javelin sprint days
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I suppose I'm just concerned about the value for money compared to trackdays, although I appreciate how much more expensive other forms of racing are! Found the timing sheet for Cadwell last year and I think my Vortx would be quite competitive...certainly couldn't come lower than 2nd in my class anyway, as there was only one other B1 car running
T0MMY said:
I suppose I'm just concerned about the value for money compared to trackdays, although I appreciate how much more expensive other forms of racing are! Found the timing sheet for Cadwell last year and I think my Vortx would be quite competitive...certainly couldn't come lower than 2nd in my class anyway, as there was only one other B1 car running
If you do join it wont be in b1 that is for 4x4/high spec kits cars etc more than likely be in b2 like me with a mev exocet turbo'd and atm within in the kit car class there is 10 booked for the first rd.If you think of this as a track day it wont be worth it think of it as the first step towards competition at a much cheaper rate and with friendlier people.
MG CHRIS said:
If you do join it wont be in b1 that is for 4x4/high spec kits cars etc more than likely be in b2 like me with a mev exocet turbo'd and atm within in the kit car class there is 10 booked for the first rd.
If you think of this as a track day it wont be worth it think of it as the first step towards competition at a much cheaper rate and with friendlier people.
Ah ok, thought I'd read somewhere that B1 was for bike engined kits and B2 for car engined. Mine is definitely not high spec! If you think of this as a track day it wont be worth it think of it as the first step towards competition at a much cheaper rate and with friendlier people.
I do sprints, but not a championship. Yes, there's a lot of standing around waiting for your turn, and then you have two minutes to do your best on cold tyres.
It's not value for money, like a track day, but definitely more fun than queueing for 5 hours for three runs at Santa Pod - under 40 seconds motorsport in an entire afternoon. It's also addictive.
Out and out club racing isn't good value for money in terms of track time either. A good friend of mine races in a one make series. It cost him about £5000 to get a car he bought for £4000 up to MSA regs standard (and he's a skilled, professional mechanic with his own business/workshops, so no labour charges included), and then for each weekend he pays around £500 entry fee and gets two twenty minute practice sessions and one or two 20 minute races. At many tracks he has to provide his own pits facilities, as the single seaters tend to be given the proper pits, lorry etc. So in terms of track time, it's roughly £1,000 an hour, spread over the season, compared with a total cost of say £50 per hour all in for track days. But he absolutely loves it, loves the competition, the craic with the other drivers, and gets a huge buzz out of racing wheel to wheel even though he's in the slowest class.
It's not value for money, like a track day, but definitely more fun than queueing for 5 hours for three runs at Santa Pod - under 40 seconds motorsport in an entire afternoon. It's also addictive.
Out and out club racing isn't good value for money in terms of track time either. A good friend of mine races in a one make series. It cost him about £5000 to get a car he bought for £4000 up to MSA regs standard (and he's a skilled, professional mechanic with his own business/workshops, so no labour charges included), and then for each weekend he pays around £500 entry fee and gets two twenty minute practice sessions and one or two 20 minute races. At many tracks he has to provide his own pits facilities, as the single seaters tend to be given the proper pits, lorry etc. So in terms of track time, it's roughly £1,000 an hour, spread over the season, compared with a total cost of say £50 per hour all in for track days. But he absolutely loves it, loves the competition, the craic with the other drivers, and gets a huge buzz out of racing wheel to wheel even though he's in the slowest class.
QBee said:
I do sprints, but not a championship. Yes, there's a lot of standing around waiting for your turn, and then you have two minutes to do your best on cold tyres.
It's not value for money, like a track day, but definitely more fun than queueing for 5 hours for three runs at Santa Pod - under 40 seconds motorsport in an entire afternoon. It's also addictive.
Out and out club racing isn't good value for money in terms of track time either. A good friend of mine races in a one make series. It cost him about £5000 to get a car he bought for £4000 up to MSA regs standard (and he's a skilled, professional mechanic with his own business/workshops, so no labour charges included), and then for each weekend he pays around £500 entry fee and gets two twenty minute practice sessions and one or two 20 minute races. At many tracks he has to provide his own pits facilities, as the single seaters tend to be given the proper pits, lorry etc. So in terms of track time, it's roughly £1,000 an hour, spread over the season, compared with a total cost of say £50 per hour all in for track days. But he absolutely loves it, loves the competition, the craic with the other drivers, and gets a huge buzz out of racing wheel to wheel even though he's in the slowest class.
Your mate is in the wrong race series.It's not value for money, like a track day, but definitely more fun than queueing for 5 hours for three runs at Santa Pod - under 40 seconds motorsport in an entire afternoon. It's also addictive.
Out and out club racing isn't good value for money in terms of track time either. A good friend of mine races in a one make series. It cost him about £5000 to get a car he bought for £4000 up to MSA regs standard (and he's a skilled, professional mechanic with his own business/workshops, so no labour charges included), and then for each weekend he pays around £500 entry fee and gets two twenty minute practice sessions and one or two 20 minute races. At many tracks he has to provide his own pits facilities, as the single seaters tend to be given the proper pits, lorry etc. So in terms of track time, it's roughly £1,000 an hour, spread over the season, compared with a total cost of say £50 per hour all in for track days. But he absolutely loves it, loves the competition, the craic with the other drivers, and gets a huge buzz out of racing wheel to wheel even though he's in the slowest class.
T0MMY said:
MG CHRIS said:
If you do join it wont be in b1 that is for 4x4/high spec kits cars etc more than likely be in b2 like me with a mev exocet turbo'd and atm within in the kit car class there is 10 booked for the first rd.
If you think of this as a track day it wont be worth it think of it as the first step towards competition at a much cheaper rate and with friendlier people.
Ah ok, thought I'd read somewhere that B1 was for bike engined kits and B2 for car engined. Mine is definitely not high spec! If you think of this as a track day it wont be worth it think of it as the first step towards competition at a much cheaper rate and with friendlier people.
MG CHRIS said:
Nope b1 is for high powered stuff/light weight single seaters etc only one in that group which is a jedi, most are in b2 or 3 im in 2 as im turbo charged this year. Both groups have 4 cars In them but the organises will alter cars in classes during the year.
I suspect if I put my currently unmapped R1 engine on a dyno it would be farting out no more than 120 nodding donkeys so definitely not high powered Gassing Station | Track Days | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff