RUN OF THE MILL - Ruskin Mill Trust

My Driving Experience
by Rhys, 3rd-year
In the summer holidays I had a birthday gift - to drive a
Lamborghini Gallardo and a Mitsubishi Evo 8 and at the
end to drive a Renault Clio by doing handbrake turns
around a track. The night before I was going to drive I
was so excited and nervous that I could not sleep.
The next day I was really nervous and even more
excited. Before I got there my nan and granddad came
with me to watch me drive the cars. When we got there
my dad got lost then we found the right place as you
drive up to it there were people flying gliders.
When we finally got there I saw a Ferrari, a Ferrari
convertible, an Audi R8 and there was a Mitsubishi Evo
8 two Lamborghinis and an Aston Martin. There was
also a Ford rally car and two Subaru Imprezzas. When
we got out of the car we were called into the
instructor’s room with lots of other people and met the
driving instructors. They sorted all of us into groups of
three and told us which driving instructors we were
driving with, then my mom and I went into the café to
see my family and tell them what’s happening. All of a
sudden my group was called to drive so we headed out
to the track to drive a Mitsubishi Evo 8 (above). When
it was my turn my heart was pounding and my hands
and feet were shaking but I drove onto the track. As I
was driving, I saw a photographer taking pictures of
everybody driving. Then I saw a long stretch of road at
which point the instructor told me to speed up so I put
my foot down on the accelerator. It felt and sounded
amazing. To begin with I was very nervous but after a
while with encouragement from my instructor I became
more confident and drove really well. I then started to
enjoy driving the supercar and I found it fun to drive.
After lots of laps around the track I slowed down and
parked near the other cars. I had learned a lot about
controlling the car. I learned even more when we were
taken around the track in the Ford rally car.
Soon after that my group was called again and there it
was, finally the Lamborghini Gallardo - it was bright
yellow! I was last to drive it. It sounded amazing! I
put my foot down straight away and drove around the
track again and again before parking up. As I got out of
the car, I had my picture taken with the car (left).
After that I went to collect my souvenir pictures and a
video on CD, then it was off to drive a sporty Renault
Clio. I drove around the track a few times before the
instructor showed me how to do a hand-brake turn. All
of a sudden he put it into gear and told me to pull the
hand brake and turn the wheel at the same time then I
drove around the corners again and again drifting
around the track. All you could hear was the screeching
of the tyres. It was a thrilling day!