***TRACKDAY, Cadwell Park, Friday 17 October***

[Casey]

For all you Cadwell Fans, you thought I’d forgotten you  :Nono!; but no, the annual Cadwell trackday is GO!!

Cadwell Park, for anyone new, is a circuit in Lincolnshire, set in beautiful location with lots of green grass and trees surrounding the track.

This event is organised by Mazda on Track, in conjunction with Track Action Online, this is a full Open Pit Lane day for just £120 - that\'s an INCREDIBLY good price for Cadwell .  I recommend people book quickly, as these places are likely to sell out well in advance on the link shown below.
 
To sweeten the deal, a FREE  instruction session is also included in the price (normally £25). MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THIS UNDER “PRODUCT OPTIONS” when booking your place.

If you\'re a newcomer to track days then this is a very well managed and marshalled event. Many people have gained an appreciation of track days here on this circuit in the rolling British countryside - most are now enjoying regular track days and digging deep into their pockets after having being seduced by Cadwell. Don’t say you haven’t been been warned! Newcomers to trackdays are very welcome and, if we have sufficient experienced people along we will be offering our “Buddy” system, whereby you can have 1-to-1 help with all aspects of the day, until you are happy to go solo.

The day consists of a briefing and slow sighting laps behind a lead car to familiarise yourself.

THE CIRCUIT;
Cadwell Park circuit information
Distance 2.173 miles
11 turns

HOTEL BOOKING;
We have stayed at the Beaumont Hotel in Louth for the past “n” years. The hotel is conveniently located, has secure parking and a friendly little bar. Room prices are £44 single, £58 double, with optional brekkie at £7.50 p/p. I\'m booked in for both Thursday and Friday nights. To book a room, IMPORTANT, PLEASE CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY on 01507 605005 and MENTION MY NAME (Malcolm Case) when booking, as we have a block of rooms reserved. DO NOT use the website booking as this helps the hotel and they are more flexible on cancellations if booked direct. Plus, Tina and Nick (who own the family run hotel) normally will take payment on departure, rather than up-front.
I have the Hotel (Tina) to reserve 8 further rooms for Thursday and Friday night (in addition to my and Sagar\'s rooms). Please book rooms asap, especially if you want the Friday night, as they are getting bookings that night for a wedding group!

COSTS;
Book a Car & Main Driver on this event £120.00
Additional Driver £35.00
Passenger Pass £10.00
Helmet Hire £10.00

EVENT SCHEDULE (provisional);
7.30 Arrive/sign on
8.30 Briefing (compulsory)
9.00 Sighting laps
9.30 Open pitlane
12.30 Lunch (may vary on the day)
13.30 Afternoon session start
17.00 Finish (subject to light conditions)

Car noise limit: 105dB

Open pitlane means you can come and go as you want on the circuit, as frequently as you want taking into account the number of cars on the circuit. Queuing is rarely more than a few minutes on the day. Especailly so, as this event is limieted to just 60 cars maximum.

BOOKING YOUR PLACE;
SPECIAL “DOUBLE-HEADER” DEAL. You can book just this event OR you can book together with a trackday at Oulton Park on Wednesday 12 November, for a total of £239 saving £20 by booking both together

Direct link to the Mazda on Track page for booking this event
Direct link to the Mazda on Track page for booking this event PLUS Oulton Park

A reminder from our 2012 visit
This is a brilliant track and both experienced and new drivers are welcome.

THE LIST;
I\'m going to Cadwell
1. Casey - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
2. duffbyname - Trackday booked
3. GSB - Trackday booked
4. Sagarh - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
5. Nutty_Chappie - Trackday booked
6. Ranjan - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
7. Ian.M - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
8. japimportrx8 - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
9. cib24 - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs, OULTON PARK booked too
10. samoht - Trackday booked
11. tractorboy - Trackday booked (plus Matt possibly)
12.

[samoht]

Booked trackday!  Look forward to seeing you guys there

[shaunwil]

See how I get on with Pip in the coming weeks, fingers crossed !

Shaun

[Casey]

Tom - excellent, will we good to see you at Cadwell again! I\'ve now updated the list with your name and the others who have booked via the RX8OC. A nice sized group developing :Thumbs-up

Shaun - fingers crossed here too; it\'s been a while since you\'ve been on track! I hope Pip can get your car sorted in time.

