Spring PCAD 2011 - follow up thread (pics and chat)

Had a relly good day today burn my head a face Nice to meet some new faces and some old one's.

Looks like you guys had fun. Did everyone get sunburnt? We'll all be suffering in the morning!

Told you you'd get burnt Jamesy!

Looks like you all had a good day! Looks a little like the stand was tucked away though??

Good pics of your car there to Josh!

Sorry I couldn't make it! Was at Pug1Off getting the flywheel/clutch sorted (and ended up at a rolling road event ).

I heard Rallye James had a little issue, or two? No other casualties? I hope Quarry lived up to expectations.

Well, what a day...

To start the day nice and early, at half five, on my way to the M5 (20 miles from my house), they had closed the road for roadworks. Cue me, in a Rallye with poopoo headlights, doing 60 down single track lanes that I didn't know where I was, trying to find a detour.

Anyway, got there, was on the 9.15 session so went straight for sound check. Mate appears at my window for a chat, and then lets me know that I'm losing a lot of coolant. Oops! So that got taken back to our stand while I had my briefing and was then bodged up (wired the fans on constant for the session) for track. Missed my slot and ended up in the 306 owners session, on track with my old Rallye!

Had a decent session. Got stuck behind a shitty blue Elan, was pussying through the corners, then booting it on the straight where I didn't have the power to get past Nearly rear ended him a few times as he was that early on the brakes! Then on the second to last lap I had a stutter as the fuel was nearly out. Oops. Came in a lap early to save the embarrassment of being towed off!

Rest of the day I just mooched around, sat in the sun, lol'd at poor drifting etc.

Went to go home, not a problem. Radio kept turning off though. Then stopped for fuel and the car was dead. Tried to bump it down a hill, but it wasn't having it. Popped the bonnet and found the alternator belt had done a bunk (probably from where it got covered in coolant). As my battery light had come on halfway round the track session, I guess the belt it somewhere on Combe. Oops.

Luckily, Mr RAC came out (in a record 20 minutes, very impressed ), fitted a new belt and I made it home.

Eventful day, but a good laugh.

Now just need some pics of me on track gurning

Looked like a good day!

Rallye James wrote:

Well, what a day...

Sounds like a hell of a day mate!!!

Absolutely epic/amazing/terrific/awesome/fantastic day! Weather was mint, stand was awesome, just a bloody good day.

Uploading some pics now, not the best, I know there's some good ones to come from Ad/Woz/Stu/Rich though!

Good day. I'm rather red to say the least, only on one side of my face too :/ Gutted my car couldn't make it.

I got some photos but they'll probably be rubbish as I've never used a DSLR in my life and didn't figure out the right settings till the afternoon, just need to wait for Kyle to put them on a disc for me to faff with.

Link to the album, few pics from it:
https://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p153/gatecrasher4ever/Spring%20PCAD%202011/

20 min! jammy, i was at the side of the m4 for nearly 3 hours waiting for the rac, cheers to bomber tho for a lend of his membership card

What a day!
The Xsara certainly did me proud, although it does need more power!
It was also nice to put some faces to the names

nelly08 wrote:

What a day!
The Xsara certainly did me proud, although it does need more power!
It was also nice to put some faces to the names

You need boooooooooooooooooooooost

Awesome day, thoroughly enjoyed myself, so did Emma. Thanks for having us and I look forward to the next one

Mazing day! Look like a tomato but who cares?! It was worth it!!!

Roll on japfest!! Dunno what we going to do about a hospitality Clio then... I will have to get a Honday Acty!!

I just want to touch Stevies car one more time

wish i would have made it, beat installing the new turbo onto the Mr2 lol, none of you are from essex/herts way are you?

be good if were near eachother at Japfest, ill come say hi

also tempted to go on track but not sure

Jeano wrote:

be good if were near eachother at Japfest, ill come say hi

We're camping with you guys!!

oh have we organised a camp site i havent seen,

if we are your in for a treat

Where to start,

well i was up at 04:45 and away from London by 5am, however, as normally happens on show days, something just has to go wrong, Combe was no exception, i switched on my lights to find i had no dash lights (dials) so therefore no speedo etc, simple i thought, i will simply use tom tom as a speedo at the same time as him telling me to keep right for the 75 miles of M4 i had to travel. Any how, 6am and its light so i can see my speedo.

Arrived at Morrison's car park just after 06:30, had to get fuel about 10 miles out ready for the track as Morrison's fuel station didn't open till 7am, no idea who i was looking for, all i knew was Stevie's TURD, but he wasn't responding to my texts and calls due to signal issues.

So I'm sat like a lemon on my own, a small convoy appears, a mixed bag of euro and jap, possible i thought, they drive right by me and i spot the B4T stickers, thank god for stickers!
So i tag on the end and park up, meet Stu and everyone else,

Jamesy rolls up and the car gets sound tested, over 100db, fingers crossed they go easy,

upon arrival to Combe, its time pretty much for sound check and briefing, the car gets read at 103db, the man says no, too loud, a quick lap round and wedge a bung in the exhaust while queuing again, woz jumps in to take it through test 2, while i go off to await driver briefing, its a pass at 90 something, result, I'm on track, after briefing, Woz and i do a lap and whip out the bung and queue for track time, what an awesome time, i am now hooked, cheers guys.

The rest of the day is spent on stand, and around the circuit. before heading off at half three.

A little investigation the next morning on the speedo lights issue revealed a fuse, interestingly, they are on the same circuit as my tail lights, so i had an hours driving in the dark with no tail lights but all issues remedied now.

Thank you to everyone who was there and chatted to me, i was made to feel very welcome and feel as though i have been accepted in. I hope this was the first of many track days with the club, i will continue to do shows with TB as that is where my loyalty for beer lies, but track events are firmly sat on this side of the fence at B4T.

Once more, thanks to everyone

What a ruddy nice day that was!!

It was good to catch up with the usual suspects, albeit briefly as we weren't on your stand and we had to leave early.

This photo says it all.... the centre of attention....

jamesy wrote:

I didnt get any photos of your track session, in fact I didn't take that many.... am out of practice!

We are looking forward to Classic and Sports Car Action Day at Castle Combe 11th June, hope to see ya there.

Fingers crossed I will be bringing my car and not the wifes instructor car!!

A few of mine from Saturday morning.....







The full set can be found here!

Hope to catch up with you all again soon..

bunji and co.

Absolute brilliant day.
All i can say is damn i need a car

Some of my photos









And rich getting done by an ignis

all photos can be found here...

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1204696573&aid=2121527

well what can I say...I'm fecking burnt!!!!! like my face has melted off

cracking day though really enjoyed it and thanks to coops for taking me out in the liner and pleasure to meet both you and stevie+wife. Can't wait for japfest and lets hope TB and us are near one another, be great if we were next to one another!

here are my pics, sorry they are a bit gash...but I got distracted as you can tell















































































such a great place for a sticker...suits him

^^^^^^^^^^^ Love that pic roll on Japfest guys

Some good pics there.

some good pictures, had a great day. car was spot on and going really well.

didnt really get the chance to pop over though.



and one infront of the older brother

Fairplay ash the 205 sounded sweet from trackside

Sounds lush Dean

Thanks