gingerprince
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 03:55 PM |
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Teesside Track Day yesterday
Did another track day at Teesside yesterday, run by www.thetrackdayclub.com
I was a bit worried that with 35 cars booked on they'd gone too far, but most of the "normal" cars had to spend a long time off
track cooling down, so it never got too congested. And it was quite nice to play with (and beat) the likes of a Scooby and a 911GT3  Karting was
fun too, but at 15 stone I don't really have the frame to be competetive - did video it with helmet camera, but power cable unplugged so I only
filmed blackness! Anyhow, the obligatory video: -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXESQLr7qs
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asl
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 04:40 PM |
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Nice video. What engine you got in that?
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Avoneer
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 06:04 PM |
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SPYDER
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 07:32 PM |
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Many thanks for posting the excellent video.
My mind is made up. It's Teeside for our first outing.
Apart from the blue Elise was there anything else there lapping quicker than you?
Did you find the circuit easy to learn?
And more importantly, what was the breakfast like? Bacon crispy? Fried bread?
Geoff.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 07:58 PM |
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The blue elise was pretty quick, surprisingly so - but he caught me up a lot quicker because of the car in front.
Apart from that I don't think (or at least I didn't tussle with) anything else with a roof that was quicker - didn't get a chance to
play with the Lola though, I suspect that would have spanked me on the straights
Some of the sevens were quicker though - Andy D's westie and bigfoot's Stryker amongst a couple of others. Some of that will be down to
rubber (R888/slicks versus my Marangoni's) - going to have to sort that for next year I recon.
Teesside is definately a great circuit for these cars - and at £99 a proper bargain!
And the important bits - bacon wasn't crispy and bread was soft (was a buttie not a fry-up!), but I'd just driven for an hour and a half
on an empty stomach so it was very much appreciated!!
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:04 PM |
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Im so jealous its almost unreal 
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:07 PM |
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andy d has put a link to a good bit of video in the other teesside thread. his son pete chasing me and the above mentioned elise.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:26 PM |
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Just seen the other video (this thread). Very good chase, and I now
see why that Elise was so quick - it had a diffuser 
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Andy D
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
Just seen the other video (this thread). Very good chase, and I now
see why that Elise was so quick - it had a diffuser
It also had a passenger!  Fair do's he could certainly drive! 
Cracking vid Si, some good angles there. You will definately fly with some better rubber. Do it.
Shame about the karting vid.
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 09:07 PM |
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while we're on about rubber, looks like i need a new pair of a048's for the front before i use it on the road again.
really need to have a spare set of wheels for some slicks like you do andy
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 18/10/09 at 01:06 PM |
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Good video Si,looks like the old Marangoni's are letting you down a bit though,its time you invested in some R888's.
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