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Title: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Goops on 13 November 2009, 12:55
Got my brother and I an audi r8 trackday experience tommorow at Heyford Park  :cool:
Any one been on this track?

Any tips!? I wana do a better time than my bro on this!

Im used to driving my clunky golf and will be weird driving some modern super car!  :grin:
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Diamond Hell on 13 November 2009, 13:28
You're doing 4 laps, if it's this 'experience day' here (http://www.trackdays.co.uk/driving_experience/heyford_park/audi_r8/1032/).

Just be smooth and let the electronics look after you.

And remember, if you put it into a barrier, the guy next to you will probably smack you  :grin:
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Diamond Hell on 13 November 2009, 13:31
Let's be honest here - they're putting you on an airfield.

Google maps link (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=OX25+5HD&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bicester,+Oxfordshire+OX25+5HD,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ei=EV_9SpzFDtbMjAfQy4CaCw&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA&ll=51.935746,-1.250896&spn=0.02466,0.055189&t=h&z=14)

The cones will tell you where to go on the day, but I wouldn't get too excited.
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Goops on 13 November 2009, 13:37
ha ha cheers dude, yes thats the one!  :smiley:
Ah cool, looks like a disused air field, guess il be knocking some cones over then!
Hoping for some straights, to see what the car can do flat out!  :evil:
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: T_J_G on 14 November 2009, 17:51
Quote from: Goops on 13 November 2009, 13:37
ha ha cheers dude, yes thats the one!  :smiley:
Ah cool, looks like a disused air field, guess il be knocking some cones over then!
Hoping for some straights, to see what the car can do flat out!  :evil:

No chance!
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Diamond Hell on 14 November 2009, 20:25
Quote from: T_J_G on 14 November 2009, 17:51
No chance!

I'll hold him, you kick him in the knackers, yeah?
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Goops on 14 November 2009, 23:21
Was a good day out, bar the terrible weather of course..

What can i say, the car drives itself reallly!?
Paddle shift with throttle on and the cpu does all the maths etc, i managed to get it to 120mph on a straight  :tongue:

Had as much fun chasing a mini cooper S in the valver down the country lanes, on the way back! :grin:
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 15 November 2009, 09:30
what was your rpm limit?
Title: Re: Heyford Park Trackday
Post by: Alec on 30 November 2009, 15:05
Was it any good? My Dad is an instructor for the red letter day things at bruntingthorpe aerodrome and does some work for pro-drive and he says they tend to just let you get on with it. My bro went on an aston martin day there for his birthday last year and the instructor was almost begging him to give it proper beans, letting him get the back end out n all that stuff. Got a dvd from inside both a db9 and v8 vantage, looked like a right good laugh.

Think it must vary on what company is running the event and what circuit its on, I would hate to spend all that money just to turn up and be told I have gotta stick to like 4000 rpm and 100mph or something