Castle Combe - Crash and Action - Forge Action Day - September 2024
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025
- Tried another action day since there wasn't a lot of racing going on elsewhere and unfortunately this one wasn't one of the best...
To start with we had a 30 minute delay due to fog. Once it finally got going, 10 minutes into the first track session there was a crash at Tower, causing another 40 minute delay as they repaired the barriers. All of this meant they had to combine some of the track sessions to fit everything in, therefore we had such a congested track that there didn't seem to be a lot of free space.
This time around they added another drift session in, and as someone that prefers the track sessions it was a bit of a shame. There wasn't an awful lot of wind either so once the first car had passed through you couldn't see much else...
I've tried to do the best I could with what I had but can only apologise for such a short, choppy video; I don't do these often but always think it's better to chance it than do nothing.
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Saturday 7th September 2024
No apex's were harmed in the making of this video! 🤣🤣
It's wet right, so thats more expected? Nvm watched more than 40 seconds
‘Hello is that Direct Line? Yeah had a bit of a bump on a country lane in my Z4…’
Kudos to the Z4, that was truly impeccable knobbery.
Granted that was pretty special. Almost like they didn't know what each of the controls in the car do.
@@seanadamson280 Just went way too late on the brakes
@@AVI.D i think the brakes were cooked because you see them smoke after the impact on the barriers
@@mediavel0311 Yeah, I don't se how either would be "truly impeccable knobbery"
@@mediavel0311I think that brakes would smoke when water got on them even if they were not cooked. It looked to me like he just didn’t brake and turn in! Taxi to the Apex!
Audi S3 understeer was hilarious!
Shocking, and the TT
He missed the apex by a month 😅😂😅
Forge action day is the automotive equivalent to catching an STD.
Last year there was a crash and people were airlifted to hospital. The action days are getting worse
@@1loumellor51 its the aquivalent to having a man bun
@@1loumellor51 is an itch you just have to scratch once though?
#forgeredflagday
Once I saw the number plate blurred out, l know the tyre barrier was going to have a visitor.
The thumbnail didn’t give it away?
"Once I saw the image of a BMW Z4 crashing into a tyre wall before I clicked on the video I just *knew* there was going to be a BMW hitting the tyres in this video. I think I may be psychic"
When you’re 15-20 yards off the apex it’s going to be a hairy exit 😮
Castle Combe, where a racecar driver's and project car's dreams come to die
Haha it can be like this sometimes
Awful drivers, shit cars. Every. Single. Time.
@@davidm5842 no, they're correctly placed ;)
Its like watching the streets outside a house in liverpool at midnight!
Its just total chaos i love it
4:11 …lucky that front splitters working 😂😂😂
Some of the best, if not best drifting I've seen.
That BMW had literally no intention of making that corner, he must have been paid by the organisers to have a crash for entertainment lool
Avon Rise does funny things to cars, many professionals have seriously messed up at Quarry let alone track day warriors.
As a fellow Z owner I'm embarrassed for him .
@@simonelliott3791I would be too if I owned that car
But how come I crashed? All the electronic aids make me a driving god, the car should have got round that corner regardless of how much of a knob of a driver I am lol. I see the same at the Nurburgring, drivers expecting the car to just go round the corners with no skill on their part 😂
Suicidal self confidence?
The pug with the roof rack on made me chuckle 😅
Some quality skills on show there!
Omg that thumbnail! Can’t believe it was right as we walked off. Good for you for camping it out and waiting the day there
The driver of the Z4 should hand in his driving licence right now as not be unkind but, that was appalling driving...
Now the Z4 looks like a Supra
Just went too fast
To be fair, this isn’t the easiest corner ever made
I thought it was painful watching the Z4, then i saw the blue Audi S3 😂
Straight line driver only 😂
I thought the TT's understeer was bad. Then I saw that S3 coming in hot. Jesus!
Last shot at 6.31 impressive skills 🤌
Damn he was ass over the grass
Love how the indicators work 😂
That’s the one corner at Castle Combe that catches most people out
Its the worst corner for crashs on any UK track by a huge amount...
@@joper90 100% agree as it caught me out some years back and I’ve done a ton of track days. It’s a deceiving corner, enter it too quick then it’s difficult not to lose it.
Same. As soon as you pop over Avon Rise you're right on top of Quarry and shitting your pants. Fortunately, no crashes so far.
Impeccable reactions by the Z4 driver.
