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Due to starting a new job my new weekend is Wednesday and Thursday, which aint great but it does mean I can get down to the midweek trackdays at Oulton. If last year is anything to go by this will probably be the one and only time I make it there in 2010, but I'll try and show my face more often!
I set off around 10am and, after negotiating all the average speed cameras along the way, as well as nearly taking out two walkers who decided to step out in front of me on Coach Road
gag and the sat nav trying to take me in via one of the service routes, I eventually made it to a rather overcast, chilly and slightly damp Oulton for around 11am.
The plan was to meet up with a few friends, as two of them had paid to go out on track (RS Clio 172 and Ford Fiesta Zetec S) and I eventually found them hiding away in the end garage. Unfortunately the ZS was experiencing some fairly major issues, with the top end tapping and the oil pressure half what it should have been.
So with the Fiesta struggling to get in any track time, it left the Clio. Despite the owner claiming that it is a standard engine (which it appears to be), it sure does fly around the track!
As 12noon approached we were all sat by the pit wall watching the cars whizz past, when out of nowhere a Subaru squirms under heavy braking, the back steps out and it proceeds to travel at right angles along the pit straight before stuffing it into the armco. With a black Mégane already having gone straight on into the tyres at the same corner in a separate incident and with both cars suffering significant cosmetic damage, the lunch break was called 30 minutes early, allowing repairs to the track to get under way.
As all the cars came off the track it allowed me a chance to catch a better look at some of them. This car in particular made me laugh - it didn't have a single straight panel on it and the silencer on the exhaust was huge, but it was lapping well..
After the lunch break three of us went over to what I believe is Druids for a little while. The people that own this car had a proper set up going on; full interlocking floor mats, team logos on just about every piece of equipment and a car that gleamed like a sleek ruby.
As the hours passed and the shivers slowly set in, the appearance of the wintery sun midway through the afternoon went some to relieve the numb mind and toes.
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I set off around 10am and, after negotiating all the average speed cameras along the way, as well as nearly taking out two walkers who decided to step out in front of me on Coach Road
gag and the sat nav trying to take me in via one of the service routes, I eventually made it to a rather overcast, chilly and slightly damp Oulton for around 11am.1. CAF bling on the pit straight:
The plan was to meet up with a few friends, as two of them had paid to go out on track (RS Clio 172 and Ford Fiesta Zetec S) and I eventually found them hiding away in the end garage. Unfortunately the ZS was experiencing some fairly major issues, with the top end tapping and the oil pressure half what it should have been.
2. Give the man a car to fix, but first let them gather en masse and ponder the issue:
So with the Fiesta struggling to get in any track time, it left the Clio. Despite the owner claiming that it is a standard engine (which it appears to be), it sure does fly around the track!
3. I'm a Clio 172, I'll have you know:
As 12noon approached we were all sat by the pit wall watching the cars whizz past, when out of nowhere a Subaru squirms under heavy braking, the back steps out and it proceeds to travel at right angles along the pit straight before stuffing it into the armco. With a black Mégane already having gone straight on into the tyres at the same corner in a separate incident and with both cars suffering significant cosmetic damage, the lunch break was called 30 minutes early, allowing repairs to the track to get under way.
As all the cars came off the track it allowed me a chance to catch a better look at some of them. This car in particular made me laugh - it didn't have a single straight panel on it and the silencer on the exhaust was huge, but it was lapping well..
4. Excuse me lads, coming through:
After the lunch break three of us went over to what I believe is Druids for a little while. The people that own this car had a proper set up going on; full interlocking floor mats, team logos on just about every piece of equipment and a car that gleamed like a sleek ruby.
5. Such a good looking car:
As the hours passed and the shivers slowly set in, the appearance of the wintery sun midway through the afternoon went some to relieve the numb mind and toes.
6. Exiting Druids:
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