Cadwell Eve of 14th & 15th open pitlane

[Stu]

oops forgot to put July in the title!

I've just booked the above with Focused Events.
Got the last place on the 15th so it's Full now.
Never done Cadwell before so couldn't do an open pit lane without doing the evening before - hope that's enough?

thanks Phil_24 7 for the 10% discount but they said they don't do that any more - No worries for me this time as FE have an offer of 20% off your 2nd trackday in July and the open pitlane being more expensive than the evening, that was worth much more than 10% off each.

Hoping to camp at the circuit on both nights, so any advice about that would be very welcome.

[Stu]

So, anyone camped at Cadwell?

[Ratty]

We camped at Cadwell last September with no problems. I was told you are supposed to pay a nominal £5 per head but nobody seems to and nobody came asking.

I might be booking for Monday 12th. Enjoy yourself. It's an ace track.

Ratty

I did cadwell evening last friday with club msv, only 2 groups so hardly any rest. Excellent but I was knackered! It eve of derby phoenix race weekend and had a chat for a while after to some lads who were there for w/end. Only one bit of advice......take some midge spray! I was eaten alive packing my stuff up.

[Stu]

Thanks both

So what about open pit lane - how am I supposed to cope with that?

Not tried one yet, heard they can be pretty rapid pace guys. Hence no first timers allowed. I suppose you have to make sure you give yourself enough rest time plus eat and drink enough instead of staying out too long to get your moneys worth.

[Stu]

Pics
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stuartrob/20100716#
let me know if you can see them

[Ratty]

Yes, they are really good. Well done. It's an ace track isn't. We had none stop rain from the start to finish on the Monday. Ended up completely soaked and I split my Jonny as well. Looked like you got some good dry track time but you look very confident in the wet. Were you getting wheel spin at the top of the mountain in the wet ?

Ratty

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Ratty

Yes, they are really good. Well done. It's an ace track isn't. We had none stop rain from the start to finish on the Monday. Ended up completely soaked and I split my Jonny as well. Looked like you got some good dry track time but you look very confident in the wet. Were you getting wheel spin at the top of the mountain in the wet ?

Ratty

Rain shots with clear visor was all on the Evening session on the 14th.
Yup First time over the Mountain after the 3 sighting laps was nice big wheel spin, bike going sideways and something to remember forever
Next day open pit lane had very little rain, just the occasional shower - was quite fun passing all the bikes that had just passed me on full slicks or Supercorsas when the rain started. The eve. before there were a few bikes out on full wets.