17th July - Silverstone Track evening
Myself and Silver Surfer enjoyed an evening at Silverstone.
Sorry there's going to be no pictures......
It was a very wet evening, with about 30 other cars there, so the track was nice and quiet.
I had an eventful day, as on Sunday I though it would be clever to try and adjust the camber. Turned out to be not such a good idea, as although I have a camber gauge, I do not have a toe gauge. The front toe was way off. A desparate call to Norton Way in the morning and Bryan did me a huge favour and said I could bring my car in for them to look at (ie fix). So out from Norton Way at 3.30, and straight up to Silverstone.
Unfortunately my car suffered from horrendous understeer (racing excuse No. 12), I couldn't do anything at any speed in corners, my CRV would of been quicker.
Kare (Silver Surfer) enjoyed his first time out on a track. He also was nice enough to let me have a drive of his car. So much more grip than mine. Maybe its time to ditch the cheapo Kumho's and get some GS-D3's like Kare has. I was really enjoying Kare's car, but I had to give it back.
So we had a safe session. I've learned my car needs some setting up to be at its best, but the biggest lession learned today was by the Ferrari Enzo driver. Yes, I said Enzo. Two laps in the rain does not make you the 'rainmeister'. He learned the expensive way, while he parked the Enzo into a wall.
Last edited by Kevin; 18-07-2007 at 07:50 PM.
If your fear of staying alive, outweighs the thrill of making the corner, brake.