December Meet - Cadwell Park

[sexy_gt]

Sunday 9th December

I know its early and we havent even had our october meet yet, but thought id get this up with plenty of time for you guys to book time off work, etc.

Stews booked myself & him onto a Javelin (http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackdays/trackdays.html#oct) trackday see National Events (http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=14589).
If anyones interested in doing it, its on Sunday 9th December, at the minute the price is £109 and that includes an additional driver. This is really cheap for cadwell, as the spaces become fewer, prices will go up. Last places are usually around the £150 mark.

Spectators get in for free. This is why i thought it would be good for the monthly meet.

Passenger rides can be bought on the day £10, you must wear a helmet, these can be hired on the day, but you need to leave a deposit of (i think) £55, so bring a helmet along just incase.

please post up your thoughts, if no one is interested in this as a monthly meet, we can arrange to go to the gamekeeper at lincoln as usual on another date.

[loudandproud205]

il check work comitments but like the sound of it

[dan-pug106]

If ive passed my driving test ill come down

Want to meet fellow 106 owners

Cheers Dan

[Fuzzy Orange]

I should be able to come along and watch but wont be putting my car on track as im saving up for bodywork repairs :)

[leeds106]

ill consider booking it in a week or so when i get paid but december is a tricky time to get off work :(

shall see what i can do though :)

[sexy_gt]

^^ mark, get your ass on the track. i want to give your ass a whooping!!!! lol

show you lads how to drive properly hehe

[RALLYKID]

i will be there. me and my mate have booked in. carnt wait.

[marinerpug]

I might pop along if I'm nt working. I met your mate last night Rallykid he looked worried when he saw 2 coopers nosing around his car LMAO. He calmed down when he realised I just wanted a closer look at it lol.

Looks a tidy little car and those seats gave me a semi on

[leeds106]

^^ mark, get your ass on the track. i want to give your ass a whooping!!!! lol

show you lads how to drive properly hehe



i have no idea what the track at cadwell is even like but give it about 10 laps and i recon ill be pushing it to the max



thats if i go that is :)

[marinerpug]

Its tight twisty and has loads of differing gradients hence its nickname of 'UKs nurburgring' lol I've been a few times but never been round it looks a very difficult track very technical and not much run off AFAIK.


History of Cadwell Park

Set in the rolling Lincolnshire countryside, Cadwell Park was established in 1934. The length of the track, nicknamed the 'mini Nurburgring', almost doubled to 1.3 miles in 1953, when the ascendant 500cc motorcycle-engined Formula 3 class was invited to race in a traditional bike meeting. Reg Spreckley thus became the track's first car race winner in his Cooper. Some 30,000 spectators were said to have watched the meeting.

The original track, with its fearsome and photogenic Mountain feature, grew to its current 2.25-mile layout in 1962 and hosted the British F3 series the following May. It has three configurations – the rarely used Woodlands circuit, the short Club circuit, and the splendid, daunting Full circuit.

These days, its car racing exploits are confined to club meetings but they are invariably crackers, the track's swooping nature providing fantastic racing.



Circuit Statistics

Full Circuit Length: 2.173 miles (3.4768 km) Direction: Clockwise Corners: 11 Club Circuit Length: 1.481 miles (2.3696 km) Direction: Clockwise Corners: 7 Woodlands Circuit Length: 0.712 miles (1.1392 km) Direction: Clockwise Corners: 5



http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/images/circuits/cadwell-circuit.gif

[marinerpug]

http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/gallery/photos/CPAerial01_std.jpg

[leeds106]

looks interesting


the perfect place to kill the 106 and finally move onto a new car for once maybe lmao

[leeds106]

looks an interesting drive thats for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFTlfJRTk8


might have to consider putting the cage buying on hold for a month :)

[sexy_gt]

(stew) mark its a nice track. a bit like a counrty lane only one way traffic :D . ive been round it a few times but passenger only. theres not much room for error in places and the barriers are never too far away! so i wont be going mad for sure.

im looking forward to driving this as its our local and want to find out if i like it to drive myself. the tracks fairly smooth but in places it makes back end skip about a bit on one of the fast corners.

the vid you shown there is a good one. what it doesnt show is them hills are quite steep you will be suprised for a track what theyre like.

be good if your there.

[leeds106]

bumps sounds good cos my suspension is quite soft on a track:( but it takes bumps well cos of that so itd dont get affected my them much :)


ill see what i can do once im payed guys

[sexy_gt]

what suspension have you got, your polybushed/braced up as well arnt you?

weve just got gmax springs and dampers no braces and stock bushes.

[leeds106]

ive got 3 year old PI front shocks and springs
just replaced the rear dampers with gmax dampers

gti front and rear arb's and standard bushes allround :)


does well enough though althoguh i do have the knack of driving it sideways if or when needed hehe


phil can confess to how well it handels after our trip to the lincoln meet :)

[RALLYKID]

I might pop along if I'm nt working. I met your mate last night Rallykid he looked worried when he saw 2 coopers nosing around his car LMAO. He calmed down when he realised I just wanted a closer look at it lol.

