October to November 1999 rambles
Kemble track day and Mastery at MIRA.
Went to a track day at Kemble airfield,
organised by
Easytrack.
Despite the
appalling weather,
I had great fun; the lessons of MIRA were still
clear in my mind, so I was able to take advantage of the cones and wet surface to
slide the car about on every lap, but never actually spin it.
Why doesn't Cadwell have this much run-off?
The highlight of the day was
not when the umbrella that I was using to
keep the torrential rain off the car blew away.
Whilst I was taking shelter in a friendly gentleman's Elise, the umbrella
handle bashed against my
windscreen, producing a huge star crack covering the full height of the screen.
Fortunately
the umbrella sailed clean over all of the other cars without causing any further damage. It
gave me an excuse to get rid of the pitting from stones, I suppose...
Friday, 5th November 1999. Link to this ramble.
Spent an excellent day at the
MIRA wet handling circuit,
organised by Don Palmer of
Driving Development.
I managed to keep the back out for about 3/4 of the way round a 50m-radius circle
with the appropriate grin plastered to my face. Out of eight (I think)
cars there, mine was the only one which was rear-wheel-drive, so I probably had
the most fun of the lot. There are no photos because manufacturers test at MIRA, so
cameras are banned.
Sunday, 10th October 1999. Link to this ramble.
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