How not to drive at a trackday

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:57 am

I had the misfortune of nearly being wiped out by a Mini Cabrio

driver at Snetterton recently. His lack of etiquette was inexcusable, especially considering we were in the advanced group. We were going to have words when we returned to the pits but fate dealt a hand...................

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:46 am

What a tosser!! Ive never done a track day, but I know how to use my mirrors let alone know you don't overtake on the entry to a corner!

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:51 am

LOL at your reaction to him binning it. Did he make contact with armco?

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:42 pm

He did indeed hit the wall and had to go home on a tow truck!!!!

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:51 pm

PR*CK

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:56 pm

Scary stuff, sadly with the increase in track day popularity more people who are less versed in track manners are attending.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:04 pm

I felt your joy when he came off then! Brilliant. What a c0ck jockey!

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:29 pm

One of the funniest things about it is he is using a Mini Convertible on a track day.. With the roof down!

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:55 pm

He should have been black flagged, they tell them in the briefing ITS NOT A RACE. Keep to the right when being overtaken. Well justice.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:53 pm

who buys a mini convertable and takes it to a track day anyway?

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:56 pm

the man in a convertible mini bins it when under pressure from behind.

theres a surprise

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:56 pm

wiledw wrote:who buys a mini convertable and takes it to a track day anyway?

homosexuals.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:59 pm

LOL I'm glad people can see the funny side of this. My post got locked within seconds over on E36coupe.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:01 pm

he should have seen several blue flags for being the slower car, and should have been black flagged for pushing you off at the end of the start finnish straight and again squeezing you out at the end of the back straight.

what a cock, i think i would have crashed there from the tears of laughter

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:04 pm

Who organised the trackday?

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:11 pm

I must admit, with my orgasm at the end, I was lucky that I wasn't driving at the time

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:13 pm

That was brilliant. When I first mucked around on track days, I spent most of the laps looking in the mirror and being ultra nice to people letting them past. That idiot clearly didn't.

Your reaction was quality at him sliding off. I think you could hear metal to metal contact in the video

Edit: Mucked around is the wrong expression really, attended would have been better.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:13 pm

never mind who organised it.....where the hell was snettertons marshalls and race director....they should have had him ejected many laps before he crashed

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:15 pm

sorry I can't state who the organisers were due to an agreement about the video I have with them. What I must say though is that the organisers are excellent and what happened has no bearing on them. If anything I should have pulled into the pits after the 'off' and reported the guy but I didn't

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:40 pm

stevotheevo wrote:the man in a convertible mini bins it when under pressure from behind.

theres a surprise

Being a convertible driver he would probably enjoy pressure from behind.

What a tool

I understand doing a track day as you cant legally do it on our roads but still it dosnt warrent being a bell end too.

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:51 pm

Look on the bright side......

One less Mini on the road

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:02 pm

First dibs on his wheels if there still straight

Post Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:20 pm

When I think about it, the track marshalls are partly to blame. They decided to omit the blue flag in the briefing, for what reason, I do not know. Bear in mind, this trackday had 600+bhp Time Attack cars running in the group.

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:26 am

That looks very similar to the one that was at Cadwell on the 16th.

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:49 pm

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:53 pm

nickstoner wrote:thing is he in a little mini and hes givin you a run for your money he shouldnt really have to let you past if you wanna get past you gotta get past why should he let you past ??? its not really racing if everyone lets you past !!!

its a trackday not a race!!

hilarious video

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:55 pm

nickstoner wrote:thing is he in a little mini and hes givin you a run for your money he shouldnt really have to let you past if you wanna get past you gotta get past why should he let you past ??? its not really racing if everyone lets you past !!!

What the f*ck are you talking about? Do you know what a trackday is? Do you know what racing is? Do you have a clue?

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:56 pm

Stoner, smoke less weed and you might see that I'm all over him in the corners. Not only that, I caught him up within a lap after he forced us off the track.

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:58 pm

Brilliant! Should have got some pics afterwards though...

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:58 pm

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm

nickstoner wrote:yeah but why go for a tear up when people gotta let you past !!

Man, you are dumb

Post Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:01 pm

slow down mate so i can get past

Post Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:33 am

what an idiot, i also have never done a track day but from what my friends tell me driving like this would certianly cause accidents good thing he binned it (although i hope he was not hurt cost one thing to loose ya car another to break a bone)

Imagine this guy on the RING, first corner a german 911 woudl just plough straight into himj for not moving out of his way at over 100mph.

Post Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:14 am

Only thing hurt was his stupid ego

Post Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:53 am

had similar situations with this guy who races in clio cup championship whi was 'testing' at a track day at brands hatch.

he just wouldnt get out my way and as you may know brands indy is fairly narrow and there is only the one straight to out power people. Anyway i ws faster through the corners and obviously the straights too having way more power. he wouldnt let me past and just sat on the line even on the straights.

Into the fast chicane section i went up the inside assuming that he had given me way by taking such a SLOW wide entry. so i passed, not really taking into note what he was doing, bare in mind there is plenty of space here!

he came to me in the pits to start a fight with me, saying that im not meant to overtake and that i was only faster on the straights!

i said 'sorry mate you were going so slow on that section i thought u were letting me through, and there was a guy behind me in a porsche who i didnt want going into the back of me for braking to such a slow speed for a fast corner too!'

trackdays are full of nobbers and people who think they are racing drivers..and nobber racing drivers too!

i guess you just have to expect the unexpected and be very very wary at all times!