Stroke
Association Charity Day
Castle
Combe
Saturday
23rd October 2004
Saturday 23rd October at Castle Combe Circuit. 4 WSCC
members and a host of others were taking part in aid of this worthwhile charity.
After arriving in the almost dry we had our briefing. Then the track
opened & it poured down! Boy was it wet! The heavens had opened and it poured all day long. At
least none of the Westfield's crashed out - unlike a Ferrari, a 911 Turbo and an
M3 Coupe. If you've ever wondered what it's like driving on a very
slippery wet racing circuit in a Westfield with an aeroscreen and
"dry" track day tyres - it's not fun. Before venturing onto the
track, I'd put my suspension and ARB settings to a medium setting. The
last time out on the track they were set quite hard and this was perfect.
I'd been told to soften things up for wet conditions. On my very first
outing, the track was Very greasy and despite going very carefully I spun at old
tower! I came straight back in and backed everything off to the softest
possible settings. This made the car more controllable but it was still
very scary! I had a couple of passengers who wanted a ride - very
brave & afterwards very wet people.