Donnington Park Trackday December 2008
well it was a very early start for me about 5am i wen tot the petrol station to fill up check levels etc
then just checked pressure in tyres
well we arrived late (yes theres always 1! well 2 in this case) we went in to sign on! we were told to choose a group fast or slow as we we were all going to go intermidiate i figured ah they will all be in the slow group should of checked first
FAIL all the novas were in the fast group aka gold group
but wasnt all bad was just there were absolute beginners in mine and wills group and was a bit of a pain sometimes! but it meant i could watch the novas in the other group coming doen the pit straight, first things first massive respect for the balls out maxcimum attack ollys gives his car was awesome to watch it skating round the pit straight scrabbling for grip,
skidmarks nova was impressive as was oli d's, olly's and nathans the tigra jonlems and gav's beast made me laugh as soon as i saw it when we were unloading wills car opf thr tailer it rolled past with a MASSIVE WOOLWORTHS sticker on it fell about pmsl :D
first session was ok was very wet and slippery redgate wass interesting the first time i went into it expecting there to be more grip craners was the best part for me 'old heirpin' was very slippery all day just meant side ways action my the car alweasy pulled its self straight, first sesion did a 3-5 laps and then came in checked car over gear change did feel a bit funny nothing obvious so i thought 'itll be rite' 3 laps in to the second secont my cav internal shifter snapped
olly h came over and said well find a welder ididnt fancy my chances of inding a welder on a track day after we asked a few people we spotted an arc weled in the corner of one garage olly ran over and asked the guys if we could use it and the next ting i was running up to the garage with a welder will f's face and my brothers face were both a pciture
where the fcuk did you find a welder?
10 mins later linakge is welding up and refitted and i magend to catch the last 3 laps of my session
nova pushed in to garage whilst olly and myself run round trying to find a welder
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what a difference it was like a different car flet so planted and sure round craners was able in my finaly sesion to do craners flat out in 4th no backing off the braking and going side ways through the 'old hairpin' was awesome BIG SHOUT OUT TO TRACKDAYNOVA for the advise of the rear spring poundage etc 
First job was to unload the nova into a garage, where Olly (Trackdaynova) and Stuart (SMCGSI16V) had already set-up camp. 
The second time I had been warned to keep the revs down, but when a chance for a tussle with Olly arose, the red mist came down and I was instantly flagged 
