Video: drifting at Oulton Park

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Fishy Dave

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 Wiltshire, England
Hello,

I posted some months back that my wife and I had booked a drift day at Oulton Park, on their rally stages. http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=84174

This was last Friday, a superb fun day and one that I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys a little sideways action. With a polished, wet surface there is minimal wear on tyres and components and with speeds low I only saw one person touch one of the temporary chicanes. The M makes for a good drift car, the standard M diff locks nicely. You can swap between two circuits freely throughout the day so I've split the video to match.

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2mZNTopPpA

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4PmYY5nuw

Cheers, Dave
 
Cool :thumbsup: . I honestly think this should be mandatory driver training, to teach good vehicle control in a safe environment. I see so many youtube vids of cars getting a bit sideways, then overcorrecting and ending up on the other side of the road, usually in a ditch or hitting parked cars. (is this 'snap oversteer'?)
Looks like you had a great time.
 
Yorkie Z said:
That looks like a lot of fun. How much was it if you don't mind me asking.?
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They are £135 for the day which is good value I think, we are probably going to do the day in July if any of you fancy taking part? http://www.msvtrackdays.com/car/calendar/2016/july/15-op-drift.aspx
 
It was a very dry day when I did the last one, and they were a bit slow in watering the circuit, so I used 4mm of my PS2s in a morning.

Had to go home at lunchtime to avoid driving home on baldy tyres :P

Would love to do another, but am waiting for the insurance company's decision on replacing my diff before I put the car through that sort of abuse.
 
Looks like great fun - nice video editing swapping between in car footage and circuit footage. Circuit 2 looked a bit trickier :driving:
 
mmm-five said:
It was a very dry day when I did the last one, and they were a bit slow in watering the circuit, so I used 4mm of my PS2s in a morning.
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Yikes, 4mm?! I'm pretty sure my Nankangs are the same as when I started, but then I did get out a couple of times to ask them to put more water down. It would be best to do these days in the rain?

@Marlon Of the two I preferred the second circuit, as result I tended to talk/squeal as I drove which rather ruined the footage so i didn't use it. :oops:
Also the camera ran out of battery for the last two hours which was a shame as that was when the driving became a bit smoother (that's what they all say). :driving:
 
Nice ! :thumbsup: Have watched historic rally cars going round there at the Gold Cup meeting...a superb weekend. Fancy a go myself now I've watched that ! Been spectating at Oulton Park since 1982 and latterly done many trackdays there also. Fab place ! :D
 
Gutted I couldn't make that dave, looked a lot of fun! Will try make the July one.
 
Awesome work. Looks like fun. Shame Oulton Park is almost 3 hours from me else I would join you in July.
 
Very nice video and good skills.
It looks like a great place to go try this. I must pull my finger out and do more with my car!! :o very jealous.
 
Thanks guys 8)

It's 3 hours+ for me, but the journey is worth it, we went up the night before and stayed in a cheap Premier Inn (£39 from memory).

Hope you can come along Tom and others. :thumbsup:
 
Looks handy to learn the traction limit there with plenty of grass to hit if you spin out, nice throaty roar too from an open filter system I'm guessing.
 
Great stuff - I enjoyed both,of them. Good skills and good on you for posting the "almost made its" at the end. Oulton Park is too far for me, but I will now keep my eyes open for something similar nearer to home.
 
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