Track Day Clothing - where to buy from?

[TonyHetherington]

SA2005 is the accreditation a helmet needs to be used in an MSA race, isnt' ti? And bike helmets certainly don't have it.

Whether they would meet it or not is a different matter of course.

[juansolo]

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law. After all, they might never have ever had a crash and needed one.

Some prize idiots on this thread.

Edited by juansolo on Thursday 6th January 15:27

[TonyHetherington]

PS: I say wear it if you want to. Of all the track days I go to, I'd say over half are wearing suits. It's not frowned upon, you're not called a wker. I wear one (in a windscreenless race spec caterham, not that it has any bearing).

[Rawwr]

juansolo said:

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law.

Not at all. I was trying to suggest that spending £800 on something to mitigate damage to your body on something with a 0.1% chance of happening is totally ass-tarded compared to spending £600 on something to mitigate damage to your body on something with a 10% chance of happening.

NB: Figures may not be accurate.

[Herman Toothrot]

GreigM said:

ShadownINja said:

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

An Evo and a caterham levante - the evo at knockhill, caterham at silverstone

Add an ex WRC Escort Cosworth to that list, it went up in Flames at Abingdon this year.

[CampDavid]

juansolo said:

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law. After all, they might never have ever had a crash and needed one.

Some prize idiots on this thread.

Edited by juansolo on Thursday 6th January 15:27

It's not safety equipment, it's just trying to look a bit like a racing driver.

This thread has some VERY useful information in it from people who attend track days. I personally didn't know there was a huge amount of difference between a bike and a car lid.

I also think 90% of people attending trackdays would agree that the choice of clothing I list at the top it certainly the way forward, though some people do prefer race booties, for feel/fitting in a sodding Caterham.

[CampDavid]

Herman Toothrot said:

GreigM said:

ShadownINja said:

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

An Evo and a caterham levante - the evo at knockhill, caterham at silverstone

Add an ex WRC Escort Cosworth to that list, it went up in Flames at Abingdon this year.

I'm willing to bet that these were all modified and none of them exploded, just burnt up slowly. In which case a race suit won't help

[nonuts]

juansolo said:

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law. After all, they might never have ever had a crash and needed one.

Some prize idiots on this thread.

Rubbish, it's about acceptable risk. Modern (normal) cars were not designed with some helmet wearing power ranger with their active safety systems in mind they were designed with a normal person driving the car wearing a seatbelt.

When you start talking about trackday specials with harnesses and full roll cages (that you can bang your head on) then I would want to wear a race suit and helmet however I'm not sure I'm so convinced when you're talking about a hatchback on a trackday.

Motorsport / trackdays are dangerous however it's down to the individual to decide on the risks they take or it should be. IMO.

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

I'm taking my £600 motorbike helmet.

Heh, if you paid £600 for an X-Spirit, someone saw you coming, possible because you were on fire at the time?

[juansolo]

CampDavid said:

juansolo said:

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law. After all, they might never have ever had a crash and needed one.

Some prize idiots on this thread.

Edited by juansolo on Thursday 6th January 15:27

It's not safety equipment, it's just trying to look a bit like a racing driver.

This thread has some VERY useful information in it from people who attend track days. I personally didn't know there was a huge amount of difference between a bike and a car lid.

I also think 90% of people attending trackdays would agree that the choice of clothing I list at the top it certainly the way forward, though some people do prefer race booties, for feel/fitting in a sodding Caterham.

Having had a fuel line let go, been coated in fuel whilst sitting next to a red hot exhaust driving on the road in a Caterfield, I can safely say that st does happen. Thankfully it didn't catch. But it was a bit of a wake up call for how quickly that I could have turned crispy.

[.R2D2]

Rawwr said:

.R2D2 said:

I'm taking my £600 motorbike helmet.

Heh, if you paid £600 for an X-Spirit, someone saw you coming, possible because you were on fire at the time?

That was years ago when I paid for it

[GreigM]

CampDavid said:

Herman Toothrot said:

GreigM said:

ShadownINja said:

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

An Evo and a caterham levante - the evo at knockhill, caterham at silverstone

Add an ex WRC Escort Cosworth to that list, it went up in Flames at Abingdon this year.

I'm willing to bet that these were all modified and none of them exploded, just burnt up slowly. In which case a race suit won't help

So what if they were modified, what relevance could that have - lots of track day cars are modified and you don't know the OP isn't a modifying nut?? The Caterham did half a lap with the rear end on fire before the marshals waved him off track - was very close to being nasty given the burning was around the fuel tank.

On track the cars are being pushed to their absolute limits and often beyond, its far more likely for a car to go on fire on track than on the public highway...crashes do happen, mechanical breakdowns do happen, why ridicule someone for wanting added safety, do you think its big or clever?

[nonuts]

juansolo said:

Having had a fuel line let go, been coated in fuel whilst sitting next to a red hot exhaust driving on the road in a Caterfield, I can safely say that st does happen. Thankfully it didn't catch. But it was a bit of a wake up call for how quickly that I could have turned crispy.

Highlighted a bit for you there, does that mean you now wear a race suit at all times when driving the Caterfield?

I would say anyone would be better off getting their car mechanically checked over before going on track rather than worrying about what they're wearing!

[EDLT]

juansolo said:

CampDavid said:

juansolo said:

I wonder if all the people who claim that you're a wker for wearing safety equipment would all be driving around without their seatbelts on if it wasn't law. After all, they might never have ever had a crash and needed one.

Some prize idiots on this thread.

Edited by juansolo on Thursday 6th January 15:27

It's not safety equipment, it's just trying to look a bit like a racing driver.

This thread has some VERY useful information in it from people who attend track days. I personally didn't know there was a huge amount of difference between a bike and a car lid.

I also think 90% of people attending trackdays would agree that the choice of clothing I list at the top it certainly the way forward, though some people do prefer race booties, for feel/fitting in a sodding Caterham.

Having had a fuel line let go, been coated in fuel whilst sitting next to a red hot exhaust driving on the road in a Caterfield, I can safely say that st does happen. Thankfully it didn't catch. But it was a bit of a wake up call for how quickly that I could have turned crispy.

So do you wear a race suit + nomex every time you drive one then?

[GreigM]

Maybe if he's still lurking he can clarify, but Jason Plato got badly burned in a car which didn't "explode" and was open-topped...he wasn't racing and there were no other cars on track....bet he was very glad he didn't listen to the people who said he was a "dick" for wearing a racing suit.

[Rawwr]

juansolo said:

Having had a fuel line let go, been coated in fuel whilst sitting next to a red hot exhaust driving on the road in a Caterfield, I can safely say that st does happen. Thankfully it didn't catch. But it was a bit of a wake up call for how quickly that I could have turned crispy.

Yeah, big surprise that a nailly old Westfield assembled in a shed by a div would fall apart.

[Rawwr]

GreigM said:

bet he was very glad he didn't listen to the people who said he was a "dick" for wearing a racing suit.

That's not what I've been saying?

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

Rawwr said:

.R2D2 said:

I'm taking my £600 motorbike helmet.

Heh, if you paid £600 for an X-Spirit, someone saw you coming, possible because you were on fire at the time?

That was years ago when I paid for it

You were robbed.

[GreigM]

Rawwr said:

GreigM said:

bet he was very glad he didn't listen to the people who said he was a "dick" for wearing a racing suit.

That's not what I've been saying?

Not you, others on this thread.

[Rawwr]

GreigM said:

Rawwr said:

That's not what I've been saying?

Not you, others on this thread.

Oh, don't worry about them. I'm the only sensible person on this whole forum