Oulton Park drift day

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:57 pm

Is it worth me putting my Khumo's on the back as I don't rate them as a normal track day tyre and may be a way of using them up or would you recommend I keep the proxies all round?

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:33 pm

The surface is reckoned to be pretty easy on tyres bit if it's a hot day then I guess some wear is inevitable so I can't see any harm in fitting them to kill them off rather than doing in your proxies.

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:38 pm

Cheers steve, mind you I'm not sure how much the grass will wear my tyres!

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:17 pm

hoping to pick up a new motor for the E30 this weekend as the bigends have gone in mine,,, if i can get it fitted and it runs ok i will book up and see if i can manage a bit of sliding.

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:34 pm

Come on Stoney..... you know you wanna! I've had a look at the confirmed drivers list and we definately need more E30's! Those EVO boys are outnumbering us! lol

Post Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:07 pm

Is there still space on this guys?

Post Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:14 am

Still a few spaces left if you fancy it

Post Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:48 pm

Just trying yo get Admiral to give me temporary cover again so that I can drive grandad there...

It's with the underwriters at the moment, fingers crossed.

I'll let you know this w/e

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:41 am

Damn, Admiral said no

I'm going to try to get my wife to cover it on her's. Only problem is, she's with Diamond - part of the same group as Admiral...

Wish me luck

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:06 am

Why won't they cover you?

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:22 am

Apparently they don't like providing temporary cover on the same car more than once. Something about problems they've had in the past where the person has lent the car out to mates, who've then trashed it. Sounds like a load of balls to me, but I've still got the Diamond route to go down, fingers crossed.

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:40 am

Yossarian,

Have you tried any of these? They specialise in short term cover.

www.TemporaryCover.com
www.dayinsure.com
www.insuredaily.co.uk

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:45 am

Thanks dude, I'll try them next time, cos my wifey cracked it

So, I'm all booked up - Grandad (the E30) and I will be there.

Looking forward to it, gonna be a long day though (we've got a 3 hour drive up there). We also travel back from our holiday in Newquay Friday afternoon, so come Sunday, I'm gonna be knackered.

Can my wife and 10 month old boy come too? They say one spectator is allowed, but surely one and a bit will be OK...

See you there!

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:11 pm

And then there were six!

Sooo looking forward to this one!

How's Stoney's engine replacement coming on?

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:24 pm

I can't imagine that they would charge for Yossarian Jnr

Post Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:12 pm

furbster wrote:And then there were six!

Sooo looking forward to this one!

How's Stoney's engine replacement coming on?

not too well if I am honest,, been working on it most of the weekend but this heat is crippling.

think I will have to give this one a miss sorry.

Post Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:30 am

Sorry to see that you can't make it Steve, I'm looking forward to seeing the beemer back on track

Info packs have now been sent out to all drivers by email, if you have not received yours please let me know ASAP.

Don't forget that we need a list of driver and passenger names by tomorrow night (Tuesday) to send to MSV so that you can get your free entries into the circuit! If you aren't on the list it's £12 to get in

There are now just a couple of places left on this if anyone wants to join us

Post Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:27 pm

Sounds good this mate. I only live 15 mins away and would be up for it if im not too late. PM me
Cheers

Post Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:59 pm

Steve - Can you post final list of who's going?

Cheers

Post Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:07 pm

I'll contact Phil who is doing the admin for entries and see what we can do!

Post Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:47 pm

List is here - still being updated as the last bookings come in..... http://www.trackaction-online.co.uk/art ... ?id_pag=25

Post Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:46 pm

Just a quick note to say thanks to the guys who made it to Oulton on Saturday, we had a great time and the feedback seems to be that everyone enjoyed themselves

Im struggling to post any photos on here so have a click on this link to see how we got on - http://michaelward.fotopic.net/c1556660.html

We are hoping do run some more of these drift days so please add any feedback or comments if you were there and I'll keep in touch with any further dates

Steve H

Post Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:47 pm

Cheers Steve, photo's look good,

This drift day was the 2nd most amount of fun i've ever had in a car

some good photos aswell,
will defo have to do it again in a couple months or so!!

Post Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:36 am

Next drift day is now set for Sept 20th, more details here - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 75#1174275

Post Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:56 pm

170-odd pictures and not a single one of grandad sideways, caked in mud

Damn, obviously not cool enough eh Steve?

Post Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:47 pm

You'll obviously have to come to the next one and try again

Perhaps a few flames down the side might get the photographers attention

Post Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:15 pm

I think it was because the photographer was mainly taking photos of the track and not the cars driving on the grass! lol

Post Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:09 am

Track? What track?