Part 11: Back on track
Back to Hampton Downs today for my very first solo big boy track day after completing my training with Mike from Tracktime earlier in the year. What's a track day, you ask? Why – do you work for the company that provides my car insurance? Because they had absolutely no idea what one was. Well, I'll tell you. In short, you get to take a car – anything from your daily driver to a specialised track weapon – and drive it around a motor racing track as fast as you like. There are other cars on the track at the same time as you, but you aren't racing against them. If someone faster comes up behind you, you just let them past on a straight with plenty of space. It's a time to hone your driving skills (and have fun, but don't tell the petrol-heads that). The day started at 9:30 when I, about 65 other men and one woman gathered in the Tracktime pit garage. We were treated to a typically brisk run through the safety regulations; what the flags mean, don't speed in the ...