Wednesday 12th October 2005

Places open for airfield day

Track day at Bassingbourn Saturday week

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Pic from an RAF Mosquito at 5,000 feet

Motorsport Events reports that it has a few places remaining for its track day on Saturday week.

Bassingbourn is located near Royston in Hertfordshire within easy reach of the M25 and hosts a fantastic 1.5 mile track with an excellent mix of corners proving to be a true test for drivers of all experience levels.

When: Saturday 22nd October 2005

Where: Bassingbourn

Format: Open Pit Lane, 100dB(A) noise limit

Price: £99 per car & main driver (full day); £60 per car & main driver (half day); extra drivers/passengers £10 each

Tuition will be available from highly experienced instructors.

• www.motorsport-events.com

[turbobungle]

can anyone tell me if this is the Bassingbourn at the top of the A1(M) between Bedford and Cambridge???

[detomaso]

Yep it is, only 5 miles from my door!

[Charger500]

Can anyone tell me what the track surface and run off areas are like?

[cdp]

Charger500 said:

Can anyone tell me what the track surface and run off areas are like?

Generally pretty good, I didn't notice too much in the way of chippings, although it can never be as good as a well maintained circuit.

The organisers are very friendly but quite strict, you just need to run through (as opposed to over) the cones to get black flagged. I get the impression they aren't too keen on gooning.

On the other hand it is a good place for beginners for this reason.

[rallycross]

great place to go if you are new to track days, well run, friendly, nothing solid to hit and not too bad on tyres as long as you avoid understeer on the slow left handers.

if you are more experienced then a bit tedious.

[j44esd]

Opinions welcome...

I have never done any track driving in my own car before, but really fancy the idea of this event, can anyone help out with:

- Anything i ought to know?
- Is this a good beginner event?
- Will i get laughed at for turning up in a 520i :-)
- Any advice you can offer

Thanks in advance

[Guillotine]

m'sport are cool...go for it!
Ed is one of the best drivers around...get some instuction.

airfields, heavy on tyres (tarmac is rough to stop airplanes!)chippy so don't get too close.

good for starters...trying the fancy stuff etc.
cheap! compared to track days
520i - they'll be people in all sorts. check out their, if i remember you can see who/whats going

andy

[j44esd]

Thanks for that!

I will give it some more consideration!

[turbobungle]

Well me and MR2Bobby and another of our mates in an R33GTR will be there for the afternoon session. Looking forward to my first track day! Any other PHers booked??

[pistolp]

will you get black flagged for going sideways?

i'm going to be there in my csl. see you lot on saturday

[turbobungle]

Hope not, i do love sideways!

www.badongo.com/vid.php?file=bungle wars episode 1 the last -tyre- smoke__2005-09-14_bungle wars episode .wmv

[turbobungle]

need that whole thing as a link, not just the bit highlighted!