Are helmets and race suits compulsory on track days?

[227bhp]

stef1808 said:

oh god, what have i started now

lets put things in contents - the average track day driver wearing his race suit at a novice track day driving a modern car at 7/10ths is mostly wearing that suit to show off and generally looks like a knob.

somehow replies have been twisted to that your crazy not to wear your suit when trying to set new lap records at a test day. a 800 bhp tuned supra flipping at vmax, a tvr leaving the garage way, 997 cup car on a test day - all these examples i would want as much personal safety also, including a race suit

think about the purpose of this thread, a novice driver going on a track day asking if he needs a race suit, all of a sudden you've got him writing his last will and testament. track your f type, drive within your limits and be safe - oh yeah, don't wear a race suit also

Well you did make rather an idiotic comment:

stef1808 said:

even you do race/have a race suit. dont be that guy who wears it to a track day

So if you've got the correct gear, leave it at home and do without it?

I'm a novice, I do track days, I don't race, I wear a suit just like I wear a helmet and the boots to go with it for safety reasons. Are you going to come along, point and laugh at me for dressing appropriately, but being slower than you?
I am 'all the gear, no idea' and you come across like a stuck up ponce to think that is wrong, beneath you and somehow funny. As a novice I am going to be slower.
As an ameteur I would say I have more chance of getting it wrong and crashing, it is the one reason I do need the correct safety gear. If I was a Pro doing a TD then I would have less need for it, I would feel a bit of a dick if I crashed & burned doing a non-competitive event after a serious race, but even then i'd still wear it.

Edited by 227bhp on Saturday 30th May 09:27

[Altrezia]

I wear my race suit on trackdays - it's comfy, warm and safer than my usual clobber. Don't see the problem. There are plenty of things that people laugh at me for, over and above my attire.

[stef1808]

227bhp said:

Well you did make rather an idiotic comment:

stef1808 said:

even you do race/have a race suit. dont be that guy who wears it to a track day

Once again someone on PH misinterprets/quotes a comment -just to start an argument?

Again (and last time I can be bothered to repeat this) the q was: should a novice wear a race suit to a track day in a f type
a: imv - no

227bhp said:

Are you going to come along, point and laugh at me for dressing appropriately, but being slower than you?

No, why would I - although you will be judged

No offense, but being that (self confessed) guy with all the gear and no idea on a track day is someone to be cautious of - rest assure ill be telling another novice to try and stay away from you on the track. Sorry if you misinterpret this as being a "stuck up ponce"

[HustleRussell]

stef1808 said:

he q was: should a novice wear a race suit to a track day in a f type
a: imv - no

...and I agree. But saying that somebody shouldn't wear a race suit if they already have one bacause people might think they look silly is what I take exception to.