Bedford GT 10th June 2019
After fitting the new turbo and getting the golf remapped on the Dyno I was very keen to do a trackday before Ringmeisters at the nurburgring in July. As I work […]
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Nurburgring April 2019 Circuit Days
I`ve been attending Nürburgring trackdays since 2013. I`ve noticed over the last couple of years that they are selling out quite quickly as word gets around of the the amount of […]
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Donington Park 31st October 2018
Lou was off work during half term and came along with me to Donington Park. The Golf hasn’t changed a huge amount since I was here 12 months ago but that […]
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Destination Nurburgring DN20 September 2018
This was going to be my last Ring trackday of 2018. Gav had been to Thruxton earlier in the year but this was his first time at the Ring with […]
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Ringmeisters Prime 2018
I’ve been driving on the Nürburgring since 2005. I started like most people by having a few laps in my daily driver. In my case, it was at the end […]
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Thruxton 25th June 2018
This was going to be my second ever visit to Thruxton and the first since I turbo charged the car back in 2014. It was fast enough normally aspirated so […]
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Cadwell Park June 2018
Whilst Cadwell Park isn’t my closest circuit, it’s only a couple of hours away and midweek events are pretty cheap even in the summer. As I work shifts I regularly […]
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Nurburgring April 2018 Circuit Days
It usually happens early December during the period where this years trackdays are over and you have an eye on the upcoming year but no dates have been released. Then […]
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Spa April 2018
The Javelin dates for Spa couldn’t have been planned any better. 2 days during the Easter holidays when Louise was off work and right in the gap between my night […]
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Croft 12th March 2018
First trackday of 2018 after the winter check and overhaul was at Croft with Javelin Trackdays. Took a friend from work along, he`s a biker but has never been on […]
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Donington October 2017
For the first time in several years, my last trackday of the year was going to be in October instead of December, but seeing as I hadn`t been to Donington […]
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Cadwell Park October 2017
I hadn`t planned on doing Cadwell again this year but when I saw a day advertised that was going to be attended by mostly VW / Audi cars and several […]
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BilsterBerg August 2017
When the event details were released I was unsure if I was going to bother doing BilsterBerg. It was a circuit I was aware of but hadn`t really read much […]
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Destination Nurburgring #18 August 2017
Even though I`d had a completely trouble free day at Cadwell last month I was still very apprehensive about 2 back to back days at the Nürburgring and then the next day […]
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Ringmeisters Prime 2017 Nurburgring Trackday
Ringmeisters Prime. What`s all that about then ? I`ve done quite a few Destination Nurburgring events over the last several years and I`ve always found them pretty quiet with as much free […]
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Cadwell Park 4th July 2017
After the engine Strip and rebuild I recently carried out I wanted to get on track before going to the Nurburgring for the 2 day Ringmeister event on the 13th and […]
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Destination Nurburgring #17 May 2017
Preparation for the first Destination Nurburgring event of the year was pretty minimal. I fixed the wastegate arm after it fractured on the last trackday and tweaked the geometry. My […]
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Nurburgring April 2017 with Circuit Days
The first Nürburgring trackday of the year was with Circuit Days and it would be fair to say I was rather excited about it. The Golf was ready and loaded with […]
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Rockingham 4th March 2017
Our Northloop `season opener` trackday had been planned since December and we had over 20 cars booked on the event. Not only is it a trackday but it`s a good […]
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Oulton Park Jan 2017
The first trackday of 2017 and I was keen to get back on track. I`d done a lot of work to the car over the winter and needed to test […]
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