Croft Track Day - Mog2003

The Mog2003 event included a Saturday Track Day at the Croft Circuit. The event was well organised, starting with a driver and passenger briefing covering the safety aspects and rules for the day. The main points being overtaking is permitted on the straights only and on the left hand side. The weather was perfect - dry, warm and slightly cloudy. Cars were split into groups of similar pace and track time was rotated between them at 15 minute intervals. Thanks to Nick for braving my driving and taking the in-car pictures shown on this page. The description relates to a lap in a 4/4 Zetec.

Out of the pit lane and into the first corner - Clervaux.	Through the chicane at Hawthorn and it's hard right...
... keep to the middle of the track and it's flat in third gear round to and through Chicane if you dare!	White knuckles and determination not to lift!
Keep it flat and snatch fourth up to Tower.	Accelerate up to the Jim Clark Esses, take fourth before the first left.
Keep tight left at the first and you can stay flat in fourth through the right hander...	... drifting wide on the exit!
Then a slight lift before the entry to Barcroft but it's flat in fourth through.	Just to show that we were pressing on - the other pictures on this page have been straightened up! Nick had his hands full, trying to hold on, take the pictures and all this on his first time with me in a car of any sort!
Exit Sunny Out and move to the right up the short hill.	Nutter!
Into Complex. First left and then a tight right.	Approaching the hairpin left. Brake hard and down to second.
Exit hairpin accelerating hard on to the start/finish straight.	Blast down the straight.
Miss the cones marking the pit lane exit on the run down towards the first corner and another lap.	Back in the pit lane.
A fantastic event. Well done to all of those helping organise it. And thanks to Malcolm who was right when he said that a session with the instructor "sounds like ten pounds well spent".