RTOC 2012 trackdays are go! Oulton Park, March 2nd

[Mart]

Let's get the ball rolling with some (hopefully!) cracking trackdays for RTOC this year.

First one lined up is with our good friend Steve H @ TrackAction-Online - Oulton Park, Friday 2nd March, open pitlane format.

£130 per car/driver is the price, but Steve has kindly offered us the same deal as last time, in that for every five RTOC'ers that book/pay for this trackday, one full refund will be given back :cool: :)

Or in other words, it'll cost a group of five £104 per person (if my maths are upto scratch :D)

Also included in that price is free track tuition, should you need to dust off any track-driving cobwebs.

Steve will be along in a mo to confirm the extra driver/passenger prices, but if you have any other questions about the day, please fire away :)

Again, being on top of a weekend gives an opportunity to stay somewhere local on the night, and enjoy a few post-trackday :beer: with your fellow RTOC'er mates.

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

sounds great , have to check if it interferes with the test day at gurston down, if not , due to alisters wrong track day listings...:laugh: and that my good lady said she`d pay for it for xmas .. if its an available date , id love to do this...well done on the long notice mart!!...awesome , keep it up!!!...:D

[clee]

I'll try and get a GTA back together for this .I have one that just needs heads and a subframe throwing together .
Really pissed off with last years efforts on my part so determined to get some action this year .

[BluntyR5GTT]

great news mart this should be a great day, its come about 2-3 weeks to early for me though as my mappable ignition isnt being fitted and mapped until after the 20th march.

[Tony Walker]

Do you know what time we'd have to be there?

[Steve H]

Hi fellas

OK, so, extra drivers cost £35 and passengers £10, noise limit is 105db static.

Signing on will be from 7.30-8.30 when there will be a mandatory briefing, if you arrive later than this you will still be able to get on track but the next briefing will probably be at about 9.30 so you will miss out on some track time.

To book a place please go to OUR SHOP (http://www.trackaction-online.co.uk/) and when you book make sure you put RTOC in the comments box at the end of the booking, this will allow us to put you in for the draw. For every five places sold on here we will draw one name out of a hat a week before the event and give the lucky fella a £130 refund!

I had a great day out with you guys at Mallory last year and I'm hoping to be involved again for the ND at Blyton but in the meantime lets get a bit of momentum going and get some cars out on track at Oulton Park :satan:

Steve H

PS, Cheers to Mart for posting this up for us :goodJob:

[LiamR]

I so need to get my 5 roadworthy again so I can start attending this sort of event.

Am sad to say I have been a member for years but not attended one single event:ashamed:

[Tony Walker]

I should be attending, have to drop the kids at nursery so ill be there for the 9:30 breifing.
Shall i start the list?just so people kno whos thinking about it

Tony Not paid yet

[jaffa]

[QUOTE=jesus in the seat of a 5;248434]sounds great , have to check if it interferes with the test day at gurston down, if not , due to alisters wrong track day listings...:laugh: and that my good lady said she`d pay for it for xmas .. if its an available date , id love to do this...well done on the long notice mart!!...awesome , keep it :laugh:

[Alex]

I'll be there with Tony although I won't be running. I'll bring my helmet if some kind RTOC bods can give me a ride :D

[Mattw]

Well up for this prob have funds end of next month, what will i need never done a trackday before ??:scratch: (daft question i know)

[Steve H]

Not daft at all Matt, everyone has to have a first time ;)

Basics are a car with some brakes and tyres and nothing leaking out of it, a normal driving licence and a helmet (you can hire the helmet on the day).

Start up another thread on here or do a search and there will be loads of information and advice, the only other standard thing I would suggest is that you take a free instruction session (these can be booked on the day), it will make you safer, faster and more relaxed about the whole day.

Look forward to seeing you there :cool:

[Mattw]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..:yeah:
ill start a thread if i can suss it out, just want some advice for what the car may need doing to it and what people do to there cars for trackdays so on and so forth

thanks again:)

[REGGY5GT]

omg i didnt realise that oulton park is only half an hour away from me, ill be booking this very soon:smokin::smokin:

[Tony Walker]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..:yeah:
ill start a thread if i can suss it out, just want some advice for what the car may need doing to it and what people do to there cars for trackdays so on and so forth

thanks again:)


Dont need to do anything other than make sure its in good working order, you;ll still have a great time :agree:

[car.crash]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..:yeah:
ill start a thread if i can suss it out, just want some advice for what the car may need doing to it and what people do to there cars for trackdays so on and so forth

thanks again:)

Best sort your oil leaks and swap that turbo or you will have a day in the pits :)

[Mattw]

Marc I'll get them gaskets ordered Monday, I need you to take alook and suss were that oils coming from please:scratch: it's not alot but there's some it's all clean under there now not like last time:laugh:

[Gibbo69]

Deffo up for this :)

[Mart]

great news mart this should be a great day, its come about 2-3 weeks to early for me though as my mappable ignition isnt being fitted and mapped until after the 20th march.

Dude, if you've got a running car, you should still pop along & get on track. Trust me, you won't want balls out power running on track, as even if you've got slicks fitted you'll still be wheel-spinning/torque-steering coming out of the corners with anything over 200hp.

I found 1bar boost was more than enough in my old Raider.

Plug a standard aei in for now, and we'll see you there on the 2nd :agree:

[Mart]

I so need to get my 5 roadworthy again so I can start attending this sort of event.

Am sad to say I have been a member for years but not attended one single event:ashamed:

I'm sure if you pop up for the day, there'll be plenty of pax laps on offer. There's a great bunch of people in this club, and after 10 minutes of being there/making yourself known, you'll kick yourself for not attending events before :D

Bring a track lid & I'll happily take you out for some pax laps in the Jap taxi :agree:

[Mart]

Well up for this prob have funds end of next month, what will i need never done a trackday before ??:scratch: (daft question i know)

As Steve mentioned, a good set of brake pads (more so on the front) and good tyres all round are all that's needed to get you going on track, assuming everything else with the car is mechanically sound.

The more you get it into, the more you can tweak your car accordingly if needs be; eg, suspension, roll-cage, slicks, bucket seats, etc.

As I mentioned a couple of posts up, you don't need big power to give you grin factor 10 on track. Anyone can mash the throttle & drive in a straight line, but corners = Fun :)

[Mattw]

I have a cage and bucket seats but do i NEED harness's for the track????:scratch:
thanks :)

[Steve H]

Lots of standard road cars trackdaying, so long as you've got working belts you'll be fine.

[Mattw]

Lots of standard road cars trackdaying, so long as you've got working belts you'll be fine.
Thanks for your help :wasntme:

[Tony Walker]

i couldnt see this on the events board, or am i just blind.

[Tony Walker]

Just thought id ask also, is there any need for tax/insurance? im considering trailering my 5, makes more financial sense really.

[JRP]

Just thought id ask also, is there any need for tax/insurance? im considering trailering my 5, makes more financial sense really.

Think cup car;)

[Tony Walker]

yeah i knew it, just a self doubting moment lol best to check :D

[THE MASTER]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..:yeah:
ill start a thread if i can suss it out, just want some advice for what the car may need doing to it and what people do to there cars for trackdays so on and so forth

thanks again:)

pop down to blackbushe market on a sunday there is two stalls there that do helmits cheap:agree:

[chris]

Can you go along to watch and meet some members as my 5 has no chance of being ready

[Steve H]

Yep, no problem Chris.

[Mattw]

pop down to blackbushe market on a sunday there is two stalls there that do helmits cheap:agree:

Cheers mate ill have a look, :agree:

[Gibbo69]

when does this need to be paid by ?

gibbo

[Steve H]

We've still got some spaces left, just book as soon as you can :cool:

[Gibbo69]

will sort out on pay day .... thanks Steve :)

[Steve H]

:niceone:

[Tony Walker]

im a deffinate but i havent payed yet, can u let me know if the tickets get low?

[Steve H]

I will try to but please book as soon as you can to be on the safe side.

[REGGY5GT]

Can I pay on the gate as my payday isnt until the 25th of this month? Thanks

[Steve H]

Hi Reggy

If we've still got places left that'll be fine, unfortunately we can't reserve a place for you without it being paid for as we've been let down before. Hope that makes sense, please keep in touch and post up or PM me when you are ready to book and I'll try to make sure you get a place.

Steve H

[REGGY5GT]

Hi Reggy

If we've still got places left that'll be fine, unfortunately we can't reserve a place for you without it being paid for as we've been let down before. Hope that makes sense, please keep in touch and post up or PM me when you are ready to book and I'll try to make sure you get a place.

Steve H

Cheers steve, yeh I will be coming for sure but I cant get funds until the 25th,if I miss a place never mind but ill definatley be able to pay on the 25th if you could sort something,

Cheers

Tim

[Steve H]

I'll keep you in touch Tim, I think it'll probably be OK anyway as this cold snap seems to have slowed bookings a bit.

[REGGY5GT]

Thank you steve,much appreciated:agree:

[jaffa]

can we have a list of whos going to this from rtoc please?

[Steve H]

Hi Jase

Lots of interest on here but no RTOC bookings that I can see so far :(

We've still got a few spaces left, one with Tim's name on it but would be good to see a few more than that turn out for this one :crap:

[Tony Walker]

Tony Walker .................Just paid :agree:
Pretty sure Gibbo is paying tonight also.
Alex should be coming along with me too, but passenger only i think

:D

[Steve H]

:smokin:

[Gibbo69]

Tony Walker .................Just paid :agree:
Pretty sure Gibbo is paying tonight also.
Alex should be coming along with me too, but passenger only i think

:D

I am a deffo but won't be paying until Tuesday ( payday ) that ok steve ? Helmet has been ordered :)

[Steve H]

That should be OK, probably :scared:.

Tim is due to book on Saturday and I am aware of a few others that say they will be booking so I'm thinking it will sell out before the day so just get it in as soon as you can!

[Steve H]

Last three spaces in the shop now.............

[Romil Davda]

Last three spaces in the shop now.............

I could not work out what the final price is? Is it £130 per diver and 1 in 5 gets there money back OR is 4 peoples cost splt between 5?

[Steve H]

£130 pays for one car and one driver. If there are five bookings from the RTOC we will draw one name out of a hat and give the winner a £130 refund, ten bookings means two names refunded etc.

[Romil Davda]

Last three spaces in the shop now.............

I just booked my place, so I guess only 2 left :eek:

[Gibbo69]

Last three spaces in the shop now.............

Looks like I won't be going then :( gutted

[Tony Walker]

Looks like I won't be going then :( gutted

Keep your fingerrs crossed :D

[Tony Walker]

Fired up the five tonight, trade plates on brakes cleaned up, new engine at 10psi feels like it used to at 18psi. usefull having 4 full sets of rings :D Getting excited now :D
WOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :agree::agree::agree:
Whos on the list now?????

[Alex]

I hope you've put the spare bucket in for me T :D

[Tony Walker]

trying to get frame made :D otherwise its a std phs2 seat :D

[Tony Walker]

Whos coming along then?

[ranj]

Just looked in shop .... All sold out .... I left it too late ... :sad2:

Have a great day .....

[Tony Walker]

Speak to steve there may be something?

[Steve H]

I managed to get Gibbo a space but we've got three others waiting for cancelations now. If we get through them I'll let you know Ranj but probably not so likely TBH.

[Romil Davda]

:cry::sad2::cry:... I maybe dropping out this Friday as I think i've done some damage yesterday at Bedford! I'm going to check the carb today and will keep you posted.

Have we got anybody on standby to take my place if I dont get it sorted?

[ranj]

Ok Steve ... Let us know if it the unlikely happens .... Thx :)

[Steve H]

Ranj, keep in touch with Romil! If you guys can sort things out between yourselves then we'll just swap the name over for you.

[Nottswoody]

I guess this could be my first meet with you guys I don't trust my 5 enough yet to go on the track but I'm sure it will tempt me :-) I know it's not the norm but I will have my daughter with me if that's ok? Iv never been to this before. How much to watch and what time guys?

[Steve H]

Plenty of places to spectate from, you'll be fine with your daughter, the only place under 16s can't go is in the pitlane (and on track!).

We'll be out on track from 9am.

[Nottswoody]

I could get her a helmet and strap her in the back of the five lol she's on 11 months old she has her own harness :-) great count me in weather permitting

[Gibbo69]

I managed to get Gibbo a space but we've got three others waiting for cancelations now. If we get through them I'll let you know Ranj but probably not so likely TBH.

Can't wait :)

[jaffa]

I will be there on saturday with a couple if fives my m3 and a rally cross prepared Evo 8... So if ur still about come dwn for a chat and a few laps ;)

[Tony Walker]

I cant wait either, tracking checked/adjusted, oil changed catch tank fitted head retorqued tappets set, bucket seat fitted made a subframe, checked everythings tight(suspension wise), boost upped to 11psi for now. Few spares....... ready to roll me thinks?

[Romil Davda]

I cant wait either, tracking checked/adjusted, oil changed catch tank fitted head retorqued tappets set, bucket seat fitted made a subframe, checked everythings tight(suspension wise), boost upped to 11psi for now. Few spares....... ready to roll me thinks?

I had a track day on Monday and clogged up the idle jet. Bring a can of carb cleaner ;)

What Tyres are people running on? Standard road, cut slicks?

[Romil Davda]

I will be there on saturday with a couple if fives my m3 and a rally cross prepared Evo 8... So if ur still about come dwn for a chat and a few laps ;)

Someone going to have some fun :D

Any chance of riding as a passenger in the evo? :ashamed:

[Tony Walker]

just toyo t1r :)

[Tony Walker]

Just wondering if i could book some instruction with you Steve? or do i do it on the day?

[Steve H]

I'm not instructing on this one Tony but the two guys I've got working for us are both extremely capable so come and see us after the briefing to book a space.

[Alex]

Looking forward to this, I'm sure it'll inspire me to drag the 5 out of the garage and re-commision her! :D:agree:

[Tony Walker]

Steve- Thats fine :D cya tomorrow.

Alex- Got the bucket seat in for you. You'll be testing if its attached properely ;)

[Tony Walker]

Absolutely fantastic day :agree:, great company too :agree: hopefully get some pics up. I think Gibbos got several to show us ;)

[Gibbo69]

Brill day out & the company wasn't bad either ;) ..... Nice little 720 spin out to cap the day off :) will try and upload some pics :)

[Gibbo69]

Some more photos from yesterday :)

[Alex]

You can see your spoiler coming adrift in the first photo! :laugh: Nice pics :agree:

Had an excellent day out, thanks to Mart and Steve H for the day :agree:

[Romil Davda]

I had such a top time... How great was it having 3 R5 going round the track together :D

It was nice meeting you boys, maybe next time Alex and Willo will have there cars out too :eek:

Good luck with your turbo Alex and Gibbo with your spoiler (LOL) - sorry dude but that spin was soooo funny :wasntme::laugh::wasntme:

[Lomo]

You can see your spoiler coming adrift in the first photo! :laugh: Nice pics :agree:

Had an excellent day out, thanks to Mart and Steve H for the day :agree:

:laugh:

:agree:

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Great to see my old GT on the track :)

[Tony Walker]

The funniest thing was.... 3 5s on track and all and all 3 of us ended up with something left on the track, i heard something come off mine but have no idea what it was. jubilee clip i think. Romil lost an alty belt and gibbo launched his spoiler across the track infront of me :D

Again... top top day out.

