SteH Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 Experienced my first ever track day this week. Went to Three Sisters “Road Car Track Day”. I believe this is a new format of event for Three Sisters run on their “Full Circuit”. In theory there can be up to 40 cars on the day each getting 7 x 15 minute sessions on track. Maximum of 10 cars on track at a time. The reality was somewhat better in that there were only 9 cars there! We had 7 x 15 minute sessions each in the morning and then the afternoon was run as open pit lane. A lot of the time I had the track to myself. The track is quite small, tight & twisty with only short straights, so top speeds are quite low. In my opinion it is an ideal place for a first go at a track day, and I would recommend it to any one looking for this. Tuition was also available, I had 2 x 15 minute sessions which was also good. Quote
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Great to see you on track. How did the throttle bodies behave? It's sometimes nice to have other cars to follow, to learn the best lines and then to overtake, once you've learned how well your car grips didn't see your shift lights come on in the video, were you changing early rather than reving it's nuts off. They love being reved Quote
BenD Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 i didnt know three sisters did trackdays did you book through there website Quote
SteH Posted August 23, 2018 Author Posted August 23, 2018 35 minutes ago, Ben (bunje) said: i didnt know three sisters did trackdays did you book through there website I believe it's a new thing under the new management, next one is 15th October.... https://threesisterscircuit.co.uk/cars-bikes/road-car-track-days Quote
BenD Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, SteH said: I believe it's a new thing under the new management, next one is 15th October.... https://threesisterscircuit.co.uk/cars-bikes/road-car-track-days i may look into the november one the october one is very close to a cadwell date im thinking of doing. Quote
AdamR Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Glad you enjoyed New tarmac looks tons better! Quote
SteH Posted August 23, 2018 Author Posted August 23, 2018 2 hours ago, IanK (Bagpuss) said: Great to see you on track. How did the throttle bodies behave? It's sometimes nice to have other cars to follow, to learn the best lines and then to overtake, once you've learned how well your car grips didn't see your shift lights come on in the video, were you changing early rather than reving it's nuts off. They love being reved To be honest I didn't really notice any issues with the throttles on track, the drive home was horrendous though. At one point sat at traffic lights with it "idling" at 3000rpm! Video is from late on the day, hence no other cars on track. I was knackered by then and going a bit slower "trying" to experiment with "heel & toe". The shift lights were on earlier honest but that also lead to the high oil pressure alarm, so tried not to set that strobe off in my face too often! 1 Quote
SteH Posted August 23, 2018 Author Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, AdamR said: Glad you enjoyed New tarmac looks tons better! Cheers Adam. Yes the surface seems pretty good - no potholes! 1 Quote
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