Knockhill trackday MOT

[Kiltie]

Email from KH reads ...

Knockhill said:

YOUR KNOCKHILL 'MOT' FOR TRACKDAYS

In 2007 all track cars must have either an MOT certificate or a 'Knockhill Scrutineering' certificate. If you have a track car without an MOT certificate we need you to come to the Circuit on Sunday 14th January and an official scrutineer will 'certify' that your car is track legal. This will be on a first come, first served basis and will be available from 9am. Cost £25.

Aye, so I'm going to put the car on the trailer, trudge down the road, pay £25, hang about, trudge back up the road ... ? ...

... hardly!

Cheers,

Eric

[Corpulent Tosser]

Also notice a rule - One spin and you are in the sin bin, two spins and you are going home, no clarification if it only applies to spins where assistance/red flag is required.

If not it might be best to keep Mrs Kiltie off track next year

[Kiltie]

Corpulent Tosser said:

If not it might be best to keep Mrs Kiltie off track next year

Aye, but if you remember, she had an instructor in the passenger seat each time - which would probably be a decent defence.

Saying that, if you remember, before I went mud surfing in November, I'd been off at the very same place on the previous lap.

I reckon this is intended for their hot hatch and top marques events and wouldn't apply to club sessions where the organisers get the ear-bashing if there are delays rather than KH themselves.

Cheers,

Eric

[stiglet]

Eric/CT

I e-mailed K'hill requesting clarification as to whether the above applied to "proper" competition cars with valid MSA logbooks

No reply so far but will post same on receipt

Cheers

JP

[stu_the_flat]

Its probably for people who have no money so buy a MK1 MR2 or something similar for £10 take it up to 4000rpm on the track and empty the bowels of the engine on to the track.

Edited by stu_the_flat on Monday 4th December 19:18

[Big Daz]

We are waiting on a return call from Knockhill also,
Our car will not be finished being built until feb / march.
Do they want to see it in its current state?
We were also told that the jan date is the only one they will do scrutineering on !!!

[stiglet]

Eric/C/T et al

I spoke with Ian Forrest (Knockhill) today.

Cars with up to date MSA logbooks do not require to be scrutineered in Jan., (although someone might need to check the car and logbook at a track day)

Reasons are to comply with new insurance stipulations for 2007

Rgds

JP

[Corpulent Tosser]

Cheers John.

[renny]

I'd still worry about the standards of some of the cars (sheds) that turn up.

For race meetings, sprints, etc we scrutineer the cars at each event, not once per year.

[JOHNSTON]

heard that its to keep a team of neds off the track next year!
call themselves team bucket or something ghey like that! and they where taking scrappers on the track and nearly writing people of, khill is just trying to make hot hatch nights for hot hatches and not £50 mot failures

[renny]

That makes sense.

I'd rather not risk my car when idiots like that are about. It's bad enough on the roads

[JOHNSTON]

dougie at trix in dunferminle told me that, he organizes all the hot hatch nights and was responsible for the safety camera night that was held etc

[Kiltie]

I remember seeing sme horrendous footage on utube or google-video of some ned type fellas at KH.

I'll have a dig round to see if I can find it. It makes interesting viewing.

Cheers,

Eric

[Digital]

I think the original video has long since been taken down (I have a copy of it, but might not be best to put it back up anywhere). This earlier video here: http://videos.streetfire.net/search/K should give the unenlightened some idea... Check out the comments too

[JOHNSTON]

Digital said:

I think the original video has long since been taken down (I have a copy of it, but might not be best to put it back up anywhere). This earlier video here: http://videos.streetfire.net/search/K should give the unenlightened some idea... Check out the comments too

thats the ones!

[agent006]

There was a thread about it in the trackday forum a while back. An alarming number of PHers leapt to the defence of the neds.

[Kiltie]

Aye, those are the verry fellas

Cheers,

Eric

[Kiltie]

agent006 said:

There was a thread about it in the trackday forum a while back. An alarming number of PHers leapt to the defence of the neds.

Just read the thread.

Tough one.

I now see it from a different angle and can sympathise with KH.

Eric

[ApexJimi]

Me and my mates have discussed this, and the unanimous consensus is that if we had been on the track that day, and got hassled by these muppets.....

....well, let's just say a black flag woulda been the least of their worries!