Thursday 18th August 2011

Join PistonHeads At Britcar 24: 30 Sept - 2nd Oct

Camping with mates alongside 24 hours of racing. What could be better?

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Like this, but better. And with some cars

PistonHeads will host a private campsite alongside the 2011 Britcar 24 with our partners at 1^st-Tickets, and we would like you to join us.

If you are missing Le Mans and PistonFest, then this is the event for you. Perhaps you want to do a Le Mans warm-up? Or you can never seem to convince your mates/missus that camping at Le Mans is a good idea? This is a great way to test their camping mettle, not far from home and at a wallet-friendly price.

With the Britcar 24 taking place at the back end of September we are guaranteed to be basking in the summer weather we never had (perhaps) and, although there is racing going on a few yards from the campsite, you are more than welcome to simply chat around the BBQ all weekend and enjoy the atmosphere.

But whereas Le Mans can be rather costly to attend, Le Silverstone is less so. Camping for the weekend at Britcar starts at just £60 for a pitch. So bring three mates, add in entry tickets and a programme and the price per person is still just £31.25. As David Dickinson might say, that is a ‘bloomin’ bargain’ (Would he? - Ed.).

Full package details are as follows:

Package Type	Description	Cost
Duo	Two nights camping at Silverstone circuit (40m2 pitch)Circuit Access for one car Two general admission tickets Program voucher	£95
Quad	Two nights camping at Silverstone circuit (40m2 pitch)Circuit Access for one car Four general admission tickets Program voucher	£125
Quad Maxi	Two nights camping at Silverstone circuit (60m2 pitch)Circuit Access for one car Four general admission tickets Program voucher	£150
Standard Camping only	Standard 40m2 pitch for one vehicle	£60
Maxi Camping only	Large 60m2 pitch for one vehicle	£85
Programme only	Official Event Programme	£10

For more information see our previous article here

To visit the 1^st-Tickets website to book see here

To buy a tent see here

[Cotty]

Now that looks like fun

[dele]

Article said said:

Or you can never seem to convince your mates/missus that camping at Le Mans is a good idea? This is a great way to test their camping mettle, not far from home and at a wallet-friendly price.

This is the pure reason 5 of us intend to go Britcar, the 4 of them have never done Le Mans and im trying to convince them that everyone should, at least once

[Gizmo!]

"Back end of September", i.e. October.

The views are slightly different now to when I went...

[drewbagz]

Love the trampoline for sale in the camping section. Something to sleep under, keep you out of the rain, and then bounce your hangover away in the morning.

Or even better, host of wet T-Shirt 'who can bounce highest' competitions.

[billzeebub]

that sounds like a very tempting offer to me. I have just checked and it is my weekend to work!..bad times..gotta try and swap, if not will hopefully do it next year..a cheap way of getting some of the Le Mans experience

[keith2.2]

I'm booked, the Mrs is coming. It's to make up for the fact she's not allowed to come to Le Mans. Clue is in the name :LOL:

[Ipelm]

60 Quid at Silverstone, no LMP1 or LMP2 cars, watching a bunch of gentlemen drivers in GT3's and a few old bangers from defunct series sounds expensive?

[mikkaman70]

Le mans is expensive!! £40 for a entry ticket for the whole week of the 24hr race plus the test day, £55 for the ferry, £50 for insurances, get all the beer and food at tesco for when your not track side and then share it all between the four of you in the motor.. That's 32 to 36 hours of track action at Le Mans, for near half that of a day at the Grand Prix at silverstone. I've been to le mans 15 times. I went to my first British F1 GP in 1971 at 18 months old and then every year till I was 24. Then it just got to expensive and just revolved to much around the TV time slots. In the earlier years there were about ten races on the sunday. The last year I went it was just the porsche cup race then the Grand Prix, £140 for two races', AGAIN "Le Mans is expensive!!!" No, I think le mans is the best value event in the racing year...

[ManOpener]

I'll be there, but I'll be working. Don't know exactly where I'll be yet, but I'll be working somewhere on the site.

[StoatInACoat]

Bit of a bargain and never been to a PH meet. Missus is used to camping now following the BTCC around as long as we bring two car loads of "things"

Tempted...