New Thread. Driftracing Practice day. Lydd 11th June

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by islander

I'll still pop down to meet some lads but car aint got mot either so i cannot drive it on road also

Originally Posted by islander

take me off, number 6, didnt realise escape in the park was same week

Thought you couldnt go

[islander]

escape is on the weekend, already got a ticket but its the cost of the train that i forgot about. its 47quid for that, plus food and drink and b&b.
thats only 1 time a year.

lydd is on a wednesday, if i had £65 spare plus petrol money and mot then i would be there on the dot.

Anything else you want to know matt

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by islander

Anything else you want to know matt

where abouts in lordswood you from na just kiddin

[Hammond]

Originally Posted by islander

escape is on the weekend, already got a ticket but its the cost of the train that i forgot about. its 47quid for that, plus food and drink and b&b.
thats only 1 time a year.

lydd is on a wednesday, if i had £65 spare plus petrol money and mot then i would be there on the dot.

Anything else you want to know matt

roffle tbh!!1

why are you still trying to justify yourself? you do realise no one takes you seriously anyway

[cookwibble]

im gonna be coming down but im only gonna have 3 sets of tyres (lost my job so cant afford to change any more ) so if anyone is lacking a car but has tyres or tyres on rims they are (as long as i know they can drift ) welcome to share my car.

[cefiro_drifta]

Originally Posted by cookwibble

im gonna be coming down but im only gonna have 3 sets of tyres (lost my job so cant afford to change any more ) so if anyone is lacking a car but has tyres or tyres on rims they are (as long as i know they can drift ) welcome to share my car.

i'll have a look for u mate ... shou;d have a spare set of 16 5 stud u can use on the day ... payment for letting me make your helmet nice and green

[cookwibble]

Originally Posted by cefiro_drifta

i'll have a look for u mate ... shou;d have a spare set of 16 5 stud u can use on the day ... payment for letting me make your helmet nice and green

cheers dude

kisses xxx

[cefiro_drifta]

Originally Posted by LiGhTnInG

Briefing is at 9am. It'll probably mean that everyone is ready by 10:00

how about briefing at 9 after everyone is signed up and paid , on track by 930 and if u cant be assed to get there on time and miss the briefing then u not allowed on track til after lunch .... im not paying my hard earned to be left waiting due to pricks who cant tell the time and cant be assed to get there on time coz they to fucking special

[LiGhTnInG]

No Spam or shite in this thread please. It makes it really difficult for people to be clear on what's needed for the day.

Originally Posted by Lightning

New Thread. Driftracing Practice day. Lydd 11th June

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Driftracing Drift day at Lydd International Raceway.

£65 Drift all day at one of the UK's most famous drift tracks.

Numbers limit is 25.

Get your name down in this thread.

New regulations for the practice days are as follows:

Helmet (as usual)
In-car fire extinguisher (hand held acceptable) in an accessible position.
Race-suit/overalls (These can be rented from the track if needed)
Cars MUST be tidy.
No leaks from cars at all.
Secured harnesses, 3 point seatbelts.
No loose interior.
No bald tyres.
Bald tyres with wires NOT hanging out, can be left with the track, if the wires are exposed, you have to take them away.

A mini 'scrutineer' will be done to make sure no one is flouting the rules.

Best behaviour is required.

Tyre changing can be done on site very cheaply.

Drift tuition available on the day.

Reasons for the new regs will be pretty obvious to most of you, after what some people turned up wearing last time.

£65 drift all day. Pay on the day. Get your names on the list.

Just a few things to add, these have come direct from the track, so no quibbles, no arguements, respect the rules please.

* Hire Race suits are for driving in not mechanics overalls.

* Re dirt drops / grass. This is not part of the driving/ drifting area and has now been re-turfed out of the drift day funds , may only be £80, Columns of tyres will be in said areas and more of them, SO they will stay off the grass or we will start banning people on the spot who dirt drop....No refunds their fees go to replacing turf.

* Accidental spin offs I have no prob with , thats the nature of the sport.

* Re: Passengers: all passengers are to be collected from pitlane , only marshals, Sam & Nick should be out of cars on LIVE circuit. Other than signed on photo people.....no more than 2 at a time.

* We are not covered for timed laps on drift days this invalidates the insurance that I have in place. Probably quite a bit more for a sprint. We will check with Insurance company next week, and find out the cost. This could mean putting drivers fee up to cover it. Also Ins would prob insist on having fire truck there. Dont really think its worth the hassle.



Any queries, please post them here. Please bear in mind, warning after warning has been given re dirt drops, we'll be handing out gardener's gloves very soon, and you'll all come down to a drift day, and be made to plant flowers all day.



As a bottom note, foam extinguishers are preferred to powder. But either will do for this one as it's new regs.

