October trackdays

A reasonable proposition, or too likely to be cold and wet? Discuss.

If I talk myself into it, I'll be doing Croft on 4th October. Any other
takers?

 

Depends on where in the country you'll be.

That'll be wet every day of the year let alone October!

I might get out next month, maybe a Brands day or evening
depending on what the docs say tomorrow.

 

After an afternoon's karting last Friday, I noticed a flyer for this at
Daytona in MK:

http://www.daytona.co.uk/news.php?venue=&storyID=533

If it's half as much fun as the karting, it'd be fucking hilarious.

 

Yorkshire. 'Appen.

Pah! I've been there 3 times now:

1. Hot and sunny;
2. Cloudy but dry;
3. Wet (and damned slippery) start, drying later.

Brands? That's bloody miles away!

 

Might have to have a go at that, next time I'm in MK.

 

well DFVed, fella.

 

<checks calendar>

Same arrangements as last year?

 

I what the weather's likely to do, but I've never done a trackday in
October, so I've got no experience of how warm (or not) the track's
likely to be, etc.

.... to go on my non-existent track bike, of course.

There's a plan in that direction, but it's taking some time to organise.

Hmmm... tempting. Ferry looks a possibility. When would I need to be
there by, and when would I need to stay until? Accommodation provided,
or would I need to sort it out myself?

 

It's do-able, if there are enough people. Just rang up for more info.

Minimum 15 riders required, 65 quid per rider, plus 25 quid damage
deposit on the bike (if you drop it, you lose your 25 quid and they
won't let you back out til you stump up another deposit)

Format is either 1 hour endurance with two riders per team, or
tournament with 5 lap heats, 8 laps semi final (with < 30 riders,
everyone'd get through to the semis anyway) and 10 lap GP final.

Weekend slots are 23/9, 1pm; 7/10, 11am; 21/10, 1pm. I'm guessing
weekdays would be unlikely as everyone'd be at work.

So, 15 people required to make it fly. Any takers?

 

PAHND!

But no, not this time, much as I enjoyed t'other week.

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Having done mini-moto, there was nothing like this, and a damn good
thing too, because people were lobbing the things every lap, picking
them back up, and starting racing again. I guess there's more to
damage on a midi.

apart from the above proviso, certainly. Either date.

 

Yep. Calendar looks clear, too.

 

Could someone bring my beemer back from the airport car park please.

 

It's an understandable mistake. The S-u-n-d-a-y- -e-v-e-n-i-n-g keys
are *so* close to the M-o-n-d-a-y- -m-o-r-n-i-n-g keys, after all.

 

Imagine hillclimbers on mini-motos. Mayhem is the best description I
can offer.
Not me though. The karting suited me better in February. Right up
there with the top ten chaps I was.

That reminds me that I must check out our local Cannon Raceway.
Suposed to be really good.

 

Hang on... that timetable says flights to Gloucester leave at 15:00 on a
Sunday. What time's the race?

 

I'm going to a gig on the Friday, so I wouldn't be able to get there
until Saturday anyway. Looking at the timetable, that'd mean getting
there ~17:45.

Then for getting home, depending on what time the race finishes, it'd
either be an evening ferry on Sunday (and a late-night cross-country
sprint to get home to bed) or early morning Monday.

Excellent. I've got my own orange overalls, too.

I shall give it some serious consideration...

 

Ah-hah! Right, in that case I'd go for Saturday evening to Monday
morning. Assuming there'll be some drinking on the Sunday evening as
well, of course.

I'll email you, once I've had a chance to discuss it with my
Appointments Secretary.

 

With whom?

Well I might have, but in the apparent absence of trackdays in October
at Croft I'm down for Cadwell on Thursday instead.

 

Too far away for mid-week. Some of us have to pretend to work for a
living, you know!