Adam_B
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met up with some guys with a couple of tatty old datsuns this morning and headed off to elvington for a trackday, unfortunatly i wouldnt be driving but had been promised plenty of passenger rides 
Got there for 9 ish for sign on and briefing, bit of time to do some last minuite adjustments and check some of the machinery.
everybody looking cool 
then some unlucky bastard flipped his 200sx on its roof after track only being open about 10 mins  nobody was seriously hurt i dont think.
Marshals did an awesome job as always, track was soon re open.
Corsa looking desperate to get out on track ECU light came on driving up and now it wont rev past 4k so no chance.
great day and cheers to Tom, Graham and Phil for the passenger rides. 
[Edited on 04-02-2006 by Adam_B]
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VegasPhil
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Fuckin' Holler!  Wouldn't like to pay for replacing those!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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TopGearNW
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Cheers for pics i like the one of laurence
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Adam_B
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i like your grinding face
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boyracer2002
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365 wide off the top of my head those rear wheels that car is awesome, comes to local cruise
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Adam_B
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considereing the size of the rear tyres the guy ran out of talent a worrying amount of times.
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SVM 286
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I remember that car from donkey's years back when it first appeared in some mags with that ghastly bodykit on.
What the hell did he do to the front?
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Adam_B
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made it look better
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TNM
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the rear tyres are mahooooosive!!
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Adam_B
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bit mnore info on the crash
[quote="Lauren"]Yep, just to confirm the guys in the roll were fine, if a bit shook up. What was horrible is that the owner was a passenger as it was his mate driving! :shock:
To top it all they were due an instructor session, if only they had done it sooner!
Thats the first roll we've seen at elvington in three years and the first time in that place. At least no-one was hurt and the apart from the front of the roof being pretty mangled the car didn't look too bad.
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Wrighty
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elvington is ace not too far away if i had a motor id have come for the trip
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Nismo
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Cool , exige is pure sex wee , i feel one is going to be my next car 
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
bit mnore info on the crash
[quote="Lauren"]Yep, just to confirm the guys in the roll were fine, if a bit shook up. What was horrible is that the owner was a passenger as it was his mate driving! :shock:
To top it all they were due an instructor session, if only they had done it sooner!
Thats the first roll we've seen at elvington in three years and the first time in that place. At least no-one was hurt and the apart from the front of the roof being pretty mangled the car didn't look too bad.
If it was me the mate would have been walking home ,
actually scrub that i would never hand my keys over to a mate to go round a track in the first place.
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WATSON
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Mr2 n R32 n Cosworth are the nuts fuckin sweet  What a knob no chance i would have gave a mate the keys to go around a track in the car
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James_DT
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The rear wheels on that RS
Some quality cars there!
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
considereing the size of the rear tyres the guy ran out of talent a worrying amount of times.
I guess this is what lead to the front bumper getting smashed up on the R500?
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
made it look better
Not very helpfull Adam.
It was a civil question.
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Adam_B
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he ran wide and bounced across the grass.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
bit mnore info on the crash
[quote="Lauren"]Yep, just to confirm the guys in the roll were fine, if a bit shook up. What was horrible is that the owner was a passenger as it was his mate driving! :shock:
To top it all they were due an instructor session, if only they had done it sooner!
Thats the first roll we've seen at elvington in three years and the first time in that place. At least no-one was hurt and the apart from the front of the roof being pretty mangled the car didn't look too bad.
If it was me the mate would have been walking home ,
actually scrub that i would never hand my keys over to a mate to go round a track in the first place.
I some what get the impression that they both would have been walking home.
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Adam_B
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they pushed it to the main road and rang for a recovery truck aparently.
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ed
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On the phone to the insurace company:
Owner: "Yea, I rolled it into a ditch just by the entrance to Elvington Airfield"
Insurance Company: "Oh on the same day as the rack day?"
Owner: "Er......  "
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VegasPhil
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
On the phone to the insurace company:
Owner: "Yea, I rolled it into a ditch just by the entrance to Elvington Airfield"
Insurance Company: "Oh on the same day as the rack day?"
Owner: "Er...... "
PMFSL
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marklawton
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how did the 200 crash, did a tyre blow out?
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Lisa
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i think he lost it on a bend and it dug into the grass and rolled it. in the drivers briefing they said if your gonna go on the grass try to steer straight so you just get your front bumber damaged and reduce the risk of rolling.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
he ran wide and bounced across the grass.
Christ.
He must have been doing something wrong to get a Cosworth to understeer.
That said, those stupid rear tyres probably wouldn't help matters.
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