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[rsg]

Right got prices back from Donnington..... Gulp....

August is FULL

September...

For restricted noise (under 98db) it's £12,000 + VAT (£14,100)

For unrestricted noise levels its £19,000 + VAT (£22,325)

I'd say Donnington is OUT, lol.

We'd get a marginal discount off of that by going through LoT, but it's still too pricey for us!!

[techieboy]

Right got prices back from Donnington..... Gulp....

August is FULL

September...

For restricted noise (under 98db) it's £12,000 + VAT (£14,100)

For unrestricted noise levels its £19,000 + VAT (£22,325)

I'd say Donnington is OUT, lol.

We'd get a marginal discount off of that by going through LoT, but it's still too pricey for us!!

Ouch indeed!

I've just left another message at Bedford Autodrome but fear Aug/Sep dates might be similar.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Right got prices back from Donnington..... Gulp....

August is FULL

September...

For restricted noise (under 98db) it's £12,000 + VAT (£14,100)

For unrestricted noise levels its £19,000 + VAT (£22,325)

I'd say Donnington is OUT, lol.

We'd get a marginal discount off of that by going through LoT, but it's still too pricey for us!!

Ouch indeed!

I've just left another message at Bedford Autodrome but fear Aug/Sep dates might be similar.

Donnington has a much higher profile than Bedford, surely!!!!!!!

We need to track down this mystery ex Vx'er. He might be the key!! Maybe I'll see how much LoT could do it for?

[james141]

Wow that is a lot! Why is it £8k more for unrisitrcted noise? Do they pay all the locals to keep quiet?

[Sutol]

Right got prices back from Donnington..... Gulp....

August is FULL

September...

For restricted noise (under 98db) it's £12,000 + VAT (£14,100)

For unrestricted noise levels its £19,000 + VAT (£22,325)

I'd say Donnington is OUT, lol.

We'd get a marginal discount off of that by going through LoT, but it's still too pricey for us!!

how many cars would you get. 100 cars = £140 which ain't bad!

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Wow that is a lot!

Why is it £8k more for unrisitrcted noise?

Do they pay all the locals to keep quiet?

how many cars would you get. 100 cars = £140 which ain't bad!

last year 50ish attended!!

Edited by JimmyJamJerusalem, 14 January 2008 - 04:32 PM.

[techieboy]

Why is it £8k more for unrisitrcted noise?

They'll only have a limited number of days when they can run unrestricted cars there. Prices go up for proper test days where teams/individuals are prepared to pay more for the privilege of testing their race cars. I guess!

Right got prices back from Donnington..... Gulp....

August is FULL

September...

For restricted noise (under 98db) it's £12,000 + VAT (£14,100)

For unrestricted noise levels its £19,000 + VAT (£22,325)

I'd say Donnington is OUT, lol.

We'd get a marginal discount off of that by going through LoT, but it's still too pricey for us!!

how many cars would you get. 100 cars = £140 which ain't bad!

I don't think we'll never get 100 cars signing up for the track portion and not sure whether 100 cars is even a workable number at Donnington without lots of shortish 10-15 minute sessions. They don't run that many at Bedford and the track is twice the length.

[siztenboots]

Kieron organised an evening at Donington last summer , 3 hours on track OPL, only around £70. This year the same event will be at a different venue , but I'll leave that to Kieron to update

[Tony]

not wanting to complicate discussions, but, anybody thought of Mallory park ? that's central I'll get my coat

[CocoPops]

More of a bike circuit isn't it?

[walkes]

This is why I suggested an airfield day, anyone got £14k lying around they want to cough up front. Bedford is going to be probably just as expensive.

[davemate]

one of the more novice friendly places like bedford would be a great idea. wide grass runoffs would save another national shortage of kitty litter

[Sutol]

does the national have to be exclusive to VX220, after all its as much a meetup as a track event. Would it be worth chatting with LoT and specifying that one of their track days say at Bedford would have a big influx of VX entries. They might even hold say 50 places specially for VX owners. Certain amount of commital would be required as we wouldn't want to let LoT down. If this has been discussed before i'll get me coat as well.

[Richy]

Mallory is sh*t for cars, can be a crash nightmare too... not muh room for error, especially for those that have never tracked.

New Anglsey looks great

yeah but you'd have more fun at pembrey

[SilverstoneVX]

More of a bike circuit isn't it?

I have raced at Mallory and many other circuits - it has its own "special charm" - it is certainly not a "kind" circuit - plenty to hit

Would be much cheaper to hire than Donnington I would presume.

My personal favourite is Oulton Park - just fantastic!

Edited by SilverstoneVX, 15 January 2008 - 12:23 PM.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Mirror = Rover Metro

My god...... Bedford during September== £25,000 + VAT

During August £16,000 + VAT

They might be dramatically reducing the noise restrictions too approx 85db...

I'm going to get hold of LoT.

[james141]

LoT are the way forward I think. They must pay less than that! otherwise they would not be able to run the days for the prices the do

[TankRizzo]

Talking to my mate at work about this, he asked if the VX lot had ever done RAF Wroughton....but I seem to remember Wroughton having a bit of a bad name for some reason. Anyone know why?

[Ash]

How about Brunters?