Our first track day in our track car. The car gets us all the way to
Joe is out first on the track – the car goes well, and Joe is driving well too! Come back into the pits to give the car a rest.
Whilst waiting in the pits it starts to rain… hard! I can’t wait to get out on the track so we put the hood up and get out on the track – everyone else has come in, so we’re the only ones on the track. The track is really slippy, that combined with our lazy shock absorber and old tyres, the back end is sliding out of every corner. I slowly start gaining more confidence in the wet, until I go around the last corner in full view of the pitlane and lose the back end. I counter steer but it’s gone too far already. 720 degrees later and we’re on the grass just off the tarmac! I come back into the pits shortly after.
Joe takes it out again, and now he has a chance to experience the wet. I’m in the passenger seat secretly waiting for him to spin it as well (I couldn’t face be the only one to spin it!) After a few laps he locks up braking for the first corner, comes off the brakes and applies again only to lock them up again – by this time we’ve gone past the turn in point so he has to put more steering lock to get round the corner. The back end slides out and before we know it we’re facing the wrong way. Yay… 1 all
After a few sessions, it’s my last run – I’m confident in the car now so it’s time to push and keep some more speed through the corners. Unfortunately I pushed too hard and end up spinning again, oh well! 2-1.
Overall a fantastic day, and lots learnt about the car… and on the way back there appears to be less vibration coming through the steering wheel so maybe those spins shaved just the right amount of weight off the tyres. ;-)
- Small coolant leak from the pipe at the top of the radiator
- Need some new tyres all round. Will probably go for Toyo Proxes – Any thoughts?
- Lazy shock absorber is probably not helping under heavy braking so that needs replacing.
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