So after a fantastic year at work, we were treated to a Palmer Motorsport day at Bedford Aerodrome. A supplier the year before had taken a few of us on one and we loved it so we'd said if we did well the following year we would try and go back.
The whole office this time went and we had a fantastic day, it was cold but the weather again was perfect. There were 4-5 of us who had done it before and another 3 who hadn't been before, a couple were very new drivers and this experience was a complete eye opener.
The day starts off with the top instructor telling you this is dangerous but we will be encouraging you to drive as fast as possible. If anyone has done one of these Ferrari driving experiences where you drive round for three laps telling you to take it steady at this point you are thinking yeah right. Well as soon as you jump into the cars the instructors are telling you to drive completely flat out, the first corner when all you want to do is hit the breaks and the instruction is still telling you to put your foot down you know this is the start of a good day.
On the day we drove, Land Rover 4x4's, Arial Atoms, BMW M3 GTP, Caterham 7 Superlights, Jaguar JP-LM and Formula Jaguars. My favourite car of the day was the JP-LM's they were brilliant, so fast and the corner speed was crazy. The Caterham 7's were great fun!
I was well chuffed, out of 40 drivers I came 2nd overall..
The next day my mission was to find/buy/build a kit car...
Cheesy....
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