Bedford Autodrome 2011....
14-02-2011, 04:24 PM
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P.S Back up plan is to bring the M3 and mince about racing Pon all day in our matching gay mobiles!
Fair chance one of us will be quicker than Mike and that's all that matters!
14-02-2011, 04:38 PM
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Is that it Steve?? (google pic, so not sure how old!!)
Looks like a decent layout.
Cheers,
Grant
Along those lines, some years they change it slightly at lunchtime etc to a little bit different layout, but basically using pretty much as much of the track as they possibly can
14-02-2011, 04:55 PM
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so with this track .... can you not watch from a decent spot then, without paying to be in the pits
14-02-2011, 04:58 PM
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so with this track .... can you not watch from a decent spot then, without paying to be in the pits
nope, there is the building you have lunch in you can apparently sit in and watch but the view is rubbish and even in the pits you dont see much of it. Its a track for driving on, not spectating on, in fact its the worst spectator track Ive ever seen anywhere in the world TBH
14-02-2011, 08:30 PM
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Yea sounds like a very lucky wee lad, imagine having the keys to a Porsche Turbo and a Fezza 430 at the same time Lee...
Hahah
If weather is good I will bring the Ferrari at the weekend actually!
Not been out in 2011 yet!
14-02-2011, 11:41 PM
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If you decide to bring anymore cars you are going to have to hire a train to freight them all down on
15-02-2011, 08:25 AM
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Fair chance one of us will be quicker than Mike and that's all that matters!
In your dreams
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16-02-2011, 06:27 AM
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whats the craic if it actually pisses down all day??? refunds, drifting, or skidpan???
16-02-2011, 06:30 AM
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if it rains? PMSL, will be just like any other day, it will go ahead
RAIN
sorry i find that funny
16-02-2011, 06:31 AM
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I'm sure that it's only snow that closes the track (possibly ice as well) all other times it's open.
16-02-2011, 06:48 AM
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I'm sure that it's only snow that closes the track (possibly ice as well) all other times it's open.
you missed out fog.
16-02-2011, 07:13 AM
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Oh yeah didn't even think of fog..... you'd have to pick a breaking point down the back straight at 150mph+ if it was thick fog...lol
16-02-2011, 08:22 AM
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Weather forecast at the moment is dry today, tomorrow and friday, and raining saturday morning.
16-02-2011, 09:04 AM
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Could be the 1st ever wet Feb Bedford track day...
16-02-2011, 09:16 AM
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It was wet in the morning last year IIRC, in fact I think there was ice still on the track when we first got there, lol
16-02-2011, 10:35 AM
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Personally, I'd rather not even do the day if it rains.
16-02-2011, 11:19 AM
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Personally, I'd rather not even do the day if it rains.
I'd prefer a mixture of damp in the morning and dry in the afternoon, as a bit of sideways action never hurt anyone.
However, having been in a rwd car with you, I can understand why wouldn't like that
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16-02-2011, 11:31 AM
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I'd prefer a mixture of damp in the morning and dry in the afternoon, as a bit of sideways action never hurt anyone.
However, having been in a rwd car with you, I can understand why wouldn't like that
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I don't mind damp, but torrential rain isn't fun at all....
16-02-2011, 01:47 PM
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if it rains then i wont be going fast enough to need to use the brakes and can therefore still come!
16-02-2011, 01:57 PM
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if it rains then i wont be going fast enough to need to use the brakes and can therefore still come!
Well get yourself there then, as the forecast says it WILL be raining with a high of 8° and a low of 3°, so wrap up warm as well
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16-02-2011, 03:22 PM
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Track is MENTALLY slippery at moment!
17-02-2011, 11:04 AM
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Well get yourself there then, as the forecast says it WILL be raining with a high of 8° and a low of 3°, so wrap up warm as well
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Me and Jim will def be there Mike. Just not sure in which car
17-02-2011, 12:05 PM
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rich, now i've convinced the missus to lend me the cash i doubt there'll be much chance of us not coming in the M3
well when i say "lend" i mean give me back a tiny tiny tiny portition of the FORTUNES i've given her over the past year... lol
17-02-2011, 12:11 PM
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Excellent news.
See you tomorrow night at the hotel lads
17-02-2011, 12:12 PM
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Over 5mm of rain predicted to fall between 9am and noon on saturday!
17-02-2011, 12:22 PM
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Beautiful Jim
See you at yours tomorrow night. Let me know what time
Chippa - Look forward to seeing you mate
17-02-2011, 12:41 PM
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We'll have to find a carvery to steal from for old times sakes
17-02-2011, 01:04 PM
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Toby carvery goldington road bedford is not far away from track and not bad and easy to steal . Also have hotel there as well.
17-02-2011, 01:16 PM
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Lol, thanks mate.
17-02-2011, 01:28 PM
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weather looks poop
Luckily have new wiper installed on Lotus! and have had Rain X applied
17-02-2011, 02:02 PM
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Friday last year Bedford was white with snow.....
17-02-2011, 02:54 PM
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weather looks poop
Yep, and worse still my mrs has put her back out so I will have to change my own wheels over if its raining
17-02-2011, 04:32 PM
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Rain X!!!!!
i want some my wipers need some love, theyve been on there a year now and never been cleaned
18-02-2011, 10:20 AM
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Well this time tomorrow we'll all be soaking wet and most of us would have had an on track incident of slipping off....
18-02-2011, 10:24 AM
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Poooop!
18-02-2011, 11:22 AM
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Mind you like every year I tend to spend most of the day standing around chatting and hardly any time actually on the track....lol
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18-02-2011, 06:47 PM
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Mind you like every year I tend to spend most of the day standing around chatting and hardly any time actually on the track....lol
lol... steve, thats just as well because you can talk faster than you can drive
18-02-2011, 09:03 PM
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Well this time tomorrow we'll all be soaking wet and most of us would have had an on track incident of slipping off....
To be fair, I have those in the dry anyway!
If it does piss down, going to practice some nice little drifting skills....
18-02-2011, 09:33 PM
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At least if it's wet I'll be driving slower thus making less noise in turn might last longer for being done for noise..... Lol
See you all in the morning boys and girls
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18-02-2011, 11:00 PM
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if you pass the statics lol goodnight just been out for a bit of a play to check the old girl is ok as hasnt turned a wheel since september. Tyres were flat lol
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