err. thats odd.

i need to check my payment has gone through then.

Onion boy are you definitely booked now then????

seems not.

tbh, i think ive made a cock up some where.

still working the situation out...

My dad booked through Natasha, whether he used is savvy to mention you Dave is a completly different question! I shall give him a call in the morning!

We will be turning up in a yellow locost 7 either being towed by a fiat ulysse or with 2 very cold people inside!

I havent booked yet as was waiting on OnionMarco,
so will give them a ring on Friday when im back in the office.

I booked using Dave's name and have been charged correctly. Their admin is great

Any more takers? Weather forecast is looking good for the weekend, so hoping the Monday will be no different.

Have I got the list correct on page one? Have Flea and others now paid?

I paid up last month, so will be there just don't know what vehicle though!

ive had to back out due to getting a re-map from some guy in bristol.

some one said he was good with coupe... we shall see

I will have to miss this one it looks like, having a few short term cash flow problems, of an epic scale

shall we row the same boat lol

I doubt yours are as spectacularly epic as mine, least I hope not Marco

That's a shame Dan. Are you coming for some passenger rides?

What are the choices?

I'm not sure if I'm going to be busy Monday yet, but if not, I'll cadge a lift with Flea. Hint hint

I'm out of this chaps,sorry.Have fun.

Sorry you guys can't make it, will see you at another day.

Well dad and I are way! Sadly the tow vehicle has gone into limp mode so we hope there aren't many hills on the way!

We are on our way too

good luck today guys.. wish i could be there...

Great day, I basked in the sun thoroughly enjoying the worry free experience of being a passenger

So, we (Flea, Senny Dave & I) arrived around 9am in the beast


A sign of the times where 7 forum members were there, and not one coop on track.
We had 1 Alfa (Flea, above),
1 MK Indy (Jonny)

1 Caterham (Fishy Dave)

1 Locost (Elder81)

and a Clio Sport (Neal) - sorry didn't take a pic

Highlight of the day, has to be Jonny making Flea feel sick after a spin in the Indy.

Thanks to all who gave me a ride (in the best possible sense!)

And a pic to show what happens to the balance of a Caterham when Senny Dave squeezes into the passenger seat. The constant scraping of his exhaust on the floor ended with this

Seriously, Dave, hope you found the rest of your exhaust and get it back together as painlessly as possible.


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A few pics from the day;

Aston experience car


Lotus kit car


Porsche 997 GT3, 435bhp model 3.8 flat 6, mmm...


Possibly the most insane driver/car combo of the day


Nope, not a vintage Bentley, but a replica built on a Morris Marina. Sure the top gear trio may even approve of this one!


More open topped drifters;


Nice example of a Westie (for Dave_T)


The scooby crew were there in force

Really good day, very well-run, good fun track, with just the right number of cars, and a nice atmosphere. Really nice to see you all and meet a couple of guys from here for the first time. Clio ran well, didn't break, and the new wheels (thanks Jonny/Ed) looked great, so that's satisfying.

Some stunning cars on the day too - Dyno Rod-coloured Caterham CSR260 was my favourite. Even had a decent journey home - suffering with a bit of sunburn now though

Nice - glad that you had fun.

Jonny - you've got a full cage on the indy now.... and a tow car.

Awesome day indeed! A big thanks to Dave for getting this on the go!

I think it is fair to say that I ragged the hell out of the locost and it might finally persuaded dad to get a LSD and a decent set of tyres! (I am trying to wipe dads memory of my 90 mph spin)

Nice to meet everyone and almost take out Neal in the Clio coming into the last hairpin!

Also apologies to Dave for getting VW transporter geeky on him!

Sadly the tow car (Dad's Ulysse) went back into limp mode on the way home and we couldn't get above 50mph all the way home!

Looks like a good day was had,.
Sorry i missed it but in a way im glad as my gearbox let go yesterday.
See you all soon i hope in the coupes.

Wasn't even close, although I do remember thinking "that was quite a hefty closing speed" as I pulled into the pits.

I think by that point I had firmly got a grip of how late I could brake!

Hi all, been a busy day at work.

Plenty of FCC UKers along, not one with a Coupe though!

Highlights for me -

- The Caterham ran well (until the end anyway) and was only overtaken by that quick mk1 Escort when I got stuck in traffic.
- Perfect weather, warm but not too hot, still have a glowing face though.
- Good company, will bring more chairs next time. Interesting the selection of cars that ex and current Coupe owners bring along with them. The MK was going well Jonny and the new 172 looked good Neal (well, except the steering wheel ). You didn't bore me with VW talk Elder81, impressive achievement to have built a car from scratch.
- Well run day, good value and despite there being loads of cars in the paddock, it never felt crowded on track.
- Enjoyed giving passenger rides, sorry to those I didn't get chance to take out.
- Matching the pace of the CSR260, the owner of which is someone I coach. To be fair my slicks do help and I didn't have a passenger, but I couldn't have driven much faster.

Downsides -

- Didn't bring enough fuel for the day which limited the number of laps I could do.
- The exhaust breaking off completely when I had Senny Dave onboard (a coincidence I'm sure ). It made a hell of a noise when it broke, I thought I was about to be hit by another car!


Thankfully the exhaust breakage happened towards the end of the day so I didn't miss much track time, and looks like it will be possible to weld up. Besides, it gave me another chance to have some passenger laps in that CSR260 you like Neal

Really looking forward to the next one now.

Cheers, Dave and Beth

Yes it was a great day, well organised, a good selection of cars and plenty of space on track. I'm glad it clouded over by lunchtime, it was getting pretty hot.

We brought the car down on the trailer (purchased the day before , for a bargain price). So despite a 2hr20min journey each way, it was much more relaxed than normal. Once we got through the noise test (cheers Senny Dave) and endured the slightly long briefing we were ready to go.

I always find airfield tracks harder to learn, but towards the end of the morning, we were going quite well. It was a little bit bumpy for our stiffly sprung car, which resulted in a bit of understeer on a few corners, plus braking was fun into some of the chicanes However it was a good layout and one of the better airfield tracks.

As usual, nothing much went past. As I'm sure everyone noted on the day, the TVR engined Escort was , plus an over-enthusiastic Scooby RA actually touched the back of our car trying to brake as late as us into one chicane No damage luckily.

On one outing with Leighton in the passenger seat we had the CSR260 some way behind us as well. I, like Fishy was pleased that it wasn't really catching us up

Great day, made even more fun by a few familiar faces

Fishy- Pah this Caterham build quality isn't what it's all cracked up to be, we must have given Senny Dave hundreds of passenger laps and nothing's fallen off

My car is a bit smaller though

Besides, the exhaust was an uprated one from Powerspeed, so not Caterhams fault . I've had a good run of 60+ trackdays and races with no mechanicals, so can't complain.

Oh yeah, forgot about that briefing , I'm sure that's how I got a sunburnt neck.