Which TVRCC track day for novice?
Discussion
Now i've got the insurance sorted, I want to take my Cerbera out on a track day. Has to be a TVRCC approved/run one though.
Therefore, what's the recommendation for best track for a novice (in a Cerb) - currently this year dates are set at Cadwell Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Castle Coombe.
I live in Nottingham, so all but CC are fine for distance. If it makes a difference, the car's got sports pipes but is no longer decatted (was getting headaches driving it on the motorway!!) - it's noisy, but not mental.
Cheers,
Keith
Therefore, what's the recommendation for best track for a novice (in a Cerb) - currently this year dates are set at Cadwell Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Castle Coombe.
I live in Nottingham, so all but CC are fine for distance. If it makes a difference, the car's got sports pipes but is no longer decatted (was getting headaches driving it on the motorway!!) - it's noisy, but not mental.
Cheers,
Keith
keppy said:
this year dates are set at Cadwell Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Castle Coombe.
Cadwell, Outon and Combe I would say are not ideal for a novice. You can be safe anywhere if you're carefull enough, but I really wouldn't advise a novice to take a powerful car to a venue that has very high speed corners with unforgiving scenery. They're good circuits but not the best place to take your first steps in high speed driving and car control.
Keith,
I track a Cerb, also in the TVR Speed Challenge this season.
It is a real brute if you need it to be but is predictable.
As already said to really enjoy yourself and get the most out of the car I would recommend lessons.
Get on to the TVRCC track days and grab an instructor for the first session, or better still get an instructor for the day, lots around and you could share him, her, with someone.
I started with a saloon car day a few years back at Oulton, with Vicki Butler Hendersen believe it or not! Excellent day. Many more of these now and you don't bend your own car.
Then my own cars with at least one session with a resident instructor, for about four/five sesssions. And on a new track to me I still do it, get the best lines early and work on them.
But I still get it wrong, hit 140 mph down the straight at Brands and lost it, fortunately span down the hill rather than straight in to the gravel.
Cerb is so powerful you need an instructor to have a good day as a novice or as an experienced driver on a new track.
I track a Cerb, also in the TVR Speed Challenge this season.
It is a real brute if you need it to be but is predictable.
As already said to really enjoy yourself and get the most out of the car I would recommend lessons.
Get on to the TVRCC track days and grab an instructor for the first session, or better still get an instructor for the day, lots around and you could share him, her, with someone.
I started with a saloon car day a few years back at Oulton, with Vicki Butler Hendersen believe it or not! Excellent day. Many more of these now and you don't bend your own car.
Then my own cars with at least one session with a resident instructor, for about four/five sesssions. And on a new track to me I still do it, get the best lines early and work on them.
But I still get it wrong, hit 140 mph down the straight at Brands and lost it, fortunately span down the hill rather than straight in to the gravel.
Cerb is so powerful you need an instructor to have a good day as a novice or as an experienced driver on a new track.
jonnyw said:
Get on to the TVRCC track days and grab an instructor for the first session, or better still get an instructor for the day, lots around and you could share him, her, with someone.
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Cerb is so powerful you need an instructor to have a good day as a novice or as an experienced driver on a new track.
Yep, that's mainly the reason i'm keeping to the TVRCC days (as well as the insurance) as I want to use the instructors - a lot. I'd hope the level of instruction is quite high at TVRCC run events...
I also do not intend to hoon it on my first day. I'm on my second TVR in three years and really look after them - driving around a track is a big step in terms of possibly knackering it so i want to be careful (but then i guess a lot of people say that until they actually get onto the tarmac).
bigtone said:
I seem to remember the club are running a specific novice track day at Mania this year, at Rockingham, if you can wait that long... Details probably on the club site.
Tony
Yep, they are but this is later in the year and I want to try out a track a little earlier - therefore if i enjoy it i'll have more chances later in the year...
keppy said:
I also do not intend to hoon it on my first day. I'm on my second TVR in three years and really look after them - driving around a track is a big step in terms of possibly knackering it so i want to be careful (but then i guess a lot of people say that until they actually get onto the tarmac).
That's precisely the reason I don't take my Cerb on the track and bought a cheap track car to use instead.
I like to think I'm mechanically sympathetic when it comes to cars, but when I get on track in the golf that all goes out the window, it spends the whole time at the red line and being thrown all over the place, however the last two times on the track I've killed the engine
Great fun 
I think you need a flat track for your first go. One with significant grass verges and not too long so you can get to know the corners quickly. The track I'd choose for this is Croft. There aren't any TVRCC days but Hexham Horseless Carriages have two TVR dedicated days in the diary for 2005.
Easy wide safe track with excellent marshalling.
Can you tell it's my favourite.
Easy wide safe track with excellent marshalling.
Can you tell it's my favourite.
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