Barkston Heath Sprint
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:26 pm
Yesterday I went to Barkston Heath sprint. A private day organised by RHOCaR (Robin Hood Owners club) so for my £50 I got loads of practice runs and 6 timed runs on 2 versions of their course.
First 2 timed runs came in with a 63.085 and 63.004 so consistent times albeit a bit slow
In the afternoon they took out the final chicane to give a different configuration and my best timed run was 60.362
By no means was I anywhere near the fastest as some bike engined single seat grass tracking type cars came in at 51 secs in the morning and 48 in the afternoon.....
The tight twisty track highlighted my extensive oversteering issues that still prevail (how I long for some understeer!)....need to work something out as I cant push hard enough on the normal road to get a feel for any changes and booking track time costs ££.
All in all a fun day for £50 and got to scrub in my new R888s on my new wheels.
To give you an idea how tight the track is this is someone elses run a few years ago on the circuit without the final chicane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6awFellmic
Now I just need some tuition and pointers to improve my track driving as I know I can improve with the right advice.
First 2 timed runs came in with a 63.085 and 63.004 so consistent times albeit a bit slow
In the afternoon they took out the final chicane to give a different configuration and my best timed run was 60.362
By no means was I anywhere near the fastest as some bike engined single seat grass tracking type cars came in at 51 secs in the morning and 48 in the afternoon.....
The tight twisty track highlighted my extensive oversteering issues that still prevail (how I long for some understeer!)....need to work something out as I cant push hard enough on the normal road to get a feel for any changes and booking track time costs ££.
All in all a fun day for £50 and got to scrub in my new R888s on my new wheels.
To give you an idea how tight the track is this is someone elses run a few years ago on the circuit without the final chicane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6awFellmic
Now I just need some tuition and pointers to improve my track driving as I know I can improve with the right advice.
