Silverstone - BMW Trackday - 6th Oct - £249

[Yanto_csl]

Just a quick line to say thanks to everyone for making me feel at home when I gate crashed your garage. Great to meet you all but with the exception of Duncan I will never remember your names. Its your cars they are all in the same bl**dy colour. How about different coloured wheels to tell you apart. Had an enjoyable few laps in the white Z4, boy can the kra*t drive. Must bring the cups next time even if the forecast says rain. Thanks again.

Only because he had his name on the car ! Pete I presume ??

[Yanto_csl]

Thanks for coming you guys - hope you all enjoyed it

Garaging was a tenner per car, but I'll let you off this time if you slipped through my net.

Novice stickers are a bad idea, I don't like using them at trackdays.

Moneywise, about a grand up on a £25k spend, thats before any expenses come out - so in reality a break even - which is a result, It could have been a lot worse!

See you all again soon

Nick

cheers Nick - I slipped through the net - happy to send a cheque for garage if you pm address.

[Bounce]

Did all my little Doves get safely home to roost ??:hahaha:

Got back to Cornwall ok Duncan,Thanks for the room.I think we all had a pretty good day.

[azrael]

Novice stickers are a bad idea, I don't like using them at trackdays.

Why do you think that is Nick, I'm very courteous on track but even more so when I see a novice badge. It's also less frustrating if they don't notice you behind for half a lap. i.e. it wouldn't be worth reporting a novice but if they aren't and won't let you pass or can't because they are only concerned with whats in front then it would be worth reporting them for a quiet word.

Oh and that guy in the Masser owes me a car wash too (the car was filthy muddy before he went out on track, was like wacky races when my car got covered in mud, helped visibilty no end!), he was way too hot into the corners and that thing seemed to corner like a 4x4. He only moved over after getting two wheels on the grass at copse. That should have been a bit of a warning for him... Glad no one was hurt though

It's a pity you couldn't cut the Glasgow lads a better deal, but they had a good time all the same. I met them at Spa the day before and told them about Silverstone, they stopped in for a couple hours on their way back to Glasgow, what a drive!

The lady at the counter said garages were £10 and not per car we did ask. Happy to send over a tenner tho

Thanks for a great day Nick, and for arranging the sun in the afternoon.

[glendog74]

Oh and that guy in the Masser owes me a car wash too (the car was filthy muddy before he went out on track, was like wacky races when my car got covered in mud, helped visibilty no end!), he was way too hot into the corners and that thing seemed to corner like a 4x4. He only moved over after getting two wheels on the grass at copse. That should have been a bit of a warning for him... Glad no one was hurt though .

He was driving beyond his and the Maser's limits a lot of the time... The others sharing his garage were of similar 'questionable' driving skills too (Audi RS4 & Supercharged CSL) :bigcry:

The lady at the counter said garages were £10 and not per car we did ask. Happy to send over a tenner tho.

Ditto - i paid her at the cafe.

Thanks for a great day Nick, and for arranging the sun in the afternoon.

Ditto! A good day Nick

[azrael]

Ditto - i paid her at the cafe.

And I bought you a coffee to contribute lol

[Nick Wright]

Masser and co will not be coming back to any of my days again.

bad circuit manners and I are not happy bed fellows - I was just about to come down and see the Masser guy and take him off, but he saved me a job - I have a good mind to bill him for the downtime - if you work it out, the circuit was costing us around £3.5k an hour and he owes me around half of that for taking away our pleasure.

It was all my fault though - everytime we have an incident it is always some tool that has just turned up on the day and I am eager for the money in the tin - not any more though, i'll not fall for that one again. It's the same with shared cars - one extra driver is fine but thats it, i'm not letting a car out that has several drivers.

Glad you all had fun

See you at Oulton maybe?

[Nick Wright]

Novice badges are fine in principle but no one ever takes them off - some new guys are well on the pace by lunchtime and then they end up with all the circuit because the rest of us are hanging back.

Some guys have been lots of times and still don't get the line - how do you discriminate?

Nick

[Bounce]

Well done Nick,it was a good day.:thumbs:

[Trawler]

Only because he had his name on the car ! Pete I presume ??

Correct on both accounts. Hope to see you guys again some time.

[azrael]

Novice badges are fine in principle but no one ever takes them off - some new guys are well on the pace by lunchtime and then they end up with all the circuit because the rest of us are hanging back.

Some guys have been lots of times and still don't get the line - how do you discriminate?

Nick

If they have a novice badge and are on the pace not a problem, the alternative is hanging back for everyone which is what I was doing, if they are not novices you can make a judgement call to pass based on room, position, conditions. As long as you indicate also.

Just my 2p, although everyone is different I recently enjoyed a Pistenclub day with overtaking both sides. I used my mirrors and not a problem, everything flowed really well.

Oh and Nissan GTR's rewrote the rule book on lines :-D