Mondello track day

kdevitt wrote: [QUOTE=Eamo] I got stuck behind the guy in the E36 for the best part of a session, and he was almost as bad as the sheep guy...tail was out on almost every single corner, car was all over the place as he tried to recover it, then wouldn't move over to let anyone past. Wasn't surprised in the least bit when he went off...

Which E36 was this? Not a green one I hope..  

@ GR-8: Having the 8 out was tres-cool. Looked really smashin' on the track with those massive deep-dish Alpinas under the arches. Not so smashin' when I was pointing the other way and saw you coming - sorry about that. I believe excuse #43 is in order "My tyres were overheating" 

Ah I think I saw your nose in my rear view mirrors a couple of times alright!! And it wasn't from passing you!  

IanH was another man on a mission. No matter what I did I couldn't stop him from getting car lengths on me per lap (sure what's new). The traction of the 330Ci out of the 3rd last corner in particular was superb, as was it's braking into the 1st bend.

 

Edited by T.J.

I do agree, the 330 was fast, I was personally impressed with the stability of the car going around the second last corner, much faster than I could do.

US M3 wrote: I thought we only got the internationl once a year and the National once a year, has this not been the way for the last few club days?

Up until last March we had just booked the national as we were not sure if numbers would be present to pay for the international track hire.
We figured that they were becomming more popular so last winter/spring we decided to go for the full monty from then onwards. I figure, that enough people should be attending to pay for the full circuit so why not book it. This was also the case for last Sunday.
Next year I will book the international for March and depending on numbers for that day I will see about booking it again in the autumn.

ludo wrote: Eamo wrote: He sure was. I had a couple of good dices with a couple of lads, Ian included and I have to say I wasn't able to keep him at bay. He is some pilot. I did get stuck behind oone fellow who made it hard for me to get by but I got there in the end! for almost every session I think we were together on the track and usually narusa and TJ weren't too far either!

we were and I enjoyed our tangles. I even managed to safely get by 4 or 5 cars as well.

I would be on for it (as well as a two dates in Mondello). However, would you be sure 20 people would head up North? Maybe do it with the 'Norn Iron' lads.

yeah, we (myself, Eamo, Ludo, IanH, KDevitt and a couple of others I can't remember right now )  were always in & around eachother - they were fun sessions trying to match paces and exchange thoughts afterwards. 

I think I'd be up for it if Kirkistown was on a Saturday. Tis a long haul from Cork, but I'm keen to try new tracks and challenges. Anglesey is only a quick ferry ride from Dublin too...

 

The nice thing with kirkistown would be that you get the track from 10am to 5pm so Richie would have to come for the BBQ. From dublin it's only a couple of hours drive max.

I'll give a call to the guy from trackskillz to see if it's feasible and how much it would be.

@ T.J., that would prob be the best idea alright. Was absolutely wrecked be the time i got home on Sunday from Mondello. Not sure if i could cope with a few more hours onto that. 15 hrs of driving was enough for me. Some of the lads would prob come up and we could have a bit of an old session in dublin on the saturday night..

T.J. wrote: Ah I think I saw your nose in my rear view mirrors a couple of times alright!! And it wasn't from passing you!

You probably saw me when you were passing the pit lane - I was out in the group before you