So yeah, I'm hugely lazy, been the best part of a month with no video evidence of the Rallycross from oop North. Against t'odds though, I survived the trip, so here are some videos courtesy of the computer geeks behind YouTube.
So, some interesting facts were promised. Well I'm afraid I have none really, I've already spouted gushing admiration and love of rallycross and the cars - so no need to bore you again. You can see for yourself that Volvos are popular with our Scandinavian brethren though.
The mis-matched looking races with modern Evo's against 70s Escorts was a special class for Rally cars, to give the drivers/owners a chance to experience Rallycross without getting smashed into, or completely owned by the regulars in whatever class they happened to fit into.
It rained something mental on Sunday morning, we were soaked through despite taking refuge in pit garages. In the end I decided to give up and just stand on the pit wall watching, until we chilled out in the car for lunch, and Mr Sun came out to rescue our sanity after the break.
Wet conditions made for some good racing though, and more crazy oversteer than you could shake a stick at. Or point a camera at, as it turns out - I seem to be the master of understeer on film.
As usual, these videos are presented in amazing 'notreallyHD' format, with colour balance and image stability from the 1970s.
That's that, then. Maybe more next year, who knows? Basically it depends how lazy I am, which is quite a lot lazy, so time will tell.
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28 November 2009
5 October 2009
Mazda on Track
So on Friday me and Ash ratchet strapped a couple of shit wheels to the MX5 and headed down to an airfield day. Student-budget-friendly as it was the first time running at a new venue, I bagged a place and since missing out on a Ring trip with the prolonged gaying about on the car, this became the target date to get it sorted.
We rocked up and got signed on, did the safety briefing and then a couple of sighting laps. These were more useful than normal as it's not a massive area and from the start line it's hard to make out where the course goes. Some people still managed to get lost during the day though!
I've done a day run by Mazda on Track before - I know a couple of the guys involved, one being the previous owner of the MX5 - and it was great fun. Only times I've seen where the safety briefings encourage everyone to be "flamboyant". Big fat thumbs up in my book.
Most people started off driving normally, but we had brought shit tyres with us for a reason!
Even though it's a 'Mazda on Track' event, anything and everything is allowed, so it's awesome to have a bit of variety instead of endless bloody MX5s!
The Beemer is cool as hell. I recognised it from the Bovington charity trackday, although I couldn't figure where at the time. I'd love an M Coupe!
My car was holding up really well:
There was more cool stuff lurking, Al's yellow PS13 and Oli's sweet 260Z weren't running, but Father Clark's Fisher Fury certainly was, and quickly too!
Josh was giving his 205 absolute death, most commitment of anyone there I reckon. Bloody entertaining aswell!
And it didn't take long for almost everyone with RWD to start making full use of the loud pedal.
Quite a few sets of tyres were dead by the end of the afternoon, but well worth the effort. It was a pretty chilled day and everyone had a good laugh!
We rocked up and got signed on, did the safety briefing and then a couple of sighting laps. These were more useful than normal as it's not a massive area and from the start line it's hard to make out where the course goes. Some people still managed to get lost during the day though!
I've done a day run by Mazda on Track before - I know a couple of the guys involved, one being the previous owner of the MX5 - and it was great fun. Only times I've seen where the safety briefings encourage everyone to be "flamboyant". Big fat thumbs up in my book.
Most people started off driving normally, but we had brought shit tyres with us for a reason!
Even though it's a 'Mazda on Track' event, anything and everything is allowed, so it's awesome to have a bit of variety instead of endless bloody MX5s!
The Beemer is cool as hell. I recognised it from the Bovington charity trackday, although I couldn't figure where at the time. I'd love an M Coupe!
My car was holding up really well:
There was more cool stuff lurking, Al's yellow PS13 and Oli's sweet 260Z weren't running, but Father Clark's Fisher Fury certainly was, and quickly too!
Josh was giving his 205 absolute death, most commitment of anyone there I reckon. Bloody entertaining aswell!
And it didn't take long for almost everyone with RWD to start making full use of the loud pedal.
Quite a few sets of tyres were dead by the end of the afternoon, but well worth the effort. It was a pretty chilled day and everyone had a good laugh!
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