Peter DLM
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2007
- Messages
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- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Car
- 19 reg CLS 350d, 67 reg AMG GT R Caterham Levante
Well, I was wary at spending £750 on a day of racing various cars but I'm so glad I did now as it was one of the best days I can recall.:bannana: And it's my birthday treat to myself 
My younger brother joined me, along with a colleague from work and one of his mates.
Cars used were a stripped out E90 M3, Ariel Atom, Caterham Superlights (twice), Formula Jaguar, JPM-LM (Le Mans single seater), Defender and Karts with little lawn mower engines.
PalmerSport 2012 - the world's best corporate hospitality driving event
Anyway, weather was good, it was embarrassing parking my Smart in the car park, there were 50 competitors and I leant an awful lot.

Firstly, I have new found respect for F1 drivers! Single seater cars with slicks and downforce are in no way easy to drive at their limits. Both the Jaguars have downforce and both need a lot of experience and skill to drive in any worthwhile way.
I won a prize!! I got the fastest Kart time of the day, which is suprising seeing as I weigh 17st and must have been one of the heaviest there!
I also got 9th and 10th places in most of the classes. My bother did amazingingly well winning 'Team Driver of the Day' and getting in the top 4 in the Atom class and 5th overall for the whole day.
Anyway, highlights.... the Jaguar race cars... amazing thrill. The Formula Jag I almost didn't drive as it triggered my Claustrophobia switch as I tried to get in. I have comedy superhero sized legs, and I couldn't fit both of them in the narrow tub/tunnel, so I had to wait and run my mental routines to calm down and get in further, then stop and calm down 2 more times as the 6 point harness got tightened.
I'm glad I didn't bail as it was an amazing experience and means readjusting what slicks and downforce mean to grip levels. At the end of the session I was hammering out fairly respectable laps and was in the top 10
Arial Atoms are utterly mental. Utterly. I'm a life long motorcycle club racer and thought I'd have a clue, but noooooo. I had to start from scratch with them. After 5 laps, and 3 spins, I'd listened to the instructor and begain to bang in good laps. What an utterly amazing toy though *loves*
I can whole heartedly recommend this experience to anyone.
We're booking again for the summer.
Pics coming up later.....

My younger brother joined me, along with a colleague from work and one of his mates.
Cars used were a stripped out E90 M3, Ariel Atom, Caterham Superlights (twice), Formula Jaguar, JPM-LM (Le Mans single seater), Defender and Karts with little lawn mower engines.
PalmerSport 2012 - the world's best corporate hospitality driving event
Anyway, weather was good, it was embarrassing parking my Smart in the car park, there were 50 competitors and I leant an awful lot.

Firstly, I have new found respect for F1 drivers! Single seater cars with slicks and downforce are in no way easy to drive at their limits. Both the Jaguars have downforce and both need a lot of experience and skill to drive in any worthwhile way.
I won a prize!! I got the fastest Kart time of the day, which is suprising seeing as I weigh 17st and must have been one of the heaviest there!

I also got 9th and 10th places in most of the classes. My bother did amazingingly well winning 'Team Driver of the Day' and getting in the top 4 in the Atom class and 5th overall for the whole day.
Anyway, highlights.... the Jaguar race cars... amazing thrill. The Formula Jag I almost didn't drive as it triggered my Claustrophobia switch as I tried to get in. I have comedy superhero sized legs, and I couldn't fit both of them in the narrow tub/tunnel, so I had to wait and run my mental routines to calm down and get in further, then stop and calm down 2 more times as the 6 point harness got tightened.



Arial Atoms are utterly mental. Utterly. I'm a life long motorcycle club racer and thought I'd have a clue, but noooooo. I had to start from scratch with them. After 5 laps, and 3 spins, I'd listened to the instructor and begain to bang in good laps. What an utterly amazing toy though *loves*
I can whole heartedly recommend this experience to anyone.

We're booking again for the summer.
Pics coming up later.....
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