Oulton Park, North Wales & Anglesey
In March, a few friends (including Marky & Cobrars from 911uk) and I attended the RS Day at Oulton Park.
It was my second time at Oulton Park, the first time was 5/6 years ago. Unfortunately the weather didn't play ball, with the exception of about an hour of 'dry' during late morning, it was very wet. Needless to say I was cautious.
One lap in my second session (first in the 'dry')
Three laps in my third session
Best on the day was about 2:09/10; these cars should run comfortably sub-2 mins. Lose the passenger may gain me a second or two, so still need to find another 7s+ ðŸ˜
By comparison, in my Integra my best was 2:19 with passenger; my friend did 2:17 in
my car. 🙄
My friend (main picture) vs me (small picture) from 5/6 years ago
The driving standard on the day was very good and courteous; there were also some really quick drivers there.
Anyway, I had fun, it was wet, car back in one piece, also met a few good people from 911uk, so it's a win.
After Friday at Oulton, on Saturday we headed off for a cuppa at Llangollen, then we zigzagged our way through North Wales before heading to Anglesey.
We stopped at the triangle so my friend could drive a lap in mine.
Filming fly-by
Two minutes later 😬:cop:
That happened during our 'third run' of filming. Cobrars was leading, I backed off so my other friend could take some action photos of cobrars. I came around the corner doing 30mph, and saw cobrars had stopped in the middle of the road with a police car with flashing lights stopping beside him. Then the police officer waved me into the lay-by, and then a police bike arrived. It turned out the police wanted us to stop 'playing' for a while so they could let some wide lorries through (wind farm being built near by).
The policeman was a 'car guy', an ex-Nissan GTR owner; we had a nice chat about cars and the roads in North Wales, and he said that he would like a 911 in future.
We were lucky. ðŸ‘
Sunday TD at Anglesey; it had snowed overnight so it started off wet but soon rain stopped. High wind helped drying out the track but still needed to watch out for standing water. By late morning the condition got a lot better and the GT3 was in its element. Wind remained high though and we could really feel its effect at the high speed back straight (long right hander). Another friend and his mate joined us after lunch so we took them out for some passenger rides; it was completely dry by then and it was brilliant fun.
I then had a session with an instructor at 3pm; I had hoped to be earlier but a Jaguar driver had hired the instructor for the whole morning. The session with the instructor really helped tidying up my lines thus my apex and exit speed improved. Then hailstorm arrived plus low fuel meant unfortunately I didn't have a chance to go out again.
Great weekend of self-indulgence. 8)