you going mate, i would be up for it for sure evo will be out on track twice in march now then doing my ards licence at castle coombe on the 5th. any nice places to stay near malory park coz every track except coombe is a million miles away. more details please mate

QUOTE=andyscoobym3;9247327]matt we have a track day at anglesey on 26th march if you are up for it, its with the mlr mate[/QUOTE]

 

i know you enjoy cadwell, but do you think its a good choice for a time attack round, i think all the other tracks are great but cadwell is very different. me and phil were chatting prior to the track day sunday and although a brilliant track he to was confused as to why its on the calender , we should have done brands twice indy and gp.
will it bring the lesser power cars into play as there doesnt seem anywhere to really deploy full power

 

Cadwell is a great track for TA - some awesome spectacle over the mountain seeing 600bhp monsters get all 4 wheels off the ground, amazing speed down the back straight and the need for a properly driven good handling car. I can't think of a better mix of power / handling / driving / braking. Getting the space on track to do it is the key to TA .

 

i dunno, im not convinced, i think time attack at places like brands is brilliant the track is short and for that lap the cars are at maximum attack, oulton is longer but again the whole lap is full on attack, i just think cadwell is too long and too narrow, maybe by monday i will have changed my opinion. dont get me wrong it looks a fabulous track but it just doesnt shout TIME ATTACK at me like the other circuits do.
i cant really comment from the perspective you t/a regulars can as this is my fist year, but i have watched since 2007 and no tracks like cadwell have ever featured.

 

andy clear your pm box mate

 

TA lap time at cadwell will be similar to Oulton.

Knockhill isnt wide either and if you catch someone on the wrong part of the track there your lap is buggered. Cant see there being much of a difference tbh having driven cadwell many times - there is only one place that you will get held up.

Sure it is no Silverstone from a track width point of view but wait til you have driven the track at least before commenting.

Track day traffic is very different to TA traffic.

 

i cant see how the two tracks compare, but like you say ill reserve comment until monday. i would much have prefered brands gp for a long circuit. i just think it will be a very cautious round for most people especially if you have never driven it before

 

I suspect most will drive it beforehand if they have any sense.

 

i have cadwell park on the simulator thats where ive prevously driven it and why ive said its very long. just gone onto the motor sport vision site to book a hotel for sunday and noticed that the track day circuit isnt the full circuit, if cadwell is an msv track wont this be the track we do for time attack. please correct me if iv got it wrong
http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/im...ll-circuit.gif

 

will be the full circuit for TA

 

which will be the track for sunday then do you reckon?

 

Its normally the full circuit - has been every time i have been there.

 

sorry mate cleared it now

 

it will be full circuit on sunday

 

I love Cadwell, I've only ridden it on my Bike (GSXR 1000 K2) and it's awesome on that.
Coming over the mountain is trickier than it looks, wind it on past the clubhouse. It get's slippy round Hall bends, hairpin and barn but coming out of barn and winding the throttle to the stop all the way to coppice and knee down round charlies. Christ I've forgotten how good that feels. I cannot wait to have a bash at that in a car

 

that tight run before the last 2nd gear right looks tricky so does the left right just before that then goes up the hill. what top speeds can you get? som guy reckons his 600bhp evo hit 145 mph at one point

 

Yep and a bit more. Way beyond the end of 5th gear down the back straight.

 

Possible I reckon, I'm sure I was around 120 ish

 

Can't remember I was too busy trying to brake and not get highsided at the same time although on on outing there I failed and binned it at around 90mph. Got a great pic of the hole in my leathers somewhere.

 

well just getting my stuff together to go to cadwell, its a 4 hour drive minimum, thought it was a lot closer. i think i live in the worst part of the country as every decent track is a long long way away, never mind im used to it from going to the clinic.
weather should be good 2moz so might have had my prayers answered in that respect. learn the dry line, shame its only in the clio would have prefered somthing a bit more powerful seeing as next time i drive it ill be in a time attack car

 

It is a completely different track with decent power tbh but you should be able to get the basis of the lines and some good tips from Phil.

