View Full Version : **SXOC Trackday Sept 29th 07 ** CANCELLED **
I need to make sure this is what you guys want in the way of national events - Myself and Mark are here to orgainise the events YOU THE MEMBERS want. I'm leaning towards the track events so here is my plan.
Full trackday for SXOC members, costing under £100 and with camping the Friday night before a Sat event, event Sat with camping on-site afterwards.
non-track activities on sunday before driving home.
Looking at 60-90 members to take part, £70-£100 a person.
Anglesey circuit (5th Gear one) but nwo with £5M extension so looking at the middle "coastal" circuit.
In June, August or September 2007.
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=37397&stc=1&d=1158052354
TheNickos
12-09-2006, 10:13
anglesey ? top of wales right ?
sure i went there for some wedding once.
Yes, North Wales, west coast.
edit - multimap
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=250000&Y=400000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=&zm=0&scale=1000000&right.x=2&right.y=96
R.Sendout
12-09-2006, 10:16
Sounds interesting to me:thumbs: :)
Sounds great fun.:thumbs:
Kev,
Just thinking, what are the thoughts behind June, August and September?
Wouldn't want dates to clash. Some ;) will be in Le Mans in June, and of course there's Trax in September.
People would need to save a bit of cash for this sort of event. The timing would make it very tricky if they had had an expensive trip to LM or needed parts etc.
Top idea though. For the Sunday perhaps driving some of the lake routes in North Wales could be fun. I downloaded a "biker's route" for TomTom the other day. Also includes various scenic stopping points.
Sounds ace :thumbs: count me in.
How about an :sxoc: drift tuition day?
i will deffo be interested, will it be close date wise to JAE, living in scotlands a ball ache to get down there often with work and what not.
Dates, Well May = Japfest, July = JAE, so not one of those. Trax is the least popular event SXOC do and if we organised this in September would probably drop Trax. June or August are free but people are often on holiday around August. No dates perfect, but those 3 months are top of my list.
50 Views and 8 votes :down:
Please vote not interested if your not interested, its your club, you all have a voice, your not committing to go voting yes!
Django67
12-09-2006, 11:16
Sounds great to me, plus I have friends in N. Wales I can visit.
Vote added.
oh hell yeah this sounds ace!
Tart/Finish Line??
is there going to be slappers as well, if so im up for it
no fool! theres gonna be custard creams and little jam tarts and cakes for all of us to enjoy!
Danny5Yrs
12-09-2006, 11:55
I'd be very interested. Tuition would be cool too.
50 Views and 8 votes :down:
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Yes, but that could be the same 8 people looking at it a few times each, doesn't mean 50 people have looked at it.
This sounds a great idea to me, but obviously being a novice I'd like to know it was multi sessioned or similar so I knew I wouldn't be out on track with drivers lapping with a high speed difference.
Love the idea of camping as well to make it a good social weekend. :thumbs:
no fool! theres gonna be custard creams and little jam tarts and cakes for all of us to enjoy!
SM has changed the pic
The1Nick
12-09-2006, 12:26
How about something closer to London, or an event down south and an event up north?
why not have a team for every location on sxoc i.e north west, north east, south east etc etc
hell yeah :sxoc: sounds great to make an entire weekend of it :thumbs: judging by the popularity of the Apex meet (granted that's free) I would've thought this would be a hit
SM has changed the pic
No I havent, stop spreading rumours :smash:
Mick_Camberley
12-09-2006, 13:09
just to explain..... I voted "not interested" because my preference would be not to travel so far for a track day. Only my opinion and i have no problem with others who like the idea.
As said before, I think it would be a mistake to drop Trax as this tends to be lots of peoples "introduction" to track events......
Cheers
Mick
Smoothound
12-09-2006, 13:12
:nod:
Thats fine Mick :thumbs:
I aim to go back to Trax, but if september ends up being the date for this in 2007 will probably drop it - club has has to stand in to make sure it happened last 2 years, whereas Japfest is always over-subscribed. I dont understand it but they are facts.
I voted Maybe as I like the idea a lot:nod: but the distance from me isnt ideal so it would depend on my £££ at the time.
Also I have never been on track so it would depend on wether i have grown bigger balls by then.
I really love the old circuit and this would be a perfect chance to hoon around the new one :thumbs:
Yep, that sounds like a plan worthy of :sxoc:
Carl_S13
12-09-2006, 18:56
Sounds like a plan Kev, I'll be there as long as I'm not at work :nod:
GeeSexAah
12-09-2006, 19:12
I like the idea but...
