he's doing.
It'll be interesting to see how our guys in the Championship compare time wise.
Damn, if I get down to those kinda' times I might even setup my own website too!
(And maybe grow a beard as this obviously helps...)

If you get down to those times il eat my crash helmet


I told you 1.25 s patrick

[Rowland]

If you get down to those times il eat my crash helmet

Hey, I'm not saying for one second I can ginger-nuts, so your crash helmet's looking pretty safe there my friend...

I told you 1.25 s patrick

In all honesty I really would like to see one of our guys get down to that kinda’ time. At the very least it shows over the past year or more just how the ability level has risen ten-fold.
A time within a few tenths of Eugene O'Brians would be an outstanding achievement.

[mark73]

If you get down to those times il eat my crash helmet

Hey, I'm not saying for one second I can ginger-nuts, so your crash helmet's looking pretty safe there my friend...

I told you 1.25 s patrick

In all honesty I really would like to see one of our guys get down to that kinda’ time. At the very least it shows over the past year or more just how the ability level has risen ten-fold.
A time within a few tenths of Eugene O'Brians would be an outstanding achievement.

Could not agree more mate,its not just tyres that have made the difference this season,the sheer pace has risen dramatically as well.
At cadwell park the difference between standard road tyres and FULL slicks on an evo VI was around 3.5 seconds,our lap record has fallen by over 5 seconds this season at cadwell,this is not just the R888,s,people are driving the wheels of these thing,s now watch out for the qualifying times at snetterton roland as i think steve and most likely alric wont be far away

[CM1GT]

i know its very short notice but i should be there on the 12th of august, open pit lane through msv for £169 just need to confirm my time off tonight, then try and fit the suspension, brakes and get it aligned in the 3 days off i have before then