Today we had the first track meet of the year arranged by New MINI Club Sweden. The event took place at Lunda airstrip just north of Stockholm (40k from Uppsala). Even if it looks like it, we are not honoring the men and women participating in the 24 Heures du Mans by doing some night time tracking, it was just raining a bit at the track. Well I had my first try at a slalom course/circiut (just over 1 km or a mile if you like) and both me and my girlfriend enjoyed it a lot! It is not really like driving on a regular track, the speed is not that high, second and third gear) but you have to work constantly. Damn, this was really fun! As said before it was very wet today. Quite hard driving on such a technical course under those conditions but I think it was worse for those on R-tyres. This was a great day of MINI ownership, not least thanks to the great work done by the club. :t-drive:
I forgot to say, there were 12 of us defying the power of the elements at the track today. There were 2 MINI Cooper GP:s among us and 2 MINI Cooper JCW:s. Man, those GP:s are true warroris on these thight circuits!
Those car club meetings are usually very much fun, and you can learn many things about your car! Now, if only there were a "Volvo driving enthusiasts car club"
There are those clubs here in Sweden I agree, it is a great opportunity to try out your car and hone your skills, that is, if you like driving your car...
This session was 250 SEK for members. But then this was not a race track but an airstrip where we laid our own circuit using cones (tons of them). 2,000 SEK seems about right when Knutstorp Ring or Anderstorp is used.
