A morning at Castle Combe

Damn, if I'd have known I'd have popped over and said hello,.. I'm only 20 minutes away ... thanks for the photos..

In the Classic Touring Car club there were: production BMW (318 and 320 E30s only), pre-1966, pre-1973, pre-1983, pre-1993, Classic Modified.

But there were also a lot of other things there. A club level modern saloon selection, some big Ferraris, some Formula Ford type cars and some Can Am shaped things - small and cute and well engineered.

I have been worried that my crappy Sierra is a bit too crappy and thought that everybody else would be highly professional. Luckily I thought wrong. There were BMWs with bits of dashboard cut out, wires hanging, bits missing, etc. But in the same class there were also £20-30k cars that were done really well.

It was a very educational day.

My first track day is 3 July at Brands Hatch. I hope the car holds together.



Charlie

Your 914? Should be pretty straightforward. The rules are strict though - full cage, plumbed in fire extinguisher, FIA compliant seat, FIA compliant helmet and race suit, engine standard (ish), bodywork standard - limits on wheel and tyre size, must have original working windows, etc.

There's a great Mazda RX7 series 1 that was running in both pre-93 and classic modified I think.

www.classictouringcars.com - check the regs for the class you fancy racing in.

Charlie