Ian Dickson writes
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Pictured left to right: Tom Collyer, Chris Lunn, Nigel Swan and myself
You may recall almost a year ago a team from MSN Cars won a Nissan GT Academy Playstation event (if you don’t, you can read all about it here).
Well, the prize – as well as gaining a nifty little cup for the trophy cabinet (which has currently only that on display) – was exclusive places at the next Nissan Race Academy.
This is where 370Z and GT-R owners go to learn more about the Nissan performance cars they have just bought.
So, along we went one cold Friday to Silverstone, myself, Nige Swan, Chris Lunn and our work experience chap, Tom Collyer. We didn’t really know what to expect, just that we would be taking part in a series of driving events.
Nige and me were paired up, and our first driving challenge – after a hearty BBQ lunch cooked on the front of an old 911 (got to hand it to you Nissan, that is inspired!) our first experience was the timed run.
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Set up on two parallel courses, we were thrust into two GT-Rs and, after a three-second count down, had to drive around a cone course as quickly as possible.
I was reasonably quick, but stupidly didn’t