Went to Bedford on Monday afternoon with my mate Tony, to give my car its first track outing of the year. It was the first time we had driven the full GT layout and i rather like it.
It was dry when we arrived and we started to play with the damper settings. (Swapped to AST's over the winter) We didnt finish getting the car how we wanted it before the heavens opened. Tony sent me out on my own to see how it was. I took things steady at first seeing as we were on R888's But the car currently has too much rear brake bias meaning that if you didnt brake in an absolute straight line the back end tried to overtake you. It had me off twice in the wet and Tony very skillfully caught a massive sideways moment in the braking zone for turn 1 in the dry.
Here is the results of my big spin, narrowly avoided the barrier. Thats actually the pit access road I ended up on, miles from the track. Wet grass dont slow you down much
Learing from my mistakes and after Tony had had a go I kept it on the black stuff later.
There was all manner of exotic and potent machinery there but surprisingly NOTHING overtook us all day. I enjoyed trying to hang on to the back of an old skool 911 for a few laps.
Gained alot more confidence with track driving but there is still much room for improvement from both me and the car.
So here are some vids I shot, tried a different camera position and im quite happy with the footage, the sound is very crap so sorry for that but its just a setting on the camera that needs changing. Next time they will be better.
Burp Semi-Pro
Number of posts : 417 Age : 46 Location : Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Registration date : 2008-08-13
