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GeeKay
Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 1767 Location: West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: Cadwell Park trackday |
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Monday 04/10/10
me and the DB2 exiting the hairpin
does my bum look big on this? |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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I though the hairpin was a righ hander ... with trees ??? _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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oily
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Yep, the hairpin is a right hander but when you exit it your heading towards coppice which is an uphill left hander |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: |
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That's at the end of the straight bit ....
I only did a track evening there in the Novices and never had the bottle to take it flat out on the 400 ... although it looked "feasable" _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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GeeKay
Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 1767 Location: West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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no it isn't - it's the left bit of the right/left flick-flack chicane. It was put there to slow the approach to the Mountain "in" (left hander) which you can see in the distance.
Trust me - I've done 12 track days here on the full circuit and know it intimately.
Coppice is the very fast left hand / uphill sweeper at the end of the start/finish straight that leads into Charlies. |
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Pompey
Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 2311 Location: Marlborough
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Correct. To the left you can see the original lime of the track that ran between the Madison left hander an the start of the mountain section. The bike in front is lined up for the left right flick flack to go up the hill... a small straight passed the cafe then thru the woods to the right hand hairpin.
As Geekay says they put the hairpin in to slow the bikes down before the mountain section. They did the same at Oulton Park in 2 spots down the back straight and more infamously at Silverstone just before the pit straight to slow you down for turn 1. Thankfully that has now gone _________________ Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1 |
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Pompey
Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 2311 Location: Marlborough
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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By the way GK, if you ever want to offload that old bike of yours let me know! _________________ Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1 |
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