Donington Park Trackday Report: 09-11-08

lol @ not having "ar.se" at the end of my slide ala Dar, the reason I didn't say it - is because I didn't end up in the gravel lol

Oli - totally hear what you're saying lol I thought I was doing dead good keeping up with the Radical... until he did his first warm up lap anyhow! doh! lol

I'm being a bit of a tightwad at the moment, as the software to add my onboard telemetry overlay my video, so I would have speedo, brake/accel bar, g ball, and green dot on the map going around costs $195, and the exchange rate USD-GBP is pants at the moment! lol

YouTube, have sent me an email to say they've activated "Watch this video in High Quality" which is good as it doesn't happen for all of them I don't think!

Thanks for the comments :)

I watched in high quality and I never realised you had a shift light before PMSL!

ace driving :thumb: loving the drift and minimal correction!!

good vids matey

and im gonna poke nova ian in the arm with a stick for scrapping a renault turbo lol

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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)

I watched in high quality and I never realised you had a shift light before PMSL!

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Yeah man I have four of the bastids lol

High Quality viewing certainly makes it enjoyable, rather a PITA! lol

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Originally Posted by draper

good vids matey

and im gonna poke nova ian in the arm with a stick for scrapping a renault turbo lol

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Good write up Ols, was a brilliant day despite the weather :thumb: and other than the few minor issues the old nova went seriously well impressing alot of people in the paddock.

Draper: Just to set the record straight the renault had nothing to do with me! it was a joint effort of a couple of my mates coxy and ste:thumb: I was merely giving them a hand with it!

and also the good news is it wasnt scrapped! someone at Donny saw the potential and bought it off them the next day! lol

fair enough then, i shall withheld from poking you and instead treat you to a cup of tea and a cake next time your in the area

Looking great as always Olly :thumb:

lol @ "is the window still in" on the second vid!

Finding the turn in a world away from before Olly?

Feeling the 2nd vid @ 3:38 using zero / counter from apex onwards - you must have been looking at the target object not realising entry speed? 'All' you need to do now hold the car at that adhesion limit for every corner.

In the wet and you're pottering around [trying to learn characteristics] it makes the limits deceptive. Part throttle will never grant the rear grip learnt in dry conditions simply because you aren't transferring the weight by the same quantity.

Nice to see another finally having proper steering in the old cereal box, although you still shuffle more than cross which I found a little unexpected.

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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost

Feeling the 2nd vid @ 3:38 using zero / counter from apex onwards - you must have been looking at the target object not realising entry speed? 'All' you need to do now hold the car at that adhesion limit for every corner.

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Always keen to learn a new bit of track-craft, but unsure as to what you're refering to here? I've watched it back a few times and it's only at the very exit of the corner that opposite is applied, with positive steering up until then :confused: