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

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

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 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... 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!!!...

[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 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

Steve H

PS, Cheers to Mart for posting this up for us

[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

[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... 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

[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

[Mattw]

Well up for this prob have funds end of next month, what will i need never done a trackday before ?? (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

[Mattw]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..
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

[Tony Walker]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..
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

[car.crash]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..
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 it's not alot but there's some it's all clean under there now not like last time

[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

[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

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

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

[Mart]

Well up for this prob have funds end of next month, what will i need never done a trackday before ?? (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????
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

[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

[THE MASTER]

Hi steve cheers for the info really looking forward to it now better get looking for a helmet..
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

[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

Cheers mate ill have a look,

[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

[Gibbo69]

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

[Steve H]

[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

[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

[Tony Walker]

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

[Steve H]

[Gibbo69]

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

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 .

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.............