| ESS Pace days.
Just thought you might like to see this post of the Throttlemonkeys site. Not the extra £15.00 for transponders and ESS club to view your times.
Didn't like it at all to be honest. There was a long and strict briefing followed by a huge queue to sign on as you can't do that until after the briefing, then another queue for the transponders You have to pay £15 extra to hire a transponder and bracket, in cash, on the day too, which I didn't think was right. The days are already more expensive and based on the timing for safety aspect, so you should be given them really.
We were told that after the groups had started going out that you wouldn't then be able to go on track. First session people turned up late despite having an hour to sort themselves out after the briefing and they were let out. They caused the first crash of the day about a lap and a half into our first session Wasn't impressed.
The lap time thing was helpful in that you got put with people your speed, but it did encourage you to push fairly hard to keep pace or get by the others on your row So not entirely safe really! We only got timed for grid positions during that first session which was stopped and the session before lunch. If you want to see your actual times you need to pay another £15 and join the ESS club Times aren't available until 48 hours after the event, so they're of no use during the day.
The grid thing was explained one way in the briefing, then laid out a completely different way when we got to it, so we got a bollocking for not knowing what we were doing Each time we went to go out we were held for ages, so tyre warmers were completely useless for anyone who had them.
The only good thing about the day was that the instructor I used was very helpful. In the future I'll stick to conventional days, cheaper, just as much fun and no faffing about!  | 
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