New to the forum/Roll Call - Page 2

Hobson · 17 Jan 2005, 11:54 (Ref:1202903)

I'm a real fan of Drifting, I'd love to find some time to watch the UK D1 events at Silverstone.

manzinilox · 7 Feb 2005, 02:28 (Ref:1219106)

hi all, i'm a definite rookie in this scene.

my dads friends have rallied, tracked, etc. and now i've got together with a couple of mates adn are planning to buy a couple of fiat x1/9's. one's a pranged parts car with the running gear, the others a body with an Arbath fibeglass kit... i hope it all works out ok!

its gonna be a lot of work, but after seeing such a dedicated track forum like this on the net, its boosted my confidence a bit.

thanks guys, listen out for all of my questions on how to go about doing stuff!!

catch, Dave

Mayhem in a Mk3 · 7 Feb 2005, 20:22 (Ref:1219742)

Hi, I'm Mark, I've never done a trackday yet, but I've been interested in them for a few years. I'm mainly interested in older cars, I've got an '85 Escort Cabriolet on the drive at the moment, but I don't know wether to get an XR4x4 to use on the track. I'm just getting all the generic things I'll need (seats, harnesses etc) and then I'll get the car sorted in March. To be honest I don't know how good I'll be at this game coz the missus says that I drive like Miss Daisy usually!!

Jim Lamb · 7 Feb 2005, 22:48 (Ref:1219835)

Hi, I'm Jim. Lapsed Marshal, Rescue Crew & MSA Instructor.

Due to work and family committments I've done very little in the last two Years. Having previously driven the majority of the UK Circuits in a VAN! (Rescue Vehicle)and attended a fair few track Days as part of the Safety Crew with 'Wheeltorque'.

I have wonderful memories of visiting some fantastic Tracks across Europe. Spa, the 'Ring'(Nordschliefe), Dijon, Mas Du Clos, Issoire, Clermont Ferrand to name a selection. The experience of driving round these tracks, even in Course/Safety cars is totally unforgettable.

Have been pondering the Idea of a Track Day car for some time now and thougts about taking the plunge this Year, with a 205 Pug or Astra GTE.

Have previously done stupid things on Rallies with various Escort and Fiesta setups so I think I know where I'm going and Initial setup will be Safety kit then Suspension and brakes to get the handling sorted, before any power mods.

Also visiting the States this year and the Richard Petty experience is already booked! Can't wait!

Regards, to you all, stay safe out there.....

Jim

pootles · 9 Feb 2005, 23:34 (Ref:1221481)

Hello you lot. I've not long been in here and quite frankly I like it a lot!! Cheers everything is very interesting. I've bought a MkII Golf GTI with a mate. We still have a bit of work to do to make sure all is safe and sound. Hope tgo be out there by end of March. TTFN x

pootles · 9 Feb 2005, 23:43 (Ref:1221486)

Hello sjw25 I'm in Berks too. might have some bits left from our golf strip out that you possibly need. Definitely have a twin carb upgrade that I'm not using

MBL205 · 12 Feb 2005, 21:52 (Ref:1223934)

Hello All,

I'm Mark from Nottingham. I have a 1988 205 Gti 'work in progress' car. Currently running an Mi16 engine and steering & suspension from a 309 Gti. It's my commute to work (not ideal after the Group A rear suspension mounts, polyrace wishbone bushes & SBC springs!), fun & occasional track day car. It goes fairly well for an old French hatchback I guess.

I'm hopefully off to Donington on the 27th February for it's first outing this year. I'm looking forward to trying out the new suspension set up after having a torrid year in 2004 changing rear beams!

Cheers.

GVK · 15 Feb 2005, 06:59 (Ref:1225908)

Mark, i'll be at Donington Feb 27th black mk2 Golf J*** GVK

http://gvkgti.free.fr/images/megamee...uff_640_03.jpg

edit - your 205... it's not silver is it??

