Driver Coaching from Ben Elliott Racing Ltd

[Mr Will]

www.benelliottracing.com

Ben Elliott Racing Ltd has been offering driver coaching since 2004. The company is run by Ginetta G50 racer, Sports 1000 champion and grade A ARDS instructor, Ben Elliott along with his wife, Ford Fiesta award of excellence winner, Katie.

Between them they have over 12 years racing experience and have worked for all the main Racing Schools and track day companies in the UK and abroad. Click HERE for the Ben Elliott Racing Ltd promotional film.


Ben’s racing CV

2008 Ginetta G50 Cup
Please visit our website to read about Ben’s progress and view on board video from his races.

2007 Texaco Havoline Ginetta Championship
3 pole positions
2nd in championship

2006 AVO Ginetta Championship
2 races 2nd and 8th

2005 AVO Ginetta Championship
3 heat wins
2 outright wins
1 pole position
2 lap records
10th in championship (contested half of the races)

2004 Radical Biduro Championship
3 wins
1 lap record

2004 750 Motor Club Sports 1000 Championship
Pole position and won every race
Winner of championship

2003 BRDC Formula Ford
4 wins
5 pole positions
3rd in Championship
2002 BRDC Formula Ford
3 wins
1 lap record


WHAT BEN ELLIOTT RACING LTD CAN OFFER YOU

One to one driver coaching in your car.

Held on any track day in the UK or abroad, on a circuit of your choice.
The basic aim of the day is to work on your driving technique in order to bring about an increase in pace. Pace encompasses speed in proportion to yours and the cars limits, dealing with traffic, spatial awareness and reading the signals from your car and reacting accordingly.

The benefits of the above approach should lead to faster lapping without an increase in risk (due to increased knowledge) and in most cases the car benefits from longer tyre life due to more efficient usage.

Racers whether novice or experienced can benefit from Ben’s knowledge on preparing for a race weekend, from how to get the best from you and the car in qualifying, to practicing overtaking and defensive lines.

Ben prepares all of his race cars himself. This has given him a good grounding on how to set up a car. Racers and trackday drivers can both benefit from advice on what changes to make to the car in order to get it to perform at its best.

Typical format of a 1 to 1 coaching day with Ben (on an ‘open pit lane’ trackday):

8.00am	Arrive and Sign on with Trackday Organiser
8.30am	Safety Briefing + brief on circuit + driving techniques from Ben
9.00am	Sighting laps / demo laps with Ben driving if required
9.15am – 1.00pm	Driving sessions with Ben providing advice from passenger seat. Debriefs in between runs highlighting improved areas and what to focus on in the next run.
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 5.00pm	Continued Driving and debrief sessions with Ben doing some driving laps if required.

A full day of tuition with Ben will cost £300 + VAT (£352.50) this does not include any fees for the trackday. Customers booking multiple days (3 or more) will get a 10% discount making the price £270 +VAT.

Ben Elliott Racing can offer discounts on Goldtrack days when purchasing the day through them.


One to one driver handling day.

A superb day for novices or experienced drivers. The focus is on analysing car feedback, car control techniques and increasing confidence.

They have 2 airfield venues, Kemble, Gloucstershire and Alconbury, Huntingdon. They divide the airfield into 2 sections where all of the activities (bar the sprint course) are coned out. This enables one driver to be with Ben and the other 3 can take turns practicing on the other half. This keeps standing around time to a minimum.

Here is the typical format of an airfield day for 4 people

8.45am	Sign On
9.00am	Safety Briefing
9.30- 11.00	Off set slalom (skid control)
11.05-12.30	Hairpin (braking + throttle use)
12.35-1.30	Lunch
1.35-3.00	Fast Chicane (managing weight transfer)
3.05-4.30	Sprint Circuit-Demo and timed laps (combining all of the above plus a bigger grin!)
4.35-5pm	Depart

Prices start from £180 + VAT. Full details CLICK HERE


Team building/ car club day-Alconbury Airfield, Huntingdon

For 5-12 people. Drivers split into 2 groups, each with an instructor. Driving tasks as above. End of day sprint circuit with prizes for fastest lap and driver of the day. Lunch can be included at an extra cost. Click HERE for a video from a group Alconbury day.


Junior driver coaching 14-17yrs old

Ben Elliott has helped more than 30 youngsters start their car racing career in the Junior Ginetta and Saxmax championships. Ben now has 3 years of experience teaching junior drivers ranging from complete novices to karting champions.

The programme they now recommend with youngsters wanting to race (or just do trackdays with their dad) has a 100% success rate for achieving their race licence on the first attempt. This consists of:

• 1 Airfield training day where they begin by teaching gear shifting, braking with the right foot (which kart racers won’t have done) and gaining a general competence in the car. Once up to speed they then go on to the same programme as the adults as seen above.
• 1 Trackday where the junior drivers can get used to driving on a big circuit and really start to get a feel for the car. They cover all of the same things as they would do with adult racers.
• ARDS Test. You go to your local circuit for this but they can help you arrange it. There are some circuits recommend more highly than others for dealing with juniors.

