Castle Combe Circuit

[strapping young lad]

im going to an event here in may but want to know whats the quickest way to get there from the west (from bristol)

looking at the map going to chippenham first looks quicker but autoroute says get off the junction before and turn left then go down towards it.

anyone here know which is best?

btw

www.japfest.co.uk

is where im goin ;)

[LandRoger]

Junction 17-A350-to Allington -Well signposted from there to the circuit,
 if you get off at 18 the roads are packed and narrow+A350 is duel carrageway,

[Jake]

Be careful of the straight if its wet.
It turns slightly to the right in the middle and has a kink on the inside which throws cars off the track and into the armco barrier.
If my Dad was on here he could tell you about the time he was hammering round in his Ferrari.
It swapped ends and.....Smash!!
All OK but damaged pride and joy.
 :roll:

[dew1911]

Time   Mile   Instruction   For   Toward
Summary:  23.4 miles (33 minutes)
09:00   0.0   Depart Bristol on B4053 [Baldwin Street] (West)   0.2 mi   
09:00   0.2   Turn RIGHT (North) onto A38 [Colston Avenue]   87 yds   
09:00   0.3   Road name changes to Local road(s)   43 yds   
09:00   0.3   Merge onto A38 [St Augustines Parade]   0.4 mi   
09:01   0.7   At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A4044 [Bond Street]   0.2 mi   
09:02   1.0   Take Local road(s) (LEFT) onto A4032 [Newfoundland Street]   0.5 mi   
09:03   1.5   At Exit 3, road name changes to M32   4.4 mi   
09:07   5.9   Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s)   0.2 mi   
09:08   6.1   Take Ramp (LEFT) onto M4   7.0 mi   M4 / London / Swindon
09:14   13.1   At Exit 18, keep LEFT onto Ramp   0.6 mi   A46 / Bath / Stroud
09:15   13.7   At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A46 [Bath Road]   2.0 mi   
09:18   15.6   Turn RIGHT (East) onto B4040   2.8 mi   
09:23   18.4   Keep RIGHT onto B4039   0.3 mi   
09:24   18.7   Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto B4039 [Burton Road]   0.8 mi   
09:26   19.6   Bear LEFT (East) onto B4039 [The Street]   0.3 mi   
09:26   19.8   Keep STRAIGHT onto B4039   1.0 mi   
09:28   20.8   Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto B4039 [The Gibb]   0.4 mi   
09:29   21.2   Bear RIGHT (South) onto B4039   2.0 mi   
09:32   23.2   Keep STRAIGHT onto B4039 [Kents Bottom]   0.2 mi   
09:33   23.4   Arrive Castle Combe Circuit [Kents Bottom, Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, SN14 7, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1249-782417]

NOTE: Thanks to Microsoft Autoroute for the map and directions

[strapping young lad]

cool cheers

seems my car is going on the club stand, even though it will be the only car which is under 300bhp though ;)

[dew1911]

Out of Interest what car is it?

[strapping young lad]

mine?

mitsubishi galant v6 2.5ltr

the ones on the stand are galant vr4's

stock is 280bhp
but most of them have modded the cars with NOS and big exhausts and induction kits.

[dew1911]

Ahhh I see, the wannabe Evo's  :P

[LandRoger]

Would not take any notice of that Auto route crap!!!
Junction17 best bet, since when has a machine known better than local
knowledge? if you go 18 you will be sat in traffic -ok if you like scenery,

[jiffyman]

We go there every year with the Mini's in September.
We found a good way to go into the circuit. If you give me a few days, (getting ready to play tomorrow) i'll PM you a route too!!)

[BrumLee]

mine?

mitsubishi galant v6 2.5ltr

the ones on the stand are galant vr4's

stock is 280bhp
but most of them have modded the cars with NOS and big exhausts and induction kits.

SYL has modded his with a 2" lift, Safari snorkel and mud steering guard, old habits die hard  :lol:  :lol:

[Thrasher]

<Basil Fawlty> Just don't mention the gearbox, I did once, but I think I got away with it.... </Basil Fawlty>

[Reaper]

It wont help you get there but heres how not to take Quarry :lol:  :lol:

[strapping young lad]

Ahhh I see, the wannabe Evo's  :P

i wouldnt say no to an evo but galants dont get "that" look that evo's and scoobys do

im quite happy with mine, but ive done the k&n filter already and plans ar afoot to lower it and have bigger alloys maybe.

funds permitting ;)

[dew1911]

lol gotta admit I'd take a Galant over an Evo myself, but there's a couple of them round here that have been given the Evo spoiler and so on, ruins what could be a good car.

[strapping young lad]

true although the vr4 came with a factory spoiler though.

mine is completely standard no "bits" added on.
ill find some pictues of the minted ones and mine! ;)

[strapping young lad]

yup

in my photo gallery

just after i'd bought it (it was clean)

www.clubvr4.com has pics of others

[dew1911]

Very nice, and I bet that 2.5 can move when needed.

[strapping young lad]

no comment ;)

[simon slapstick]

It wont help you get there but heres how not to take Quarry :lol:  :lol:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3831310973036364780&q=porsche+crash

 :shock:

Anyone remember this one...

And they all lived to tell the tale.....

Then they changed the circuit and made it safer/boring  :D . Chicanes are no fun!