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Stroke Association Charity Day
Castle Combe
Saturday 23rd October 2004

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Saturday 23rd October at Castle Combe Circuit.  4 WSCC members and a host of others were taking part in aid of this worthwhile charity.  After arriving in the almost dry we had our briefing.  Then the track opened & it poured down!  Boy was it wet!  The heavens had opened and it poured all day long.  At least none of the Westfield's crashed out - unlike a Ferrari, a 911 Turbo and an M3 Coupe.  If you've ever wondered what it's like driving on a very slippery wet racing circuit in a Westfield with an aeroscreen and "dry" track day tyres - it's not fun.  Before venturing onto the track, I'd put my suspension and ARB settings to a medium setting.  The last time out on the track they were set quite hard and this was perfect.  I'd been told to soften things up for wet conditions.  On my very first outing, the track was Very greasy and despite going very carefully I spun at old tower!  I came straight back in and backed everything off to the softest possible settings.  This made the car more controllable but it was still very scary!   I had a couple of passengers who wanted a ride - very brave & afterwards very wet people.