My Silverstone Single Seater Experience

micky-cannonball Wrote:
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> Hey DJ your drive was good, and your driving
> pretty well though. just be more cautios wearing
> proper safety equipment when driving (like wearing
> gloves) because motorsport is always dangerous and
> you'll never know this is your last breath to
> drive.

Thanks mate. Yes I had no idea we needed our own gloves, i even though they would provide a racesuit like in karting, but yeh for nexttime ill be more prepared

Peat Wrote:
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> Chet, fear not. The karts are supplied by
> 'Club100', who run thier own series. I am infact
> racing with them at Llandow in South Wales this
> coming weekend.

What a circuit!!! I used to go every year to Llandow with the RAF championships, competed in a few enduros, but mainly did marshalling.


> And it depends on what you class as cheap, a
> season costs about £1500. Which, when had up
> against buying, storing, repairing and maintaining
> your own kart, isnt bad at all....

When you think of it like that it is something to consider!! They start the championships quite soon dont they?

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Llandow has undergone quite a transformation in the last few years

[www.llandowkartclub.co.uk]

I'm told it's absolutley nuts! Can't wait.

They 'might' be doing a winter series, just waiting for the calender. Other than that, the normal season runs from March to November. Booking up in january though is advisable, its extremley popular.

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A very nice track. Last I went it looks like it was after the changes, the pictures look exactly as I remember.

It was here which was best to view from as a spectator and marshal... awesome corner

[www.llandowkartclub.co.uk]

At Cov each year it has been getting more popular!! ill rejoin the society next week during freshers and see if they know anything about dates there. The great thing is over the years the way they offer the drives has been equal, most of the time it has ensured everybody got a chance to race.

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Locke Cole Wrote:
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> You're not wearing gloves! :O
>
> IMHO that's an awful lot of money just to go and
> parade something round blithely without actually
> being able to race. I know there's no way
> Silverstone could seriously let complete novices
> race those things, but to be honest, Silverstone
> or not, I'd rather spend my money on a big karting
> trip.

If you had £2,500, Silverstone actually used to do a week-long training course that resulted in a National C licence (i think), and 'your first proper race'. Plus you got to keep all of the kit, minus helmet.

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Awesome vodeo. Must have been quite an experience.

micky-cannonball Wrote:
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> just be more cautios wearing
> proper safety equipment when driving (like wearing
> gloves) because motorsport is always dangerous and
> you'll never know this is your last breath to
> drive.

So you are the guy who writes the stuff for fortune cookies then?

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REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS

The monkeys that were sent into space do it... with type writers!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

senninho Wrote:
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> If you had £2,500, Silverstone actually used to
> do a week-long training course that resulted in a
> National C licence (i think), and 'your first
> proper race'. Plus you got to keep all of the kit,
> minus helmet.


Yeah it's a National 'B' License you get. It's the week long intensive Race school.

Interesting bit of film that mate well done.

It's all about money though guys... depending on what you want and what you're willing to pay for your experience. I work for a company called Palmersport ( [www.palmersport.com] [www.youtube.com] ) and we do events from about £100 to £1000..... and it's the only place in the country where the cars are not limited or restricted in any way and you're actively encouraged to go as FAST as possible...

"Racing is LIFE. Anything before or after is just waiting"
Steve McQueen.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2009 11:52PM by bazza_racer.

bazza_racer Wrote:
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>
> It's all about money though guys... depending on
> what you want and what you're willing to pay for
> your experience. I work for a company called
> Palmersport ( [www.palmersport.com]
> [www.youtube.com] ) and we
> do events from about £100 to £1000..... and it's
> the only place in the country where the cars are
> not limited or restricted in any way and you're
> actively encouraged to go as FAST as possible...


Hi

Whereabouts aere the events with prices on your site? Im probably being blind but i cant see them :S

Also, forum discount?

Forum discount? LOL, I'll pay that one. 10/10. +1 and all that.
I must admit, I watched your video the other day and I was actually egging you on, c'mon put the foot down, get closer, go round go round, what are you waiting for, Christmas lol.
Has your family dissected your spin yet? A great video, well done.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2009 11:56AM by mortal.

bazza_racer Wrote:
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> senninho Wrote:
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> > If you had £2,500, Silverstone actually used
> to
> > do a week-long training course that resulted in
> a
> > National C licence (i think), and 'your first
> > proper race'. Plus you got to keep all of the
> kit,
> > minus helmet.
>
>
> Yeah it's a National 'B' License you get. It's the
> week long intensive Race school.
>
> Interesting bit of film that mate well done.
>
> It's all about money though guys... depending on
> what you want and what you're willing to pay for
> your experience. I work for a company called
> Palmersport ( [www.palmersport.com]
> [www.youtube.com] ) and we
> do events from about £100 to £1000..... and it's
> the only place in the country where the cars are
> not limited or restricted in any way and you're
> actively encouraged to go as FAST as possible...

That may be one of the coolest jobs in the world! Does Justin Wilson still work there? IIRC he was still part-timing when driving for Minardi

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mortal Wrote:
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> Forum discount? LOL, I'll pay that one. 10/10. +1
> and all that.
> I must admit, I watched your video the other day
> and I was actually egging you on, c'mon put the
> foot down, get closer, go round go round, what are
> you waiting for, Christmas lol.
> Has your family dissected your spin yet? A great
> video, well done.


haha

Lol, even watching it myself I wished I went faster on some turns but I had to be careful because they stop you from taking part if you spin 2 times! Though after that first spin, my confidence was actually higher and resulted in me lapping faster than before! This video doesnt show it but at the end of my run, a few laps from the end I go wide at T1 and bash a cone with my left tyre lol

Yeeeep we looked at the video immediately when we got home, then I got called funny names for a while. :/

Piquet? !

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

LOL. No Grosjean.....

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Doh I was waiting for someone else to say that! haha

HAHA Well it has it's moments......

@ DJSKYLINE I'd love to sort some sort of forum discount but it'd never happen lol I'm not really sure about prices etc.... It was just a link to the website I thought would be interesting. I'm sure that they are on there somewhere though buddy.

@ senninho No Justin hasn't worked there since the Minardi days... I think he quit a few weeks after signing for them... but I believe that some guests used to pay extra to have him there on the day and do all the trophy/prize giving presentations at the end of the day, (people still do that with Jonathan Palmer)

We do a lot of video stuff now, it's very cool (although from our side it's irritating having to phaff with it all) all guests are given USB sticks and it records directly to them so you can take them home. (and put them on youtube like a lot of people have done!!!) but it's a like a bit of free publicity so it's all good.

"Racing is LIFE. Anything before or after is just waiting"
Steve McQueen.

haha was just kidding mate, but yeh ill take another look at the site.

Also I forgot to mention as Davidson puts it 'helmet suck'. Its amazing, going flat out down the straights you can really feel your head being pulled up.

senninho Wrote:
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>
> If you had £2,500, Silverstone actually used to
> do a week-long training course that resulted in a
> National C licence (i think), and 'your first
> proper race'. Plus you got to keep all of the kit,
> minus helmet.

That sounds great. Unfortunately I don't have that kind of money at the moment, having left a job in June and not been able to pick up a new one yet. Certainly something to think about for the future though!

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