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£60 airfield day Norwich!


Neil H

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Hi All.

Received below e-mail, assume it's genuine?

A bit far for us soft southerners to travel to. Don't know if anyone else closer wishes to follow-up or attend?

Assume Cambs is closest WSCC area?

Please contact them direct, I have no other details than that included below.

Cheers,

Neil

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A Track Day will be held at RAF Coltishall, near Norwich, on Thursday 31

August and Fri 1 September.

Cost will be £60 per vehicle and main driver for an all day session.  10

paying entries and the 11th (organizer) goes FREE !

Track Opens at 9.00am and closes at 5.00pm - 3 sessions per hour (20 mins)

Brief is at 8.30am

The dedicated track will be 3.5 miles of smooth wide tarmac/concrete to play

on with a variety of sweeping fast and medium corners complete with safety

marshals, fire and medical cover with the pits located inside one of the

main aircraft hangars.  There will also be space available for anyone

wanting to man up a club stand or an auto jumble table (and for the

obligatory burger van of course).

The Track day is targeted at Official Clubs to encourage the right sort of

driver to attend and will be open to both bikes and cars, to encourage a

variety of vehicles (although these will run in separate sessions).  The

plan is to have an affordable track day with sensible drivers and a day out

that every Petrol head will enjoy, whilst raising a bit of cash for local

kids charities.

The cost will be £60 per day, all of which will be passed on to the local

charities.

Stack this against a price of up to £100+ for any circuit and it looks very

good value and a good day out.

All types of machinery are welcome (although to parade/test, not 'race') up

to a noise limit of 105db.

Attached is an application form and further details.

<>

> JLHughes

> J L HUGHES

> Sqn Ldr

> RAF Coltishall

> Track Day Manager

> 01603 267678

> COT-Drawdown Manager [slops@coltishall.raf.mod.uk]

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It appears to be genuine. At least, it had Mark Stanton fooled if it's not. :)

Sounds like a bargain to me...

Andy

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Sounds too good, but hopefully someone can make good use of it.
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Hi Neil

Thanks for posting this. I will check it out forward some details on the the local area later.

Cheers

Paul

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An airfield day is definitely the place to start if you've never been on track before.

Usual pointers I give are to take it easy, let people past if they're quicker than you, and to enjoy it. There are no prizes for being fastest on a trackday, so drive within your limits and you're less likely to throw it off into the scenery (although on an airfield even that isn't necessarily a problem).

Andy

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I agree with Andy, airfield days are superb for track day newbies and as an intro - still good fun even with experiance.

Start slow in the morning sessions! Get to learn your car, and just as importantly, build up a memory of the track and it's corners.

During the afternoon, if all goes well, you should feel your speed and confidence increase as things start to flow nicely round the track - don't force the speed - let it come on it's own! At that point pay the £10 or £20 to get the track's instructor to sit aboard with you for some instruction laps - these guys know what they're doing and will teach you stuff you can use for the rest of the day to improve even further!

Mechanical tips: If you end up going round the track at a decent pace you'll hammer the car far harder than on the road so ensure before hand;

- Nut and bolt check of everything you can.

- Tyre pressures, check and set, yours may differ, I set mine to 20psi all round.

- Keep your fuel tank between 3/4 full and 1/4 empty during the day! Too full you'll slosh the stuff on the track, too low you may suffer from fuel surge, or embarrassingly run out in your enthusiasm!

- Make sure engine oil is on MAX mark!

- Last but not least - enjoy yourself :-)

Cheers,

Neil

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Sounds all right to me. Been told they do it know and a gain.

just some questions though...

Do i need a crash hat..

and were do i get a quiteter exsaust from to fit a x-flow (standed)

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Do i need a crash hat..

Almost certainly. You'd be daft not to even if it's not mandatory.

Andy

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