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General => Shows, events, track days, motorsport => Topic started by: emery1990 on 04 May 2010, 22:28
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Just wandering whether theres any events where they actually shut off parts of counrty roads to hold events and that members of the public can join in? Not just any old person obviously? Or does your car need to be kitted out for track use> roll cage's etc?
I do like the speedy drives around the counrty but never racing down them in fear of head on crashes.
Would feel so much safer knowing nothing is coming the opposite way and being able to drive my mk2 like it should:D
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Closest you'll get these days is 12 car on open roads or Hillclimb/sprint on closed roads. Both those cater for production cars.
Better still are track days. Circuit or airfield, can use your road car and everyone is going the same way!
Nick
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Oh have they been banned from the HSE then ! I would like to do a trackday someday id like to go up thruxton as that's reasonable close, really close to you. Have you been there before?, but would always think country road racing to be fun, more risk :D
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Thruxton don't do days when you can run your own car which is a bummer. I take mine to Combe mostly, also done Silverstone and have plans to do Brands Hatch some time.
You do get closed section road rallys but you need a proper rally car that passes FIA regs etc.
Nick
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Yer that does suck, thought they didn't do it.
Ill check out combe then.
thanks Nick
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Combe are running a VAG only at the end of July in association with VW Driver Magazine. It's pretty expensive for a Combe trackday as it's on a saturday but it has the advantage of being able to do just one session for £30 (I think) and see if you like it.
Nick
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Nurburgring....but it is a long way :laugh:
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Erm nightime navigation rallyies ,OS service maps , B roads and total darkness ,its not about speed but arriving on time an planning the best route , BUT if youget lost you might have to make up time :evil:
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Erm nightime navigation rallyies ,OS service maps , B roads and total darkness ,its not about speed but arriving on time an planning the best route , BUT if youget lost you might have to make up time :evil:
Yeah that's what I meant by 12 car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-car_rally
Nick
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Oh right maybe ill give the £30 session a go. 12 car doesnt sound good at all lol max speed of 30mph!.
Im planning to go to ring one day, once my mate has got something a bit faster than a 1.1!
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Oh right maybe ill give the £30 session a go. 12 car doesnt sound good at all lol max speed of 30mph!.
I think you're missing the point of a 12 car scatter...... :wink:
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I must be lol :laugh:
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You need to read up a touch more.
There's no maximum speed of 30mph.
Your average speed must not exceed 30mph, IIRC.
BIG difference and I don't think you'd even come close to bothering the limit you are seeing.
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Yer true, on my a3's dis the average speed NEVER read above 30mph,
Ill lookin into it some more, that wiki page is only a paragraph long!.
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Used to go watch a classic car night rally in the lake district. 30MPH average is bloody quick for any car over Wrynose pass and the surrounding area lol! Other than that, get out to the Isle of man where there are no speed limits outside of the towns (though that doesnt mean you ca drive like an idiot!) or Ireland where they still close public roads for rallies/tests.
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An average 12 car is usually 60 miles in 2 hours.
So your average is 30mph, however that includes that time sat at control (you can arrive early if it's not a regularity, if it is you have to keep to bang on 30, no more no less) and does not account for you getting lost. Which if you have coded routecards you will do. Making up time is the key.
The worse you are the faster you have to end up going. 12 car is all about the navigator, it's bloody good fun though. After getting lost and making up time along whites at 80ish a sensible speed is fantastic.
Night rallies are slighty different, they are more driver oriented, they have sections that are fully competeritve (so a couple of laps round a route on an airfield), competition sections along roads.
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There's a VAG only time attack on June 6th at Kames EACC.
Probs a bit out of the way for you.
Can't wait.
3 laps best, overall time wins.
Ordered my new helmet yesterday :cool:
Knockhill Speed sunday £50.00 All you need is MOT and scrutineers to check your car isn't going to kill you and more importantly drop oil all over their nice clean track.
Trackdays are cheaper than speeding fines Insurance hikes as result of convictions. Plus there are ambulances there if the worst happens.
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There is such thing called road rallying, in england they use timing called jogularity which is all about averaging 30m.p.h which is all down to the navigator. In wales we us regularity and standard timing which is a lot more competitive. We use all sorts of roads from gravel, tarmac and tracks. I would advise you to come give it a go!! Iv been at it for 6 years now. Most rallys now have 90 cars starting, they have different classes Novice,semi experts,experts and masters. Some cars are standard and some cars have £20,000 to £30,000 worth of modifying on them. golfmk2s seem to be getting popular on the road rallying scene. Its ar geat buzz doing it. You dont have to have a cage but is advised. If you would like any info e mail me at ants306@hotmail.com
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as said averaging 30 MPH sounds easy........... in wales it's not esp when you discover the striped of grass in the middel of the road is higher than the car your in........
then for the next 30 mins all you can hear a pair of turbos screaming and pritty much all you can smell is burning brakes, clutch and carbon bonnet. all to make an average speed ( for the correct route of 30 mph)
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:laugh: i bet the fella never uses his brakes .. been there thats how u learn car control small engine big balls!!!
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well i'm playing with a saxo ATM.
it has 63 rageing ponies ATF, and it's currently wearing remoulds ( tarmac rallye one tho ) actualy getting quite quick with it point to point. amazing how much quicker it makes you when you decide to jump in somethign with 200 ponies and brakes that work. problem is when go have a play with somethign with proper big power balls still dissapear :( but think at somepoint i may have to get a black mans wang and bolt a jap 6 banger to it
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_rally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_rally)
Have a read :smiley:
Great fun, a good navigator is the key!
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12 car rally ftw. a few of mates do it down here and its mental. 30mph my ass, this is night time, foot to the floor, hold on, sh!t pants stuff!
never entered myself as my car isnt suitable really. although been for a few night drives in the lanes :evil:
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12 car rally ftw. a few of mates do it down here and its mental. 30mph my ass, this is night time, foot to the floor, hold on, sh!t pants stuff!
never entered myself as my car isnt suitable really. although been for a few night drives in the lanes :evil:
I believe they were refering to an "average speed" of 30mph. That is harder to achieve, obviously roads dependent.