Last Sunday I visited a trackday organised by the Dutch Gummen.org club (www.gummen.org). This is a club of car enthousiast which encompasses a very broad range of people who share a general love of cars of all kinds, all brand and all years.
Once or twice a year they organise a event on a small track near the Dutch city of Lelystad ( http://www.midland-circuit-lelystad.nl/ )
Not a racetrack in the usual sense, it was designed more for stockcar and autospeedway racing. However, the advantage of a small track is that speeds are generally lower and that it is an good place for learning slalomming without undue risks. Also, costs is low, so everybody can join in.
A wide variety of cars were present among which an Opel Speedster, several BMW's M3 (E30 and E36), several Alfa Romeo's (GTA en 75), two Toyota MR2's (first and second model), but also standard cars like a Alfa Romeo Spider, Mini Cooper, BMW 120 Diesel, Citroen AX, Toyota Corolla.
I was by far not the fastest car around the track the organisation had set out but nevertheless, I had great fun.
Obviously, even with the Tein-RA suspension, I will need some good swaybar because even now the car rolls more than I thought.
Also, I took the opportunity to try out my new camcorder with a wideangle lens and a suction-cup camera mount.
The uploaded movies will give you an idea of what this day was all about.
First turn in the morning. I had somebody with me to point the way because I did not want to get lost :smile:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-NSX-1eRonde.flv
After the break it was very busy on the track so sometimes you had to slow down:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-BMW_in_de_weg.flv
But after the road cleared I could just relax and tour around in a more leisurly fashion:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-NSX-2eRonde.flv
Once or twice a year they organise a event on a small track near the Dutch city of Lelystad ( http://www.midland-circuit-lelystad.nl/ )
Not a racetrack in the usual sense, it was designed more for stockcar and autospeedway racing. However, the advantage of a small track is that speeds are generally lower and that it is an good place for learning slalomming without undue risks. Also, costs is low, so everybody can join in.
A wide variety of cars were present among which an Opel Speedster, several BMW's M3 (E30 and E36), several Alfa Romeo's (GTA en 75), two Toyota MR2's (first and second model), but also standard cars like a Alfa Romeo Spider, Mini Cooper, BMW 120 Diesel, Citroen AX, Toyota Corolla.
I was by far not the fastest car around the track the organisation had set out but nevertheless, I had great fun.
Obviously, even with the Tein-RA suspension, I will need some good swaybar because even now the car rolls more than I thought.
Also, I took the opportunity to try out my new camcorder with a wideangle lens and a suction-cup camera mount.
The uploaded movies will give you an idea of what this day was all about.
First turn in the morning. I had somebody with me to point the way because I did not want to get lost :smile:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-NSX-1eRonde.flv
After the break it was very busy on the track so sometimes you had to slow down:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-BMW_in_de_weg.flv
But after the road cleared I could just relax and tour around in a more leisurly fashion:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/mvmsnx/?action=view¤t=Gummen-01102006-NSX-2eRonde.flv
