Manic track day (real cars)

[Lemming]

The wife bought me a fantastic birthday present...  A track day!

Pictures here: http://www.tcphotos.com/section.asp?sid=9788&secid=874

Yep, that is me driving in each shot.  Had to post it up on here as it was a superb deal.  She purchased the deal with Tesco Clubcard vouchers!!!!  £1 in vouchers gets £4 worth of the deals.

It was up in Loughborough and run by Everyman racing.  Well worth a go for anyone who loves fast cars as they actually get you to drive fast around the track, not just taking it carefully.

Cheers all

Steve

[Guest joelvardy]

SWEET dude I am sure you had great FUN

So there were no high speed crashes..... You ain't typing from hospital are you? lol

Sweet pictures to!

and.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY  [<)]

[Lemming]

Cheers Joel,

No crashes (thank god) although the Aston had a tail twitch moment and the Lambo made some lovely squealing noises during a 4 wheel slide when I applied too much throttle mid corner...  I think those are known as "moments" or even "brown trouser moments"!  []

My birthday isn't until the 23rd, but this was the only time that we could easily get up to there to go play.

I would recommend it to anyone on here as it is absolutely nuts!!!!!

[Guest joelvardy]

brown trouser moments   - LOVE IT [:|]

My bro has had a go in a Stock Car and is driving a Challenger Tank for work.  But nothing like that! [Y]

Bring on the new STIG [{] Our very own Mr. Lemming []

Happy Birthday..... In advance!

[MikeT]

badword Joel, it's being Cheerful that keeps you going! []

I'd love to have a go at something like that, but i'm assuming you have to have held a driving licence for 2/3 years or something?

Mike

[Lemming]

I believe that as long as you have a full UK license, then it's fine.

It was strange really, as they didn't even check mine! (it is full and clean)

[MikeT]

Ah bum, someone needs to setup similar for 15-17year olds, not even high-performance cars, jusr driving and track experience in a car!

[bangstick]

Now thats what i call a birthday pressie! Nice shots.

If you want to get into driving before you are 17 Mike you should try autograss racing. I think in class 1 they race pretty standard minis with just mud and snow tyres on a grass (usually just mud) oval. Some excellent opposite lock action to be had too! I have seen some really young drivers do it, usually they have parents that race but i  know you don't need a full licence. I expect you will be saving for a proper road 1/1 car rather than this but just an idea.

[petris]

Cool Deal.  We here in the States actually do Autocross and Track events every Sunday.  Here's a pic or two - I love it.  Most of my friends are involved.