Dunlop Race Academy

[mckin]

i'm thinking of having a go at this - what do you reckon? has anyone else signed up?

www.driversknow.co.uk/ra2005

Dunlop Race Academy 2005

Red light. Tension builds. First gear. High revs. Green. Go. Second gear. Third. 120mph into the first corner. The race is on... and you're in it.

Picture yourself at the wheel of a Ginetta G20. Thirty other drivers around you, hungry for victory. The unforgiving Silverstone tarmac flashing under you at 140mph.

The race is on for 2005 - and the Dunlop Race Academy is preparing for a fresh intake of Britain's most ambitious drivers.

Think you've got what it takes to race with the best?

[anonymous-user]

I've entered!

[PetrolTed]

I was speaking to the chaps at Dunlop the other day. They've had a very good response to the Race Academy promotion on PH so there should be a number of PHers up for it.

[V8 Archie]

Race Academy website about the 2004 competition said:

Race Academy winner, Andy Walker from Derby, impressed the crowd during his first official race at Brands Hatch. Andy qualified 28th on the grid in the Ginetta G20 sportscar, ahead of two rivals in the Dunlop Drivers Cup Ginetta race, before making a sensational start to force his way into 18th place at the finish. Andy had another chance to impress in the second race of the weekend. Again, starting 28th (based on his previous qualifying time) he made another impressive start. However, on lap ten he was sent spinning into the crash barrier at the daunting Paddock Hill bend.

I think Daydreamer might argue about the use phrase "he was sent spinning".

[daydreamer]

All water under the bridge now

Is a good competition though and I would urge people to have a go - it's not asif it costs. James, one of the organisers, has bought a car and is racing with us this year, so he believes in the prize.

There was a lot of criticism last year in that you go through all of the competition and only end up in a Ginetta, but a weekends racing arive and drive would cost more than £3k to start with, and couple that with what you would learn along the way, and the value of the instruction, winner really!

>> Edited by daydreamer on Thursday 9th June 21:32