Just had a load of fun on a "Sprint" track day. This was for members only of Shenstone and District Car Club at Curbourough Sprint Course, so apologies but couldn't invite anyone else !

Curborough Sprint Course and Shenstone & District Car Club

Sprinting for those that aren't familiar with this form of motorsport is timed indidual runs over a technically challenging circuit. i.e. you are on your own and there is no danger of someone else crashing into you The track day today was just a fun non-timed version of this form of competition. The only rules are that it is road legal, you have to arrive by road, no trailered cars, sign on for insurance purposes and pass a noise test.

There were a wide variety of cars from a standard Meganne to full rally spec Mark 2 Escorts.

My daughter came along and we went around 6 times in total. In the damp conditions the main problem was avoiding wheel spin, had a few moments where the back end flicked out a bit on the tight twisty bits, but not too much and was able to put my foot down on the finishing straight. On the early runs there was wheel spin at all speeds accelerating down the straight and as the track dried out was able to accelerate harder with more confidence.

I Reached about 80 MPH but it felt a lot faster !

Loads of fun, I will definitely be doing this again !