 

ok you win
what a brilliant track! cadwell park is great in a 2.0ltr clio.
all day it poured with rain, now anyone who has driven cadwell in the extreme wet going to wet/moist by 3pm will know standing water, rivers and aquaplaning is very apparent for a good 1/3 of the lap, a few cars found this out the hard way we had a written off s2000, a written off chaterham ,a pretty mashed metro two black flags(not for me)
first few laps at speed i was sweating, litterally. having never driven the aptly named "mini nuburgring" to take it on first time round in these conditions was first few laps car was everywhere aquaplaning and the worst part was you had to go at speed through the water which covered the narrow track side to side and the length of the straights, im surprised it didnt get stopped. it became more of a car control session carrying any speed into corners was hard & required some quick thinking to correct the slides that eventually became predictable, and then became real fun
as the track dried the track became much easier, having learned it in driving rain i was desperate to get a full paced lap in and around 2 o clock a dryish line began to emmerge. i was amazed what a quick circuit it is, once drained its so good in that clio the car just suited the circuit perfectly and eventually the circuit doesnt feel so narrow
confidence up by 3 we were lapping at a nice pace, keeping pace with a clio 182 cup throughout the laps all in all a cracking track and look forward to going there again.
HOWEVER! if it rains for the time attack round they had better get a lot more staff and a lot more tow trucks. god help us all

 

just been out to pick up my racewear. got from nicky grist motorsport again cheers guys for the big discounts still expensive as **** though.
i got
alipine stars gp pro race suit blue/blk/white (really nice)
alpine stars tr-1 gloves
stand 21 carbon hans device
alpine stars nomex top, bottoms, balaclava, and a pair of socks
had tried suit after suit but because im 6ft 4 and 13 stone im tall and slim so in the end had to order a special size from alpine stars which i was glad to find out would cost no extra phew
and because the car is in club i had to make the most pointless and annoying purchase of them all a passenger seat
so relieved of another chunk of cash i headed home,with my boxes of kit, on the upside at least you only buy these things once.

 

alpinestars are great mate, i have the very same suit and gloves but mine are in stig white lol.
what helmet are you getting or have you already got it ?
couldnt afford the hans device, as much as i wanted it, my car failures took over my cash
how is the engine getting on ?

andy h

 

Wait til you drive it with power in the wet

glad you enjoyed it.

 

i got an arai gp5 really nice helmet again stupidly expensive but encased in all this money is the one and only body im ever gonna have so dont mind spending the cash. on that sort of stuff.
well i went up last monday and things were getting started that week so im hoping things are started by now, i dont want to seem like im harassing the guys so ive not bothered them since i went up, ill try and get an updates next week, if there is nothing by then ill switch my panic alarms back on
get ya wallet out i know you prob wont have to worry now youve turned her down but ya necks gotta be worth £400 bucks

 

i will need hans device with my brakes. lol

are you going on the oulton track day on 7th and 23rd april mate, the 23rd is the one the day before round 1 so i would expect a few ta guys there

andy h

 

i didnt know about the 7th april looked on the site not even 23rd is on there
ill defo be at both who have you booked through as ill need to do it asap.
i can get you the stand 21 reclaimed carbon hans device for a good price if your interested, ive spent quite a bit with nicky grist so now i get the sick discounts
i had my ards test this morning 98% total so cleaned up 1 question on the written wrong and one B mark on the driving for my turn in not being 1000% smooth the rest were A so happy, not happy that i had to do it in a **** 1.8 focus instead of the evo, you cant touch a rumble strip and its ten laps for £300 TEN LAPS!!!!!!! now ive gotta pay another 160 for the licence itself so £500 bucks including travel for ten laps and a plastic card
but pleased with the outcome.
when we doin anlglesea again ill get it booked?

 

10 laps is good vfm; I only had 4 in a blown VX220 at Snetterton and came away with 100% Also taking in as much kerb as I could and received no complaints from the instructor

 

YEAH SEEMED A BIT OF A MIXED BAG SOME INSTRUCTORS WANTED THE KERBS AND RUMBLE STRIPS and some didnt, felt very unnatural apexing with no kerb and not running onto rumbles on exits, i found it hard to drive how he wanted to but its like a driving test i spose you gotta do what the instructor wants to pass.
4 laps is robbery at least it was a decent car, i was most pissed about the focus when my evo was in the car park, beraing in mind coz i thought id be doing it mine so changed gearbox and engine oil and changed pads
oh well i got what i went for
(soz bout caps)