***TRACKDAY EVENING*** Bedford Friday 28 Aug

[seanp]

Concur with Dave - -what a fantastic evening, even though my \'8 only made a measly 80db on the noise meter :burnout

Huge thanks to Malcolm for organising it, and everybody who participated... :Thumbs-up :god :god

The only slight downer was I went out for "a few last laps", and ended up in an argument with the only bit of Armco in Bedford, dinged the side of my car, hurt my pride, got a huge ear bashing from Wifey :Hammer

Hence, car is awaiting recovery from Bedford, but I unfortunately didn\'t opt for the vehicle recovery insurance, but am otherwise covered for the clash... :o

So a small plea for help if anybody has a suitable vehicle trailer and towing vehicle, and would be willing to recover my car from Bedford to London Road, High Wycombe... I will of course pay all expenses and a \'reward\' in the form of beer tokens etc. :guinness

[Casey]

Dave - glad you could come along as the only RX-7 representative. Probably good you were the only one, that drive-by limit is a killer, but I\'m glad they officials were lenient with you and it didn\'t affect your evening.

I was on track some of the time you were out and you were certainly quick. I had to keep a distance to avoid your flamethrower at the rear;)

Sorry we didn\'t get a chance to chat more, we were all too busy wanting to get out and drive!

I had a great time; the dry, wet (rivers across track in place), then drying conditions made the evening very challenging. It really was massive fun. I\'m glad I had the RX-8 electronics to keep things in shape when being a little over eager with the loud pedal - much back end twitching and big grins.

Thanks to everyone who came along, and to the Mazda on Track team for organising the evening.

Latest on seanp (I\'m sure he\'ll be along shortly) - he\'s getting the car recovered today, or Tuesday if the recoverers run out of time. He says his insurers (Moris) have been great this morning in processing his claim and getting things moving.

[seanp]

As malcolm said - things are being progressed really nicely - please don\'t let these little incidents put you off attending such wonderfully arranged events!

It was a \'one-off\', and "just one of those things!"... Really a very safe environment, and as you can see - nothing more than a bit of bent metal, and an ear bashing to go with it; good insurance company, well used to dealing with such incidents.

Recovery is \'FoC\' from the bodyshop, so great show there, and no need for a trailer now. Recovery vehicle and courtesy car on their way as we speak

Oh -- I forgot to thank MoT for running the event, and Nick for the tuition session, most of which appears to have slipped to the back of my brain towards the end...

[seanp]

Latest: Car not being recovered today; the insurance company conveniently \'forgot\' to tell them it was a Bedford, and the driver doesn\'t have time today... so hopefully tuesday. Ho Hum!

However, I have a little black roller skate to \'drive\' around in, meantime!