[shaunwil]

Was almost 10 months since I\'ve driven the car ! Now booked in on 27th Sept for the tune, already mot\'d and taxed

Shaun

[najiru]

Ah gutted, I was just looking for an October track day since theres such a long gap before the Time Attack final but this is the one week I can\'t do as I\'m away working and only fly home on the Friday.

Bargain for one of the most fun tracks in the country IMO!

[Casey]

Hi Neil, would\'ve been great to have seen you at Cadwell again; real shame you can\'t make this one.

How\'s the TA been going, missed your updates on here!

[shaunwil]

Still not fueling right, so got loom back out again !

Shaun

[najiru]

Hi Neil, would\'ve been great to have seen you at Cadwell again; real shame you can\'t make this one.

How\'s the TA been going, missed your updates on here!

It\'s been going pretty well this year thanks, although not without it\'s issues. Went through three gearboxes in as many rounds which was hard work although still managed to finish all of those rounds by crunching my way through the gears lol. Have had two thirds and two seconds leaving me joint second in the championship with Umar in his FD going into the final at Brands.

I had a new Borg Warner turbo put on and mapped up and Pip got a 15% increase in torque through the mid range with the same power at the top end, which has made the car feel a lot stronger and the spool up is much quicker.

I\'m starting to look at some wheel to wheel stuff now but need to work on heat management before I can do that as it does get pretty hot doing repeated hot laps!

[Casey]

@ Shaun  - sorry to hear you\'ve still got issues with the car. I hope you get things sorted soon and can join us back out on track again.

@Neil - just had a read through the Time Attack website reports. Seems that Noble is the one to beat in the RWD class! If possible, I\'ll try and get down to the TA event at BH on 8th Dec. What\'s the setup there, can spectators get access to the pit garages on the day?

[Casey]

Time to sort out food arrangements   . Based on those staying at the hotel Thurs and Fri propose;

THURS night; the restaurant at the Beaumont is closed, so I\'ve spoken to Tina and she\'s recommended a family run pub that serves food with local produce where possible and it\'s only a 5 minute walk from the hotel. It\'s the "Woolpack", postcode LN11 0DA. I suggest those who are happy to eat there and arrive at the hotel by 7.15pm, join me in reception for a walk down to the pub. Anyone who wants to join us later in the evening will find us there. I won\'t book a table at the pub, I can\'t think they\'ll be busy on a Thursday night in October!

FRIDAY night; I will book a table for 6 (five on the list below and a "spare") at the "Marrakesh", a Morrocan restaurant about a 15 minute walk from the hotel. It\'s got some great reviews and looks good on their website - LINK HERE. That link will take you to the menus too. If anyone has a dietary problem with the menu then please PM me.

List as I understand it currently;

I\'m going to Cadwell
[list=1]

• Casey - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
  
• duffbyname - Trackday booked
  
• GSB - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs
  
• Sagarh - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
  
• Nutty_Chappie - Trackday booked
  
• Ranjan - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
  
• Ian.M - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
  
• japimportrx8 - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs & Fri
  
• cib24 - Trackday booked, Beaumont booked Thurs, OULTON PARK booked too
  
• samoht  - Trackday booked
  
• tractorboy - Trackday booked (plus Matt possibly)
  

I hope everyone is set and raring to go  :lol:

I\'ve booked to go down to see Aston at Essex Rotary tomorrow to get a new Greddy sump fitted. My current one is looking a little rusty! We are going to take a good look inside the old sump pan for any signs of copper, indicating if any bearings may be worn, fingers crossed  

[najiru]

Yeah you\'ll be ok to come into the pit garages although need a wrist band for the pit wall but I might be able to sort you one out but I do have a lot of people coming to the final so I\'ll see if I have any left. I\'ve got a decent stock of them from the season but I\'m not just sure how many lol

[Casey]

Neil, no problem, if I can get to the pit garages we can take it from there. It\'s in my diary (and it\'s only just over an hour to drive down), so hope nothing else crops up that day

[Casey]

Most people would have picked this up via the RX8OC "parallel" thread, but in case not, and for Tom

Cadwell Park Briefing Document (PDF)

Looking forward to seeing everyone there, weather forecast is dry wiat a high of 17 degrees, almost summer like :cool:Laugh

[samoht]

Leaving Croydon now, see you at the Beaumont!