Proper update time after yesterdays track day. Got all the track wheels sorted out last week. Old dynamique wheels with R888's on them. Tyres were 205 wide and didn't realise the wheels were only 6j wide until I had the tyres on lol! Had a bit of a bulge (giggity) on the sidewalls but held up fine through the day.
The R888's were SG soft compound ones, and even considering it was about 22 degrees yesterday and sunny, so high track temps, they held up surprisingly well. I'm doubtful how much they'll last me on another day, but I got them cheap and my next track day probably wont be until Cliosport Saturday now so will probably just buy some new AD08r's for that to do me the drive down and back as well. The RC5+ pads also went well the whole day. Will be buying again once they're done, or might upgrade to RC6's!
Now to the not so good bit...my first off! Managed to go well the full day, even when I was out chasing some lap times. Then 5 minutes before the end of the session, when I was pretty much just out to get the most of the day, this happens:
Still not really sure what happened other than losing concentration and going in too fast on a bad line. I think I realised I was going in too fast at the last minute and got a bit of lift off oversteer as I went left. From what I remember though I straightened up and braked but nothing happened! So by the time I'd done that, I was heading for the gravel and just pulled it right and hoped for the best.
Left the car with a few nice looking marks:
Luckily most of the scuffs on the rear quarter have actually rubbed off and what's left would probably polish out if I wanted to. The gravel rash is a different story lol but I can probably live with that. Might be a track car but I'm still pedantic about bodywork 😂
Apart from that, I enjoyed the day. Made up about 4 seconds on my previous times on road tyres and cheap pads. Into the low 64's now and as much as I don't want to be all about chasing lap times it's good to track progress and improvements