Atomizer · 17 Feb 2005, 09:43 (Ref:1228013)

Hi everyone & anyone

I'm Dickie from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire. New to the whole thing of circuit driving although have always been a bit of a petrolhead. Have an Ariel Atom 2 and a Triumph Daytona 600. I'm looking at getting involved in trackdays, initially on 'safe' circuits until I've developed the skills. Look forward to learning from the experienced folk among you.

instructor g · 9 Mar 2005, 12:11 (Ref:1247612)

Hi Guy's
I am new to the forum , i am a full time race instructor , and run a track day company ( Track Sport ) now we have found the site we will be advertising our whares throughout the year.
contact details www.tracksport.co.uk see you on a track day soon.

TimCrighton · 30 May 2005, 11:45 (Ref:1314586)

Hey Everyone.

Thought I'd join up.
I'm a student (waits for the groans!) But I have been racing in karts since I was 8 and moved to cars at 16 and have raced in British GT's, T Cars, Formula Ford, Formula Vee, Radicals, basically I'll drive anything!

I also do a fair amount of trackday tuition.

As for Cars. I have a MK2 Golf 8v digi which I use for the road. I have also got a MK2 8v KJet which I use for Track Days. Its not had that much engine work done but its just for fun really and it gives my housemates and I something to do instead of going to lectures!

y0z2a · 24 Feb 2006, 11:16 (Ref:1530604)

I am new obviously...

Car

RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup
2.0 16V

Engine
Omex 600 & Custom Loom
Wossner Forged Pistons
ARP Bolt
Schrick Cams
Jenvey Individual Throttle Bodies
Peco 048's
PiperX/Jenvey Airbox

Chassis
Brembo HC discs
PF 97 Pads
Brake Duct Intake from the front fogs
Goodridge Stainless Lines
Powerflex Poly Bushes
Bilstein Coilovers
Camber Shims Rear
Front and Rear Strut Braces
Michelin Pilot Sport Cups on 15" Speedline 2118's

Other
Cobra Evolution seats with custom subframes
TRS 5 point harnesses
Completely Stripped interior
Sparco Wheel & Snap Off

erm, experience:

Cadwell, Brands, Donnington, Curborough, Spa Francorchamps, Oulton, Nurburgring, Pembray, Ty Croes, Llandow, Thruxton, Bedford.

Am quite experienced, and reasonably quick.

I live in staffordshire and tune 2.0 and 3.0 V6's for a living.

/y0z

CombeMarshal · 3 Mar 2006, 18:11 (Ref:1535571)

How did I miss this!!

My Car
Xantia Active
2.0 turbo Petrol
Active suspension

Mods
Bigger Turbo!
Manual Boost Conrtol
Dump Valve
K&N
EBC grooved and drilled discs and green pads
17" wheels
225/45/17 Eagle F1's
Trick stereo with 'G' Meter!

200bhp, crazy loads of Torque!

I have only done a Combe track day once, Decided you lot were to crazy, I was too good so decided to Marshal!!
So if you see some 'Crazy fool' waving a flag at you, wave back!

I have done a Solo (the Ross one) and a 12 car (and got badly lost, I'd still be on it now If it wasn't for TomTom!!)

Oh, and those are me old wheels!

And yes, that cone is meant to be like that!!!

Neil Adams · 27 Jun 2006, 20:14 (Ref:1642892)

Hi

i've gotten the bug for track days via spectating then actually wanting to do it myself, i've done the brands hatch trackmaster and a novice track day at brands this march, which was fantastic, loads of laps!

my car is just my normal road car,
peugeot 306 1.8, 100bhp

no modifications except a sport exhaust (previous owner) i think it handles well, very flat, i could manage surtees flat at 70mph

im doing another one at brands on the 12th july, planning to get a camera mounted in the car so will share the vids here

i want to do as many tracks as possible in the future, brands gp and donington for sure

b1ackcr0w · 28 Jun 2006, 06:59 (Ref:1643151)

