Trackday stuff

Jonnycoupe · 11 Jan 2006 at 20:41

I'd be interested at any.

Mic · 11 Jan 2006 at 20:47

Im so tempted to tow over a 1990 Toyota starlet and just run the ting till it screams for no more

Serj · 11 Jan 2006 at 20:49

My brother would also want to be in on this too. So count that as two people, aslong as its in April really

Ev0 · 11 Jan 2006 at 20:50

OOOOH it's only 100 miles from me CC

So for once I might actually say yes

Been wanting to track a car for ages, didn't get a chance with the 19 before it died so lets see if I can kill the Clio instead

Oh and my step dad would want to go too I bet so that's another 2

merlin · 11 Jan 2006 at 21:02

Me and my brother - yes, no problem, any day - not fussed.

So - how exactly do we go about paying?

I'm sure we could nail 40 people easy - but how would we all pay?

I'd suggest we have a deadline for payment of at least 3 weeks before the event - that way we aren't going to get stuffed for 10 people dropping out and hiking the price up for the rest of us right at the death.

Smokes · 11 Jan 2006 at 21:31

I would be up for this although 3 cars on track at one time isn't appealing (not that would be trying to beat fellow ocuk'ers of course

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James_N · 11 Jan 2006 at 21:37

id be up for it also. With regards to the CTR and oil, i dont hang around in my CTR and its not used up much oil at all. im guessing this might be different on track though. Im desparate for some track time, and for £100 im up for it.

Dangerous · 11 Jan 2006 at 21:38

Nah 3 cars is boring and too much hassel to sort it out IMHO. Normal track day at donny would be the best to be honest.

And I can offer free in car video

Fireblade2K4 · 11 Jan 2006 at 22:12

Sam said:
I would do it , get the old puma kicking everyones ASS !!!

Sam

Almost everyones

Stu

James_N · 11 Jan 2006 at 22:21

Fireblade2K4 said:
Almost everyones

yeah, i'll take on a puma

Tesla · 11 Jan 2006 at 22:44

I'll take on a puma in the free rover im getting.

I would normally lose though. But then sam is driving it so I should fair nicely

Dave, whats the deal with Donny then? Price etc...?

L0rdMike · 11 Jan 2006 at 22:52

Yeah some of us are in the 200 plus club

Del Lardo · 11 Jan 2006 at 23:04

I'd love to do somewhere like Donnington but currently I'm looking at £130/day for insurance with a £3k excess which makes it too expensive. I think I'll have to stick with driver training days for the moment.

willd58 · 12 Jan 2006 at 04:37

Id be up for £100 ocuk track day, im not the best of drivers though so if we do go, watch out.

merlin · 12 Jan 2006 at 08:48

James_N said:
id be up for it also. With regards to the CTR and oil, i dont hang around in my CTR and its not used up much oil at all. im guessing this might be different on track though. Im desparate for some track time, and for £100 im up for it.

It's not the oil consumption that's as issue.

It's oil stavation - totally different to whether your K20 likes a drink. Although on that topic - it will start to drink oil at some point. Mine was fine till around 20,000 miles then it started using a bit so I just check it every couple of weeks.

Oil starvation issue is basically an oil pick up problem - oil gets pushed away from the sump pickup on high G corners/bends and if the corner/bend is long enough - it'll run out of oil to fire at essential parts.

So the baffled sump is a solution - it stops oil swilling around so easily, or simply overfill (which a lot of CTR/ITR owners do daily anyway).

thebrasso · 12 Jan 2006 at 08:57

I'd go to this, definitely. Its just up the road from me. But I won't be running, got a few outgoings just after that and don't want the stress at that point of possibly knackering something on my car :eek:

Simon · 12 Jan 2006 at 09:00

Where do i sign? Have done donny before, fantastic track. Be warned it is very hard on the brakes.

The castle combe summer action days are ideal for Newbies, can be a bit busy mind you, but i enjoy it. More cars to overtake

kaiowas · 12 Jan 2006 at 09:07

I quite like the idea of an OcUK trackday but what's been posted so far doesn't offer good value and I think you'll struggle to compete with the organised trackday companies.

For example, the 3 car day you posted above with 40 cars, 20 laps each for £100 equates to only 30 minutes of tracktime each. I just had a quick look on the Bookatrack website for comparison and they are offering a day at CC in March for £135 where you'll get about 2 hours tracktime.

merlin · 12 Jan 2006 at 09:09

We'll see what the score is with CC, although personally I can't see it going smoothly - always going to be people messing around with paying etc and I dont fancy getting there to find out the price is £300 each cos someone's puppy has fallen over in the strawberry patch or some other marvellous excuse.

Maybe we should all just pick a day at Donny and all book/pay privately? No hassle, no stress - whoever turns up turns up, and the price isn't going to change.

Simon · 12 Jan 2006 at 09:21

merlin said:
Maybe we should all just pick a day at Donny and all book/pay privately? No hassle, no stress - whoever turns up turns up, and the price isn't going to change.

Best idea to me, plus you get rich boys in fast cars who drive like nonces