Affordable Track days near London

[Barry38]

Does anyone know of any affordable track days within 1 hour drive of London? Everything I found so far has involved only supercars which automatically command their price tag. I'm looking for something where I can either take my Vauxhall for a drive or medium priced cars are provided. I'm new to this forum so maybe someone can point me towards a threat that's already talking about this topic. Thank you! Barry

[mad4amanda]

Brands Hatch?
http://www.msvtrackdays.com/car-home.aspx

[Andyuk911]

different link

http://www.brandshatch.co.uk/trackdays/car-calenda...

[Barry38]

Thank you very much guys. Terrific. Can't wait to go there.

[motco]

Motorsport Events at Abingdon next Friday

[Barry38]

Thank you motco!

[PGNTuscan]

Hi Barry,

Either Brands or Bedford - I suppose it depends where in London you are.

MSV at around £235 for a full day at the Brands Indy circuit is a pretty good deal. Half days start at around £125

[varsas]

I think they do evenning novice events at brands for £80. Worth doing as you might find the car isn't suited to driving on track (tyres, brakes, whatever) and can't do more then a few sessions anyway.

Castle combe action days are cheap, just pay for 2 or 3 sessions. More then an hour away but I drive further then you would have to for them.

[mad4amanda]

Brands even has tasters for £25 , why not come along first Wednesday of the month and talk to the MSV team at the summer Wednesday car meet , they have discount vouchers too.

[hy789]

Thruxton is a bit further out but nice circuit.

[oldtimer]

Trackdays are expensive** Barry , so I don't know what you mean by affordable. I like going to Goodwood , which is about an hour from London if you drive fast (!) , but prices vary from £320 to £550 depending on how many cars are booked in , which in turn depends on noise levels.

As has been pointed out , Brands Hatch Indy circuit is regarded as affordable by people who do trackdays , and there are airfield days with tight noise restrictions , eg those run by MSE ,that can be cheaper.

• The man maths suggests a budget of at least £500 a day based on petrol + consumables + track cost + insurance. If you break something it will be more

[ianhunter]

Depends which side of London you are and how fast you drive, but Castle Combe could be an hour and a bit - £180 for August 29th?

Great circuit!

Ian

[flobalob]

I would suggest Bedford as a better alternative to Brands as a first track day. You can do the SEN circuit there with msv on a saturday which is a nice track, has plenty of run off and is about the same price as a day at Brands Indy.
Brands is quite a hectic little circuit at times, especially the evening sessions where because of the limited time out there its pretty much busy all night and IMO can be quite stressful and frustrating.

[NNH]

Depending on which side of London you're in, Castle Combe is very accessible from the M4, and costs £170 on Friday.

[mattdaniels]

Define affordable and define which part of London you are starting from.

[Barry38]

Everyone, thank you very much for all the great ideas. This will be a summer and fall of racing!