My first wet race at snetterton with crashes

Challenging conditions.

How did the Mini and Porker drivers react post race?

 

Sure.

Not much interest in your adventures here then dude..........

 

Forum comments from rsmegane on your Snetterton adventure.

 

Trackdays and Ring action seems to fire people up more.

 

I watched. Only wish the camera angle was lowered a bit! Other than that good little vid.

 

Some great driving there dru
what tyres were you on and what pressures
sam

 

Get a shift light fitted. I appreciate with the lid on and the adrenaline pumping it's more difficult to pick up the engine screaming but you seemed to be spending a lot of time bouncing the Rev limiter.

That said I enjoyed and you did a good job. Anyone moaning post race needs to stick to trackdays. It's all fair once it's a competition!

 

I enjoyed that. Looked very intense and difficult.
Any pics of your car post race after the bumps?

 

Hi dru
get yourself a set of wets for next time
There wouldn't have been any bumping as they'd have needed binoculars to see which way you went
keep the vids coming

 

Not quite. There are some written and unwritten rules depending on the series. It's no a free for all.

 

Ok fair enough but I didn't see anything deliberate or dangerous. Certainly not anything against MSA black book theory anyway.

 

Wet racing is always a bit of a lottery to be honest. I remember seeing one car in a wet race I was in at Silverstone go off on the exit of Stowe and somehow managed to smash the car up in the barriers on the outside of the circuit about 150 odd ft away. Banging a bit in the corner because its wet and greasy and you loose the back end, not much one can do about that other than keeping more space in the wet, it happens. Going over the grass though and banging into someone looks like loss of control which when your on the receiving end is not nice but still these all looked like accidents to me, its the intentional stuff which gets racers really worked up. Had it done to me by a right a-hole at Mallory, decided to bang my car out of the way when I was taking avoiding action and had slowed a bit from an accident up ahead (waved flags as well). I was seething and was going to complain later but the guy lost it on the exit of Gerards and smashed his car up good and proper a few laps later. I spent the next lap laughing rather than worrying too much about the race. Karma and all that.

 

There is an amazing amount of truth in that. One of my friends and track coach managed to avoid a lot of tangling by being quick enough to race away from the door bangers. Its the bit just in front of the midfield that is the problem area in most series/championships, always one or two drivers that are a bit of a liability and quick enough to get themselves into scrapes on a regular basis. Unfortunately one such racer was a friend of mine, he got quick but had terrible spatial awareness, almost took both of us out once in qualifying, he just didn't see my car and turned in on me. One guy had him by the throat once up the wall, he genuinely didn't mean to punt that guys car off but it just always ended up being him. He managed to write off 2 other drivers car in one season, one of those drivers had been punted out by him 3 times in one season.

 

A good series will monitor driving standards but you can never negate a serious lack of skill.

 

where did your daughter go?

 

Ha Ha funny little vid

 

Ive been watching your updates on facebook and instagram mate, unlucky with the weather. hopefully better luck at the next round

 

Awesome, i'd love to this in a few years. Is there a race at Oulton Park? I'd love to come and watch/cheer you on!