Changes To Oulton Park

[KayBee]

Originally posted by JimW
Cerainly not. By all means welcome those from further South, after all that includes me. Since Oulton is hardly in the North how could it move further South anyway?

(The North of England begins North of the Manchester ship canal, at least in my book.)

Regards

Jim

Speaking from the fine county of Worcestershire.

Strictly speaking Cheshire is in the North West even the very southern bit round Crewe. Where we live is one mile into Derbyshire and that is classed as East Midlands although most people look to Manchester for employment and recreation.

[JimW]

Strictly speaking Cheshire is in the North West

No not by my version of strictly speaking! You are a southerner. And so am I so that's not an insult even if my parents came from the Lakes/Scotland.

I suppose you could call yourself a Midlander if you felt like it. Good people too.

Regards

Jim

PS Just in case anyone is getting upset; it's all a joke!

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by pixie
Shouldn't the changes to Oulton be to move it further South ????

Bog off, Pixie! It's ours!

You should get up to Oulton more often.......

[Flagman]

I had a good look at the new section on Saturday - as Andrew surmised in his revised post - it is basicly a larger version of the existing chicane with the entrance moved to just after the point where the Fosters circuit joins the straight.

It should be faster than the old chicane, depending on how tight they make the initial right hander!

The left hander in the middle doesn't look too tight which means they should carry more speed into the final right hander which looks like it will use the last part of the existing chicane.

Would expect there to be more spins on the exit of the last part as they will be hitting the 'hump' on rejoining the old circuit at the right hander much faster - a hint that this may be likely is given by the fact that they are improving the gravel trap on the outside of Knicker Brook - which I cannot recall ever seeing a car ending up in with the old chicane!

Its a good job the first Oulton meeting isn't till the end of April as there looks an awful lot of work still to do.

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by Flagman
Its a good job the first Oulton meeting isn't till the end of April as there looks an awful lot of work still to do.

Not long now......April 19th!

[pirenzo]

Is anyone else here feeling that they're starting to realise that chicanes are causing more probelms than they are solving (Monza's chicanes are a classic example), and yet they can't seem to let go of them, so all over the world, chicanes are being made faster (obviously Mallory would be an exception)

[pixie]

You should get up to Oulton more often

Last time time came 'op north it were closed !!!!!
and I'm talking just past Watford... No they should be moving these far flung circuits down south, all you guys need up there is a speedway type track to race your whippets on


....................run away

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by pixie
Last time time came 'op north it were closed !!!!!
and I'm talking just past Watford...

It was done for your protection....or, to be more accurate, the sheep's protection!

No they should be moving these far flung circuits down south, all you guys need up there is a speedway type track to race your whippets on

All the far flung circuits are already darn sarf......Brands, Lydden, Castle Combe......

We'll give you Three Sisters!

[pixie]

We'll give you Three Sisters

Went there once !!! thought I was in the carpark of an industrial estate !!!!



then I woke up and found I was..............