Donington Open Pit on Friday 17th August

Post by **Jonmurgie** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:12 pm

Myself and a mate (in his 250bhp Type-R Elise) are going to Donington on Friday 17th for an open pit track day, wondered if anyone else fancies it?

It's with these guys: http://www.circuit-days.co.uk/

Event Name - Donington Park
Event Date - 17/08/2012
Event Format - open pit lane
Event Price - £239.00 (All Day)
Pit Garages - £30 to book in advance
Itinerary -Signing On 7.30 Briefing 8.30 Start Driving 9.00 Lunch 12.30 Start Driving 13.30 End Driving 17.00
Event Description - Open pit lane track day on the National circuit

Post by **sonny** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:07 pm

I did consider this actually.

2 days after Brands.

Post by **PJC** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:34 pm

Never done Donington Park not sure if I can make it then though

Post by **HYFR** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:50 pm

Pricey

Post by **PJC** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:51 pm

But is on a par with Brands GP.

Post by **Jonmurgie** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:06 pm

D_K wrote:Pricey

Seems trackdays are TBH, certainly gone up a fair bit since I last did them regularly!!

Silverstone GP for £425 anyone?!!!

Do love Brands and never done the FULL circuit but it's a long long way for me, would probably choose Cadwell over Brands for a long journey

Post by **PJC** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:09 pm

Did Brands GP a couple of year ago, not open pit lane but in three 20 minute sessions per hour, only had 80 mins on track all day due to red flags.

£495 for 80 mins, never again.

Post by **PhilT** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:56 pm

Any idea what the db limit is?

Post by **Jonmurgie** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:42 am

98dB drive by I believe, not great and hope I'm OK!

Post by **ASH555** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:30 pm

It is 98db, i was there last friday

I only paid £129 for the same type of day

Spotted an RS4 but to busy to say hello

Ash

Post by **Jonmurgie** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:40 pm

£139 - lucky you

Seen that as a last minute sale of a few places so a one off or "had to be there" to get that price

Post by **Jonmurgie** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:03 pm

Donington is one of my favourite tracks, up there with Cadwell, and the day didn't disappoint. The weather was a mix of rain dry spells, thankfully enough for the track to dry out for a few sessions. Car performed flawlessly though I did get black flagged 3 laps into my first outing due to noise (0.4 dB over the 98.0 dB limit!) so that put an end of flat shifting and to be on the safe side I shifted around 6k rather than 7k. Well, I did until the last session when it didn't matter if I got black flagged again so enjoyed some proper shifting and revs - and yep got flagged again at 0.5 dB over. I'm certain it was just the banging from flat shifting.

Loved the day though

Post by **sonny** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:35 pm

Amazing pics there mate. I still have not done Donny yet.

Post by **PhilT** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:49 pm

Donington is great. Real shame about the db limit, no chance of getting the GT-R round

Done many, many laps in the RS4 and loved it.

Post by **sonny** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:09 pm

PhilT wrote:Donington is great. Real shame about the db limit, no chance of getting the GT-R round

Done many, many laps in the RS4 and loved it.

Its a drive by limit only isn't it? However may creep on Phil if it got around cadwell ok.

Its good to see the RS4 on (B5 or B7) on track, being used what they was designed for

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