drifting

[325bhpbruiser]

hiya lads, been trying to find local drift days on a rwyb basis to get my e30 out for what does best, cant seem to find anything, any north west spots? airfeild days? etc etc?

[Lloydie38]

We had an auto test day here on the Isle of Man and one guy in a Carlton 3000 drifted it around a track which had BIG metal and concrete barriers -Hats off to him - I would want a big open space for my limited drifting skills!

[agreen]

as above lol

[Lloydie38]

How about this? Autocrss was on today here on the Isle of Man - Drifting it in an AutoCross stylie...

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My E30 325 is going all knobley in the tyre department ready for the next one

[agreen]

f that my 318is catches on a big speed bump let alone ragginground the reccy ground i like my car to much thanks concrete / tarmac for me

[325bhpbruiser]

haha! been a few years since i have done autocross, jx6 was the fav, so no developments on places in the north west???

[Lloydie38]

Some more pictures from yesterday thanks to Kris our local photographer.. There was a tidy E30 318is but no pics or af the E36 325 4 door - the others were FWD wrongness so not to be posted on the Zone

As for events in the north west

Isle of Man events
Track days - http://www.duketrackdays.com/
Hill Climbs : http://www.manxmotorracing.com/ (it's slightly out of date but you get the idea - It's on in April 2008 and it's over 3 days / 3 hills
Auto Test - At Onchan raceway - more dates due
Autocross - 4 dates in next 4 weeks
Isle of Man BMW Club: http://www.manxbmw.webeden.co.uk/

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[img][img]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117 ... ocross.jpg[/img][/img]
And one from Manx Motor Sport
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It's well woth a trip over to the ISle of Man - Drive the TT course in particular the mountain road - just fantastic and not a Gatso in sight

[325bhpbruiser]

am talking north west england here

[al-g]

Alright mate,

I'm doing a drift day at Oulton Park on this Friday 26th, not too sure if there are any places left but try here.

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulto ... n-park.asp

Check out the car trackdays calender, i paid 125 quid.

This is the first time i've been to participate but i've watched a few different times and it looks a laugh, there are 2 drift tracks to go on.

[325bhpbruiser]

hiya mate, from liverpool myself, cant find anything about a drift day on that site, you got an exact link???

[Lloydie38]

ahhhhNorth West England....Sorry we call that 'Accross'

Erm Isle of Man - Own Government, Own lower tax (18% not 40% like you guys) Low Crime, no stupid nanny state, no european laws..No gatsos or national speed limits it just......BETTER

I used to live in Didsbury in Manchester until the Moss side boys nicked my house - they got caught and got away with it - Here they'de get flogged and jailed

[325bhpbruiser]

i know what you mean, i live in a pretty good area in liverpool but there are areas like didsbury here too, wanted to move to the isle of man about 18 months ago. still got intensions but not yet.

[JimmyC]

Alright mate,

I'm doing a drift day at Oulton Park on this Friday 26th, not too sure if there are any places left but try here.

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulto ... n-park.asp

Check out the car trackdays calender, i paid 125 quid.

This is the first time i've been to participate but i've watched a few different times and it looks a laugh, there are 2 drift tracks to go on.

You wont be popular if your treating a trackday as a driftday

[Weeman]

I had one this weekend in Holland, closed flat area, coned off, and wet. was good fun, hard work with no LSD but good fun all the same, dont have many pics just a few the missus took.

[325bhpbruiser]

[al-g]

Alright mate,

I'm doing a drift day at Oulton Park on this Friday 26th, not too sure if there are any places left but try here.

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulto ... n-park.asp

Check out the car trackdays calender, i paid 125 quid.

This is the first time i've been to participate but i've watched a few different times and it looks a laugh, there are 2 drift tracks to go on.

You wont be popular if your treating a trackday as a driftday

HAHA, No mate, its a proper introduction to drifting day. They use 2 different drift circuits in the middle of the main track. When doing a proper trackday i like to drive the car round not see if i can get a big slide going on.

[al-g]

hiya mate, from liverpool myself, cant find anything about a drift day on that site, you got an exact link???

Alright mate, where abouts? From Garston myself. That sleepy little hamlet where nothing untoward goes on.

Here's the link for the full calender.

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulto ... p?type=car

Fridy 26th you want.

[al-g]

Here's the main page.

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulto ... uctID=3582

[al-g]

Here's a few pics and a video from the last one i went to. I called up to get a bit of practice with my camera before i went the Nurburgring.

[big_jof]

Might be a bit far but javelin trackdays run a drift 'practice' day at Barkston heath near grantham £69, I use these guys for their open pit lane at elvington 'hammond go smash' airfield near york and its pretty well put together.
Not been for the drifting yet but its in the pipeline.
http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/index.html

[MJG]

Get on www.driftworks.com or www.trampdrift.com, in the events sections. There are drift practice days all the time. Teesside in the north east near middlesborough can't be more than 100miles away? That is the best drift venue in the UK at present and at £60 a day for practice you can't go wrong.

Forget autocross and conventional track days, autocross is different entirely, and conventional track days unless you confirm first, generally they will black flag you're ass.