1 I think Im going to have to sell the car!!!
2 For a fault prone marque I can see that people further away wouldnt want to chance it in case armcore/bigend etc etc stops them gettin home :)
Also Sunday stuff (from bike rally experience) usually wasted as most just want to either crash/sleep in or recover or get off
edit.............................................. .................................................. .................^^^ all in their tents or just go home ;)
2 For a fault prone marque I can see that people further away wouldnt want to chance it in case armcore/bigend etc etc stops them gettin home :):confused: Not sure I've heard of anyone in the uk having trouble from using their brake down cover to get towed home after a prang on track before.
Whats anglesey like for run off? Trying to remember 5th gear - iirc there seems to be huge amounts of run off all round the track?
Good point on the Sunday activity. But I guess thats up to people. I was going to suggest event on Sunday and club stuff on Saturday, but people still hung over driving on track might not be such a good idea :)
Not sure about run-off, as its a brand new circuit for 70% of it I suspect good - they are improving it to get BTCC, F3 and GT racing there.
sparkyhx
13-09-2006, 06:53
August is school holiday season so might clash with a lot of people with kids.
Anglesey is fine for me and its a nice region to drive around generally - maybe even manage the evo triangle - but I do understand its quite a way for other people.
damson devil
13-09-2006, 11:45
:nod: :wave:
I'm in. As long as I know the date early enough, I can book the time of work :thumbs:
VIDAL BABBOON
13-09-2006, 13:16
Sounds good :nod:
One hell of a treck though :(
One hell of a treck though :(
Stop whinging, you even start in the same country!
Sound as bad as the SE lot that think Silverstone or Donnington is the other side of the world!
liquidsmoke
13-09-2006, 14:50
missions to get there. i would prefer somewhere a little more central.
Sounds good....September would be ideal for us LeManers...I have never been to Anglesey but I have a friend just down the road so good excuse to see them! :)
Sounds good to me, so long as i dont winge about the drive!
Trax was cool this year though, would be a shame if it was dropped...
Are they completly trashing the old Anglesey circuit then?
Spot on SM!
Sounds good to me, camping would make it socially perfect too!:thumbs:
The Big Yin
17-09-2006, 22:17
more imtersted in drifting rather than track
Voted yes :thumbs:
Assume you would look into having some tuition available?
Sounds good to me :nod: :thumbs: A little far but what the hell, part of the fun is the drive there :)
200SX Dave
18-09-2006, 19:39
im a maybe as time wise its a long way off, but making a weekend of it sounds great.
jrtuning
19-09-2006, 22:44
sounds like a great idea :thumbs:
as long as it can be sorted early enough in the year so people can book time off work. :nod:
never been to angelsey the only times i think ive been to wales were to demon tweeks day before my first trackday for a helmet/fire extinguisher/still running the engine in :wack: and when i was a little bit younger i went near shrewsbury on a PGL holiday :cool:
I'm up for it - Anglesey will be perfect for next year's machine ;)
Damn long way from Cambridge, though - how about Snetterton or Bedford next time!? ;) :D
Being a new guy and never been on track before, it does sound good to me.
Will just have to see how brave I am in putting the car round it when the time comes. :eek:
Anglesey's good from this area, but I can understand others reservations about distance. If it was in Kent, would I want to travel that far. I might've started a whole new neverending debate ... apologies in advance. :)
Bedfords a no go unless everybody gets shut of their 3" drainpipes and/or fits huge silencers and bungs - 86dB drive by VERY strict.
I'm looking at Donnington too ;)
scimmy ben
21-09-2006, 09:07
What about Curborough - camping on site but you would have to change the format to sprint and drift.
TheNickos
24-09-2006, 12:39
what about castle combe ?
Richy_Boy
24-09-2006, 20:17
Too far for me to go for a track day... would love to go, so maybe you can persuade them to move the track nearer Berkshire? :D
edit: Hmm actually with camping I could class it as a family holiday :D :thumbs: Might be interested!
