Croft - 1st July 2016

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by Andy G » Sat Jul 02, 2016 6:09 pm

Great day gents. My completely dumped rear tyre got more interesting on the way home when the throttle started misbehaving and all of a sudden applying itself at full power in the rain. Newcastle rush hour was a series of burn outs .....

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by a4drk » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:55 pm

Here's me spinning off when the rain came on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWbbLsQQBE

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by greyrigg » Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:44 am

Another great day at Croft.

The view of Andy getting completely sideways in my rear view mirror going through the esses was my highlight of the day.

The low point was coming in with a rumbling noise from the car only to discover my n/s rear wheel was loose :shock:


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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by Dominic » Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:19 pm

a4drk wrote:Here's me spinning off when the rain came on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWbbLsQQBE

Calum is in front of me
And the bloke who filmed it in the S1 sent me the link


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Looked like you were catching it... for a while. Would have been the perfect drift if the track had turned sharper right there. :lol:
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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by Dominic » Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:20 pm

greyrigg wrote:Another great day at Croft.



The low point was coming in with a rumbling noise from the car only to discover my n/s rear wheel was loose :shock:


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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by ed » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:38 pm

Just to say thanks a lot to D for a great trip. Croft is epic and I am so glad I went. Thoroughly enjoyed the drive down on the old M74. :twisted:
Good to meet some new faces too!

Thanks to AndyG for a wee shot of the s1. Thanks too for the pax laps and offers of a drive, really appreciated. :thumbsup

Til the next one!! :thumbsup
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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by UncleRon » Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:34 pm

That was my first time doing Croft and I thought it was a great track!!

Really enjoyed some of my sessions out trading places with some of the other SE guys and will definitely do it again - Pretty close to home too as tracks go.

Seeing Mr Kyle spin into the grass and Andy sideways at every corner when his tyres were shot were highly amusing moments too......

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by a4drk » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:23 pm

Cheers Ron .....[FLUSHED FACE]


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Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by BigD » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:29 pm

Had a cheeky wee spin myself then forgot the 'come in if you spin' rule so got black flagged too.

Managed to upset someone early on in the day too. Will post evidence when I get a chance.

Other than that great track and the car was going very well on the new suspension. :)

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by a4drk » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:15 pm

New suspension for me soon - that's mine 12yrs old ...


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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by lotusjay » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:07 pm

a4drk wrote:Here's me spinning off when the rain came on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWbbLsQQBE

Calum is in front of me
And the bloke who filmed it in the S1 sent me the link


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Here's my spin shortly after yours

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by Dominic » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:32 pm

:welcome

Nice recovery :thumbsup
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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by Andy G » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:40 pm

good sign of effort.

I managed to slide down the entire straight after that in mine - new tyres just purchased
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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by StiflerMR2 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:18 pm

Good hands! :)

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Re: Croft - 1st July 2016

Post by BigD » Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:46 pm

Och ok then, since we're doing spin vids here's mine, mildly moist. :lol: Almost had it,..... almost. :roll:

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