Looks a tidy little car and those seats gave me a semi on

ha you should of give him a ticket.

[marinerpug]

lol he came out of maccies and shit himself "is there something wrong with my car?" I handed him a piece of paper with the website addy on it but he said he was already on lol. Definately a tidy car ... still only seen yours about once though and not had the chance to nosey around it yet.

[sexy_gt]

(stew) ive had the back end stepping out but not in a big way.

[RALLYKID]

lol he came out of maccies and shit himself "is there something wrong with my car?" I handed him a piece of paper with the website addy on it but he said he was already on lol. Definately a tidy car ... still only seen yours about once though and not had the chance to nosey around it yet.

ha coz mine always in my garage out the way. got bit of work to do to it yet.

[leeds106]

well price is still at £105 inc vat :)

and plenty of places left so i think im gonna be booking this next friday when i get paid


if anyone fancies a trip out on track as a passenger im more than willing to take ya out but make sure you bring a helmet
(once ive done a couple of outings to find the pace 1st :) )



and this has all come from me going to the chippy and giving the car some real stick in the dry and remembering what its like to really throw the car into a corner 100% :)

[leeds106]

nice spread of cars too so not many cars will be out there that us less powered people will be getting in the way of

wont stop me going after the evo and 911's trying my hardest though lmao

shall have to have 2 sets of batterys charged and clear the memory card on the camera so i can get some filming done of the action :)

[sexy_gt]

good :)

[leeds106]

if it rains im gonna die in a fireball cos toyo aint owt special in the wet :(

if its dry i intend to giant slay :p

[sexy_gt]

you gone and got yourself some R888s? or are you on T1s?

[leeds106]

T1-S's


they have never failed me on a track day yet :)


will get some 888's eventually but its more fun kicking ass on non slicks :)

[RALLYKID]

T1-S's


they have never failed me on a track day yet :)


will get some 888's eventually but its more fun kicking ass on non slicks :)
oh shit. hope it dont rain am on toyo t1 s

[leeds106]

just paid for it so im certainly gonna be there giving it large :)

if anyone wants to have a passenger ride let me know :)

[sexy_gt]

nice one mark.

[sexy_gt]

shall have to have 2 sets of batterys charged and clear the memory card on the camera so i can get some filming done of the action :)

camera mounts... are you allowed the sucker to the window type? or do they have to be mounted to a cage?

[leeds106]

no idea tbh im gonna have to get one bought though but i havent found one i can stick to the dash yet

[Ethro]

not allowed sucker to window unfortunatly, headrest and cage are the only types....

Ill be up for pax laps :D

[sexy_gt]

^^ wtf is pax laps?

[Ethro]

passenger laps :P, some people are so uneducated...haha its a ring term :)

[sexy_gt]

ahhhh. were not that posh mate. never been :)

[samben]

ill be ther. pax laps for me 2!!! plz! lol

[sexy_gt]

drivers must be signed on for 9.30 so that we can have the briefing, then sighting laps from 10am.
passengers sign on from 10.30 - make sure you bring a helmet as to hire one you need to leave a £55 deposit.

ill be leaving grimsby about 8.15/30 if anyone wants to convoy along??

theres numerous petrol garages in louth to fill up before you go.

[loudandproud205]

you of a16 way shame trying to convince my mum its a good ideal christmas present for me

[sexy_gt]

yes will be doing.

[samben]

quick question. are motorcross style helmets aceptable? or do thy av 2 b full face jobbies?

[Ethro]

slong as it has the kite mark on it should be ok, ive not seen anyone refused entry if it has had a kite mark...

[marinerpug]

wont be there for this working nights hope you all have a good time

[sexy_gt]

will still be there and hope to still drive round in the 106. clutch is stiff and juddering. may not have it replaced by sun. may have to drive it in the scoob (not something i want to do). or drive it steadily in the 106.

[Babalons Quiksilver]

Hiya,

Me and my boyfriend minght come down for a watch on sunday as havent meet any of the 106 owners yet.

But not promising as go on holiday late sun nyte.

What times are you all there??

Babalons xxx

[leeds106]

will still be there and hope to still drive round in the 106. clutch is stiff and juddering. may not have it replaced by sun. may have to drive it in the scoob (not something i want to do). or drive it steadily in the 106.




wimping out already lol:p

[sexy_gt]

i wish it was that simple mate :(

[samben]

anyone of frm gainsborough area? if so wht sort of time?

[leeds106]

me and aidy wil be hitting cadwell for 7 hopfully


gonna be an early morning for us 2 lol

[sexy_gt]

are any other members coming tomorrow?

stew and i will be there for about 8ish.