Track day experience £200-300

[zorba_the_greek]

Hi All,

A friend of mine has asked me if I knew of any decent super car type track day experience days. Hes wanting to do this around end of May time before the arrival of his first child. Bit like a baby shower but for the guys. Not sure how many guys are expected to attend.

I have no idea about these days and I would be cautious as they can end up being a bit of a disappointment, from what i have read and heard.

I have been doing trackdays (Gold track, Destination NurburgRing, Hondas on Track etc...for few years now with my own car but have never paid to drive supercars or track day cars, apart from gokarts of course.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?


Budget £2-300
located South East England ideally (dont mind if not on a known track)
Experience level mostly first timers

TIA

[brillomaster]

I thought driftlimits in hemel hempstead were pretty good. £200 would get a lot of seat time in lots of different cars.

[zorba_the_greek]

Thanks - will check them out

Are there any others?

The MSV M4 experience looks decent at Brands or Bedford

[vanman1936]

brillomaster said:

I thought driftlimits in hemel hempstead were pretty good. £200 would get a lot of seat time in lots of different cars.

Yeah agree, not a traditional supercar track day sort of thing but a real experience in drifting and lots of driving time.

All of the Supercar ones I have done bar Jonathan Palmer aren’t real that good (you can’t properly go for it), JP is amazing but £1k.....but worth selling a kidney for!!

[FWIW]

vanman1936 said:

, JP is amazing but £1k.....but worth selling a kidney for!!

+1

The evening session is about half that. Expensive but amazing VFM.

[QBee]

I would suggest karting......

[zorba_the_greek]

QBee said:

I would suggest karting......

This is what im thinking but still would like to see if there is anything decent out there

[anonymous-user]

I’d look what Thruxton have to offer, primarily because it’s quite a fast track and if he wants an experience, that will be the best place to get the throttle open and enjoy the thrill.

For £230 you get 5 laps in a mustang, a cayman and a formula Renault single seater which isn’t bad at all

https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/ford-must...

We’ll politely ignore the male baby shower event....

[Ash_]

I did a one-to-one Lotus Exige experience at Thruxton quite a few years, two lots of 7 laps and was allowed to push (until I span) during the 2nd session. They don't offer that anymore, but seem to have this for the Cayman which looks similar.

https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/porsche-c...

Alternatively if it's for a stag event or a bunch of people, how about a group skidpan day?

https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/skin-pan-...

[Cambs_Stuart]

For value for money/time spent driving I've found rally days are much better than supercar drive days.
Even though the cars are rougher, you really get to learn to chuck them about (handbrake turns, drifts, flicks etc).

[QBee]

Cambs Stuart touched on it there - you want the maximum time driving and sod how fast/expensive the car is.
My wife bought me an experience day a few years ago as a birthday present.
A change from track days in my TVR, a very kind thought.

She showed me the list so i could choose, thankfully, and was astonished when I chose a half day in a Lotus Exige at Silverstone over a few laps in 5 different supercars. But to me the chance to throw a fast Lotus around for most of a morning was far more attractive than just about 10 minutes in each car, not being allowed to drive it properly, and then having to stop.

My TVR has 400 bhp, but if someone offered me a skid pan evening in Ford Fiestas I would be there like a shot. It's not about speed, it's about fun and competing in the kit on offer.
My only go-karting to date was two years ago (when I was 65) when I took my grandchildren to a karting track in the middle of nowhere built on the side of a hill. Quite reminded me of Cadwell Park. So we watched the kids for half an hour and then temptation was too much for me and their dad - out we went with them and had a great time. He drove like his grandmother, and she's been dead 10 years, but I had my track day & PH honour to uphold. Once I had got the hang of no front brakes I enjoyed it enormously, posted fastest time (naturally) and had great fun dicing with my then 7 year old grand-daughter, who is up for anything fast and motorised.

[Avenicus]

Also try car chase heroes?

No link to them, but have my 14 year old lad booked on a supercar half day.

They also do stuff like Bond DB5, Camaro SS, e-type, Caterham, Ariel Atom, Roush Mustang, Cobra, GT40, Lotus Cortina and weirdly the Bus from the Italian Job.

That's got to be something for everyone