Ducati Sporting Club UK > Sport > Trackdays & Race Schools > Oulton, next Tuesday?

[Felix]

Anyone going to have a play there? I desperately need track time, so a mate and I will be going. I think it's with the circuit themselves, MSV I suppose. I haven't been to Oulton for a while. What the crack with noise control there these days. It is a noisy day. Anyone know?

[JPM]

Felix,

I'd love to join you but boss is away and I'm running the show for a week so can't get any time off

It'll be 105db I've yet to do a quiet day at Oulton in 5 years, if you're worried you have a few options, they test one the first session only (usually) so either miss the first session and then ignore them when you go through they'll assume you've already been tested or when they ask you to rev it to x revs only rev to around 3K as they're behind you with the noise meter they can't see the rev counter..

[Felix]

Thanks, Jon. With the boss being away, I'd have thought it would be the perfect opportunity to skive.

Seriously, though, thanks for the advice. Do they have any noise metering on the track, like on the start-finish line? Do the "noise police go home" after the first session, or do they monitor the track all day.

At Croft last Monday, I was OK but suspect it's because the exhaust exit faces away from the pit wall. At Oulton it's the opposite.

[JPM]

Ah not the boss as in Claire, but the real boss in the office here unfortunately

There's no static noise testing like say Donington, it's all done in the holding area within the paddock, they do hang around for a bit if they know someone's failed and they're trying to botch something up to get them through but like I said the last 2 days I've done there it's been wet in the morning so I've missed the first session and just cruised by them without hesitation so I am guessing they assume I've been tested already.

Also there's no track side noise testing full stop at Oulton.

[Felix]

That should work then, cheers, Jon.

[Ray]

Not seen the noise police out on track as it were at Oulton or similar setup to Donny with a mike on the start finish straight.

Must admit the noise mularkey can be a bit of a lottery all sorts of factors outside yer control can affect the reading, proximity of buildings, background noise.

Who does the test? Circuit staff or local environmental bods from the council.

The MSA used to employ Noise officials who knew their stuff and had set guidelines to work to regarding the test, i.e. open area for so many metres around the test area, standard distance and angle from the exhaust outlet for noise meter to be held and so on but this was just for a static test.


A "drive by" test is a different ball game but only Donny and Goodwood are set up for this AFAIK. Other circuits rely on the MK1 ear drum out on the circuit to decide if a static test is called for if noise is a concern.

Ray.

[Felix]

Does anyone know if Oulton has a track side timing beacon, which side it's on, and whether they usually leave it on for trackdays? Cheers.

[JPM]

Originally Posted by Felix

Does anyone know if Oulton has a track side timing beacon, which side it's on, and whether they usually leave it on for trackdays? Cheers.

Pass.... I think there is but as I haven't got a laptimer etc I really don't know

[andyb]

Originally Posted by Felix

Does anyone know if Oulton has a track side timing beacon, which side it's on, and whether they usually leave it on for trackdays? Cheers.

I understood it that as part and parcel of it being a track day there could be no timing allowed for insurance purposes.....

[BDG]

Originally Posted by Felix

Does anyone know if Oulton has a track side timing beacon, which side it's on, and whether they usually leave it on for trackdays? Cheers.

Before JPM says it, a calender works well for me