sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:46 AM |
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I got a Cateringvan sideways! (with Pics)
What a fantastic day! I'd recommend the Caterham Drift Day to anyone. I struggled to begin with. The instructors reconed my carting and trackday
experience was getting in the way. Every time I got the tail out I was instinctively correcting it so was either not sliding very much or giving it
too much right foot to compensate and spinning out. But I slowly began to get it throughout the day, and began to catch up with the others.
There were 19 of us taking turns in three cars so one was always out on the drift layout while the other two were preparing or changing drivers. You
got two attempts of the circuit each time with a brief breather in the pits in between. Strangely I always did better on the first attempt and not so
well on the second.
Towards the end of the day I cracked it and got the most sublime rolling doughnut going. It was such a fantastic feeling. That alone was worth the
money! Then I began to get really big drifts going and transitioning them from one straight into the other! I even got a burst of applause!
On the final run of the day which was the assessed run I got an almost perfect big drifting run with great transitions on the practice run and then
true to form buggered it up on the assessed run. Ahh well , snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. But had the most fantastic day!!!
Edited to add pics below;
 
Up Next
 
Smoking Tyres
 
Very Sideways
[Edited on 8/4/09 by sucksqueezebangblow]
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow © 
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nick205
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:55 AM |
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Sounds like a cracking day out 
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Davey D
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 09:06 AM |
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Got an pics? 
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 09:56 AM |
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I think my lady wife got a couple of shots. I haven't got the cable with me to get them off the camera but will post them as soon as I have.
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow ©
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damajin
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 10:55 AM |
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Excellent work, glad you enjoyed the day. Which track was it at. The Slalom day I did was at the Top gear track, but I know they don't hold
the drift events there.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 12:43 PM |
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I did this a few years ago, it's what first got me into 7esques
Video Here
And Some More Here
The second link includes a couple of videos of me doing the course in my TVR (badly) and a Mitsubishi L200 pickup!
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 12:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by damajin
Excellent work, glad you enjoyed the day. Which track was it at. The Slalom day I did was at the Top gear track, but I know they don't hold
the drift events there.
D
It was on the enormous car park to the left of the main entrance to Silverstone. The pits and the course was laid out in cones (we killed a few
through the course of the day). There were three different layouts through the day, each more difficult than the last.
[Edited on 6/4/09 by sucksqueezebangblow]
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow ©
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 8/4/09 at 08:46 AM |
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Finally uploaded some pics. Have added them to the first post in this thread.
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow ©
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beaver34
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| posted on 8/4/09 at 04:55 PM |
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awesome, how much does it cost?
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 9/4/09 at 08:51 AM |
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I think SWMBO said it was £220. She bought it off an experience days type web site but you can book direct with Caterham.
Link Here
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow ©
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