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Brands Hatch shakedown

Brands Hatch's Summer Wednesday's are back so I booked a taster session to give the 944 a good shakedown! A good friend of mine came along as co-pilot and to enjoy his first track experience. We signed in, did the drivers briefing then had the noise level tested - and passed at 96 decibels. We even got a sticker! Each stage was building towards our time on the track and so were the excitement levels! a When the first round of cars hit the circuit for their sighting laps we rolled the TheHoff into one of the empty garages to wait our turn at 6pm... Our chariot certainly looked at home! Soon enough it was our turn so we fired up and burbled our way down the pit lane and joined the queue of other cars waiting behind the pace car for our 3 sighting laps after which the pace car would reel off and we'd continue for 20 minutes lapping the Indy circuit. Exiting the pit lane and swinging into Paddock Bend and into the infamous hill was quite