Dreadnought Tracknight Friday 13 July

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:48 pm

No takers on here for this? After the last reports, I was going to give it a miss - but when Brunty cancelled his, I booked on to get another fix.

Good way to celebrate the start of the Glasgow Fair weekend? Will delay the usual way of celebrating (getting totally legless

) until I get home around 9.00pm, negotiating carefully around the drunks in the gutters, but who said being a petrol head was easy

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:14 pm

Can't do it, but am hoping to book in for the 23/8 Dreadnought night... last one of the year for them. Just waiting on Granma to confirm she'll watch the sprogs...

Was hoping to do the HM night on 17/8 or the AROC night on 24/8 but the wife has put a spanner in the works for both of them

... so the last Dreanought one is my banker.

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:31 pm

I did say I would go to the Edinbeers but if my bank balance can't take that kind of a hammering I might be up on track instead.

Mac

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:43 pm

I'll be on track, but 400 miles further south

Kayfur · Post by **Kayfur** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:48 pm

I'll be there

Kevin

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:44 pm

That was wet and then - very wet. Wet was fine and fun and the R888s were great but when it got very wet after several lock ups and two cars spinning right in front of me, I called it a night!

Kevin, saw you kept going - and weren't you on 048s?

Kayfur · Post by **Kayfur** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:18 pm

Brian

I was on 048s but newish ones with plenty of tread. I found the grip level to be pretty good in general - only a couple of very short aquaplaning moments at the entrance to Duffus

and the exit of Clarkes.

As you will have noticed I was lapping pretty slowly. I really don't feel confident in the wet - I need to find some way of disabling my misprogrammed self-preservation instinct which automatically has me back-off when the tail starts to step out - with the predictable result

For some reason this doesn't seem to happen in snowy carparks

or on the Playstation.

Hints anyone ?

Kevin

Brunty · Post by **Brunty** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:27 am

Take a brave pill?

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:47 am

Brunty wrote:Take a brave pill?

I remeber trying to keep up with you in you VW. You wee on cut slicks in the rain... You sir are certifiable..

but in a good way..

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:38 pm

John Reid wrote: You wee on cut slicks in the rain...

...hence he has lots of grip