Rich
archenemy.co.uk
25-09-2006, 17:36
I voted may be because although the price seems reasonable and the accomodation is all sorted, its could be more central to attract more people
I see it as a good chance to drive some great roads around wales :D
I'd rather do 2 hours motorway and 2 cross country :thumbs: than 3 hours motorway :sleep:
ShawJohn
25-09-2006, 22:06
I would love to do this, will have to see what finances are like a bit nearer the time :sxoc:
Yes I am a "maybe" depends on final costs and dates but great idea. Track looks great.
Slider
ps anybody got a S13 drivers side wheel arch liner.
MeLLoN Stu
26-09-2006, 14:55
i'd be up for it as i should be home around then, and the GTR should be trackworthy too :)
Bit to far for me, need something closer :nod:
One hell of a treck though :(
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I'm up for this, bugger all tracks up here.
Dunc.
archenemy.co.uk
26-09-2006, 15:20
Bit to far for me, need something closer :nod:
Everything is miles from Aberdeen :wack:
gofaster_s13
26-09-2006, 16:17
Closer than it is to Ireland, defo interested:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Oh yes, 2007 will be the year i start doign track days in the 200. I dont care where it happens, so long as it isnt overly expensive and you guy's dont mind a complete track numpty having a go.
You wouldn't be on your own mate. Could start a trackday/noob/numpty club. I'd join. :nod:
Like many others i'm sure, we'd all like to have a go around a lot of different tracks yet not scupper the car for the monday morning drive to work. And from what i've read on here about the trackdays, it is possible to go at your own pace whilst observing the guidelines. That way I think you can still have a fun day out without shredding tyres and brakes.
Being the club that it is, :sxoc: , I'm sure the regulars would happily give us noobs plenty of advice too.
Red_08 :thumbs:
must admit the idea of a lap in the car of one of the track day veterens to get some advice and see a 200 driven properly would be fantastic.
Put me down. IIRC a bit of run off and then you are in the sea:eek:
i'd be up for it 100%, should have the s13 finished shortly so be nice to be able to let the old girl stretcth her legs. ( then i'll take the car fir a spin).
count me in.
Provisionally 29th September, you all know how hot it was for the Apex trackday (23rd) booked the same weather ;)
Provisionally 29th September, you all know how hot it was for the Apex trackday (23rd) booked the same weather ;)
Can we not do this on a different date. I suspect most people who said Yes did so before the final "winter" date was published and not realising it wouldn't be a nice sunny weekends camping. My birthday is the end of September, and the weather is nearly always shit. Another date please :nod:
I don't know what others think, but I'd rather sit out drinking beer and camping on a hot summer night :D
Its a bit tricky, but will be finalised at the end of jan.
Anglsey is being improved - work finishes end of may, June dates have a fair chance of being cancelled if they dont complete on time.
July is JAE
August was requested as a no-no with many people on holidays and Lemans
So September ....
Was it not hot at the Apex trackday (23rd September) ;)
Was it not hot at the Apex trackday (23rd September) ;)
I love Pies :D
Put me down. IIRC a bit of run off and then you are in the sea:eek:
After Bovvy this weekend you want to be taking a snorkel then :p :p :p ;)
Like the sound of this - dont know whether to use drift car or normal car though :confused:
glens14a
07-12-2006, 16:22
Voted Maybe :(
September is a bad month for me, getting married then so that months a right off :whip:
I love Pies
Dan :wave:
Just seen this.... wassat all about then?? Can't even remember what I wrote originally!
And who is using some kind of userbar on this page - pop up keeps asking me to log in...
If I still have my car in September and it's still in Anglesey i'm there.
It's perfect for a lot of us 'Oirish' as it's only a short drive off the ferry
No login here - I typed the date wrong and you spotted the mistake I think ... it was a long time ago, votings done, date is booked sort of ... its a go as far as I know.
clai 'two steaks' cerrig
07-12-2006, 22:54
Stop whinging, you even start in the same country!
Sound as bad as the SE lot that think Silverstone or Donnington is the other side of the world!
:D :D It may be the same country but the North - South divide is worse than the English Watford Gap
karl elwell
08-12-2006, 23:25
:D :D It may be the same country but the North - South divide is worse than the English Watford Gap
i take it your up for this. as just beeing about 5mins away?
have you got spare bonnet pins and roof panel? :wack:
oh and yes for me i'm there if its a go.
clai 'two steaks' cerrig
08-12-2006, 23:38
i take it your up for this. as just beeing about 5mins away?
have you got spare bonnet pins and roof panel? :wack:
I now have 3 bonnets but alas no roof
But have got 40 min videos of the track on dvd if people need some idea of the layout :sxoc: :sxoc: :sxoc: :sxoc: :sxoc: :sxoc: :sxoc:
I wont be the only 200 in the village :wave: :wave:
Oh Yea great I am IN :sxoc:
Vaughn
I looked through all the posts, but I didn't see a db noise limit?