Those hazzards were blinking before he rolled to a stop
automatic in event of a crash, most cars after 1999 have it as standard, hope you never find out though. 😉
I was sitting at quarry and we all called it on the z4 when he came over Avon rise. He turned in way too early, came in way too hot.
Never seen anyone get that corner so wrong. 99% people losing their back end on the exit, the rest understeer off of the exit. This dude practically went straight
Mr Bridgestone is rubbing his hands with glee.
First time I’ve seen indicators working on a Beemer!
Probably crash-switch; cannot be any other reason!
Chavvy track day this.
Oh yeah, that's the action day way 🤣
Holy shit the Supra at the end, amazing
Only came for the thumbnail but the handbags in the comments were belting 😂
Talent versus reality
Imagine if you were thinking of taking your fairly fast car along for a track day and you thought they were all like this. Please don't think that, at most track days the number of cars and the number of brains are more or less equal.
The Z4 looked like it was running ultra low profile tyres, and lowered way to far.
had absolutely no chance of taking that corner at that speed.
Would love to see a rear angle to get an idea of when he thought he'd start applying the brakes
I love your videos sir!
Quarry corner is always the best place to stand at Combe.
Is rebound damping prohibited under the rules?
Why did that Z4 understeer so much?
Didn't expect to see you here!
Went too fast, possibly overheating brakes
he didnt brakes at all you can see the car dont squat at all ... only at last moment when he was already at apex and it was too late for that speed+wet+short escape.
its like you knew the MR2 was going to spin long before dirver did, camera securely fixed on it, no panning to next car....wait.....wait.... then.......it goes....well done.
I’m amazed that despite the organisers putting a blue cone on the apex, most of the cars are turning in far too early and run out of track on the outside whilst still turning. They should stay out, turn in late which means by the time they’ve reached the apex they should be nearly straight for the next straight.
That Z4 understeer nearly as much as thay RS3 haha
I always used to do the quieter mid-week trackdays at Castle Combe in Astras (3) from early 1990s up to 2015. True enthusiasts - not there just to show off to their mates with most people driving fast but sensibly as opposed. Stopped doing any Saturday ones as every other session was stopped due to some idiot running out of talent losing the rest of us valuable track time. Great fun though, and just wish I hadn't got too old / became a pensioner & had to hang up my helmet. Happy days. Highly recommended.
Awesome!! 😃👍👍🛻🚗🚙
How did it understeer so much?!
The problem with Castle Combe is the lack of run off and what run of that they do have is grass which is like driving on ice when wet, that's the only reason I've not been out on it.
The Audi's understeering around the 4:07 Mark Are the reason beemers are the drivers choice...
What like the Z4?😂
Has the blue Audi had an anti-roll bar delete ?!?
The irony between the Audi understeering and then cutting to drift cars hahah
Audisteer
TY 🙏🙏
I’ve owned many BMWs including full fat M cars and never have I had a BMw handle like that. They normally reverse you into a wall…. How did he manage that!?
Looks like he just came in way too fast and the car was never going to make the corner.
The first track day I did here was in my 3 door Moonstone Sierra Cosworth, which was only 6 months old at that time. Yep that’s how old I am! We did many, many more track days together, in my 10 year ownership with the old boy! I wonder who reading this was there that day?
Always a pleasure, mes amis, to see a "Bratwurst Buggy" come to grief.
Always a pleasure not seeing a French car on a race track. 😅
@@TheBS80have you ever heard of the Renault Mégane?
BMW, the ultimate driving machine.
Don't you mean the ultimate crashing machine.
That model year of Z4 has horrendous understeer. The car is set up to plow. I drove one on the launch and was shocked. However if you carry to much speed there you are going to have a big off
I never knew I’d see a Peugeot 107 slide😂
Wow, that Beemer had an expensive day out!
1:47 damn LS swaps
Who was driving that? Katie Price?
The driver of the Z4 got away with that!
That mr2 at the start was zero to ass forward in a millisecond
Dam !! I would cry like a stroppy toddler if that happened to me......The z4 driver must've cried himself to sleep that night.
RX7 with a mighty V8 LS7 ❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’ve never seen cars racing with roof racks before 😂
Chavtastic
These action days always result in crashes. Bit of an overhaul needed I think.
There was a horrible Subaru crash at one a few years ago
Red Subaru near Tower corner if it's the same one I am thinking of.
This one at 5 minutes 8 seconds in this video: ruclips.net/video/SyySAiexZ7M/видео.html
It seems like there are too many cars on the circuit at a time, way more than on a dedicated track day. Pair that with some inexperienced drivers and it’s a bit of a recipe for disaster
@olympus__ plus some people imho can't help but try to show off for the crowds so drive beyond their capabilities.
