Felt a bit of a dickhead as I arrived at 1100 with Ian thinking it started at 1200.
However it turned out well as there was a track session in progress, caught site of a couple of Elises, Wullie was in the Control Tower, so I got on for the last hour. A white something snarled past me as I came out, so tucked in behind him thinking it was a track Honda S2000. Turned out to be a flame spitting Mazda RX7 with 600hp. Had a couple of good sessions with him, could not pass him on the straight, just draw alongside, but I was faster in the corners. Nice guy and I tried to get him to stay for the afternoon, but he had to go home.
Fantastic weather all day, and the new 48R's and brake pads worked well, so got through two tanks of fuel. However too many red flags, and we probably lost around 50 min track time.
Many thanks to those of you who took Clare, Ian and Kaylie out for pax rides, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Mass, when Clare saw your baby blue car, she said that she wanted to marry whoever owned it. She also loved the tuned Turbo Porsche, and we were having a good session until he lost hp with a burst turbo pipe. I think he has two of them though.
I just discovered the KH thread on PH Gassing, and there were complaints about some of the cars and driving standards. I had in fact posted that the standard had been generally good and I had no problems at all, but then again it helps to be able to pass almost everybody, and I am hardly going to be intimidated. I suppose you are likely to have a different perspective if you are driving £100K worth pf Lambo, Ferrari or Porsche.
My biggest gripe was the new charging system. I had my son, daughter and friend with me, and had to pay £5 each as passengers, and £40 if I wanted them to drive. As the car can only be on track with one driver, that is just a con. Neither John nor myself charge extra for drivers or passengers for our events, and we keep the payments below Knockhills.
Got a couple of pics from PH with the Mazda, and also a u-tube link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ULe_-p2FwSI
tut
ps Sympathise with Brian on hitting the bale at the Chicane. The sun was smack in our eyes as we crested making it hard to judge.
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