Marky B at Castle Combe

General Meets + Track Day Reports
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I hadn’t been to Combe before, but gave it a crack on Thursday…

It was a sessioned event, organised by the Lotus dealer who I bought the Exige from.

First few laps were wet, and a complete nightmare. Never known anything so slippy. I managed an unplanned powerslide on a fastish bend on my first lap, and managed to save it. Even in a straight line the car was snaking under power. My tyres were shot, but even then it shouldn’t have been that bad!

It dried out by the second session and got some good laps in before lunch. Alas the track manners of most of the punters was not what i’ve come to expect (from BaT days which are spot on) and I think some of them thought it was a race… I didn’t see anyone overtake with consent all day! Nobody would move for you without foce either. Ah well

Having just watched the footage I took from in the car, my driving can best be described as poor! Actually left feeling a little despondant, but I aim to improve.

I was doing 1:30 consistently, and some down around 1:27 (have to check as may be better) but my lines weren’t great, I was hacksawing at the wheel a bit too much, and not that smooth, and I still can’t heel toe in the Exige!

It’s short, but actually quite a technical and quick track. Maybe not one for your first track day if you are thinking of it!

On to the video and pics…

Here’s a decentish lap - ignore the first one as I was getting held up by an RX7 and Impreza.

My hand gestures are towards the Evo, who decided to just dive through uninvited.

Castle Combe 1
(click watch in high quality under the video window) Need the volume up to appreciate the noise of the Exige!

Second vid:
Castle Combe 2

(Ignore the suicide overtaking move on the MR2 (wasn’t going to let me through) He had seen me though as I chatted to him afterwards)

Pics…

Some nice machinery there… 2x GT3 RS there but we all know what they look like so I took no pics.

Possibly one of the most impressive cars there was a chap in his 40’s in a DC2. It was standard bar a couple of braces, and exhaust, and being stripped. I saw him punish an R400, and not sure I noticed anyone get past him :thumbup:

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Broken Noble (Echo take note )
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And the best sounding car of the whole day was the AMV8 Vantage - by far! No pics of it unfortunately, but it was stunning.

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Some nice looking car’s there.
It is a bit slippery in the wet isn�t it. I went off going down to Tower in the wet once, missed the tyres by inches LOL.
The Chap in the DC2 has been going there for some time now if it�s the same guy as I�m thinking of (Think he works for Honda)

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He had a JDM DC2, the one with the eagle eye lights.

Yep I wouldn’t want to spin in the wet there! Grass is like ice!

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Marky looks good, I’ll check out the footage when I get home! Did you get my (wifes) mail…posted mail Need to get on track soon vent some fooking anger

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Hi mate, yep got it thanks! Been meaning to PM you to say thanks. Not sure what the thong was doing in there, but I will put it to good use…

Will have to see when we can meet for a track day - not sure if I will pack it in for the rest of the year now. Trouble is for me is that most tracks are a few hours from me and bad weather is a big possibility.

PM you later!

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Not sure what the thong was doing in there, but I will put it to good use…

PMSL