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Who fancies a bit of karting?
I have been speaking with Castle Combe again about us having a GTG sometime in February. We can do the SkidPan again, but I get the feeling that it's a case of "been there, done that", so, as was mentioned at the time, what about hiring the kart track for the morning/afternoon/all day?
Let me just cover the SkidPan: that is obviously still available for 12 drivers a session, at c.£69 each.
The karting is available in two formats: endurance and grand prix.
Endurance is a team-based event, with a minimum of 6 teams. You can have as many, or as few, drivers per team as you want. For 1.5 hours actual track time, the cost is £150 per team. For 2.5 hours, £210. So, a team of three drivers over 2.5 hours @ £70 each = 50 minutes driving (whether your forearms can stand that is another matter!). I've done several endurance events before and they are massive fun. *Hugely* competitive too
Grand Prix is made up of:
Practice
4 qualifying heats on league basis
Semi-final for every driver
The winner of each semi-final qualifies for the Grand Final, and races for the trophies.
The grand prix event cost is £1225+VAT = £1439.38. The *maximum* number of drivers is 36, which works out at £40 each. Clearly, there's less driving in this format.
Here's my proposal (but only a proposal and would expect other's ideas):
1. Book the skidpan for 12 drivers for the morning session (I'm sure we can rustle up 12 and watching others demolish the scenery was almost as much fun as actually driving )
2. Book the endurance karts for the afternoon, giving 2.5 hours track time. Have teams of *three* drivers, but have the drivers randomly selected for the team out of a big hat, *on the day*!
Dates are dependant on many things, but it looks like we could have Sunday 27 February.
So, chaps and chapesses, what do you think?
I have been speaking with Castle Combe again about us having a GTG sometime in February. We can do the SkidPan again, but I get the feeling that it's a case of "been there, done that", so, as was mentioned at the time, what about hiring the kart track for the morning/afternoon/all day?
Let me just cover the SkidPan: that is obviously still available for 12 drivers a session, at c.£69 each.
The karting is available in two formats: endurance and grand prix.
Endurance is a team-based event, with a minimum of 6 teams. You can have as many, or as few, drivers per team as you want. For 1.5 hours actual track time, the cost is £150 per team. For 2.5 hours, £210. So, a team of three drivers over 2.5 hours @ £70 each = 50 minutes driving (whether your forearms can stand that is another matter!). I've done several endurance events before and they are massive fun. *Hugely* competitive too
Grand Prix is made up of:
Practice
4 qualifying heats on league basis
Semi-final for every driver
The winner of each semi-final qualifies for the Grand Final, and races for the trophies.
The grand prix event cost is £1225+VAT = £1439.38. The *maximum* number of drivers is 36, which works out at £40 each. Clearly, there's less driving in this format.
Here's my proposal (but only a proposal and would expect other's ideas):
1. Book the skidpan for 12 drivers for the morning session (I'm sure we can rustle up 12 and watching others demolish the scenery was almost as much fun as actually driving )
2. Book the endurance karts for the afternoon, giving 2.5 hours track time. Have teams of *three* drivers, but have the drivers randomly selected for the team out of a big hat, *on the day*!
Dates are dependant on many things, but it looks like we could have Sunday 27 February.
So, chaps and chapesses, what do you think?