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Originally posted by Arnie
I went on my first track day a few months back at Brands Hatch and loved it, hopefully going to another one in a couple of weeks.

As it was my first go on a track day I took insurance out, cost me £105 for the day. Also I use my car for work so had to make sure I was covered if anything went wrong.

Because it was my first time on track (in my own car) I paid an extra £25 for an instructor to come out with me, he explained everything about when to brake, change down and turn in etc which helped a lot. I knew a little already from a previous driving experience but that wasn't at Brands.

As for brakes and tyres, I had fitted Ferrodo DS2500 a couple of months before so they were fine, never suffered any brake fade but again as it was my first track day I wasn't pushing that hard. With tyres though, I bought 4 brand new Goodyear Eagle F1's about a month before and that was a bit of a mistake Because the depth on the tread was so deep (being new) they got very hot and melted

Last thing as well is try and go for a novice day, I went when there were full on track day E30 M3's going about, which were great to watch but I spent a lot time letting them overtake, still had a lot of fun though!

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Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Have a look at this
http://www.motorsport-events.com/
I use these people and they are fantastic, and alot of the airfields they use are localish to you too.

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Originally posted by Dr Pepper
Think im going to book up for the 7th december

£89 for the day 10am-4pm
£20 for 20 minutes with an instructer
£10 for a crash helmet.
40 car limit- 14 on the track at any one time

Its two minutes from my house, I know the airfield well because I learnt to drive on it and used to rag my nova round when you could get away with it.

Its not a particularly interesting course but its a nice wide track with massive runoff areas and the day seems to be run in the right spirit

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Drives supercharged Tec with torque