Oops..."Ran out of talent." Liked the way he tried to style it out, like it would polish out with a bit of T-Cut. 🤭
Missed the early red RS3 that had an off there did you? :)
That was at a different corner, didn't even see it.
@@CarsAreRacing It went off at Quarry :) Lost brakes trying to slow down in Avon Rise and ended up on the grass to the right before going back over the track and into the barrier there. :) Was quite early on so might have been before you got set up :)
I was there from the beginning, it was at Tower corner that it went off, which in all fairness in style is a very similar corner to Quarry.
Why blur the Z4 number plate! If they had paid for track day insurance then that’s their risk!!
Them claiming an accident on the roads puts everyone watching this insurance up!
Fucking brilliant action!! 😃😃👍👍🚗🚙🚗🛻🚗🚙
Did you get any footage of my car the white astra behind the white m140
also was on track with the drifting yellow 107
@@kainbell that was me 😁. Fucking amazing fun. Putting all those drifters to shame🤣
I don't sorry, I only keep hold of the footage I use.
6:17 you know the guy is PRO when drone folowes him.
Been round castle Combe many times in Rover Minis and Jags! Could have bet my house on a BMW driver putting it into the wall at Quarry corner
I had to re- watch the Z4 failing to literally do anything to avoid that visit to the Dunlop Death Dungeon!
What exactly did you want him to do?
@@AVI.D hit the DSC button?
@@embeddedusystems DSC was probably on
Maybe we would expect the driver to press the brake pedal?
@@peterwatson9047 He did, his brakes were probably overheated
See that black cone on the apex of the bend…..? Oh, no you didn’t.
Some horrendous lines through that first corner.
The drift boys soon got the track dry 😂
Some drivers couldn't clip an apex if their life depended on it 😅
Good old typical UK weather catching people out left right & centre
Why does everyone who goes to Combe on one of these action days seem obsessed with trying to drift around that fast right hander down near the pits?
Tom Gullet's crash, he put everything into that car! ☹️
So many bad drivers who are willing to risk their pride and joy thinking they are better than they actually are ;)
Better there, than on the street! Ya wet piece of Toffee!
But at least they are on a track and not the road.
People enjoying themselves, quit being a baby
🔔day out 🤣🤣
Tru Audi under steer right there
Audisteer
So tomorrow on pistonheads….
BMW Z4, slight NS damage due to driving like a bell end @ CC track.
Thought I had talent but clearly not.😂
Z4 Did He Forget How to Turn Steering ?Wheels Never Had enough Lock on and He Never Put More on All Corner.
I may have been the ST that understeered at 00:53 was the only close call I had
MR2 doing MR2 things.
UK roads minus one Z4... As soon as the Z4 arrived on top of the screen I knew shit's about to happen. Look at the understeer @2:17... Hans Landa said : That's a bingo.
I get the feeling the Z4 guy should have put his hazards on WAY before he totalled it! Like in the car park … what a shite bit of driving!
There Apex is somewhere around here...
I think a few of these could do with a bit of driver coaching 😢
Yellow 107 for the win😂
wtf 😮people racing with road cars with 2 people inside in that z4 no roll bars or cage, helmets etc there’s no way brands hatch would allow that btw what is this track called?
Castle combe.
This is the infamous quarry corner, probably the most crashed corner of any UK track.
They won't have been racing it would've been a track day format like Brands Hatch would run during the week.
Drivers do have to wear helmets and cover arms
Put some benny hill music behind this!
You know the quality of the vehicles are poor when the MX-5 isn't the worst car there!
4:28 AudiSteer was able to make the turn, contrary to the Z4.
Oouch!!!!💥💥💥....that hurts😫!!!!......weather didn't look too good..... and Quarry corner looked slightly slik!!😂...thanks for sharing this video...nice to see what i missed!!😫😫😭....as I had to work!!!!...😮
@4:06 you just can’t beat a bit of Audi understeer. X2..
love that Z4!! Expensive testosterone fueled day out, don't think his missus was impressed either
6:23 for the money shot.
I'm in this video 😂
Every single one of these cars are a fucking embarrassment and I pity the awful drivers that own them
How? The rx7 is cool lol
What on earth Z4 😂
I wouldn't trust most of these with a shopping trolley!
Painful... This has got to be a public track day... No prescision from 90 percent of them.