For the best results and a quicker learning curve the company then recommends a trackday with Ben before each race meeting.


Track days

Over the last 3 years Ben Elliott Racing Ltd have organised 4 track days with all monies raised going to a chosen charity. At a request of their customers, the company are branching into the track day industry by organising 2 European track days. Abbeville, France and Ascari, Spain, download a booking form on the WEBSITE


Track car hire

If a driver does not have a suitable track day car, Ben Elliott Racing Ltd can offer a fleet of cars to choose from. For the type of cars you can hire-go to www.track-club.com to see the fleet (need to book through Ben Elliott Racing Ltd)


Corporate days on a track

Events are organised around clients location, budget, numbers and car hire.
The instructor will drive each person around for 3-4 laps, showing lines and techniques. Each driver gets approx 2-3 x 15-20mins sessions driving with the instructor coaching them. End of the day instructor drives them round for fast laps. Awards for driver of the day and organised lunch or business meetings can be arranged, at an extra cost. Contact [e-mail] to discuss your requirements.



Sponsorship

Ben is currently looking for sponsorship for his 2008 racing season in the Ginetta G50 Cup.
Opportunities for

• Company logo on car and website.
• TV coverage on SKY.
• National press coverage.
• Hospitality at race weekends.
• Car used for your companies product launches

And much more...

Ben has finished on the podium already this season and is currently in the top 10 overall in the championship, he finished 2nd last year. Download a sponsor’s pack here

Please take a look at our satisfied client’s feedback by clicking here





Contact details

E- mail: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]
Mobiles: Ben 07739632250 or Katie 07717552821
Website: www.benelliottracing.com

[trackcar]

How many yellow G50s are there racing ? I've just seen one dropped off at Tranzpower in Chesterfield.

[BenElliottRacing]

There are 3 altogether. Mine has been at Oulton today, where i was driver coaching my main sponsor and his guests.

[Bobo W]

In a bid to teach an old dog new tricks I've undertaken driver training with a number of operators including Cadence, Andy Walsh and Ben Elliot. It was the latter (Well Katie actually) that delivered the best day tailored to my requirements and I would recommend them to anyone looking for on-track driver coaching.

[joesacco]

Bens a great coach he helped me a lot with the set up of the Ariel Atom and also sorted out some tricky corners at Goodwwod see U Tube clip http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlapJuu3zo

[Funky]

Another thumbs up for Ben. He's an excellent teacher and concentrates on the areas you want to improve. I really enjoyed the days i've spent on the airfields/track with him!

[Fishy Dave]

Another recommendation for Ben and his wife Katie. I have had tuition from both at a number of circuits which made a noticeable difference to my smoothness, lines and lap times.

Many people take up 15 minutes of tuition with an instructor whilst at a trackday. This can certainly help your lines, but can't be compared with a full day with an instructor as experienced and friendly as Ben . Worth every penny IMO.

I will be booking again with you soon mate.

[BenElliottRacing]

Thanks for all the great feedback guys. Hope to see you all on track soon.

Sadly we have had to cancel our Ascari track day due to lack of interest. We still have places left on our Abbeville track day on the 14th July, which is the day after Classic Le Mans, £129.

Go to our website to download a booking form

[BenElliottRacing]

I am available on the 30th June at Castle Combe for instruction if anyone is going?

Its an Easytrack day which is full so you will have to of already booked. I am free all day and can coach someone for the discounted price of £200 + VAT

Contact [e-mail] if you are interested.

[BenElliottRacing]

A rare opportunity to have a racing circuit practically free of cars to hone your driving skills.

This day is open to just 4 drivers and will run on an open pit lane format.

Ben's time will be split evenly between drivers with the day focusing on specific aspects of driving technique.

Drivers will benefit from Ben's demonstration and analysis of their driving in car. There will be group debriefs in the executive clubhouse to the side of the circuit.

A 'must do' for any driver wanting to get furthur up the grid or be a 'track day warrior'!

Abbeville circuit is just 50 mins drive from Calais. Noise limit 110db's. Lunch and refreshments provided.

Date 7th August Price £499 inc VAT. Drivers need to pay for own travel and accomadation.

The following day you can put all your skills in to practice on an Abbeville Track day for the price of only £99! (£109 if you do not attend the 7th August)
Open pit lane, 9am-4pm with no stoppage for lunch, only 20 cars, instruction and helmet hire available, passengers and extra drivers welcome.

Booking forms and more details on our website www.benelliottracing.com

[BenElliottRacing]

ONLY 2 PLACES LEFT!!!

