TimC
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| posted on 3/9/05 at 04:59 PM |
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Single Seaters and Track Days
Found out today that you cant do track days in a single seater (even with cycle wings.) Apparently it's due to a clause in the public liability
insurance and is an industry wide issue.
What a gutter - kind of ruins plans for new project.
Anyone heard of this before>
Cheers
TC
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Golden Dragoon
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| posted on 3/9/05 at 05:33 PM |
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I belive the disalowing of single seaters at track days was mentioned in the discovery channel series a racecar is born, that I watched not long ago.
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Triton
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| posted on 3/9/05 at 07:12 PM |
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ummmm thought fitting cycle wings was ok, bet that has miffed a few people......rules!!!!!
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niceperson709
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 02:25 AM |
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well what about building a locost that is say 6 inches narrower with a very small second seat ?
Best wishes IAIN
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 05:58 AM |
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a baby seat is still a seat
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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chrisg
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 10:33 AM |
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Maybe that's why Tiger aren't selling more ERA's?
Quite a few people produce non road, track day only single seaters, are you sure about this?
Cheers
Chris
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chrisg
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 10:39 AM |
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This
For instance.
Cheers
Chris
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MikeR
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 10:49 AM |
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yep, i've heard this. It is all to do with the public liability insurance. If you include single seaters then ....... i could drive my ex F1 car
around the track at the same time as some one else is driving there 1600cc locost .........
its a recipe for disaster.
If you get your ards license you can often go to track "test" days.
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 10:59 PM |
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Would this be legal?..
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=2002_0901_123437AA.JPG
Its near as damn it a single seater but it was built as a 'sports car' so has an offset driver and tiny space for the passenger.
If its not, thats one project idea out of the window!
Andy
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MikeR
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 11:04 PM |
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i'd slap a second seat in that way there is no question about it.
If its road legal and has 2 seats its easy to prove, for track cars i think its more debateable therefore the harder it is to question the better.
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TimC
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 04:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andylancaster3000
Would this be legal?..
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=2002_0901_123437AA.JPG
Its near as damn it a single seater but it was built as a 'sports car' so has an offset driver and tiny space for the passenger.
If its not, thats one project idea out of the window!
Andy
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 8/9/05 at 05:56 PM |
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quote:
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Pembrey?
Yup, did you guess by loo's?!! You should have been paying more attention to the cars!! 
Andy
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 9/9/05 at 11:10 PM |
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You could try e mailing Colin who runs Javelin trackdays and ask him???
his contact details are::
Phone: 01469 560574
Mobile: 07070 101011
Fax: 01469 560581
Email: info@javelintrackdays.co.uk
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gottabedone
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Pistonheads have been discussing this. The general consensus was that your rich boys didn't like getting a stuffing in thier Lambo's by a
nutter is a single seater worth a tenth of the money!
There was some sensible stuff about closing speeds etc.
single seater track day stuff
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greggors84
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| posted on 14/9/05 at 06:12 PM |
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I'm sure alot of the rich boys still get stuffed by BECs that are about a tenth of the price.
I know alot of trackdays have restrictions on single seaters, but you may be able to find someone who runs a day for similar cars.
Chris
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/9/05 at 06:15 PM |
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Ive seen single seaters run at Donnington on track days, the ones organised by the circuit itself, think there called "trackzone"
checkout the donnington website.
There cheaper too........
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/9/05 at 06:18 PM |
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http://www.donington-park.co.uk/circuit/
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TimC
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 03:57 PM |
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Thanks - my local track (Llandow) are looking into it for me too as I do so many days there.
Cheers
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