Can I go racing for £100 or less?

Can I go racing for £100 or less?

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captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Is it possible to go to a 'bring your own car' track day (full) in under £100? If so where would you recommend? Within England would be ideal.

Cheers.

Edited by captainaverage on Saturday 25th March 14:34

ecsrobin

17,019 posts

164 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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captainaverage said:
Is it possible to go to a 'bring your own car' track day (full) in under £100? If so where would you recommend? Within England would be ideal.

Cheers.

Edited by captainaverage on Saturday 25th March 14:34
That's not racing then?

EDLT

15,421 posts

205 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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You could do three-ish races at an indoor karting track, or 225 practice laps (according the prices of my closest track).

37chevy

3,280 posts

155 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Go drag racing!

Do a RWYB at Santa Pod, £35 to enter your car for the day and unlimited runs down the 1/4 mile.

cjs racing.

2,463 posts

128 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Proper racing, for £100.

5th post down shows car hire.

https://www.facebook.com/events/246914089085774/

captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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37chevy said:
Go drag racing!

Do a RWYB at Santa Pod, £35 to enter your car for the day and unlimited runs down the 1/4 mile.
That's already on the list smile

captainaverage

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86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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cjs racing. said:
Proper racing, for £100.

5th post down shows car hire.

https://www.facebook.com/events/246914089085774/
Can't see that link.

captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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ecsrobin said:
That's not racing then?
Not sure. A couple of friends bringing their own cars and possibly setting lap times/competing etc within their own beginner limits might be considered as a form of 'racing'. It definitely would be on a public road.

If not then please enlighten me?

SteveSteveson

3,209 posts

162 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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And just as on the road, it will get you in trouble. Timing and racing will get you chucked out of most track days.

captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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SteveSteveson said:
And just as on the road, it will get you in trouble. Timing and racing will get you chucked out of most track days.
I see, so then no racing. What I am looking for is a track day then.

alfie2244

11,292 posts

187 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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captainaverage said:
ecsrobin said:
That's not racing then?
Not sure. A couple of friends bringing their own cars and possibly setting lap times/competing etc within their own beginner limits might be considered as a form of 'racing'. It definitely would be on a public road.

If not then please enlighten me?
No timing allowed on trackdays.....even covertly by mates on the pit wall IIRC>

DiscoColin

3,328 posts

213 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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captainaverage said:
ecsrobin said:
That's not racing then?
Not sure. A couple of friends bringing their own cars and possibly setting lap times/competing etc within their own beginner limits might be considered as a form of 'racing'. It definitely would be on a public road.

If not then please enlighten me?
If it is a track day then the rules mandate no timing, racing or in general : competition. That is not what track days are (though that said you can get comparative indications of performance from on board cameras or data logging with your 'phone for comparison in the pub afterwards {though if caught doing an analysis with a laptop in the pits then you could potentially get thrown off of the day}).

If you really want to do that kind of thing then you need to go to a proper test day, where you will be getting in the way of actual racing cars (and indeed your own car will need to be race prepared) and will be spending much, much more than £100. But this is all kind of immaterial as even an evening session on a normal track day usually comes in at more than that amount.

Short answer : go to your nearest kart track if you want to compete, otherwise the answer to the question posed is essentially : no.

captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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alfie2244 said:
No timing allowed on trackdays.....even covertly by mates on the pit wall IIRC>
Can you suggest any track days? Saw Bedford autodrome for about £150 which isn't bad. What does 'open pit' mean?

alfie2244

11,292 posts

187 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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captainaverage said:
alfie2244 said:
No timing allowed on trackdays.....even covertly by mates on the pit wall IIRC>
Can you suggest any track days? Saw Bedford autodrome for about £150 which isn't bad. What does 'open pit' mean?
Go in and out of track as much as you want no sessions but with limited numbers at any one time.

andye30m3

3,452 posts

253 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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What about sprinting

National B non race licence at around £30
Some of the airfield events used to be around £70 and you can use your every day road car

tapkaJohnD

1,930 posts

203 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Not racing, but driving against the clock - Autosolo/Autotest.

Many small motor clubs organise these on car parks at weekends, and you get as many runs around the course as daylight and the m=number of competitors allows,for about £20. (?)
Massive fun, no licence, no safety gear, no modifications.

EG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwFGy6XG2M
(Not my club, just a good demo)

John

captainaverage

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Saturday 25th March 2017
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andye30m3 said:
What about sprinting

National B non race licence at around £30
Some of the airfield events used to be around £70 and you can use your every day road car
I just looked that up. Is it the same as hill climbing? If so, it tells me what I need to do to my car to enter but it also says I need to be invited. How can I set myself up for an invitation? Do you know any car clubs that do this?

Cheers

captainaverage

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596 posts

86 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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tapkaJohnD said:
Not racing, but driving against the clock - Autosolo/Autotest.

Many small motor clubs organise these on car parks at weekends, and you get as many runs around the course as daylight and the m=number of competitors allows,for about £20. (?)
Massive fun, no licence, no safety gear, no modifications.

EG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwFGy6XG2M
(Not my club, just a good demo)

John
Can you please suggest some clubs as an example? Will an ordinary car club for a specific car do these? Thanks

Efbe

9,251 posts

165 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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for the local hill climb clubs around us, just e-mail/phone them.

andye30m3

3,452 posts

253 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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captainaverage said:
andye30m3 said:
What about sprinting

National B non race licence at around £30
Some of the airfield events used to be around £70 and you can use your every day road car
I just looked that up. Is it the same as hill climbing? If so, it tells me what I need to do to my car to enter but it also says I need to be invited. How can I set myself up for an invitation? Do you know any car clubs that do this?

Cheers
Invites are normally to all members of other clubs so all you really need to do is join 1 local club and you'll be able to enter events all over the place.

Same local clubs tend to organise the sprints, autotest and autosolo's

Where abouts are you based, I'm sure people can recommend a club near you