Trackskills Trackday Kirkistown this Sunday the 16th

[evo98]

Yeoooo Im just in through the door there now an i have the car on the trailer with the diff sorted..Its going to be running the standard s2000 4.1 ratio, to be honest i was sick of changing gear so much with the other ratio..I will have my eye closely on the stopwatch tomorrow to see if this ratio makes any difference..

I was almost away on the beer to only my mechanic text me an says to come on up an give him a hand..

 

[big cyril]

Not sure about the wisdom of putting 1000 bikes on a road that is open to other traffic.(from both the cyclists and other road users point of view).

 

[dub]

what time do these events normally finish at?

 

[Graham]

what time do these events normally finish at?

Six

 

[stuartyvilla]

A few of my photographs from today, was a great turnout and nice to see some good weather.

I also caught the red BMW having a spin!

Sorry for the extra long post.

 

[Conor]

What a brilliant, brilliant day! Sun shining, no issues, brilliant.

We did learn a big lesson in terms of tyres though, thought the paradas were poor the whole day, so tried the road going Dunlops on for the last session and shaved a second and A half off my best!

Some awesome machinery there today.

 

[Coog]

The MKV was looking tidy round it Conor

Great weather too

 

[IL]

Love those Ginetta G50's!

How did you get the scrub on the side tony? looks like you and the evo are having a right tussle!

 

[Conor]

How did you get the scrub on the side tony? looks like you and the evo are having a right tussle!

That was a great watch alright!

 

[Conor]

The MKV was looking tidy round it Conor

Great weather too

Thanks mate, we'll actually get chatting some of these days as opposed to being in the same place and not meeting. Lol

 

[Graham]

That was a great watch alright!

You said it lol

it got to a point where the evo was pulled in as it was smoking so bad (brown in colour) we didn't want to risk it doing damage to its engine.

evo98 was all over it in the corners but the straights the evo had legs.

some epic machinery as said and all well behaved today which was good despite one tyre wall bash from a kit car of some sort

and as i said to Conor at lunch, his cornering speed was all that kept him off the pace of some nice stuff today, which i put down to tyres as from the astra you are capable of cornering a lot harder

 

[IL]

That was a great watch alright!

Is that the ex. AI Autosport Tommy Mac?

 

[Conor]

You said it lol

it got to a point where the evo was pulled in as it was smoking so bad (brown in colour) we didn't want to risk it doing damage to its engine.

evo98 was all over it in the corners but the straights the evo had legs.

some epic machinery as said and all well behaved today which was good despite one tyre wall bash from a kit car of some sort

and as i said to Conor at lunch, his cornering speed was all that kept him off the pace of some nice stuff today, which i put down to tyres as from the astra you are capable of cornering a lot harder

Yeah, certainly a few lessons learned. 888s on the track wheels and a diff has suddenly the priority over all else! Got down into the 1:11s on the last session on the road wheels, so was well pleased, but there's definitely another couple of seconds in her with the right tyres and a diff.

Epic days craic which was the most important thing.

That evo was sitting in the paddock with a pool of oil under it after that session!

 

[Graham]

Is that the ex. AI Autosport Tommy Mac?

i doubt it mate

 

[evo98]

Well what can i say That was by far the best day iv ever had down there..

I also thought that red evo was the ex ai autosport car..Either way i had a great run with it i also had good runs with the 2 white civics an the yellow m3 evo..I let the red evo an the yellow m3 in front of me knowing well id have a good run with them..I have 6 brilliant videos here to put up an i think il go with the red evo first. Someone told me the evo was 400bhp is that right Graham?

Im still smiling from here B-Lorenzo that scuff happened at aghadowey when i just rubbed a tyre that they had out as a chicane lol

 

[Stu Beck]

Is that the ex. AI Autosport Tommy Mac?

Dont think so, it had TRAK MAK on the spoiler instead of TOMMI.

 

[dub]

My first time down here, many thanks to Donal for allowing me to come down and have some practice shooting.

I'll get my shots up tomorrow as I'm out this evening, with some great sunburn on my bake I might add

Was chatting to a few people, I was the lig in the orange dandering about, if anyone was wondering.

 

[Coog]

Thanks mate, we'll actually get chatting some of these days as opposed to being in the same place and not meeting. Lol

Aye I know lol. Was out a run and nipped in to see what was happening for all of about 20 mins.

 

[StephenDc2]

One of the most fun days I've had at Kirkistown aswell, had a few great battles with the yellow M3, Yellow integra itcc car, my mates other white civic and Tony in the s2000 BMW who had the edge on all of us. Great driving all day from everyone and some very capable cars

Look forward to anyone that has videos and pics. I didn't have a camera with me

 

[evo98]

Stephen I will have great videos of us mate..I'll get them up tomorrow because its taking me 3 hours to upload one 20min video to you tube! Has anyone any tips to upload them quicker? I've got bt infinity too.My computers memory could benear full would this effect it or is that just how long it takes?

 

[evo98]

Heres the video with the yellow m3 evo in it...

 

[stuartyvilla]

A few more pictures from me, I also have a lot of video footage but I will need a bit of time to get it uploaded.

 

[Gibbo]

Was a great day out yesterday, a back to front tyre which led to puncture on the second session reverted us back to road pirelli's on the back but once got used to them had great days crack, as said had good scraps with the Bonda and integra, hopefully will have full slicks for next time

 

[stezie]

I was in the black southern reg civic.

Brilliant day . Car went flawlessly all day until the gentle drive home where i lost a bolt from the altenator and then the belt disintegrated. Had to limp the car home on limited battery . Good fun all round.

 

[evo98]

StephenDc2....This was my last run out