From memory it was 101 or 105db, ie suitable, and one of the things that put me off Donnington for this event (drive by noise limit quite a few would fail)
I looked through all the posts, but I didn't see a db noise limit?
How do you get on with the screamer pipe for noise limits Geoff?
Ken, will be ok for static tests, if the exhaust is, its the drive-bys you have to watch. Geoff came a cropper at Donnington and Snetterton last year IIRC.
How do you get on with the screamer pipe for noise limits Geoff?
They have this Black flag with my name on it:o
However.......I have a cunning plan:D
The screamer pipe is being plumbed back into the down pipe, with a removable pipe just for track days. It will still scare old ladies and make small children giggle for normal road usage though:D
Exhaust should be ok Kev, its a hi-power 409 (not the silent), bit quieter thanthe nur spec I had before
They have this Black flag with my name on it:o
However.......I have a cunning plan:D
The screamer pipe is being plumbed back into the down pipe, with a removable pipe just for track days. It will still scare old ladies and make small children giggle for normal road usage though:D
LOL, might have to do something similar, where are you getting it done?
LOL, might have to do something similar, where are you getting it done?
Rising Sun Performance are doing it as one of the many extras to the engine rebuild:smash:
I know that Gary @ APT plumbed Brens back in too.
I have been thinking about one of those Apexi valves that you put in the exhaust aswell, to quieten it down further.
Might have a chat with Gary then, cars there at the moment for a few minor tweaks;) AshT has one of the apexi valves, seemed good when he took me out in his motor, quiet when needed
Disregarding the noise that the screamer pipe makes, my Titanium exhaust with a decat silencer was still 120db @ Snetterton and 113db with the bung in:( I think it was 108db drive by @ Japfest II with the bung in.
The bung seems to sap so much power and makes it sound like a jet fighter. I think I will ask Ash about his valve then:)
clai 'two steaks' cerrig
08-01-2007, 20:17
I have no problem with a 52 mm full race Terganomi System on my Ducati at TyCroes:D :D
You guys want me to have a word with the Site manager to see how Strict the Noise levels are ????
I could be persuaded to have a go at this. Never done a trackday before but I'm sure the car will be begging for it by then, so who am I to prevent my car from having some fun!!!
Digglett
09-01-2007, 19:10
im up for this and yeah if you could have a chat with the guy and ask how strict they are with drive bys that will be cool:D
I'm an enthusiastic maybe for now!? Distance mainly that's stopping me committing right now. Will see nearer the time.
Sorry for the minor hijack but as a track virgin I'm just wondering... Do people usually bother with track insurance? What sort of money is it?
Theres a thread in the motorsport section about insurance, see the useful threads + links sticky.
work on 10% excess, and cost for 1 day @ 1% value as a VERY rough estimation. I think more people dont both than do, nicely tends to but he has a S15 so more to lose.
They have this Black flag with my name on it:o
However.......I have a cunning plan:D
The screamer pipe is being plumbed back into the down pipe, with a removable pipe just for track days. It will still scare old ladies and make small children giggle for normal road usage though:D
i have just plumbed mine back into the down pipe but not removerable :annoyed:
im deffo up for this if the s13 stays together this time
damo
Fake Ben Taylor
20-01-2007, 19:45
count me in so long as my car is working and im not at work
September 29th 2007 (provisonal) anyidea of what day yet? i want to book it off work so i can deffenatly go :eek:
damo
Date is set, just waiting to confirm the track calender which depends on when the circuit is completed first. Races have priority over our date, but nothing else will stop it happening.
some pics of the work in progress were posted on this thread
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=3072324#post3072324
http://www.lancer-evo.net/community/uploads/t_angleseywip_848.jpg
bigger earlier pic
http://www.brsccnw.com/IMAGES/Anglesey%20Dec%202006.JPG
archenemy.co.uk
22-02-2007, 10:42
http://www.lancer-evo.net/community/uploads/t_angleseywip_848.jpg
Looks like a little bloke holding his big wang :D
The circuit I have selected for us does not include his wanger :p
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=37397&stc=1&d=1158052354
sparkyhx
22-02-2007, 11:03
Looks like a little bloke holding his big wang :D
nah its someone playing golf
archenemy.co.uk
22-02-2007, 11:32
nah its someone playing golf
He should use a club not his wang, that going to hurt :eek:
Any date is good for me if you guys want a photographer:nod:
Should be a good day.
