Track Days?? (Run Your Own or Race Series)
Discussion
Does anyone have any experience of taking their car(s) to any track days?
Any recommendations?
I once took my old 996TT to Bruntingthorpe and the front got peppered with stones from the car in front, which has always made me a little cautious, but I’ve been thinking of trying a track day or two this year.
If I enjoy it, which I’m pretty sure I will, I might then look to buy a track day toy, like the Radical, KTM or Westfield ... Radical even has its own race series which could be fun and help learn the basics.
Cheers
Any recommendations?
I once took my old 996TT to Bruntingthorpe and the front got peppered with stones from the car in front, which has always made me a little cautious, but I’ve been thinking of trying a track day or two this year.
If I enjoy it, which I’m pretty sure I will, I might then look to buy a track day toy, like the Radical, KTM or Westfield ... Radical even has its own race series which could be fun and help learn the basics.
Cheers
Thanks for replies and info chaps, very useful.
I’ve been getting quite excited about the idea of track days and a mate of mine also fancies it in his M3. I’ve spent most of the morning looking at various websites, MSO track days being quite useful.
Not sure I’d be able to take either Aventador though, as since Lamborghini changed the seat back-stops which force the seat to be more upright that my old 2012 car, I don’t have much headroom as it is and doubt I’d be able to even sit in either car if I was wearing a helmet.
Also wondering if noise levels may also be an issue in either car, although I don’t know how loud they are in decibel terms at either static or drive-by.
The FF might be ok but being more of a GT it’s hardly the ideal track car, so might just plump for hiring one of their cars for my first outing and hopefully the 720 will have a bit more headroom when it arrives in Feb. Wouldn’t want to take any of them on a track though, until I have tried a day or two first just to see how much of a hammering the cars take.
Even started looking at specific track day cars, which applying ‘man maths’ seems perfectly justifiable... nothing super expensive, just in case it gets broken or bent, but something that I won’t be quite so bothered about getting stone chips on etc.
May have a nose around the Radical stand at the AutoSport Show next week, as their new driver programme and racing sounds like it could be fun.
I’ve been getting quite excited about the idea of track days and a mate of mine also fancies it in his M3. I’ve spent most of the morning looking at various websites, MSO track days being quite useful.
Not sure I’d be able to take either Aventador though, as since Lamborghini changed the seat back-stops which force the seat to be more upright that my old 2012 car, I don’t have much headroom as it is and doubt I’d be able to even sit in either car if I was wearing a helmet.
Also wondering if noise levels may also be an issue in either car, although I don’t know how loud they are in decibel terms at either static or drive-by.
The FF might be ok but being more of a GT it’s hardly the ideal track car, so might just plump for hiring one of their cars for my first outing and hopefully the 720 will have a bit more headroom when it arrives in Feb. Wouldn’t want to take any of them on a track though, until I have tried a day or two first just to see how much of a hammering the cars take.
Even started looking at specific track day cars, which applying ‘man maths’ seems perfectly justifiable... nothing super expensive, just in case it gets broken or bent, but something that I won’t be quite so bothered about getting stone chips on etc.
May have a nose around the Radical stand at the AutoSport Show next week, as their new driver programme and racing sounds like it could be fun.
Thanks for all these replies.
Will look at what days are available on tracks around the Midlands ... there are quite a few, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too hard to find something suitable.
As recommended, I think I’ll maybe rent a car for my first time out and see what it’s like, then look to take one of mine later on.
Will look at what days are available on tracks around the Midlands ... there are quite a few, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too hard to find something suitable.
As recommended, I think I’ll maybe rent a car for my first time out and see what it’s like, then look to take one of mine later on.
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