Opel Track Day in France

[BChild]

What I like doing with my crusty opel

Destination - Croix en Ternois Circuit (Sunday 28th Feb)
Date -Sat 27 february 20103 - Waiting for a ferry

People - A few from the Norfolk Monza Mafia

And the support car - nice reliable A3 Diesel (if a little dirty)

Anyway to continue the coverage

Morning early session – track was damp but looked like a dry line would soon appear

If you want to get an idea of the track layout this video hosed by Gillou showed a lap in his Commodore A – unfortunately he stuck it in the kitty litter on the start of his second lap – ooops Something he repeated on numerous occasions but he wasn’t alone in this – it was bloody slippery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioMlLtwCHGU

Back to the pics

Parked up outside the Hotel

Some of the attending cars

On track pics to follow and maybe a bit of in car video

 

[BChild]

Anyway more pics

Some from Paul (Dirty A3 Diesel)

And some more pics from me (if my car is in shot it's because being an all Opel day Paul and his son Thomas were car sharing on the track with me in my Monza

I have to thank Thierry (one of the French Guys) for these video (3 mins each)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPahX8tAWXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TnhYnJfIHk

Nice watersplash feature ;D

I've never been on a full wet track day - worst I've had is at Marham

1 - had a bit of rain part way thro a track day but it dried up again

2 - Had a rain in the afternoon after a dry morning

3 - Started damp but soon dried out

This one was actualy very very enjoyable - I quickly found the limits of the car and for the first time ever I drove to the event on the same tyres I left with and never changed a tyre all day

Plus I liked how the car drove in the wet - normally I can't find the limits in the dry it just hangs in - this time it stepped out a lot and was fun in a whole new way

ThatsAll

 

[rhubarb7]

Hiya, You've spelt your name differently

I want the Manta A

 

[BChild]

Hiya, You've spelt your name differently

I want the Manta A

On some forums my usual forum name is not accepted easily......

How on earth did you come to use rhubarb7!!!

 

[rhubarb7]

On some forums my usual forum name is not accepted easily......

How on earth did you come to use rhubarb7!!!

It was the name of my hamster lol

seen you over on retro motors

 

[busastars]

Nice to see some Old Skool cars still alive.

 

[Shug]

I want the Manta A

Looks a cracking original example. Mine was going to be original, but it got 'tweaked' a little


Liking this pic:

Its just desperate to go sideways!