[jaffa]

just got back not a bad day weather wasnt the best but a few dry spells in the morning and afternoon....my fuel sender unit decided to collapse thus for a weird reason cutting fuel....manage to whip it out but its knackered....got it running but car not happy did about 5 flyin laps.....suprised everyone.....good old trusy was on hand so the m3 did £90 fuel in also ollie was there in his evo 580whp....fastest car i have ever been in proper power machine and put the power dwn so well...:agree: gonna fix 5 glen got spare unit...and will do another trackday nxt week or week after need to give it some pain.....:)

[BluntyR5GTT]

just got back not a bad day weather wasnt the best but a few dry spells in the morning and afternoon....my fuel sender unit decided to collapse thus for a weird reason cutting fuel....manage to whip it out but its knackered....got it running but car not happy did about 5 flyin laps.....suprised everyone.....good old trusy was on hand so the m3 did £90 fuel in also ollie was there in his evo 580whp....fastest car i have ever been in proper power machine and put the power dwn so well...:agree: gonna fix 5 glen got spare unit...and will do another trackday nxt week or week after need to give it some pain.....:)

sounds like an eventful day fella at least it nothing serious that stopped the fun ;), and iv also been in a near 600bhp whp evo and id agree they are some weapon and get the power down so well.

[jaffa]

sounds like an eventful day fella at least it nothing serious that stopped the fun ;), and iv also been in a near 600bhp whp evo and id agree they are some weapon and get the power down so well.

got a couple of go pro cam vids massive files so will get em on asap see how quick the 5 is on the straights :cool:btw the evo touched 145mph at oulton!!!!:eek:

[BluntyR5GTT]

got a couple of go pro cam vids massive files so will get em on asap see how quick the 5 is on the straights :cool:btw the evo touched 145mph at oulton!!!!:eek:

145mph:eek: thats some speed at oulton, defo get them vids up look forward to seeing them

[Steve H]

Good to see that you guys had a decent day with us on Friday even if slightly more eventful than some of you were counting on :wasntme:

Sadly my car retired with a gearbox leak mid-morning but with great weather and a wide range of cars on track all playing nicely it was still a really good day and nice to see some 5s out on circuit.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/DSC_3774.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/XSP_5058.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/DSC_3890.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/XSP_3976.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/XSP_4704.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/StevePH/Oulton%2002-03-12/XSP_4497.jpg

Our next outing at Oulton is on Nov 2nd, we've already booked the weather so I'll post details up nearer the time and hope to see a few of you there.

Cheers

Steve H

[Tony Walker]

Hey steve do you have any pictures of my 5 on the day?

[Gibbo69]

Hey steve do you have any pictures of my 5 on the day?

I have emailed the guy that caught the 720 but had no reply :(

[Steve H]

Sorry, the only 5 I've got is the orange one i posted.

[Tony Walker]

I have emailed the guy that caught the 720 but had no reply :(

Cheers :D

[Tony Walker]

wooooohoooooooooo caught on camera :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-PiF8HeBz0

[Gibbo69]

wooooohoooooooooo caught on camera :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-PiF8HeBz0

Ha ha ha ha !!! Lovin that ... Crackin spot mate

[Tony Walker]

It made the day, my dad was still buzzin today lol hes been thinking about getting his 6series finished or something smaller.

[Gibbo69]

Your dad and I were pissing ourselves ha ha ha !!!! Laughin now thinking about it :)

[Alex]

Ha ha brilliant!

[Tony Walker]

Your dad and I were pissing ourselves ha ha ha !!!! Laughin now thinking about it :)


Made the day really :agree: u can return the favour one day ive no doubt one of us will do the same :laugh:
(dont mention when i ended up two wheels on the grass in nearly the same spot) :agree:

[Gibbo69]

Made the day really :agree: u can return the favour one day ive no doubt one of us will do the same :laugh:
(dont mention when i ended up two wheels on the grass in nearly the same spot) :agree:

Won't mention that of course mate;)

[Tony Walker]

Heres a vid of me at 12.10ish, only just rebuilt engine so i was only running 11psi on a t28 lol plus i thought id goosed my turbo which ive since taken off and found ive got too much oil flow to the turbo? the return isnt getting rid quick enough :( im putting my one way valve back in and hopefully that will cure it. Anyway its only about 30seconds but thought id share it :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9zLKwS4PI&feature=share

[Tony Walker]

for some reason everytime i load it, its at a different time, just skip to 12 mins