Will told me that Rockingham have been informed by Blyton Park about the Brisk Rover catching fire last year, Rockingham have prepared themselves for the Brisk Rover visit with a small investment in fire safety.

 

 

Bit rude.

Can never be too safe Haydn, know what I mean  

Dark Hero, can you fit a Yeti in your garage?

Dark Hero, can you fit a Yeti in your garage?

 

It sounds like there are 3 possibly 4 garages booked.  Knowing how big they are from last time, there's plenty of room for cars and stashing stuff.

Dark Hero, can you fit a Yeti in your garage?

Plenty of space Richard

I also have a garage, sharing with the Sharky fella.   Number 31.

Ultimately we have about 4 garages between us  Space won't be an issue

Plenty of space Richard

 

Cool, will give us chance to chat about the following weekend too.

Fantastic

Can I pinch some garage space off someone, don't mind chipping in towards the cost

like we said Andy, pleanty of room

All Booked! See you there folks!

Quick question, do I understand correctly that I will also need to book a ticket for Briskie National on top of the Track Day?

 

TASTER Session Attendee List
Name                                   Car                                 Experience Level
​Octavia5                       Golf GTi                          4th track day
DanHarper                    Fabia 1.4                        Noob
CFB                              Yeti 140                          Loads, on a bike.
group1rs                       Octavia                           Loads of experience. But Balls too small !
MarkE95                       Fabia 1.2                        1st Track Day
Beryls Cheif Pilot.         Octavia.                          Relatively inexperienced

Fr0d                            Octavia                           2nd track day, n00b nevertheless

 

 

FULL Session Attendee List
Name                                  Car                                        Experience Level
WookieeM                    Octavia VRS Diesel         2nd track day
devonutopia                 The mongrel Fabia          Medium experience
BossFox                       Yeti                               Quite a bit
Taylor93                       Fabia 5th                       Trackday
Niceyellow vrs              +2 Brisk Rover               God, please bring an extinguisher
Outofthi5world              Fabia 1.2 (slowmobile)   Rookie
James I                        Golf VR6T 4motion         Got a rough idea.....
andy68                         Octy VRS                      will be my 3rd
Dark_Hero Evil              Fabia                            4th full track day    

Sharkrider                    Fabia vRS estate            in training....    

Jabozuma                       '12 Fabia vRS Hatch             4th full track day

Edited 6 April, 201511 yr by Jabozuma

like we said Andy, pleanty of room

 

 

I will closer to the date but I will consider bringing my small air compressor, car jack and axle stands. I will bring some air tools as well.

I suppose with all the garage spaces people are booking it won't be a problem to store it there, no need for my car to be in a garage - famous last words

yes, you need to book for the national meet, payment is optional (t-shirts ect) , I have bought a t-shirt ticket for me, and a free on for ash.... and you have to pay for camping

All booked, long sleeve T-shirt and it is a good feeling to be a suggar daddy

http://www.evo.co.uk/advice/15683/5-things-to-do-before-your-first-track-day

Any good or Grand Mother to suck eggs?

Edited 6 April, 201511 yr by vrskeith

Generally yes, but...

 

Insurance.

Why not?

Below is a quote from http://www.moris.co.uk/ - looks affordable. This is for my Fabia MK2 vRS with value given as £7,500, four previous track days and no other claims or convictions.

 

 

 

 

 

If this is going to give you a peace of mind then it is well worth it as it will result in you driving more relaxed and therefore better and less likely to have any problems of any kind.

I never had any insurance, even on my first track day and to be honest even at an event like HowFast? @ Bedford where people do timed laps and go absolutely bonkers sometimes there was nobody with any damage. I am not saying it does not happen. It does, ask Hayden , but is much rarer than road accidents.

 

|Yourself

Very important but I'd not overdo on helmets. Even basic one with competition approvals will suffice plenty and no point in shelling out for kevlar-carbon fibre multi thousands pounds state of the art racing helmets. If you were in an accident where such a helmet would stand between life and death then I can bet my family jewels that the only thing left in one piece out you would be a head in that helmet lol. This is simply impossible unless you decide to jam the throttle, obtain the top speed of your car and go straight into a concrete barrier but then even such a helmet would not help you

 

What is essential is very comfy clothing which does not restrict your movement in any way shape or form and is very light and breathable. If you are going for the whole day session you will sweat a lot. I usually have A/C off and blowers on full and I am still boiling - but that could be me only as I am a fast b@$tard after all.

For me personally shoes are extremely important as I get lots of feedback from the car this way. I'd say this is the only piece of true racing kit worth investing in. I buy boxing boots as they are essentially as good if not better than racing ones. You do not need fire proof ones after all.

 

Fully agree with paragraphs about tyres and tuition!

Taster sessions don't appear when I click on the booking link does that mean they all gone?

it does look like the early one has filled. I'll ask Will about the second one, unless that's full too. If enough folk want to, they did suggest a second one towards the end of the day.... I'll ask.

Ok thanks

it does look like the early one has filled. I'll ask Will about the second one, unless that's full too. If enough folk want to, they did suggest a second one towards the end of the day.... I'll ask.

I'm keen to do a taster session but can't see any availability either. :-(

Any idea if there is going to be more capacity?

there's the whole day on track! get in there! lol..

there's the whole day on track! get in there! lol..

I'd absolutely love to but if we can go we will have to bring the little 'un with us so I don't think I'd get away with that haha!

Just realised I would have my car 5 years to the day on the 21st. What a way to celebrate

Taster sessions are full. 

 

They cannot run 2 at lunch as the marshalls need a break.

 

There is space on the full day. 

 

All I can say is a taster isn't enough anyway  Find a friend to share the whole day with and split the cost, inc tyre contribution. Treat it like a A road you've never driven on and have a blast.

 

 

Or come along, grab a passenger lap or two and book up for the next one local to you, then next year on the national, you'll be all set

 

There won't be a PM session as previously mooted/indicated. Rockingham are unlikely to run one now for not enough demand. Would need around 30cars to want tasters to convert this and I'm not sure there is, if it had sold out in a couple of days, maybe... it's not my call, I'm not paying Rockingham to run the trackday, merely a messenger.