Rockingham International 13th sep pics and vids

[dayz]

got back from my first trackday on the weekend. what a blast! jumped straight into the inters to keep one of my dads mates company (hes the odd one out on a 600, the other 2 go in fast group on their thous) first 2 morning sessions were damp, so was a new experience going out on low pressures hehe

ill link a couple pics from the pro photographer they have at every event, got to buy em to get rid of watermark so ill link the thumbnails, watermarked full sized versions of every bike at the day are at http://www.trackdaydigitalimages.com





me + dads mate




by the end of the day had my knee down all the way round this triple left hander




for the last session of the day, dad and his mate demoted themselves to inters cus he has front and rear mounted cameras so wanted some group action (should be able to post the youbtube vid when he uploads it)

dad and mike


me (at the front ), my dad (black k4), mike (black 999s)


all in all, only one or 2 red flags all day, weather smartened up really well. will post the youtube vid when its up. next one is oulton on nov 1st, so fingers crossed for good weather late in the year

[jason]

great pics.

Rockingham is such a great track.

have you done the national version? which version do you prefer?

I know its shorter than the international but I think the national flows better, the bits that connect the oval to the infield on the international kind of break up the flow of the track I reckon.

[layne]

I’ve got some photos I took at Rockingham I can guarantee know one else has….

[SlowR1der]

i think you may be right there Layne

[dayz]

great pics.

Rockingham is such a great track.

have you done the national version? which version do you prefer?

I know its shorter than the international but I think the national flows better, the bits that connect the oval to the infield on the international kind of break up the flow of the track I reckon.

i havent done the national no. the rest of the group had tho and most of them thought the international was more challenging/physical as there was a bit more hard stopping and going plus fast corners that required a bit of muscle. i must say the 2 parts of the track that were my favourite (well 3) were the 3 not included in the national circuit, ie. the slow chicane at the end of the "start finish straight", then the fast chicane which u cut across all the rumbles at like 110 half way round the oval, and the wide hairpin at the end of the oval. so id be inclined to say id enjoy the international more...whos to say tho

oulton park next on nov 1st, anyone else going?

[deej]

some good photos there dayz

and layne you had to show off didnt you,how the hell did you end up a crane on the infield of rockingham

[layne]

BP were hiring the circuit for a corporate event and didn’t want Texaco signs all over the place. So went up to survey for temporary refit.

As no one new what was needed for the totem they suggested that we inspected close-up so signs could be prefabricated and all fitted in one visit just before the event.

The Cherry Picker was the biggest in county (on loan from Germany). 48m fully extended which we needed as we had to reach from the road.

Only problem it cost £650 per day or part of, even though we only used it for 30mins. They decided to leave the totem Texaco signs as they were rather than hire the Cherry Picker twice more.

[deej]

cant say i blame them at that price

thats almost as sad as donny having to rebrand the dunlop bridge when sbks go there as it offends pirelli, how sad and stupidly political is life getting