On this thread I would be interested to hear what rules the track day orgainisers from around the world give out at drivers briefings. Are they club specific or track specific? This is not about test days or racing. This is about days when Joe Bloggs can pitch up in his car of almost any description, pay the track day organiser his fee and then go play.
In the UK...
The amount of cars on track is circuit specific. Goodwood either run 10 or 5 cars at a time for 5 laps depending on the days noise limits. Only when numbers get very low do you tend to find it becoming longer periods on track.
Other major circuits such as Donington, Silverstone and Brands Hatch have more cars on track. Donnington and Silverstone allow roughly 30-35 cars on circuit at any one time. At Brands if you are on the Indy circuit ie 1.2 miles the numbers are limited to 25 cars. Often these circuits use sessions of 1/2 hour on and 1/2 hour off. Evening track events are often open pit lane and overall car numbers are lower.
On overtaking in the UK the most common form is on the left only, only with the co-operation of the car being overtaken, not under braking into corners and not in a corner. Only a very small number of clubs have differing rules to this that I am aware of such as RMA (no rules at all!).
Noise limits are a constant issue. Generally on a noisy day if your car can pass a static 105 Db test at 3/4 rpm at 1m in a static test you should be fine. The quiet days run to 98 Db. At Silverstone there is generally no noise testing. Donnington has drive by meters set I think at 96 Db. Goodwood also has drive by meters but I can't remember what levels they are set to
My experience tells me that V8s have trouble with static testing but tend to be ok on drive by whilst 4 pot engines pass the static easily but can fail the drive by more regularly.
On my overseas track days, the Nurburgring has no rules that I recall and seems to be survival of the fittest! Very dangerous but fun place to drive.
In the USA at VIR there were no noise limits, only 6 cars on track at once and overtaking was not allowed in corners. Either side was however ok. I don't know if that was standard for all US track days or not.
What happens in your country? Or if you think I have missed out any UK rules please add.
In the UK...
The amount of cars on track is circuit specific. Goodwood either run 10 or 5 cars at a time for 5 laps depending on the days noise limits. Only when numbers get very low do you tend to find it becoming longer periods on track.
Other major circuits such as Donington, Silverstone and Brands Hatch have more cars on track. Donnington and Silverstone allow roughly 30-35 cars on circuit at any one time. At Brands if you are on the Indy circuit ie 1.2 miles the numbers are limited to 25 cars. Often these circuits use sessions of 1/2 hour on and 1/2 hour off. Evening track events are often open pit lane and overall car numbers are lower.
On overtaking in the UK the most common form is on the left only, only with the co-operation of the car being overtaken, not under braking into corners and not in a corner. Only a very small number of clubs have differing rules to this that I am aware of such as RMA (no rules at all!).
Noise limits are a constant issue. Generally on a noisy day if your car can pass a static 105 Db test at 3/4 rpm at 1m in a static test you should be fine. The quiet days run to 98 Db. At Silverstone there is generally no noise testing. Donnington has drive by meters set I think at 96 Db. Goodwood also has drive by meters but I can't remember what levels they are set to
My experience tells me that V8s have trouble with static testing but tend to be ok on drive by whilst 4 pot engines pass the static easily but can fail the drive by more regularly.
On my overseas track days, the Nurburgring has no rules that I recall and seems to be survival of the fittest! Very dangerous but fun place to drive.
In the USA at VIR there were no noise limits, only 6 cars on track at once and overtaking was not allowed in corners. Either side was however ok. I don't know if that was standard for all US track days or not.
What happens in your country? Or if you think I have missed out any UK rules please add.
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