Welcome Neil,

I'm glad you posted, I was beggining to think I smell bad or something

BC

Neil Adams · 28 Jun 2006, 22:47 (Ref:1643805)

lol, yeah been lurking around for a while, i've got a lot of interest in this section of ten-tenths, but theres only a few threads

b1ackcr0w · 4 Jul 2006, 16:32 (Ref:1648156)

Post away dear boy. Forums can be like High School discos, everybody wants to dance but nobody wants to be first

timster99 · 12 Jun 2007, 21:43 (Ref:1935498)

blimey, im the first poster here in almost a year!!!

im tim 36, 28, 36, a carpenter from middlesbrough and having just bought a focus st 170 am looking about at maybe giving it a blast on a track and found this site. looks cool.

cars totally bog standard, will probably beef up the brakes a bit someday. can anyone reccommend brakes? also new tyres would be in order sometime soon. running on continentals (not sure which) and find them quite grippy.

anyway
bye

tim

BILTEL · 20 Aug 2007, 18:05 (Ref:1992957)

Been doing trackdays for 10 years now about 8 a year. Started with a Lancer Turbo, moved on to Starions and got my sister involved with an E30 325i.

Been to Cadwell, Donington, Croft, Combe, Oulton, Rockingham, Snetterton, Silverstone GP and Le Mans.

Sean Edwards · 22 Aug 2007, 15:14 (Ref:1994562)

Hi guys,

Some nice cars above! I didn’t see there was a track day forum on here, seems quite a few of you attend them.

I am a professional racing driver and instructor and can offer any of you or your friends one to one tuition at most UK and European circuits. I do the instruction in between my main focus this year, which is the FIA GT championship, in GT2.

More can be found on my website http://www.seanedwards.eu/index.php?...ntent&catid=10 and there is also a long list of testimonials from previous clients on there.

vxr · 14 Jan 2008, 22:33 (Ref:2106221)

hi guy's/gals,i'm new to this forum.been doing track days for 10yrs now.driven cars on circuit such as cav sri 16v,cav gsi,volvo s40t4,vectra gsi,astra gsi and now a corsa vxr.vxr is standard at the moment,just need to find out how good/bad it is before upgrading anything.have driven at brands,snet,donny and silverstone.donny was interesting as it was in an M5,one of the safety cars for FIA GT meeting.

**Adam43** · 15 Jan 2008, 08:45 (Ref:2106430)

Welcome to the forum, vxr. I bet the beemer was fun

Sounds like you go to some decent places too, do you prefer the 'proper' tracks?

I can't help you on your car (I've tracked quite different cars: E-Type, XJS, MGB, SLK200, CL600, that one not that seriously unfortunately, and a Golf GTi (for ARDS)).

Has the Corsa been on track yet? Did the brakes hold up?

jhansen · 7 Feb 2008, 18:19 (Ref:2123408)

Well I will be making my first trip to the track in a month or two. Still haven't picked the final date yet, as a group of us are going. I'm really looking forward to it and hope it will be something that I can make a regular occurance. Oh, and this will be of the two-wheeled variety.

I will be riding my '05 Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Dan_Q · 7 Feb 2008, 21:23 (Ref:2123563)

I've made a few posts now so I suppose I'd best introduce myself

I'm a newbie to track related driving- I've made many a passenger ride many a time in the past though, with a friend who used to track his various hondas.

I won't be doing track days as such, but sprinting through a track day company in a small 5 event championship this year.

My weapon of choice is my old celica, by no means a racer but I aim to have a much fun as possible

speedyscooby · 14 Dec 2009, 10:58 (Ref:2599357)

Thought i would say hi as i have just forund my log in details after a year or so

Anyway i have just sold a 3.9 Mgbgt which was a blast to drive, so now i am thinking about what to get next

not to sure so for know i use what ever i can get my hands on.

I do also run a track day company called Opentrack.co.uk which i would say is the best

but then i would ! aslo as a full time job for the last few years ...... 12 i have worked as a photographer for several car magazines and my site if you want to see car pics is www.davewoodall.com

there you go that's me

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