***TRACKDAY SERIES - Oulton Park, Wed 17th Nov***

[DR SCHNITZEL]

im coming to watch on wednesday if i can get the time off work. if anyone wants any spares etc, let me know. look at my for sale thread. ill be on track there myself Friday.

[C J R]

Oh no...just seen the weather prediction for Wednesday.... lots of rain and gusty wind !

[CrissyUK]

oh it got better then...  last time I looked it said snow up north    have dug out my waterproofs from the motorbike bags, I won\'t be beaten by the rain!!

[NickD]

Drifting for Druids then:driving

[Casey]

Final "Oulton Team Rotary"  - plus Jang, and "rexless" Crissy

Oulton list, as I know it;
Casey - \'8 PAID, Crown Hotel booked 16th &17th
lennycarloff - \'7 PAID
C J R - \'7 PAID, Crown Hotel booked 16th
HypoThermia - \'8 PAID Crown Hotel booked 16th &17th
Rutz - \'8 PAID
brads rex - \'8 PAID
Nevryn - \'8 PAID
Shaunwil - \'7 PAID
BlueNev - \'8 PAID
Clive - \'8 PAID - Crown Hotel booked 16th
Bob Monkhouse - \'7 PAID
Jang - PAID (ex RX-8 owner, now with Ford Focus ST )
Madder (& AtomicRex) - \'8 PAID Crown Hotel booked 16th (&17th?)
CrissyUK - NickmobileMX-5 PAID Crown Hotel booked 16th &17th
Geoffc - \'8 PAID
Mattfduk -\'7 PAID
 
So, that\'s FOURTEEN rotaries; nine RX-8\'s and five RX-7\'s + Focus RS and MX-5
 
Hope everyone is now all raring to go :driving Did my final check on the car today, and put on the Federal SS595RS-R\'s. I\'ll be leaving about 10.30am on Tuesday for the drive up, so if there are any last minute questions, post \'em up quick. Otherwise, see you at the hotel tomorrow night, or at the circuit, bright and early!

Oh, and looking forward to seeing Marcus666 and Dr Schnitzel there too! Any other spectators are most welcome.

[madder]

Hey Clive how many spares sets of racing brake pads you bringing?
All this talk of break pad wear worries me my fronts looked quite meaty when i looked yesterday the wear marker plus same depth in fresh pad.

[Casey]

Tom, I\'ve got about the same on my fronts. I\'ll have a spare set of ET500\'s front and rear, but I might need them myself. If not and you need them, they are available, if Clive hasn\'t got a spare set that is! I will be keeping a close eye on wear throughout the day, after my "bare metal" day at Cadwell :o. From Cadwell 2 experience, I reckon if I don\'t stay out more than 15 minutes max per session then they should last the day and have some left to get home. I\'m sure that I let them overheat at Cadwell 1 and this led to an excessive wear rate.

They\'ll certainly need changing before Brands though!

[CrissyUK]

I am still on my first set of ET500\'s now almost a year old...  must be doing something wrong...  or right!  

[TiddlesRX7]

It\'s odd that your using so much pad at Cadwell. I know there are some heavey braking parts of the track, but at Cadwell 1 I used old stock pads that were crap. I cooked them on the day but they still had meat on at the end to drive home on. At Cadwell 2 I used brand new Racing Brake ones off Clive and they held up really well no excess wear and Im still running them now.

I think me and Crissy must need to try harder!

Ade

[madder]

A reminder of how Malcolm goes through pads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7snXHnefuSg

[mattfduk]

Was a good day if a bit wet, did anyone get any pics etc?

[fil_auto]

FDUKin hope so Matt!

I NEED to see them :King

Was a good day if a bit wet, did anyone get any pics etc?

[C J R]

I didn\'t take my camera, plus it was too cold to be standing out in the wind and rain.
Hope someone took some pictures though. Hopefully non of me off the track, which seemed to be regularly !!  
 
Had a great evening wth those who stayed over at the Crown.
 
Despite slipping off track it was still a very good day and great to meet up with what seemed to be a large gathering of FD\'s and RX8\'s.
 
Intend to visit this track next year in the dry.
 
Chris

[mattfduk]

I know there is an in car vid from mine :yes

[shaunwil]

It was a really good day. I was by far the slowest and couldn\'t get the grip at all with my current tyres. Seem to get better in the last 1/2hr but was not the ideal weather !

Loved hearing Matts car all day, Sounded fantastic from the pits. Could almost hear it all the way round :Giggle

Put my socks in the microwave when I got home to try and warm my wet feet up :Giggle

Lets do it in sunny weather next time

Shaun