joe bar
07-24-2007, 01:52 PM
As it was for charity (British Heart Foundation, Leukemia Research amongst others), myself and a fewfriends braved the weather and headed up yesterday evening for a track evening at Donnington Park organised by the Rotary Club.
It was an invite only jobbie, but as I know the organiser, they agreed to let people in who they wouldn't normally consider at these functions :eek: :eek:
It wasn't a competitive evening, and unusual in that there were both cars and bikes allowed (but not on track at the same time :eek: ). The range of machinery there was really diverse, from Ferrari's to a McLaren SLR, AMG CL63, BMW M6, Austin Healy's, JZR 500, and any number of old MG's, Sunbeams, hot hatches, a V8 Ford Pop (who spun nicely on the wet track :burnout: ) and a V8 Pilot, oh and us of course.
We managed one dry session to find our way round, followed by one wet one and finally a damp one. The weather didn't dampen the spirits though, and everyone got back safely, I only saw one guy slide off his Blade at Redgate, but was ok. I decided to take the Pegaso for a bit of a giggle, and because we expected rain, I thought it wouldn't be a handful in the wet. It was a bit underpowered on the GP circuit, but overall was still great fun. :happy: :happy:
Here's a few piccies from the evening - sorry if some of the photo's are a bit blurred - the wife took them :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4626/dsc0054smallnw1.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4189/dsc0012smallhx9.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/414/dsc0002smallus0.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5895/dsc0100smallwv2.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4564/dsc0089smalllk0.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/521/dsc0058smallww5.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1612/dsc0056smalluw1.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1851/dsc0055smallst8.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4439/dsc0031smallsu0.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/641/dsc0029smallko4.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7195/dsc0026smallxk6.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8127/dsc0047smallaa3.jpg
It was an invite only jobbie, but as I know the organiser, they agreed to let people in who they wouldn't normally consider at these functions :eek: :eek:
It wasn't a competitive evening, and unusual in that there were both cars and bikes allowed (but not on track at the same time :eek: ). The range of machinery there was really diverse, from Ferrari's to a McLaren SLR, AMG CL63, BMW M6, Austin Healy's, JZR 500, and any number of old MG's, Sunbeams, hot hatches, a V8 Ford Pop (who spun nicely on the wet track :burnout: ) and a V8 Pilot, oh and us of course.
We managed one dry session to find our way round, followed by one wet one and finally a damp one. The weather didn't dampen the spirits though, and everyone got back safely, I only saw one guy slide off his Blade at Redgate, but was ok. I decided to take the Pegaso for a bit of a giggle, and because we expected rain, I thought it wouldn't be a handful in the wet. It was a bit underpowered on the GP circuit, but overall was still great fun. :happy: :happy:
Here's a few piccies from the evening - sorry if some of the photo's are a bit blurred - the wife took them :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4626/dsc0054smallnw1.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4189/dsc0012smallhx9.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/414/dsc0002smallus0.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5895/dsc0100smallwv2.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4564/dsc0089smalllk0.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/521/dsc0058smallww5.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1612/dsc0056smalluw1.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1851/dsc0055smallst8.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4439/dsc0031smallsu0.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/641/dsc0029smallko4.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7195/dsc0026smallxk6.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8127/dsc0047smallaa3.jpg