Just thought I would let you know I'm off to Donington this Sunday for my first ever track day!

 

I am very excited :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: but also a bit nervous about brake fade!

 

I'll try and get some pics up when I am back.

Have fun bud , i only did a few laps at Japfest but it was excellent fun and yes i got brake fade entering the chicane :shock: :shock: :shock:

If yours is an auto use your gearbox manually to help slow her down , worked a treat for me :bow:

You might have seen this but i,ll put it up anyway :D

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5368537976025620906&hl=en-GB

try not to kill the car bud .... :x:

 

have fun :D :D ...

 

p.s. get some vid if you can ..;) ;)

 

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Try not to end up going backwards. I suppose as there are no roundabouts you should be able to manage that.

 

Have a good day and show us the video afterwards.

 

If you don't use your brakes you won't get any brake fade.

 

Darrell

The Zed lives to fight another day!

 

It was great fun and I really learnt a lot about how to drive on the limit and how to follow the racing line.

 

I did get a bit of brake fade when I was driving like an idiot but I had an instructor in the afternoon and he showed me what I was supposed to do and after that I had no real problems.

It is all about being smooth on the pedals and taking the right lines.

 

Boldy - That footage is quite good. I see you went throught the chicane sideways too!

 

Wozzer - I did get quite a bit of in-car footage of my car (taken in my mates car). I'll show you next time we meet up. maybe we can stick a bit up on your youtube site?

 

Darrell - I did actually end up facing backwards at one point. We had a couple of sessions in the dry, then on the third session we had a tiny amount of rain. I slowed down a lot but clearly not as much as I should!

Anyway, I end up facing backwards on the track and just ease myself off so I am not in anyones way. Luckily there was no one near me when I did it!

 

Edit - here are some piccies...

 

And Yes, I overtook that Lambo Diablo!

Ooh .. get some footage up so i can see how crap my lines were :D :D :D