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Old 11-05-2008, 09:22 PM
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hello had a great day 2day,me and my dad went to rockingham for trackday,took my dads mates mx5 ,full rollcage bucket seats harnesses polly bushed coilovers,fuckin handled really well ,such a good track, has anyone driven here? there were evos scoobys porkers catrums all sorts there wasnt many fords there ,well 1 it was an xr2 with zetec runnin carbs,went like fook. would deffo recomend this track cheers rob
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nice 1!! i wanna do rockingham looks a good track is there any other trackdays coming up next month may be ? ?
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not sure mate my dads mate who owns the mx5,is a motor racing driving instructor ,he really can drive,he got us in 2 day,such a good track honnestly you wont be dissapointed.he teaches allover england.we are racing there nxt month ,propper raceing
called future classics allsorts in the race including jags xjs ect!!!! cheers rob this makes me want to get my turbo sorted for trackdays so much fun and 1 hell of a buzz!!
Old 11-05-2008, 09:39 PM
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i drove around rockingham on my ferrari experience but didnt give us access to the full track making it a bit crappy and car was over rated, i bet in a car with a twitchier rear end it would be great
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yes mate was well good it wasnt the full oval just under half,and the then on to the tight and twisty lots of overstear on the limit,we were tweaking the coilovers and got faster and faster great day there was a new lambo 4wd lost it on the end of the straight he was doin aboud 70 went sideways then skidded over the grass nearly wipeing it out,was well funny,rich cunt wit 500 horses thinkin he can drive like sumacker how rong was he!
Old 11-05-2008, 10:15 PM
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Done it 3 times on bike. Imagine it would be good in a car...
the hairpin would be nice in a rwd ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ8a6nRtzUM

Me last week on the national circuit
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looks like you were flying,its a fast track aint it,fun in a car bet it was fast on bike,did you find it bumby in places,the corner be fore the s bend we got the car bouncing round that 1 flat out!!!
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Yeah good on the bike , any bike. Bet it was fun in the mx5 mate.
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yes was good fun,i actually didnt like em until we went out on track in it,would only have 1 for the track tho,wot car you got?its a bit of a treck to rockingham isnt it was up for half 5 and got in at 9 long day.glad it was good weather
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Dont have a car at the moment mate baby forced sale
Sold my 4x4 saph last year in april. Would like another but high mantainance puts me off a bit.
Yeah Rockinghams a bit of a treck from stockport ,,, bout 21/2 hour is it?
i live 2 mins from the track
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