[Bitzleftover]

Here comes another vote for Ben,

Having spent the day at Brands with Ben on Wednesday and not having done a trackday before without his help it would have been a waste of time.If anybody is serious about going faster around a track then this is the man to help.

Dan

[lincoln lad]

Took my Exige S down to Alconbury on Saturday for a morning with Ben. I decided on a one to one session for maximum input - fantastic !

Without giving away all his tips and secrets, the simple things that should be done behind the wheel are the one's that make all the difference - they certainly did for me !

After a short briefing and a plan for the day, focussing on my specific weaknesses, we set about improving my driving. The surface was excellent (few if any stone chips on the car) and dry to start which made life easier through chicane's, slalom courses and other techniques. What I liked about the approach was that it focused on my weaknesses and wasn't a prescibed formatted day.

At the end and after some rain (which was great and challenging on AO48's) I came away with the confidence to give the car more and a greater feel for what it can do (and it's driver).

I'll be putting into practice with a few trackdays and will be back for more !

[s111spp]

Another big thumbs up for Ben here!

I'm currently making the move from trackdays to racing so wanted to cram as much quality track time in as possible so I decided (largely on recomendation from Lotus-on-track and SELOC) to book Ben up for the Gold Track Silverstone OPL evening session last night (12th Aug).

I found Ben to be very straight forward and very capable of explaining things in laymans terms without being too basic or patronising in the slightest which was perfect. His track knowledge was superb and I certainly feel as though I know Silverstone, my car and my abilities a *lot* better.

One other thing worth mentioning is Bens use of headsets! Simple but genius - tuition that you can hear without trying to lip read

Well recomended and will definitely book up again!
Cheers,
Simon
Elise S2 - Type 23

[BenElliottRacing]

Thanks for all the great feedback guys. If you or anyone else want to book up anymore training days these are the following dates we have available.

The prices next to the dates are for the track day fee which you will need to pay direct to the track day organiser. The websites are where you can book. You may have extra charges to pay for garages, passenger and extra driver fees.
Please make sure your car can pass the noise limits. If you don’t have a car suitable you can book one through us.

Ben’s fee for driver coaching will be a discounted £317.35 per day (normal price £352.50)

Mon 25th August Donington £145 www.donington-park.co.uk 98db’s
Thurs 28th August Cadwell £169 www.circuit-days.co.uk 105db’s
Fri 12th September Donington £250 www.bookatrack.com 98db’s
Mon 15th September Cadwell £169 www.easytrack.co.uk 105db’s
Tues 23rd September Cadwell £169 www.motorsport-vision.co.uk 105db’s
Weds 24th September Oulton £225.00 www.motorsport-vision.co.uk 105db’s
Weds 24th September Brands Hatch GP £399 www.motorsport-vision.co.uk 101db’s
Fri 26th September Castle Combe £199 www.bookatrack.com 100db’s

Contact [e-mail] for further details or to book.

Thanks
www.benelliottracing.com

[BenElliottRacing]

A reminder that we're organising a charity trackday at Castle Combe on Saturday 29th November with all proceeds going to the NSPCC.

Please visit the trackdays section of our website to download a booking form. Prices start at £140 per car and driver with the first passenger being free.

www.benelliottracing.com

[BenElliottRacing]

Ben Elliott Racing Ltd have the following track day dates available for driver training in your car.



Sunday 9th November- Silverstone National Circuit, 105 db’s

Wednesday 19th November- Silverstone GP Circuit, 105 db’s

Saturday 6th December- Silverstone GP Circuit, 105 db’s



Normal Price £552.00 Discounted price £442.00 Saving £110!

Customers who have booked with us before will receive an extra 10% off Ben’s fee, making this £414.00



Price includes VAT, Track day fee, garage, extra driver, 1 x 30mins session per hour on track with coaching all day from Ben, in your own car.



Contact us today!!

[Guillotine]

Another vote here for Ben.

Just to say that Ben is a TOP instructor! There's lots of fast guys out there, lots of driver/instructors etc, but a combination of driving skills in a range of cars AND the ability to instruct at all levels in an easy and freindly way is difficult to find.

Ben can do it all and is great value.

Andy

Edited by Guillotine on Sunday 16th November 12:17

[BenElliottRacing]

Just a quick note to say that we ran a charity trackday at castle combe last saturday. We raised £4200 for the NSPCC.

Many thanks to Katie Elliott (my better half) for organising it all, Combe for the favorable rate on the circuit and everyone who attended / helped run the day.

We'll be running onother one this time in 2009. if you would like to be kept informed please email me through the pm service.

thanks

Ben

[Bitzleftover]

Having just done the airfield day at Alconbury all I can say is best fun I have had in ages. As a training for track driving it's spot on due to the large run offs and you can set almost any corner you want to try.Trust me go for this and you will end up with a big grin