Hi all,
A few weeks back I booked some days away with my wife in Cornwall. I live in Bath but the discussion was had that Thruxton was sort of on the way if you squinted a bit, hence dropping in to a Goldtrack day for an hour before lunch. Plenty of CSCC racers using it as practice, with one of them letting me take his Ginetta G20 race car out for a few laps, great fun in the corners but it took every bit of speed through church to reach 115mph before braking for the chicane.
With a couple of mm toe out added the handling on my Z4M that I enjoy has returned, allowing me to tighten the line by lifting the throttle, no more understeer, with a big lift getting the back out, great fun. Sorry the camera mount is loose and no mic this time, it had been 12 years or more since I'd last driven the circuit properly, hence less than ideal lines sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYNVxYK4zCY&feature=youtu.be
It needs another car (Tom) to chase to give an impression of speed as I was hitting an indicated 145mph before breaking for the chicane, but it's so open it looks slow. It was a very hot day and with such limited time I left the suitcases, shoes and other holiday stuff in the boot as it was firmly wedged in. I could feel the tyres going off as the pressure rose, very heavy tyre wear after two 15 minute stints.
I enjoyed it and went on to have a nice few days away in Coverack, I love the fact these cars transform from angry track machine to holiday cruiser so easily.
A few weeks back I booked some days away with my wife in Cornwall. I live in Bath but the discussion was had that Thruxton was sort of on the way if you squinted a bit, hence dropping in to a Goldtrack day for an hour before lunch. Plenty of CSCC racers using it as practice, with one of them letting me take his Ginetta G20 race car out for a few laps, great fun in the corners but it took every bit of speed through church to reach 115mph before braking for the chicane.
With a couple of mm toe out added the handling on my Z4M that I enjoy has returned, allowing me to tighten the line by lifting the throttle, no more understeer, with a big lift getting the back out, great fun. Sorry the camera mount is loose and no mic this time, it had been 12 years or more since I'd last driven the circuit properly, hence less than ideal lines sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYNVxYK4zCY&feature=youtu.be
It needs another car (Tom) to chase to give an impression of speed as I was hitting an indicated 145mph before breaking for the chicane, but it's so open it looks slow. It was a very hot day and with such limited time I left the suitcases, shoes and other holiday stuff in the boot as it was firmly wedged in. I could feel the tyres going off as the pressure rose, very heavy tyre wear after two 15 minute stints.
I enjoyed it and went on to have a nice few days away in Coverack, I love the fact these cars transform from angry track machine to holiday cruiser so easily.
when you whipped the tail out and chuckled... brilliant. 
