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How much fun I had:

Words cannot describe how much fun I had. I was very very excited leading upto it and it by far exceeded all my expectations.

What I learned:

1. HOW TO TAKE TURN 1!!! - That was a very big off but I am glad that I got them all out of my system @ the first trackday so now I know what not to do. I'm disappointed that I did it so close to Steve Bullin but it was great that Daz, Carlo and Steve were all very supportive of me :P

2. WINDOWS UP!!!!! - everyone saw my interior

3. Duncan is a champion!!! (more than he was before :P) without him I wouldn't have learned as much as I did

What I need to work on:

Braking & heel-toeing. Although by the end of the day I was using the ABS less, I was using it alot coming into the horseshoe and turn 10. I was also compression locking into 2nd alot too..

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Although by the end of the day I was using the ABS less, I was using it alot coming into the horseshoe and turn 10.
Better tyres and suspension setup will fix this. You will probably find that your front end is too stiff or too low.
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How much fun I had:

Words cannot describe how much fun I had. I was very very excited leading upto it and it by far exceeded all my expectations.  

What I learned:

1. HOW TO TAKE TURN 1!!! - That was a very big off but I am glad that I got them all out of my system @ the first trackday so now I know what not to do. I'm disappointed that I did it so close to Steve Bullin but it was great that Daz, Carlo and Steve were all very supportive of me :(

2. WINDOWS UP!!!!! - everyone saw my interior

3. Duncan is a champion!!! (more than he was before :D) without him I wouldn't have learned as much as I did

What I need to work on:

Braking & heel-toeing. Although by the end of the day I was using the ABS less, I was using it alot coming into the horseshoe and turn 10. I was also compression locking into 2nd alot too..

:P

Its funny, my experience was almost identical Tosh. Turn 1 looks ominous and seeing the speeds that some of the GTR's approach it made me somewhat nervous but after a couple of laps you get the feel for it and begin improve your line/speed.

1 big off that I had was unfortunately also with the window down and my interior was caked in brown dust.

I would have liked to have had duncan passengering for a few laps but the car wasnt behaving well at all so I called it a day.

Looking forward to the next one :(

Duncan Grand Master

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hahaha what is it about turn 1 and MR2s spinning :(

actually I did a few laps in tush's MR2 and I was very impressed, its got great turn in, and traction out of corners. - you do have to be careful under brakes but it was certainly not the super spin-ey car that some people claim.

Shame that Ben kept chopping us on the straight tho :)

Welcome to Team Trackday guys ;)

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