RE: Track day firm offers Caterhams
Friday 10th June 2005
Caterham R300 now available for hireTrack day firm Circuit-days has announced that, on all its track days, it will have Caterham R300s available for hire, allowing you to save potential wear and tear on your precious.
Track day firm offers Caterhams
You can hire an R300 and save wear and tear
Caterham R300 now available for hire
The full list of days for 2005 is below, and on the PistonHeads calendar (link below). Only Cadwell Park on 15 July and 4 August are evening sessions -- the rest are full day events.
Events
Friday 15 July Cadwell Park Evening 105dB Open Pit Lane £89
Sat 30 & Sun 31 July Nurburgring Nordschleife 100dB Open Pit Lane £495 inc. ferries, 2 day circuit pass & 3 nights acc.
Thursday 4 August Cadwell Park Evening 105dB Open Pit Lane £89
Saturday 6 August Croft 100dB Open Pit Lane £159
Friday 19 August Anglesey 105dB Open Pit Lane £119
Saturday 3 September Croft 100dB Open Pit Lane £159
Sunday 4 September Croft 100dB Open Pit Lane £159
Thursday 22 September Cadwell Park 105dB Open Pit Lane £169
Sunday 2 October Croft 100dB Open Pit Lane £159
Saturday 19 November Snetterton 106dB Open Pit Lane £159
Saturday 26 November Cadwell Park 105dB Open Pit Lane £139
Discussion
How soddin' much for the Caterham!!! have they checked BaTs prices??
Anyway hope they've made an error with the 'ring dates, coz although thats a v good price for open pit closed trackdat @ 'ring- I'm there there for a trip inc that public wk end so I do hope its not been booked as a track day....
Anyway hope they've made an error with the 'ring dates, coz although thats a v good price for open pit closed trackdat @ 'ring- I'm there there for a trip inc that public wk end so I do hope its not been booked as a track day....
Having just had the pleasure of spanking an R300 round Bedford this has got me seriously thinking - could be a good idea. In fairness the tracktime available is guaranteed 30mins per hour vs 20mins per hour for BaT, so essentially 50% more.
With EVERYTHING included in the cost one trackday could equate to 3.5 solid hours tracktime, split the cost between 2 and £325 to have a guaranteed (almost) 2 hours actually seems like reasonable value.....
With EVERYTHING included in the cost one trackday could equate to 3.5 solid hours tracktime, split the cost between 2 and £325 to have a guaranteed (almost) 2 hours actually seems like reasonable value.....
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Anyway hope they've made an error with the 'ring dates, coz although thats a v good price for open pit closed trackdat @ 'ring- I'm there there for a trip inc that public wk end so I do hope its not been booked as a track day....[/quote]
Fairly certain they will be using the 'Ring on a PUBLIC day & they are just putting together an "organised package" to take in a public day, rather than taking over 'Ring for a CLOSED track-day.
After the Wheeltorque debacle, the 'Ring management are quite anti UK track day organisers, hence the reason why only RMA have so far secured EXCLUSIVE closed days there. Other UK TDOs have been to the 'Ring but on shared days with other clubs & late in the year (November etc).
RMA have worked hard to gradually get better dates in the year & they run VERY strict disciplines. Indeed part of RMA's submissions/negotiations with the management was that they are predominently a members' club with annual subscriptions. As such Graham Clarke knows nearly all his members personally & their driving standards. As has been mentioned on PH many occasions, he doesn't suffer fools gladly (thankfully) & as such the track disciplines & standards on RMA days are amongst the highest seen on any track day. An exception was perhaps a somewhat disastrous day earlier in the year at Donington, when he marketed the day more broadly to non members & attracted an "undesirable" element who spoilt the day for everyone else (lack of track etiquette,multiple offs, multiple red flags/closures etc). All those responsible were effectively banned from future RMA events.
As I've said, the available dates they are negotiating are gradually getting better with a excellent closed day ran in late May.
However there's NO WAY that the 'Ring management are going to release dates in July to ANY UK track day club for exclusive closed sessions, at this moment in time.
So if you book this trip, it must surely be on a public day or a shared day with other local TDOs. Totally different to a fully marshalled, with medics, exclusive closed day, RMA style.
Anyway hope they've made an error with the 'ring dates, coz although thats a v good price for open pit closed trackdat @ 'ring- I'm there there for a trip inc that public wk end so I do hope its not been booked as a track day....[/quote]
Fairly certain they will be using the 'Ring on a PUBLIC day & they are just putting together an "organised package" to take in a public day, rather than taking over 'Ring for a CLOSED track-day.
After the Wheeltorque debacle, the 'Ring management are quite anti UK track day organisers, hence the reason why only RMA have so far secured EXCLUSIVE closed days there. Other UK TDOs have been to the 'Ring but on shared days with other clubs & late in the year (November etc).
RMA have worked hard to gradually get better dates in the year & they run VERY strict disciplines. Indeed part of RMA's submissions/negotiations with the management was that they are predominently a members' club with annual subscriptions. As such Graham Clarke knows nearly all his members personally & their driving standards. As has been mentioned on PH many occasions, he doesn't suffer fools gladly (thankfully) & as such the track disciplines & standards on RMA days are amongst the highest seen on any track day. An exception was perhaps a somewhat disastrous day earlier in the year at Donington, when he marketed the day more broadly to non members & attracted an "undesirable" element who spoilt the day for everyone else (lack of track etiquette,multiple offs, multiple red flags/closures etc). All those responsible were effectively banned from future RMA events.
As I've said, the available dates they are negotiating are gradually getting better with a excellent closed day ran in late May.
However there's NO WAY that the 'Ring management are going to release dates in July to ANY UK track day club for exclusive closed sessions, at this moment in time.
So if you book this trip, it must surely be on a public day or a shared day with other local TDOs. Totally different to a fully marshalled, with medics, exclusive closed day, RMA style.
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