SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by mac » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:23 pm

meatball wrote: Mac - glad you recognised me.......or did you Mac?



Hope y'all had fun

I didn't :oops: When were you up? I left Kh thinking that it was odd that you weren't there!


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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by Digital » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:37 pm

kenny wrote:Jamie, hope your pal enjoyed her pax laps, she seemed to going by the screaming :mrgreen:
Cheers Kenny, I think she enjoyed that :thumbsup Her facebook page says she "screamed all the way round at Knockhill today" :lol: Thanks for taking them both out, tried to convince my girlfriend but she was having none of it!

Had a fun morning, but slightly worried about my brake pedal going to the floor at one point on a cool down lap. I had only been out for a few laps, and I'm a wuss when it comes to late braking, so not entirely sure how I would have managed to boil the fluid :?

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by colin adams » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:04 pm

Great day as always with SIDC, John Thanks yet again.

Good to be back out again at last, great fun

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by dlogan » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:07 pm

David wrote:There seemed to be quite a high attrition rate among the Caterhams though :shock:
Was there?

Great session, nice and quiet, great weather and good standards of driving.

Didnt get much time to chat with folk but wanted to take advantage of the dry track!!

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by jason » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:14 pm

In my own experience, can't remember a better day at Knockhill. Many thanks for organising again, John.

I'd like to add a big thanks for today's flag marshalls too. Plenty of blue flag action (much more use than I've previously witnessed) helped me with slower cars today, which is a first. Thanks marshally people :thumbsup

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by Captain Slow » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:49 pm

Peter76 wrote:I managed to make it up by about 10.30. Great weather, couldn't have got a better day for it. Some awesome cars too. Wondered what the Fiesta whatever it was coming out of the garage was gonna do and it was feckin awsome. :thumbsup Nice Fezza and GT3 too. 350Z awesome note going up the main straight. And not to mention all the Loti! Big thumbs up to the guy in the white Evo EKZ**** i think it was, for the entertainment each time he came round the hairpin sideways!!! Could see the smile on his and pax face. :lol: :thumbsup

Nice chatting to Blaque and Captain Slow at the pit wall too.

Clark, sorry i missed you. Saw your car when i first arrived then never saw it again. Thanks again for offering to take me down.

Thanks to Ali Crozier who took me too Murrays for my car and also gave me some great track tips on the way. Just need to see if i can put them into practice now.
Good to meet you Peter, maybe get a Pax sometime ;-)

Thanks to Blaque for inviting me up and a big thanks to GilesM for a hurl in his S2 - amazing. He cut the corners so tight the cones were wobbling! An awsome xperience for a newbie.

Great day and good to meet some of the other guys.

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by campbell » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:07 pm

We missed the actual action, rolled up at 1.15pm after deciding on a last-minute-picnic (at KH - what a choice!), but saw a few familiar cars on their way home (we were in my silver S1 and bro's gunmetal S2000). Nice to see IainF and also saw JohnS from a distance in his fetching dayglo vest...what's that all about John?!

Took a few snaps of the afternoon action - what group was that? - and enjoyed seeing some of the antics, not least the Beemers...wasn't there an SE'er involved there, gunmetal CSL maybe? Well driven. Just as the red 993 was also, holy moly!!

Loved the white Toyota Starlet or whatever too :-)

Kids had a ball, looking good for future days out.
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by renmure » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:25 pm

campbell wrote: Took a few snaps of the afternoon action - what group was that?
It was a 4hr session for customers / friends of Autoecosse in Dundee to celebrate 1 year of being a Subaru dealership.
They posted on PH offering the time to anyone intersted to make up the numbers, either in 1hr blocks for £20/hr or the full 4hrs for £50. Think there was also a charity aspect to it.
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by campbell » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:36 pm

Thanks Jim. A well behaved lot, an interesting collection, and certainly some lovely Subarus there. Me and the missus were getting all misty-eyed...
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by Skyenet » Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:34 am

campbell wrote:
Nice to see IainF and also saw JohnS from a distance in his fetching dayglo vest...what's that all about John?!
Nice to see you and the family today. Glad the kids had a good day.

I enjoyed my day out taking photos and have uploaded them to the gallery

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... =9&t=22170

Here's John in his fetching vest and he probably has a photo of me as well :roll:

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by Skyenet » Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:37 am

AJT wrote:
Skynet, hope your pals enjoyed their passenger laps.
Thanks to yourself and Giles for taking them out. It was one of the Guys from the BMW GS site and his girlfriend. They both thoroughly enjoyed the pax laps and passed on their thanks.
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by JohnStewart » Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:20 am

Skyenet wrote:
campbell wrote:
Nice to see IainF and also saw JohnS from a distance in his fetching dayglo vest...what's that all about John?!
Here's John in his fetching vest and he probably has a photo of me as well :roll:
Funny you should say that ;)

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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by tonyg » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:39 am

jasonliddell wrote:In my own experience, can't remember a better day at Knockhill. Many thanks for organising again, John.

I'd like to add a big thanks for today's flag marshalls too. Plenty of blue flag action (much more use than I've previously witnessed) helped me with slower cars today, which is a first. Thanks marshally people :thumbsup
I agree - especially the blue flag bit - us se7ens can be hard to see. Another :thumbsup for the marshalls
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by rossybee » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:14 am

I was there, enjoying the weather, with my son and my nephew (trying to start the octane drip-feed :wink: )

Good to catch up with lots of folk, and to see Dave L's yellow 7 (f**kin quick btw) in the flesh for the 1st time...

...days like these only serve to make me want something quick again, so plans are already in place :thumbsup
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Re: SIDC at Knockhill, Saturday 8th August

Post by kenny » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:45 am

Digital wrote:Is it Castrol SRF that everyone on here recommends?
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