Cheers

[FlikstRR]

how many spaces are left sam?

trying to see if i can sell a kidney to get there.

[Suprash]

Originally Posted by cefiro_drifta

how about briefing at 9 after everyone is signed up and paid , on track by 930 and if u cant be assed to get there on time and miss the briefing then u not allowed on track til after lunch .... im not paying my hard earned to be left waiting due to pricks who cant tell the time and cant be assed to get there on time coz they to fricking special

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[cefiro_drifta]

Originally Posted by Suprash

Well Im working a 12 hour night shift the night before, wont get home till 08:00 that morning and will be leaving straight away for Lydd, but I dont want to miss out on a whole mornings skidding due to pricks who have lost the community love within the skidding circle and thinks they are more special then everyone else just cause they are part of some team.....

We all have commitments mate that sometimes you just cant avoid.......or possibly traffic, breakdowns etc.......remember we all dont have the luxury of dossing close the night before

who the fuck said anythign about me being special coz im in a team !!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent lost community love at all , in fact i usually go out my way to help anyone if i can but im sick of pricks who can organise themselves in advance and cause me to loose out on track time.

i manage to do the day and shuffle work and every other commitment i have around being there on time. I live an hour 1/2 away and im always there on time . And wats luxury about sleeping in your car in the car park the night before!!!! ... i been to 10 lydd days at the very least and 6 of them have been in my car the night before ...

[cookwibble]

Originally Posted by cefiro_drifta

who the frick said anythign about me being special coz im in a team !!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent lost community love at all , in fact i usually go out my way to help anyone if i can but im sick of pricks who can organise themselves in advance and cause me to loose out on track time.

i manage to do the day and shuffle work and every other commitment i have around being there on time. I live an hour 1/2 away and im always there on time . And wats luxury about sleeping in your car in the car park the night before!!!! ... i been to 10 lydd days at the very least and 6 of them have been in my car the night before ...

im in total agreement. i showed up at norfolk on friday at 1pm, helped set up the track with sweeps and some other early arrivals (while a few drivers stood watching us lug around the heavy barriers i might add), set up my car, put my tent up, lent my car to sweeps to test the track and then lost over an hour of track time sitting around waiting for a few drivers who had rolled up late i would have been very angry if it was usual £70+ rates

[initial_j]

you do all have the luxury of dossing in luxury close by the night before! as i always say, its an open invite to stay at mine, ten mins away from lydd. (at the cost of a few pints/some tyres/sexual favours)

i agreed with mike, it is a bit frustrating paying £65 then having to wait for late people to turn up.

oh and mike is "special" ha ha!

[cefiro_drifta]

well to put it like this ... 12 lydd days with a 1 hour delay thanks to late comers means i loose out on 120 quids worth of skid time as thast pretty much 2 full days at lydd

cant say i see any of the people responsible digging in to there pockets to compensate ..

[LiGhTnInG]

Cheers Ash for the can of worms he opened by riling Mike, Jack and Cookie.

Cheers Mike, Jack and Cookie for more junk in this thread.

Guys, you know I try not to have too many delays when getting it started, and try to brief late-comers seperately. Sometimes we cannot predict the traffic/Wall of Lorries on the M20.

[Suprash]

Originally Posted by cefiro_drifta

who the frick said anythign about me being special coz im in a team !!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent lost community love at all , in fact i usually go out my way to help anyone if i can but im sick of pricks who can organise themselves in advance and cause me to loose out on track time.

i manage to do the day and shuffle work and every other commitment i have around being there on time. I live an hour 1/2 away and im always there on time . And wats luxury about sleeping in your car in the car park the night before!!!! ... i been to 10 lydd days at the very least and 6 of them have been in my car the night before ...

But in all fairness some have valid reasons, Im working a night shift the night before and wont get to leave B/Stoke until 08:00'ish so wotn get to Lydd until around 10:00, at which point I would be very pissed off if I had to miss a mornings skidding because of it, why cant late comers be briefed 1-2-1 as they arrive, it only takes a few minutes......

[LiGhTnInG]

They will be. The early-comers will be briefed in the morning.

Don't worry about what Mike says. I normally do the main one when the majority are there.

Some people can't help being a bit late, the track isn't on everyone's back door. Worst case scenario is you have to wait for me to finish whatever I'm doing at the time to get briefed and scruted.

[Mattolodis]

this all seems so stressed and bitchy im a beginner in the drift scene will i be moaned at for taking up track time ???, trying to learn we all pay the money lets just all get along

[gaz_moose]

im sorry but i wont be able to attend as i cant get the day off work as there are already 2 people off that day and not enough people to cover there positions im sorry if i have appeared to have messed you around in anyway i can assure you that that would be the last thing i would do.

gaz..