lumby

Donington thouroughly enjoyable day just got back now, never seen so many imprezas in one place !!

Well done to the orgainsers

kevin stanton

460 impreza's at 12 o'clock.

top day

skiddusmarkus

I spectated.Saw Puff the magic wagon putting in a good performance as well as a P1(I think)with the numberplate"OVERTAKE".There didn't seem to be any obvious difference between the scoobys and evos but the Exige and Porsche were in a different class,eating up the track and multilapping most on the track.

[Edited by skiddusmarkus - 7/7/2002 6:54:26 PM]

davyboy

Not so great if you thought you had track time until 6pm and they announced it had to finish at 5pm Never mind.

In hindsight (what a wonderfull thing) I would of

a) Gone this morning
b) Done more laps when I had the chance

Nice weather though

puppypower

Gotta agree great day. Nice to see the prancing horse on the track.

PP

IT

Good fun, my first time out and I'll be doing it again :-)

Nice to see so many fellow scooby drivers in one place

Now I fully appreciate the concept of 'brake fade' :-)))....

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

Bugger! I went to Hickstead and it rained, virtually no trade and only two overstretched burger stands! That'll learn me!
JohnD

BOB.T

Tremendous day

met some new peeps, hi IT and caught up with some old ones too

The Ferrari sounded glorious, like music

I got mi car home ok too, even with a sticky handbrake, think I used more petrol than usual though

Bob

skiddusmarkus

The amount of cars I saw parking up in the pit lane after a thrash with their handbrakes on.Any warped rear discs?

David_Wallis

Bob...Saw your fiesta...

IT.. good to meet you.... How did it go on the track?

David

chaos69

magic day, congrats to organisers, lets have another one soon as.met some new peeps and laughed with a few others.
once again magic day, well done to all there.
THANKS !

CHAOS69

droid42

Agree, great fun (even though I only did a couple of slow sessions to bed in some new Pagid Blues).

Shame about the two guys who didn't twig it was actually a sighting session at the start of the afternoon session and tried overtaking everyone before having to come off anyway Chaps, wasn't it obvious???

Ian.

BOB.T

David, you could of repaired it for me

davyboy

The last of the late breakers, haha!

Apologies for the guy in the DBM who had to flash me out the way, ooops

Dave, White MY01

ChrisB

Great day, loads of folks to chat to and catch up with. Even got us some superb weather

Well done folks.

ChrisB

Just working it out.

Say an average value of £8k per Scoob, prolly way to low, but that's £3.2 million of cars in the paddock!

Mike Tuckwood

Yep, what a great day. Chris, I think average price would be closer to 15K. That makes closer to £7 MIllion. <not including "mod's".

Mike.


Thanks to all who came to see us, from a dealer point of view it was worth it for those who thanked us for making the effort.

X SOOOBY

fantasic one of the best track days i have had from what i see the driving was first class

hopefully stef and co can get another in say september

EvoBarry

Whilst the driving was fine for the main, I wasn't too impressed with the guy in the black Evo7. He made a cretinous manouvre past DocJock and someone who was obviously a newbie on track - DJ was patiently waiting for the newbie to move over when nobber in the Evo decided to pass both on the right, just as a bend arrived. It could have been very nasty. Not very clever at all.

Otherwise an impressive turnout from the Scooby crowd, a good day out all said and done.[]

paul clarke

Brilliant day,best bit for me was watching MELLOW having a good old battle with the Lotus Exige,i was stood on the raised bank overlooking the main straight and could see the scoob braking later and later each lap kicking **** into the path of the lotus as he cut the two tight corners at the end of the straight,i was laughing my head off,top stuff!Thought the porsche and skylines were impressive

davyboy

Best bit Felstead doing some powerslides round melbourne loop, excellent corneringtechnique!

Anyone get any movie footage of this?

nigel s

Just got back, agreed a great day, well done to all the organisers even if us people in show & shine were forced to move for them Moto GP boys. Keep up the good work.

Nigel

logiclee

Another enjoyable Scooby day Why did I sell mine. LOL

The Skylines were going very well, Thanks for the ride Cem

David Brown was driving the F355 sensibly but when he floored it down the straights the Skyline seemed to be as quick if not quicker although Cems is 450bhp.

Just a shame that some people thought they had to overtake the Ferrari no matter what, David sensibly let them come by.
This guy has a Ferrari, a Super charged Exige and has done the Scooby thing, he is also a tasty driver so it must amuse him when people think they have blown him off on track. From the exhaust note (oooohh the exhaust note) he was only driving the 355 at 7/10ths round most of the circuit, I'm not sure I'd have dared to take it on at all. Well done David for letting us experience the 355 at full song down the straights.

Overall though a very good day out and nice to to meet up with old friends again.

Lee

ChrisB

"Anyone get any movie footage of this?"

Hopefully some stills on my SLR film Davy. <Fingers Crossed!>

X SOOOBY

ferraris are the kings of the roads and track (as proved at silverstone) if fastest or not and i am afraid everyone including me thinks i will have a go at that must be jelousy me thinks

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Gotta agree with the sentiment - top day

Thanks to SIDC staffies & "officers" that put so much work & effotrt into organising what has gotta be the best turnout of scoobs in a single place ever Thanks to Dono too for a excellent location

We turned up midday, met by Rum* & told to find somewhere to park! That was not easy by any means Bit of nosh, cruised the sites, bumped into a load of people then unfortunately secumbed to the track bug

Signed up for the second 20 min sesh as really couldn't come to a day/location like that & not have a play So had a helmet & it was newish road tyres only, no spares or insurance - take it easy chap. Made sure that I was at the front & went playing Sorry Salsa-King, had to leave you behind as lil yellow Evo wanted by butt - NFW

All to soon it was over ( Evo ) & I spent the rest of the afternoon cadging rides (thanks peeps ).

It was great to meet up again with loads of people I've met over the years & again others whom I'd never met before. Lots of scoobs, lots of noise - all in all an excellent day out

Looking forward to the next national day

Thanks guys

chrisp

Yep great day, I was in two minds whether to go or not, just glad I did everyone was there. Heard a guy on the gate say there were in excess of 500 scoobs in attendance. Top stuff guys

Senior_AP

I would have come except I was in work for...........

..........17 poxy hours. (power failure Davyboy).

U.P.S. died, Generator never started, AS400s - Shagged!!

David_Wallis

Bob,

Do they bolt on or weld on? As Ive got a spot welder if you want to come over and stick some wings on..

David

DavidBrown

Hmm.. as the driver of the shot-blasted Exige, I wasn't too impressed. To drive beyond your abilities at one corner could be forgiven as an oversight, but not at every corner. "Mellow" (is that supposed to be ironic?) was driving dangerously, and (I'm told) was given a few warnings about his driving. Drivers who show no respect for others who values their lives/cars shouldn't be allowed on the track. I noticed the black Evo7 driver causing troubles too, although he yielded for me (eventually)
hehe, yeah, we had a good laugh at how everyone seemed to pour onto the track to bag themselves a F355 scalp, but as you say it was more of a exhibition lap (or two) than anything else. I'm told that I would have been brought in if I'd stayed out on the track .. seems like 118dB is a little bit too loud

The odd idiot aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the day.. glorious weather, and great company ! I hope you allow me to join another SIDC day again in future.

Barry Thompson kindly sent me this vid from the pit wall: click



[Edited by DavidBrown - 7/7/2002 10:15:13 PM]