We had a trip to the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit this week for an evening track session. This is my most local circuit and it was the first time I had driven it. I will definitely be going back. It's a great circuit, short, fast, easy to learn and a lot of fun!
This was the first track day I have done with all the recent updates and the car felt sooooooo much better! It really loves the track now and nothing could lose us through the corners! The cut slicks were awesome. I will not be going back to road tyres for a track day. The grip was excellent. Half way through the session the heavens opened and rain poured down for about 10 minutes, soaking the track! After a few brave people went out to clear a bit of a line, I was back on track to see how the cut slicks handled wet weather. Again, I was really impressed with the grip and was driving almost as hard as I was in the dry! :lol: It helped that we had heated the tyres up well in the dry session, as they stayed hot for ages in the wet and gave loads of grip. As the session went on into the evening and temperatures dropped it was harder to keep the tyres warm and they got a lot more slippery!
A great day though and I can't wait to get the Puma out again with a couple more mods I have lined up. We managed to overtake a lot of more powerful cars, including the 350z, the other jap car and the MX5 in the photos below. Plus I passed a Clio 182 which I was pleased with. I went around the outside of an M3 at Druids, after letting him past on the straight then keeping with him for 2 laps before deciding he was holding me up! In the wet I also caught and passed an Elise which was getting out of shape on a lot of bends! ha ha.
Anyway, here are a few photos from the session ...
Cut slicks looking nice in the garage! ...