Done Goodwood yesterday, have been going up there since i was about 12 with my dad and always wanted to do it. So i bit the bullet and handed over the £265. Was worth every penny, it is such a demanding circuit and requires a lot of concentration. I was truly knackered at the end of it all. Was all very well organised and there were instructors ready to help throughout the day.
So arrived at 7.45 to be noise tested (85db) Then at 8.30 we were all sat in the briefing room with a cuppa. Briefing was about half an hour then the first session was at 9.00. The track was very damp and greasy so I went out on the first session with 4 others very cautiously. Made my way round steady getting to know the track. After a few laps I felt confident so started to push on a bit, Caught up to a Carrera 4s on lavant corner so he kindly let me pass on the straight. Got a few more laps in and then caught a Kawasaki Green caterham that was going very slow through lavant, on the exit he indicated left and dived straight on to the grass. Later found out he hit a board and bits of his nose broke, nothing he couldn't fix with duck tape though ! On the next lap I was pushing a bit too hard in to lavant and panicked so stupidly lifted sending the back out a touch too much for me to catch it, not a massive incident but I ended up facing the infield with a wheel on the grass. Got red flagged and back to the pits, one of the instructors came over to have word, he was really nice about it and asked how it happened so I explained what I did, he warned me about the conditions and to just be a bit more careful next time.
Went back to he pits to check over the car, all was good. One of my mates then turned up so got him signed on and took him out for a couple of more sessions, the track was slowly starting to dry out and was able to go a bit quicker. Caught a few cars up that all let me pass them, one guy I caught in a Mini cooper s at St.Mary's that I was behind until lavant with another Carrera the mini let me pass and as I passed him I let the Carrera pass me. After the pit straight I was on the back of the Carrera up through Fordwater and in to St.Marys, going down the dip between St.Marys and Lavant I had a bit of a moment so backed off the Porsche and carried on at a reasonable pace. Did a couple more sessions then came in for lunch.
My dad then turned up for a spin and also to grab a couple of photos. The track had pretty much dried out by about 2.00 and i was taking a few of the corners faster especially Fordwater. At the start of the day i was taking it at about 90-95 toward the end i was going about 105-110, coming up to St.Marys I was doing about 115 in 4th. With this and also being able to do about 90 in 3rd I can only assume the car is mapped ? Down the back straight I was doing about the same 110-115. A couple more fiends turned up so took them out and at about 3.45 with not a lot of fuel left I came in for the final time. I did 121 miles in total averaging about 17.5 MPG.
Was an excellent day all in all, the AD08's will need swapping about on the rims but there is still a couple more days left in them
Will difinatly be doing Goodwood again next year. Up next for the car is a bucket seat, 99% sure il go for a Bimarco Futura and try and fit it to the Clio runners, Have been speaking to a few people on here how its done and all looks quite straight forward. Also will try my best to get rid of the the A/C over the winter
Il up load the other video once its on youtube.
So arrived at 7.45 to be noise tested (85db) Then at 8.30 we were all sat in the briefing room with a cuppa. Briefing was about half an hour then the first session was at 9.00. The track was very damp and greasy so I went out on the first session with 4 others very cautiously. Made my way round steady getting to know the track. After a few laps I felt confident so started to push on a bit, Caught up to a Carrera 4s on lavant corner so he kindly let me pass on the straight. Got a few more laps in and then caught a Kawasaki Green caterham that was going very slow through lavant, on the exit he indicated left and dived straight on to the grass. Later found out he hit a board and bits of his nose broke, nothing he couldn't fix with duck tape though ! On the next lap I was pushing a bit too hard in to lavant and panicked so stupidly lifted sending the back out a touch too much for me to catch it, not a massive incident but I ended up facing the infield with a wheel on the grass. Got red flagged and back to the pits, one of the instructors came over to have word, he was really nice about it and asked how it happened so I explained what I did, he warned me about the conditions and to just be a bit more careful next time.
Went back to he pits to check over the car, all was good. One of my mates then turned up so got him signed on and took him out for a couple of more sessions, the track was slowly starting to dry out and was able to go a bit quicker. Caught a few cars up that all let me pass them, one guy I caught in a Mini cooper s at St.Mary's that I was behind until lavant with another Carrera the mini let me pass and as I passed him I let the Carrera pass me. After the pit straight I was on the back of the Carrera up through Fordwater and in to St.Marys, going down the dip between St.Marys and Lavant I had a bit of a moment so backed off the Porsche and carried on at a reasonable pace. Did a couple more sessions then came in for lunch.
My dad then turned up for a spin and also to grab a couple of photos. The track had pretty much dried out by about 2.00 and i was taking a few of the corners faster especially Fordwater. At the start of the day i was taking it at about 90-95 toward the end i was going about 105-110, coming up to St.Marys I was doing about 115 in 4th. With this and also being able to do about 90 in 3rd I can only assume the car is mapped ? Down the back straight I was doing about the same 110-115. A couple more fiends turned up so took them out and at about 3.45 with not a lot of fuel left I came in for the final time. I did 121 miles in total averaging about 17.5 MPG.
Was an excellent day all in all, the AD08's will need swapping about on the rims but there is still a couple more days left in them
Will difinatly be doing Goodwood again next year. Up next for the car is a bucket seat, 99% sure il go for a Bimarco Futura and try and fit it to the Clio runners, Have been speaking to a few people on here how its done and all looks quite straight forward. Also will try my best to get rid of the the A/C over the winter Il up load the other video once its on youtube.
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