Wakefield

[Toohey]

Well I had my day at Wakefield on Friday, and what more can I say than Wow!

It was a fantastic day that left me exhausted but itching for more.

I was a little nervous at first when the other 35 odd cars started turning up. I pulled into the pit area to see a 2001 Lotus Elise, then the next car to arrive all I could hear was the whir of the supercharger forcing air into a Ford FPV GTP. That was one of the nicest cars I have ever seen/heard.

Then a bunch of Porsche's arrived on the back of trailers a few more FPV's a 1974 Ferrari Enzo, a tricked up Nissan SSS and an unregistered Swift GTI on a trailer.

As I said I went out a bit nervous with my left leg shaking more than a bit on the clutch pedal but after a few laps I had settled into a bit of a rythem, but that is where the standard Turanza's gave up the ghost and turned to mush. What I got most out of the day was the need for a slippery diff and much improved tires. I was nearly the only other car their on road tires.

To give you an idea of times, the quickest of the day was a 1min 11sec lap by a Porsche Clubman, the quickest V8 which happened to be the one that was supercharged ran around in 1m13s, the Lotus could not top 1m18 seconds and I could not beat 1m25s in the Sportivo. Although my father who has a few years of rally experience clocked a 1m22s in the stock Stivo.

So the Corolla was not far off the pace of that Lotus after all.

I'll post some picks tomorrow.

[Danthuyer]

Wow toohey sounds like fun :) I too have done similar (but in a v8 racecar)

There is nothing like taking a car around a race track whether it be your own or someone elses. Makes you aware of what your car can and can't do and really opens your eyes B)

If anyone gets a chance to do something like this I strongly urge you to do so.

oh...and GO THE STIVO :D

[T-Sport]

hahaha mad toohey... sounds like u had fun... its all fun yeh?

i told ya its hard man... :P but the lotus coulda got way better times im sure of it... prolly first timer... and yeh the stock tyres are absolutely crappy once they heat up on track... need some high performance semi's!

did u get ur car lowered yet?

but yeh 1:25 not bad man... hard to stay in lift yeh? wow... so my 1:22 times arent that bad after all :P i just have to improve on my lines and i reckon i can get 1:20 next track day... which will be 8th july guys!