Cant wait :)
Ooooh, yay, count me in :nod:
I should be able to afford this now :although it didn't go down well when i mentioned it to my other half after the conversation in which i said 'I'm not sure about a holiday this year, don't know if i will be able to afford it' :wack:
Anglesea is perfect for small, light, well balanced cars, moreso than large turbo barges ;)
I'm in as soon as some booking dates and whatnot are announced :D
me as well, when do you want paying, any good hotels in the area as camping at my age is a no no:D
Anglesea is perfect for small, light, well balanced cars, moreso than large turbo barges ;)
I'm in as soon as some booking dates and whatnot are announced :D
Guess who said the other day they wanted to do a trackday before they sold their current car ;) I see an opportunity arising :D
You should of come to Castle Coombe in March, lots of 5s there :D
Do you want to come anyway, it would be cool (I need another car to put my wheels in ;) )
May the well do, but not on track :no: I'll go thread hunting and see if i can afford :thumbs:
I think I voted as a maybe on this, but didn't subscribe...
I should be up for this :)
Date is set, just waiting to confirm the track calender which depends on when the circuit is completed first. Races have priority over our date, but nothing else will stop it happening.
Well .... they are putting a race on that weekend and are unable to offer another weekend date :annoyed:
I'll find us another Venue :rolleyes:
Well .... they are putting a race on that weekend and are unable to offer another weekend date :annoyed:
I'll find us another Venue :rolleyes:
dam i was going to make it a little holiday:( never mind you did your best and sometimes the cards are stacked against you:nod: , will it be hard to find some where else this year as weekends are popular, croft would be nice:D
:cry: Thanks loads for your efforts though Kev :(
Somewhere nice and central would be good - by that I mean somewhere between Manchester and London :wack:
What about Snetterton?
Doh! :( Any places in mind yet Kev?
:( anglesy would have been perfect for me too as my nan has a caravan near there.
NOOOOOOOOOO :(
:( anglesy would have been perfect for me too as my nan has a caravan near there.
Ask Muttley what happens to people who try to track caravans :nod:
Ask Muttley what happens to people who try to track caravans :nod:
Thay get good lap times?
ShawJohn
27-02-2007, 10:02
Bollox :cry:
Was looking forwards to this :(
Might have to cancel the drag and sprint day too, not enough interest sadly :(
bobbins :(
thanks for all your work though Kev :thumbs: I'm sure you'll find another suitable venue soon enough :) :sxoc:
I want Angelsey!! *stamps feet* :cry:
I want Angelsey!! *stamps feet* :cry:
Probably going to be Donnington (for slightly more money, but more track places ) on the same weekend, or Cadwell/Snetterton a few weekends after (20th Oct).
Give me a couple of week and I'll put up a fresh poll of options (but feel free to comment on this thread also).
archenemy.co.uk
06-03-2007, 16:19
Do the later weekend
Its the wifes B'day on the 30th :(
Do the later weekend
Its the wifes B'day on the 30th :(
bring her along then as a special birthday treat :nod:
Kev - both dates are fine for me at the moment :)
i wouldnt mind Snet, cadwell or donnington but TBH anywhere would be good if the rest of the SXOC is in attendence.
Shame bout anglesey though
Yes thats what I thought when I found out but then thought what the hell, chance to get black flagged at donnington again :D
Yes thats what I thought when I found out but then thought what the hell, chance to get black flagged at donnington again :D
well, to save you getting black flagged, I'll take your turbo kit off you, that way you can enjoy Donnington all day!!
I thought you got yourself a kit on the way in :)
Pah who am I kidding, I will have made everything else explode by then anyway :D
I did have a kit on the way till the supplier changed his mind and said they dont make them anymore
(side note not Apex's fault!!! they're supplier let them down :( )
archenemy.co.uk
28-05-2007, 13:47
any news :confused:
Donny were very hard work to deal with, and I just havent the time to constantly chase this to make sure it was the fantastic success I wanted.
It wont happen this year :(
Ah well, looks like I'll be in Caribbean then anyway :D
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