Track Day at Castle Combe - some non Porsche content

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:19 pm

A handful of dedicated DDKers sloped off to Castle Combe today for a well organised track day with another 50 or so cars; an eclectic mix, Evo nutters to 928's with plenty inbetween. Not much early Porsche but plenty to enjoy, especially a few orange cars

Everything was great, except the wintery showers and chilling winds gusting across the old airfield circuit. Not much else to say so here are some pit lane pics to give a taste of mostly.... orange.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:25 pm

Nick's orange beast goes & sounds as well as it looks. I rode shotgun for a few laps and it's driven pretty well too

Mel's Cup Car was immaculate as ever and even in those wet sessions on slicks had "plenty of grip"... apparently.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:29 pm

Another immaculate 964 with Oldtimer John, that's a cool track day 911.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:35 pm

The sharp-eyed will have noticed glimpses of Caterham.... and there were a few, incl mine being swiftly pedalled here by Mitch Jnr.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:42 pm

In the category of "other/interesting" there was an Atom with it's occupants in full cold weather bike gear. And an Aston Martin Virage Vantage. I checked the relative weights... Atom 600 kg versus Vantage 2200 kg!!

A few race prepped (and quick) bespoilered MG's with 4600 cc V8's under the hood.

A couple of 924 Racecars and Ferrari 328, sadly a GTS but looked nice anyway.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:44 pm

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:46 pm

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:00 am

Mitch wrote:

Very cool

Great photos Nigel, you're most certainly becoming a bit of a Ferry Man (HUGE compliment

)

I think I might have one or two shots of the old head showing the 'young gun' just how it's done!

...I'll post in the morning.

Cheers,

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Sat May 25, 2013 8:07 am

Who needs Ferry Man when Mitch is in town.

Fine reportage, Nigel.

I hope you enjoyed the day. I thought of you often as I looked through the window to watch the down pours and hail storms; hopefully it wasn't anywhere near as bad at Castle Combe.

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Sat May 25, 2013 8:36 am

Working close by I popped along to say hello and see mr Moss's delicious new toy….

..which looked pretty damned quick out on the circuit, unfortunately missed the shot of it spitting flames down the track!…

...Nigel had a stint riding shotgun…'I have 100% faith in your driving skills Nick!'

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…more DDK metal…

…'Dad, can I borrow the car'

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…the Early911 rocket wasn't the only orange 3.0 that had come out to play…this car looked gorgeous (for an IB), with a freshly rebuilt engine by Redtek I believe…

…and my favourite shot of the day…shame I didn't bring an allen key

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Looked like a great day out, hopefully next year I'll have something to take along to join in the fun.

Cheers,

haasad · Post by **haasad** » Sat May 25, 2013 9:24 am

Was that the day organised by the CSMA? I think coombe has a "retro day" later in the year too.

Nice shots by the way.

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Sat May 25, 2013 11:22 am

Mitch wrote:Another immaculate 964 with Oldtimer John, that's a cool track day 911.

does this mean the black rs has gone?

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:29 pm

Darren65 wrote:
Mitch wrote:Great photos Nigel, you're most certainly becoming a bit of a Ferry Man (HUGE compliment )

left4dead wrote:Who needs Ferry Man when Mitch is in town.

Aw thanks

But I that's not really true, I'm a happy snapper... that boy Ferry Man is a class act. I can write everything I know about photography on the back of a stamp. And I only post the ones that come out OK... as this shows

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:35 pm

Darren65 wrote:...Nigel had a stint riding shotgun…'I have 100% faith in your driving skills Nick!' …

Looked like a great day out, hopefully next year I'll have something to take along to join in the fun.

Haha... I do look a bit worried! But he sure knows how to drive 'em as well as build 'em.

Next year Darren? There must be another to do this year!

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:44 pm

haasad wrote:Was that the day organised by the CSMA?

No, a privately organised day. I always like these days, very relaxed with good people and high driving standards.

I know it's been talked about before but made me think again about a DDK Track Day. It does need a big commitment and enough people (50 ish?) to cover the costs, but possible with enough support. And generally with cars that come under 100 db, never easy in an early Porsche

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