My second trackday of the year was at Oulton Park on Saturday, and the car ran great.
I drove 165 miles on the Island Circuit while the Shell Oils section gets some work done.
I must make special mention to our guest of honour, unofficial photographer and official cake maker.
Puma Babe joined us for the day.
Thanks for the photo`s Yvonne, great shots
The subtle tweeks I`ve made to the suspension seemed to work well.
No matter how hard I threw it into Cascades It refused to get out of shape.
Here`s a pic of the car cornering hard through lodge (taken from distance, hence the quality)
At this point I was doing 60ish and accelerating hard. looks pretty planted to me..
Now it wasn`t quite all plain sailing and my gear change is still giving me trouble.
Going for third is Russian Roulette with a gear stick. Oh for a low mileage box..
Also my tickover is now wild. I think it must be the Lambda. I tried unplugging it and it made no difference!
Here`s a video of a late morning session.
I give a few cars a lesson in driving then get to chase my mate in his Clio for a few laps before I get a good clear 4 or five laps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlxdmQfvE6Q
I suppose I`d better own up to the biggest (if not fastest) off to date...
About 15 mins before the end I took Puma Babe out for one last session.
Now the Island circuit has a really hard hairpin at he end of the Lakeside Straight following Cascades.
You are braking hard from 90+mph to 35. And at five to five I locked up
big time.
It appears I had flat spotted a tyre and found the webbing..
I just didn`t slow down and we piled through the barrier going at least 50...
Straight into the mud.
Quite an end to the proceedings, sorry for nearly killing you Yvonne..
Somehow the damage is minimal.
It`s nice to have bodywork to do instead of mechanics lol
One mirror went walkabout and the splitter ripped off the bumper.
these are both simple fixes.
More seriously is that I took the barrier to the wndscreen and i now have a wopping crack..
I`m at my first sprint in three weeks and as the car is properly scrutineered I`ll need that sorting asap..
Oh yes and the lambda, gear linkage and tyres!..