Report from Sprint Day at Barkston Heath

[JonC]

I attended my first track day in the Bimmer this weekend, it was a Sprint day with laps being timed and I was up against a whole range of different cars and experience levels and It drizzled with rain pretty much the whole day making for some interesting handling moments, I also got to play with the drift course and try to get some sideways action.

 

Overall in the timed laps I came 2nd beating some big power track prepared cars and some very experienced track day veterans, I found I could push hard as the Limited Slip Diff always allowed me to pull myself back straight and make better times lap after lap.

I added the 3 videos I've put online so far, The drift lap has a spin in it and a stall :tsk: and one of the sprint laps has a scary twitch near the finish line that cost me some time

Overall so much fun and I'd highly recommend a track day in the same style to anyone. You can safely push harder and harder and improve your lap times through the day shame I didn't win but then I was up against a big HP Celica GT4 turbo with 4wd and loads of grip thats was getting 2 second quicker laps repeatidly.

 

Oh the track day was an Open Sprint Day 02/11/08, at Barkston Heath

Run by Promoted by JAVELIN TRACKDAYS www.javelintrackdays.co.uk

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GItFJbZnyjc

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w3tJmUyZwRY

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w_TPvQSKH1o

 

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Edited November 4, 2008 by JonC

[JonC]

poke this forum escevo has become an over moderated POS....

 

post with some actual car related content which I was keen to get some exposure on the main forum gets moved within 15 minutes to obscurity

 

I knew where I meant to post it, it wasn't by accident or mistake and If I wanted to put it here I would of

 

The current top 10 posts in general forum are a load of shite and I felt I actually might add something for people to look at and discuss....

 

I guarantee the only people who find this post in this forum will have noticed the moved link in the general forum and followed it out of interest

 

You could have let it lie for a few hours and moved it ffs.

 

Also please don't try and tell me people read all the forums all the time, as I for one don't and I Have never done

 

In fact im suprised there even is a event reports section I can't say I noticed it before.

[danposs86]

Why did you have the radio on? lol

[JonC]

Tunes man, gotta pump the tunes!

[danposs86]

poke this forum escevo has become an over moderated POS....

 

blah blah blah

 

Come on Jon, you have been here long enough to know that threads get moved when they are in the wrong section, otherwise whats the point in them. As for over moderated, it really isnt.

 

Tunes man, gotta pump the tunes!

 

Aye it's people that listen to the tunes while on a track day that can mess it up for others. Trig and myself had a session cut in half at Silverstone when someone couldn't hear his engine giving up because he had his music turned up.

[hamspeed]

Thats a rather casual one handed driving style for someone who's blasting around a track isn't it Still looks like it was a good day despite the weather!

[mykez69]

looks so much fun

 

i want to go on track, but im scared, something bad is bound to go wrong with me lol

[Hezz]

you're not shy are ya !

[Simonez]

the bmw sounds ace mate! and great pics, and awesome vids!