Caterham Christmas Drift Ho Ho Hoon
Join us at Silverstone on the 10th December for mince pies and drifting (better than drift pies and mincing)
OK, let’s not try too hard with the tenuous links, but we will have mince pies, and when wearing red Riggers does look a little bit like Santa.
So what’s it all about then? Well, you’ll get drift tuition in a high performance Caterham 7 along with full tuition from Caterham’s expert team of instructors as you learn to master the art of driving a car sideways.
An orientation and demonstration drive from the instructors will help to familiarise you with the cars and you will be taught to steer the car using just the throttle.
It’s not easy to do, in fact you may find that spinning is the order of the day, but by the end of the day we promise you’ll have it mastered. The instructors will teach you both in groups and individually and we guarantee that you will have drifted a car before the day is out!
When your confidence has grown we will change to a more challenging track layout designed to allow you longer drifts. Ultimately there will be four courses with the last giving you the opportunity to show off your new drifting abilities at a higher speed and through multiple corners. Our team will judge the three best drifters of the day and award prizes to the best.
Spaces on the day are charged at £235, which includes a full day of tuition in addition to food and refreshments.
Space is limited to 24 guests, so if you want to book see here.
You can read more info by clicking this link.
We look forward to seeing you there
That was an excellent day out, and now I've seen this me and my other half are quite excited to do it again....only thing is the non-Pistonheads drift event the day after is £25 a head cheaper???
[Edit]Ahhhh... the cheaper one is at Brands Hatch, quite a bit further away for us...
That was an excellent day out, and now I've seen this my and my other half are quite excited to do it again....only thing is the non-Pistonheads drift event the day after is £25 a head cheaper???
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Things might have changed though, I think a few people moaned that they hadn't been driving for very long!
On our day there were 4 cars, the group was split into 2 with 2 cars running at the same time - to be fair the cars were always working but there was just too many people. I felt that I'd sat around a whole day (freezing) and only been behind the wheel for 12 minutes - I'd rather they'd just given me a time and let me have my 12 minutes all in one go. Anyway, whichever way you cut it it's a lot of money for a small amount of driving.
I must confess I didn't have the drifting mastered by the end of the day (which was why I started to count how long I'd been behind the wheel - after which I felt a bit better) although, I had been able to drift a bit (the middle session was best for me) but one of the guys had it absolutely nailed by the end of the day.
It was nice to meet some of the PH crowd and to see some great talent on display - Sam is excellent! The team were all lovely but unless the format has changed (and I'd be genuinely interested if it has chaps) I wouldn't do it again. Track day every time for the wedge!
For those that have booked - I hope you have a wonderful day and that I'm wrong about the timing. I'd be keen to get your feedback either way!
On the Westfield day I'd estimate about 45 minutes of seat time spread over several sessions, and everyone could drift and donut to a decent degree by the end of the day. In fact a common comment on here after the event was that the seat time was good.
Can anyone official reassure us?
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