Croft?? Any experience of 3 p/h rather than open pit?

[torqueofthedevil]

Never been to croft but videos of it look good. Any experiences.

Also is the 3 p/h option good or is it better to pay another £20 for open pit? I've only done open pit before

[brillomaster]

wellll, how long are your breaks usually on an OPL? if they're 40 mins in every hour, then 3 groups p/h would work equally well.

its no good for us, since we share driving, and only have 10 min breaks between sessions, so we'll definitely be paying extra for full OPL, since we spend more time on track than off it.

[Steve H]

Open pit is always the best option.

A 20 minute session means a couple of minutes forming up and getting on circuit, a couple of laps getting a bit of open space, a couple of laps (hopefully) getting round unhindered then a chequered flag and cool down; all assuming that there aren't any stoppages and that you don't have any issues that make you miss a session.

Open pit at Croft doesn't have to be too costly - CLICKY

[ScorpKing]

The session track days at Croft are typically because of the noise regulations with an 88db limit. You average 20mins per hour and as mentioned have to be ready to go when your session comes around. Session days are great for first timers as they are usually ranked beginners,intermediate and expert. If you are car sharing then definitely not going to be good value. Croft is my local circuit and I do lots of trackdays there and is a great track.

[andyiley]

Personally I would never do a sessioned track day.

I generally do more like 40 on 20 off.

[QBee]

I always do OPL......and generally cover 150-180 miles on track.

But I signed up for the TVR Car Club track day last June to support the club (amazing how 640 owners can turn up at the first car show of the season, but only 40 can make it to a track day).
It was 3 sessions per hour so that the groups could be based on experience. I managed 7 sessions in the day and actually enjoyed it thoroughly. The car benefitted from the enforced breaks, and I had a great time in the other 30-40 minutes each hour going around and chatting to other drivers and looking at cars (not all TVRs, by the way). It actually made for a much more social event, and I didn't feel particularly short of driving. I had a passenger for every session, which enabled me to share the fun and nicely balanced the car.

Have you enquired if a second driver (if you have one you can trust) could drive in one of the other groups?

BTW, if anyone wants to see upwards of 600 TVRs from the 1950s to the 2000s in one place, including a number of one offs, that event this year is at Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs (just off the A1) on Sunday April 12th.

[Zoobeef]

Did a session day at Rockingham last year. That will be my first and last.

[gruffalo]

Done a couple sessions day at Goodwood, spent most of the day waiting around.

Also done the TVR day at Cadwell, it was much more relaxed and seemed to work quite well but out of choice would always do OPL days.