tombate911
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Unsure of how many people actually read these updates but I've been enjoying sitting down and writing up what's been going on with the Clio Track car and keeping this thread up to do
Renault Sport Day 6th May 2017
The weather forecast was looking really promising for the weekend so as usual I got the car loaded up and onto the trailer on Thursday night after picking it up from having the alignment done. Set off for Wales around 5pm to get there as early as possible and set up for the evening and have my self a little BBQ making the most of the good weather. Ditched the trailer outside the garage with my name on it in the paddock and drove to one of the higher sections of the track with an amazing view over to Wales and the sea.
Woke up nice and early and while the weather wasn't as nice as the previous evening it was time to put on the dry tyres, check the fluids and tyre pressures. Car performed flawless all day which is a great feeling after cutting the last day at Anglesey short.
The Renault Sport day was fantastic, this is the second one I have done now, there was 35 cars booked onto the track day, which meant that there was no queuing to get out on track and the track was perfect, enough traffic to keep it entertaining but clear enough to be able to get in some really good sessions, currently working on the videos to give you an idea.
As always I was there with my friend Chris in his White Cup keeping things competitive as usual, had a little bit of tuition on track too before dinner time, few little tweaks with line choice and driving a little smoother but no major changes to driving at the moment which was confidence inspiring.
As usual Renault brought down a number of cars mostly 001 manufactured cars including a range of demo cars which drivers were able to take out on track with driving instructor free of charge.
Took my summer tyres knowing they roughly had one day left in them, by the end of the day the front left had certainly got to the end of it's life, at this point around 3pm they were certainly not performing to their usual standard but they lasted the the last session without any issues with a good wear across the whole tread considering how hard Anglesey is on tyres. Time to get the new set of rubber fitted. This set did really well the fronts were slightly worn when fitted and lasted me 3/4 full dry days, the rears were new when fitted and are only 50% worn after the same amount of days,
Time to try the 225-45-17 Semi slicks.
Video uploaded now.
@Pav these new videos have been made using Race Render.
Renault Sport Day 6th May 2017
The weather forecast was looking really promising for the weekend so as usual I got the car loaded up and onto the trailer on Thursday night after picking it up from having the alignment done. Set off for Wales around 5pm to get there as early as possible and set up for the evening and have my self a little BBQ making the most of the good weather. Ditched the trailer outside the garage with my name on it in the paddock and drove to one of the higher sections of the track with an amazing view over to Wales and the sea.
Woke up nice and early and while the weather wasn't as nice as the previous evening it was time to put on the dry tyres, check the fluids and tyre pressures. Car performed flawless all day which is a great feeling after cutting the last day at Anglesey short.
The Renault Sport day was fantastic, this is the second one I have done now, there was 35 cars booked onto the track day, which meant that there was no queuing to get out on track and the track was perfect, enough traffic to keep it entertaining but clear enough to be able to get in some really good sessions, currently working on the videos to give you an idea.
As always I was there with my friend Chris in his White Cup keeping things competitive as usual, had a little bit of tuition on track too before dinner time, few little tweaks with line choice and driving a little smoother but no major changes to driving at the moment which was confidence inspiring.
As usual Renault brought down a number of cars mostly 001 manufactured cars including a range of demo cars which drivers were able to take out on track with driving instructor free of charge.
Took my summer tyres knowing they roughly had one day left in them, by the end of the day the front left had certainly got to the end of it's life, at this point around 3pm they were certainly not performing to their usual standard but they lasted the the last session without any issues with a good wear across the whole tread considering how hard Anglesey is on tyres. Time to get the new set of rubber fitted. This set did really well the fronts were slightly worn when fitted and lasted me 3/4 full dry days, the rears were new when fitted and are only 50% worn after the same amount of days,
Time to try the 225-45-17 Semi slicks.
Video uploaded now.
@Pav these new videos have been made using Race Render.
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