29-04-2014, 05:30 PM
I keep getting notifications saying there is only 5 weeks until French Car Show! D: Panic! Get all the things done! D:
In other news though last weekend saw both mine and the cars first time on track! It went really well! Got a few overtakes in and for some reason a lotus was holding me back. A few decent photos which make me very happy. Big thanks to everyone with cameras!
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Also thanks to Sam for taking me out as 'Track Dad' for his two sessions. Definitely got better throughout the day. Sam also came out with me but didnt have much to say apart from making little yelps as we understeered around every corner in the afternoon sessions. Slightly big moment going into CAMP with full lock on but still heading straight towards the barrier.
Things to take away from time on track... more power, more grip, more brakes, less weight. But mainly more grip. The afternoon session was understeer world! All in all a great day!
However I am actually quite annoyed at the way action day was run. I paid £20 for a CD of photos and when I got home it was blank. Most of the photos I saw on their laptop were blurry, the car was only half in the shot or it was in the wrong 3rd of the picture! There were 3 teenagers and their mum selling the photos. They were all bored to be there and had no idea how to use photoshop. They just hit auto contrast, levels and brightness on every image before putting them on a CD! I told them about batch processing but they had no clue!
Sam and I also spent 30 minutes trying to get his gti6 onto the track as the stewards were putting everyone down a single track to the stand area which meant we couldnt get out. They said it wasnt their problem so I had to ask every driver individually to wait! Luckily everyone was understanding and we eventually got the cars out but it was a nightmare and the staff were rude! Camping was also shite... There were about 9 cars at camping, 2 of which were Hondas and were playing music till 1.30am. I asked them to turn it down at 1am... and they said "Why are you sleeping mate?" "yes of course im sleeping you tit" "Oh sorry, ill turn it up then" "Brilliant... thank you so much". I got my own back though as I got up early and put my music on max!
In other news though last weekend saw both mine and the cars first time on track! It went really well! Got a few overtakes in and for some reason a lotus was holding me back. A few decent photos which make me very happy. Big thanks to everyone with cameras!
Also thanks to Sam for taking me out as 'Track Dad' for his two sessions. Definitely got better throughout the day. Sam also came out with me but didnt have much to say apart from making little yelps as we understeered around every corner in the afternoon sessions. Slightly big moment going into CAMP with full lock on but still heading straight towards the barrier.
Things to take away from time on track... more power, more grip, more brakes, less weight. But mainly more grip. The afternoon session was understeer world! All in all a great day!
However I am actually quite annoyed at the way action day was run. I paid £20 for a CD of photos and when I got home it was blank. Most of the photos I saw on their laptop were blurry, the car was only half in the shot or it was in the wrong 3rd of the picture! There were 3 teenagers and their mum selling the photos. They were all bored to be there and had no idea how to use photoshop. They just hit auto contrast, levels and brightness on every image before putting them on a CD! I told them about batch processing but they had no clue!
Sam and I also spent 30 minutes trying to get his gti6 onto the track as the stewards were putting everyone down a single track to the stand area which meant we couldnt get out. They said it wasnt their problem so I had to ask every driver individually to wait! Luckily everyone was understanding and we eventually got the cars out but it was a nightmare and the staff were rude! Camping was also shite... There were about 9 cars at camping, 2 of which were Hondas and were playing music till 1.30am. I asked them to turn it down at 1am... and they said "Why are you sleeping mate?" "yes of course im sleeping you tit" "Oh sorry, ill turn it up then" "Brilliant... thank you so much". I got my own back though as I got up early and put my music on max!