Cheap and Freindly Track Evening Donington Park August 31st
Discussion
My self and a large bunch of friends (and some people from the VX220 the owners club) periodically hire Donnigton for the a track evening (this is our 5th time) we then just divide the cost by the number of people going so there’s no profit being made and its ridiculously cheap £71!! for everyone.
This time we have a few places available so if anyone’s interested then let me know and will supply more details
Its all professionally run by Donnigton park (trackzone) and we operate an Open pit lane policy so you get stacks of time on the track.
We encourage a very wide variety of cars and abilities (lots of newbies) this isn’t a hard core speed maniac session just a friendly chilled one where everyone has a great time and its ideal for the more inexperienced new comer or chilled out seasoned T-dayer.
Sign on will be 4:30 for a 5pm start, and will be running a 98db noise limit, and a max of about 60 cars.
This time we have a few places available so if anyone’s interested then let me know and will supply more details
Its all professionally run by Donnigton park (trackzone) and we operate an Open pit lane policy so you get stacks of time on the track.
We encourage a very wide variety of cars and abilities (lots of newbies) this isn’t a hard core speed maniac session just a friendly chilled one where everyone has a great time and its ideal for the more inexperienced new comer or chilled out seasoned T-dayer.
Sign on will be 4:30 for a 5pm start, and will be running a 98db noise limit, and a max of about 60 cars.
Could you send me details to miles.hodgson (at) blueyonder.co.ukHow did you guys get on yesterday? Was quite a wide range of machinery I thought, the speed difference of the Radicals when they were approaching was almost scary, they must have been doing 3 laps for every 2 I did. Was also a wide range of driving standards, some guys seemed very impatient and getting all over my back bumper at times. If I'd have spun on those occasions then we'd have both been fooked, so I end up easing off a touch to make 100% sure we didn't collide - "yes I know you're there but I'm not going to compromise my line through the craner curves, just bear with me for a few seconds and I'll pull over ASAP"
Hi,
I think overall it was a good evening, apart from the odd person not getting the fact there was a mixed bag, and it wasn't a race day (were you refering to race prepped BMW's, i know they came close to being kicked off), i hope they did not spoilt the evening for you.
No red flags, and no pit lane queues can only be a good thing.
I'll stick some pictures and videos up next week.
I think overall it was a good evening, apart from the odd person not getting the fact there was a mixed bag, and it wasn't a race day (were you refering to race prepped BMW's, i know they came close to being kicked off), i hope they did not spoilt the evening for you.
No red flags, and no pit lane queues can only be a good thing.
I'll stick some pictures and videos up next week.
yes - it was a great eve (i was there in the blue m3 evo cab - i was the really slow person!) i had turned up a bit earlier and saw the carnage of the circit days organisation beforehand - would never use them having seen that and i challenge any of the organisers to come on here and explain what happened.
mark - if you want to organise one of those days again, stick it up here early enough and i'm sure you will get a lot of p/headers.
even though there must have been 50+ cars it was run as an open pit lane with the organisers sensibly suggesting everyone does no more than about 10 laps at a time and then coming in. this gives you and the car a natural rest before going out. it worked really well and i got loads of track time. for £70 it was a bargain.
ususal few idiots crawling all over your @ss despite being told there was "no overtaking in the craner curves", but otherwise a great day......
mark - if you want to organise one of those days again, stick it up here early enough and i'm sure you will get a lot of p/headers.
even though there must have been 50+ cars it was run as an open pit lane with the organisers sensibly suggesting everyone does no more than about 10 laps at a time and then coming in. this gives you and the car a natural rest before going out. it worked really well and i got loads of track time. for £70 it was a bargain.
ususal few idiots crawling all over your @ss despite being told there was "no overtaking in the craner curves", but otherwise a great day......
Agreed; it was a really good night; not a queue in sight & I ended up taking 8 passengers out (work colleagues who had never been to a trackday before).
Standard of driving was prety good I thought, although the E30's were somewhat impatient & some numpty in a Clio 197 tried to overtake me on the right at the Old Hairpin! They even kept the track open til 7.55 & it was pretty dark by then.
Mark.
Standard of driving was prety good I thought, although the E30's were somewhat impatient & some numpty in a Clio 197 tried to overtake me on the right at the Old Hairpin! They even kept the track open til 7.55 & it was pretty dark by then.
Mark.
I was in the Rover, which, to my amazement, lasted the evening.
We haven't decided if we are running an event next year, but with all the positive feedback i will certainly let you know about it if we do.
There should be some good pics and videos from the evening, i'll get them posted on the website in the next couple of weeks.
Mark
We haven't decided if we are running an event next year, but with all the positive feedback i will certainly let you know about it if we do.
There should be some good pics and videos from the evening, i'll get them posted on the website in the next couple of weeks.
Mark
I got there late and only managed to get out at 7pm in the Gulf coloured E30 Tourer. I thought the standards were pretty good although one of our E30 guys in the no.7 car was rightly black flagged for treating the session as a race.
I was impressed they ran the session until 7.55pm but I'll be back again as it was decent track time for only £71.
I was impressed they ran the session until 7.55pm but I'll be back again as it was decent track time for only £71.
Kubica said:
the_big_kahuna said:
I was in the Rover, which, to my amazement, lasted the evening.
The green 600? I spun whilst following you after you went VERY wide at the exit of Mcleans, I was trying to take evasive action and over reacted on the brakes - whoops!Gassing Station | Track Days | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff