Met up with Mike (croc) last Friday at Donington Park track. Good to meet a USA7'er - looking forward to meeting more 7 owning folk when I get over to the States!
Didn't manage to get on track on the Friday (which was a good thing as it turned out). A week before the event there were 18 places available. When I came to book on the Monday morning all the slots had gone.
There was a lot of fast, expensive metal / carbon / fibreglass on track (Ferrari's, BAC Mono's, an Aston, some quick 7's) and the track etiquette wasn't the best. Several red flags for various incidents and (unusually for this track day organiser) there was a lot of queuing to get on track.
Here is one of the reasons behind one of the stoppages -
Here is a pic of Mike navigating Redgate -
In contrast Sunday at Anglesey was a great day (and this time I did get on track, albeit for only half a day due to work commitments).
Weather was great and there were only about 30 cars on track (all behaving well). Got a lot of track time in on this brilliant circuit. A lot of time was spent either chasing or leading Mike - both of which were good fun. Had to come in after a few laps as I had a bit of a problem with the expansion bottle top losing pressure and because my tyres lost grip once they reached a certain temperature (understeering out of Church at 90mph was 'interesting' to say the least).
Here are a couple of low res shots from Anglesey (Mike in background of the one shot)
So, a great weekend of track action. All being well I'll be joining some of you in 2015 on the New Jersey track weekend (in my own 7 if all goes to plan)....