OK hope you all had a good day and throughly enjoyed yourselves, learnt something not only about your cars, but perhaps about yourself It certainly was challenging, changable conditions. Unfortunately because we were so short handed on the organisation front, there will not be too many pictures. I only got the chance to take a few on the sprint circuit this afternoon. So I have not been able to snap everybody , it also is difficult to do when not every car comes out on that particular test What happened there then guys, I think there were at least eight cars who never gave it one single go Still it was fun watching you and the pictures I do have will go up over the next 4/5 days as I'm rather busy. Cheers, Martin.
Well i certainly had a fantastic day - well worth the 8 1/2 hour round trip lol. It was really good to challenge both myself and my car to see what we are both capable of. The marshalls were fantastic and I found them very encouraging which was nice for those of us with a slightly nervous disposition!! I had so much fun, can't wait to push myself more now and do something bigger and better next time
How was the traffic. We hung around in the pub till 7:30 and got a good run going south and round the M25.
I left the pub around 6pm and immediately got a call from Stu saying the M25 was really clear - so I switched plans and within the hour was home. Never seen the M25 (anti-clock) so empty on a Friday night after a North Weald day. Thanks for the tip off Stu!
Pretty much same for me all the way around to the M3 but then that was a bit sluggish but as I had only one Junction to go it wasnt a problem. Was home in just over the hour.. Hope everyone had a great day, I never even got to really see the top circuits properly but did enjoy timing you all on the slalom and afternoon sprint activities. For those who haven't done a trackday before why not make it a 'must do' for next year. Just as North Weald, you'll have a silly grin by the end of the day ! Tim - You need another F, Francis wants yours Jan - I am going to be pestering you even more about doing a track day now.. See you all soon folks Stu
I'd never have known you were short handed, you all did a fantastic job I've put a few pictures up that I took and a couple that I didn't - no idea how they got in there. Thanks all and will have to do another track day soon
Glad that you all had a good time. I couldn't get out of work this week otherwise I would have helped out and taken some pics. Got rid of the rogue pics maxalan. Anyone else got some?
Sorry, I didn't take any photos this time. I was a little bit pre-occupied during the day and spent most of it on the phone I'm afraid I was a bit negligent in my marshalling duties in the afternoon.
I've also added my pics to the Gallery now. They are pretty poor quality due to being a phone not a camera but its all I had with me! I also took a few videos, again on my phone so quality not great - but sound is bearable. http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/Fast_Jan/24-08-07%20North%20Weald%20Vids/ Looks like i made a bad choice by leaving early and hoping to beat the traffic, it took me 5.5 hrs to get home I should've stayed and come to the pub Stu - I don't think you'll have to pester too much, i think i caught the bug already
Thanks to everyone who made marshalling such a pleasure. The pub delay worked well and I didn't experience any problems and arrived home for 10.30. I was helped by a fuel stop which delayed me further and Jennie phoned from the M1 to say it wasn't moving so I went for the M40. So Jennie may have had a hundred odd extra horses but I still was home first. Neil
Ok folks, all the pictures from me now in the gallery. Can I just say I didn't mean to imply any criticism of anybody, when I mentioned how short we were of helpers. I meant it as an explanation of why not every car was snapped, I know some people do wonder why isn't my car in there if they get missed. Sadly I can't make Donnington , but look forward to catching up with many of you at Goodwood in November Cheers, Martin.
North Weald photes Just seen the photoes of my car on the gallery and wanted to say a big thanks for all the effort you obviously go to, regards,davea.
