Mallory Park.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 10:43 am

Just a couple of vids I thought I`d share with you from a recent trackday I attended at Mallory Park circuit in Leicestershire.

The first vid is the incar cam in my `70 mach1 Mustang,

The second clip is taken from my Frinds `67 GT Fastback Mustang,

Its always fun to surpise guys who think yanks can`t go around corners when they get passed by a couple of mussies, like the guy in the magnum Ferrari.
The day consisted of 15-20 minute sessions on the track in two classes, all the real fast race cars in one class and then everything else in the next class which is the one we went in, so you had a good mixed of pretty quick cars. We did six sessions I think throughout the day which works out to around 130 miles covered on the track, one tank of gas and some rather worn tyres.
This is the fourth trackday I`ve done this year and the tenth in total with this car, everytime it goes out its a bit quicker than before as I`m constantly improving it, next on the list is to fit some nice big brake calipers for the front off a late model mustang cobra.

Mach1dude.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 11:21 am

Cooool Vids, will do that one day (maybe not in my car)

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Nov 03, 07 11:52 am

must take the runner to a track day, lookin at that it would eat that lot no trouble,
looks like a load off fun

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 4:14 pm

Cheers for the positive replies guys, its a whole load of fun doing trackdays.

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Sat Nov 03, 07 4:40 pm

Cannonball wrote:must take the runner to a track day, lookin at that it would eat that lot no trouble,
looks like a load off fun

Yeh, blindfolded son

......I liked the way the hairdresser out for a Sunday drive dispatched em in a second.......

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 7:46 pm

Cannonball wrote:must take the runner to a track day, lookin at that it would eat that lot no trouble,
looks like a load off fun

I`d check your brakes before you do, you gotta be able to slow up quicker than you can accelerate else you aren`t going to make it through the corners and a runner is loads heavier than a stang.

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Sat Nov 03, 07 8:01 pm

dude
what sort of speeds ya getting round gerrards.only done track day there on a bike thats a top 180 degree corner.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 8:24 pm

Going into gerrards at around 70-75mph after slowing from 105 down the start/finish straight, on a good traffic free lap we were lapping in 62-63 seconds.
Gerrards seems to go on forever, you should see the state of my outside front tyre after what gerrards done to it! Best bit of the track has to be the devils elbow though.

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Sat Nov 03, 07 8:58 pm

cool
layout a bit different for cars no bus stop and i remember a chicane after short straight after gerrards.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Nov 03, 07 9:03 pm

Thats right, they put up more chicanes for bikes.

Another clip from the 67 fastback,

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Nov 03, 07 10:16 pm

Looks a blast...would nt mind ago...would have to rework the Cuda quite a bit

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Nov 03, 07 10:47 pm

the runners got massive brakes never fade on me besides got a 4 speed dont need brakes to much,

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Nov 03, 07 10:50 pm

Budgie wrote:
Cannonball wrote:must take the runner to a track day, lookin at that it would eat that lot no trouble,
looks like a load off fun

Yeh, blindfolded son ......I liked the way the hairdresser out for a Sunday drive dispatched em in a second.......

love it budge,
hey dont knock them hairdressers a guy at my gym is a hairdresser n he is bri,s hero the amount off drillin he does

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Nov 04, 07 11:19 am

Cannonball wrote:the runners got massive brakes never fade on me besides got a 4 speed dont need brakes to much,

Maybe you aint going fast enough to get brake fade

mustangs got massive brakes too and a 5 speed and I use my brakes hard so must be travelling quicker.
What happens on the road bares no relation to what happens on the track, I know this `cos I started off with a road car and know the amount of developement I had to do to get it to last a session without any fade or the overheating etc etc . Most road driven cars could only last about 10 minutes on a track before your brakes are completely burnt out and your fluids boiled up, closely followed by you engine getting way to hot.
I don`t get the hairdresser connection, could some one explain please?