Get it out of your system boys
SEAT karting evening just the ticket for cooling boots ahead of the SMMT day
By Dan_Trent 26/05/2011 00:55
The 'greetings from...' blog posts on here tend to be from glamorous locations but not tonight. Nope, I'm in Milton Keynes! And we, that is CJ, Richard and I, are guests of SEAT ahead of the annual SMMT test day at Millbrook. Now, though it's a great day out there is a bit of an ongoing thing with overexcited hacks versus flag friendly marshals. But SEAT has come up with the perfect solution.
Namely, get a load of us together the night before and get us to work out our competitive urges against our fellow hacks on the Daytona Kart track here. Brilliant idea and a great evening has been had by all. 
A better evening for Richard indeed, who turns out to be something of a dark horse and a definite hand in a kart, beating several of our party who turned up with their own helmets and gloves and full of the swagger of those who expect to win. But they hadn't counted on Richard's effortless speed. I managed 5th in the final but my only sight of Richard was as he sped off from the start. 
All being well then it'll be a quieter day than usual for the marshals at the SMMT. Here's hoping.Dan
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Links:
A lap of the SMMT test day hill route
SMMT test day 2009
Petrolhead heaven at the SMMT test day
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