Ginge
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ok so a long story short....
I have just come back from a Lotus activity day at North Weald airfield in Essex, where you take your own cars and basically thrash them about for the day.
The day consists of the first part of the morning doing a high speed bend, followed by splitting into two groups and doing sprint circuits that are laid out. Then pub lunch followed by swapping onto the other circuit. (These are not race tracks just coned out air strip and last about 1-2 minutes per run). Then weather permitting a larger circuit is laid out which everyone participates in again. You will get around 5-7 attempts at the bend, 3-5 attempts at each circuit and 4-5 attempts at the larger circuit however these are estimates as it will depend on how quickly we get through.
The day runs from 9am to 4pm with around an hour for lunch.
The owner is happy for me to organise an Audi day so I am seeing how many are interested in it, The price will be circa £50 for the day excluding lunch and there are a maximum of 25 places per day.
For those a bit further afield there are local travel-lodges etc for overnight stays.
Just a final note, this is NOT a track day just an airfield that you can race around safely mixed with a social meet, for safety reasons only one person is driving each circuit at a time! however times are taken so people can compete.
If you are interested just say so below and we can go from there, there are already around 18 interested from the 8l section of the forum however all are welcome. Passengers are allowed as the price is per car but I would not recommend more than 1.
If there is sufficient interest I will organise the day and post up the exact cost and date, with the full 25 people the cost will be closer to £45
Thanks, Tom
I have just come back from a Lotus activity day at North Weald airfield in Essex, where you take your own cars and basically thrash them about for the day.
The day consists of the first part of the morning doing a high speed bend, followed by splitting into two groups and doing sprint circuits that are laid out. Then pub lunch followed by swapping onto the other circuit. (These are not race tracks just coned out air strip and last about 1-2 minutes per run). Then weather permitting a larger circuit is laid out which everyone participates in again. You will get around 5-7 attempts at the bend, 3-5 attempts at each circuit and 4-5 attempts at the larger circuit however these are estimates as it will depend on how quickly we get through.
The day runs from 9am to 4pm with around an hour for lunch.
The owner is happy for me to organise an Audi day so I am seeing how many are interested in it, The price will be circa £50 for the day excluding lunch and there are a maximum of 25 places per day.
For those a bit further afield there are local travel-lodges etc for overnight stays.
Just a final note, this is NOT a track day just an airfield that you can race around safely mixed with a social meet, for safety reasons only one person is driving each circuit at a time! however times are taken so people can compete.
If you are interested just say so below and we can go from there, there are already around 18 interested from the 8l section of the forum however all are welcome. Passengers are allowed as the price is per car but I would not recommend more than 1.
If there is sufficient interest I will organise the day and post up the exact cost and date, with the full 25 people the cost will be closer to £45
Thanks, Tom
