Some nice 6th Gear Experience Cars

I went to Elvington Airfield this weekend, they had a War Weekend on with restored Tanks; Jeeps; Armoured Cars etc and people wearing period clothes. Got a little bored after a while and had a few hours to kill before the scheduled Battle of Britain Memorial fly past (which disappointingly turned out to be just a single Spitfire) I decided to find out where all the high revving engine and brake screeching sounds were coming from. I walked down the car park to a sectioned off part (presumably part of the old runway system) and found some very nice cars flying round a coned track. It turns out that there is a business in the old Elvington Aerodrome called 6th Gear Experience that for a fee (quite a large fee) will let you fly round the track in the Supercar of your choice. Any way here are some of the shots I got, couldn't get in close so all taken with 300 mm f4 L IS. Taken at lower shutter speeds to try and capture some movement so not the sharpest you'll ever see as my panning technique isn't the best.


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some lovely cars there.

Good ones.

Nice ones, but did you take any pics of the war period as a friend of mine was dressed up in WW2 gear.

Bill

Yep! I took quite a few like this one, shame about the barbed wire. I'll try to get a few together and post them, but I've got a few plane shots to sort out first from Manchester Airport; including Concorde in it's new home.

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I'd gladly die to drive #3 with some hardcore spirit!

Nice shots! I like the light on the M3, but I have to chuckle because the couple inside seem pretty disinterested. Maybe the driver is concentrating, but his passenger...

Great cars, do you mind me asking what the fee was, out of sheer curiosity?

I don't know just how much it would cost to drive round in one of these cars but on their Web site the gift vouchers start at £50.00, I would imagine for that all you'll get to do is sit in the seat and play with the steering wheel

Have a look on their site

http://www.6thgearexpe​rience.com/

that Diablo shot is great. the orange is awesome.

and man I'd love to drive that Ariel Atom!

There were two Diablos going round the course, the orange one pictured here and a pearlescent white one. I thought out of all the cars there that those two were the most characterless, I don't like the shape and the car as a whole seems quite bland; I don't suppose it helped their kudos that they were being driven around the track very sedately.

Is #3 the Ariel Atom?

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Is #3 the Ariel Atom?

Yeah, awesome piece of kit. The cheapest car shown above but with 0-60 in under 3 seconds it would show them all a clean pair of heels (at least up to 100mph).

£99 for a 4 lap blast according to the website

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd point out that the orange 'Diablo' above, is in fact a Murcielago.

Maybe, but it's still Yucky Orange

some look a little soft and i think the HDR is applied to heavily.