We shall endeavour to ensure all future Briskoda arranged events have clear guidence/rules on participation.

Naturally these will be in addition to any event/track rules.

i for one was not aware of this car being in this condition on the day.Im not annoyed about this fact as i had a very good day,however if people were aware of this fact on the day maybe it should of been made public to our group then individuals could decide to run or not?I know thats not ideal ,but possibably the pressure from the group may have made the owner decide not to run?

IMO the only person resposible for running the car is the owner!I knew my brakes were shot along with some bushes before the CC day so i had them replaced and the brakes up-rated along with a full service by Skoda to make sure the car was in a fit state as much for my own personal safety as well as others!

If you are to do one of these days i think you ultimately take the risk of running against cars that are deffective or drivers that are inconsiderate to other track users,both of which can be as deadly as the next!of course had i been hit by such a driver/car i would have beaten the guy with a tyre hammer,but thats down to close personal emotions!

After doing the track day i said to my bro that it would be un-likely that i would run the car on track again,not because i didnt enjoy it,or the car wasnt good enough but for two simple reasons

1)its my main car for the family and i could of stuffed it or broken something on it!

2)another car could of put me in the wall-we have all seen video nasties of such collisions

I will come back to do a track session but it will be in a second car set more for tracking,that is easy and cheap to use/repair in the event something goes wrong.

like i said i do agree and can see both sides of the argument,and as we seem pretty united as a car club on the day ,maybe outing the information would have had the desired pressure to guilt the driver into a non-run?

Not a very good idea! You have to realise though, you can get killed and your car can get damaged on a track day. You are more likely to die from a big one at a track day than a motor sport event run by the MSA. Simply most people have less safety equipment and not as much medical back up and experienced marshall back up track side.

A warning for track day folk

To ALL Trackday Members (WARNING)

Not cover by work sick, nor medical cover etc. Poor chap.

A warning for track day folk

To ALL Trackday Members (WARNING)

Not cover by work sick, nor medical cover etc. Poor chap.

Read it all, he got the payout in the end, including back pay.

Interesting what a couple of the people say about track day insurance though, and how they don't rate it as it doesn't actually seem to cover you for anything.

Read it all, he got the payout in the end, including back pay.

Interesting what a couple of the people say about track day insurance though, and how they don't rate it as it doesn't actually seem to cover you for anything.

Didnt know he'd got a result, as when I lasts stumbled across it it was still on going.

the bloke on that thread is a complete tool, of course track days are an extreme sport!!

downhill biking is an extreme sport even when done on your own with no one else for miles so getting injured during that means you shouldn't get paid if thats what your contract states.

the bloke on that thread is a complete tool, of course track days are an extreme sport!!

Hate to take this thread even more off topic but I disagree. On a track, in general, you have run off areas, emergency crews on standby and everyone is going in the same direction. You can be travelling at the same kind of speeds on a B road with a ditch inches from you, cars coming the other way and the nearest emergency treatment about 10 miles away.

If you are RACING then perhaps that's an extreme sport, but just going around a track, even if you are pushing yourself and your vehicle, IMHO isn't an extreme sport.

If you dive flat out down a country lane in the rain, then yes I would say that is probably more dangerous than racing. Who is going to find yiu in a ditch? and when? Trackdays dont have the same medical back up as a race meeting, that's why the race meeting entry costs more, you pay for a doctor, staff a medical room and have two to three specific medical crews in ambulances kitted out for the job. You have marshalls that are trained and recovery units. If a car spins you can still get hit flat out in the door by another car, which is why you have double door bars in racing. You have to be an idiot if you think its safe.

...........Trackdays dont have the same medical back up as a race meeting, that's why the race meeting entry costs more, you pay for a doctor, staff a medical room and have two to three specific medical crews in ambulances kitted out for the job. You have marshalls that are trained and recovery units.

Aside from the Medical Room & Doctor (thankfully no need for me to see them:D) I'm more than sure I saw at least 3 ambulances a Safety Transit and recovery vehicles @ CC :confused:

If you dive flat out down a country lane in the rain, then yes I would say that is probably more dangerous than racing. Who is going to find yiu in a ditch? and when? Trackdays dont have the same medical back up as a race meeting, that's why the race meeting entry costs more, you pay for a doctor, staff a medical room and have two to three specific medical crews in ambulances kitted out for the job. You have marshalls that are trained and recovery units. If a car spins you can still get hit flat out in the door by another car, which is why you have double door bars in racing. You have to be an idiot if you think its safe.

Unless things have changed since I last went marshalling, a marshall's "pay" for the day typically consists of a free vehicle admission to the meeting, a meat pie and a cup of coffee! For a club meeting, taking this as lost income for the circuit, that's about 1 competitor's entry fee to pay 10 marshalls! Ok, they still have to pay for the running costs of the ambulances, and for the recovery wagons, but the marshalls (including the circuit doctor) are normally there for their love of the sport.

sport does not have to involve competition and how is driving a car round a track as fast as you can not inherintly dangerous and therefore extreme? the "extreme" of extreme sports is there to imply greater risk/danger to the people taking part than a normal sport like running etc should where unless very unlucky injuries are highly unlikely.

examples of extreme sports in my opinion are the more dangerous sides of cycling such as (proper)cross country, DH, dirt jumping etc etc, base jumping, hang gliding, paragliding, rock climbing, anything on track(bikes, cars etc) and so on where risk of death or injury are much higher than in regular(normally non-contact) sports like road running, athletics, football, cricket, tennis etc.

sport does not have to involve competition and how is driving a car round a track as fast as you can not inherintly dangerous and therefore extreme? the "extreme" of extreme sports is there to imply greater risk/danger to the people taking part than a normal sport like running etc should where unless very unlucky injuries are highly unlikely.

examples of extreme sports in my opinion are the more dangerous sides of cycling such as (proper)cross country, DH, dirt jumping etc etc, base jumping, hang gliding, paragliding, rock climbing, anything on track(bikes, cars etc) and so on where risk of death or injury are much higher than in regular(normally non-contact) sports like road running, athletics, football, cricket, tennis etc.

When has football ever been classed as non contact? Ask shark_90:rofl: