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Single Seaters and Track Days
TimC - 3/9/05 at 04:59 PM

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

Golden Dragoon - 3/9/05 at 05:33 PM

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.

Triton - 3/9/05 at 07:12 PM

ummmm thought fitting cycle wings was ok, bet that has miffed a few people......rules!!!!!

niceperson709 - 4/9/05 at 02:25 AM

well what about building a locost that is say 6 inches narrower with a very small second seat ?

theconrodkid - 4/9/05 at 05:58 AM

a baby seat is still a seat

chrisg - 4/9/05 at 10:33 AM

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

chrisg - 4/9/05 at 10:39 AM

This

For instance.

Cheers

Chris

MikeR - 4/9/05 at 10:49 AM

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.

andylancaster3000 - 4/9/05 at 10:59 PM

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

MikeR - 4/9/05 at 11:04 PM

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.

TimC - 8/9/05 at 04:21 PM

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


Pembrey?

andylancaster3000 - 8/9/05 at 05:56 PM

quote:
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Pembrey?


Yup, did you guess by loo's?!! You should have been paying more attention to the cars!!

Andy

skydivepaul - 9/9/05 at 11:10 PM

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

gottabedone - 13/9/05 at 11:43 AM

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

greggors84 - 14/9/05 at 06:12 PM

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.

Jon Ison - 14/9/05 at 06:15 PM

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........

Jon Ison - 14/9/05 at 06:18 PM

http://www.donington-park.co.uk/circuit/

TimC - 16/9/05 at 03:57 PM

Thanks - my local track (Llandow) are looking into it for me too as I do so many days there.

Cheers