Looking forward to Brands on 20th. Looks like I have about 5 to 7 seconds :eek: a lap to find to turn in a good result this year.

Should be a good day out just hope its a little warmer than the same time last year.

Mark

So the practice days are separate to the race days and need to be paid for aswell, on top as the race days being dearer than last year??!! WTF :eek: :eek:

If thats the case then this year's grid could well be Badgerless.

I'm not a fan of the increase in costs this year, especially as we still don't know what they are, but last year there were no free practice days so this isn't another increase.

It's really just the availability of an organised track day for race practice if you choose to do it.

Apologies, had a re-read and it's referring to the Friday ones not the practice on actual race days! :rolleyes:

have a look at Hottrax racing webstie, most classes listed as £235 race entry, then you'll have the Friday on top of that if you want it (brands is £99).

If you did Sat and Sun last year, likley it'll cost a bit less, but then you'll only get 3 races not 4 ;)

Looks like it could be a budget breaking year as well :(

Mark.
Damn that VAT rise :mad:

Last year all in was £1166

This year looks to be £1880 (by the above reckoning)

Thats a 60% increase

It does seem from the Hottrax Motorsport website that a Round (2 days) is £235 as that is listed for all the other classes they are running. I won't go into the argument about Saturdays last year (I am sure most people - certainly the top 15 or so did them all). Cadwell Park last year cost me (with having to pay for Allcomers for extra Sat and Sunday morning practice) £302 for 2 days racing. If I had just done DD I think I am right in saying I would have saved £50, so £252. If Cadwell Park this year is £235, then unless I missed something, it is actually £20 cheaper (for the weekend) without even considering the fact we will have more tracktime (so is cheaper/lap).

Last year at Cadwell (if you check), by doing DD you got the following:
6 lap timed Practice Sat
2 x 8 lap races Sat
5 lap lap warmup Sun
2 x 8 lap races
Total 43 laps for £5.80/lap

Predicted 2011 you will get:
2 practices and warmup (assume at least 5 lapseven though this is an underestimate)
3 x 10 lap races
Total 45 laps for £5.20/lap (more laps for less money, and the practices are expected to be longer than I have assumed).

Fridays are a practice... like a trackday. Do it or not... it is up to the individual. At least we have the option of being there the day before, which is better than being there a week before when the conditions will be different and you have twice as much travelling.

Although we do have 14% more rounds and that doesn't include a possible discount.

So, adding 14% to £1166 gives £1332
If they offer a 10% discount for all rounds, we would pay £1,692, so only 27% more ;)

ALSO, you quote £1880, which would be 8 x 2 day races. According to the latest Provisional Calendar, we have 4 x 2 day and 4 x 1 day races. Let us assume (for a change - hurry up Kev) that a 2 day round is £235 and a 1 day round is £150, then the total would be £1,540, which with a 10% discount would be £1,386, so the equivalent of £46 more over the season........
..... but of course this is all irrelevant until we get some actual figures.