07 Jul 2017
This is not a track day but a Starter Experience - an event for you tohave fun in your car, increase your driving skills, gain confidence inboth your own and your car’s abilities and meet other like-minded MGowners.It is designed for absolute beginners or novice track day drivers whowish to gain confidence before venturing onto a race circuit. It allowsyou to explore your car’s handling in a safe environment and to gainconfidence under the watchful eye of a performance driving instructor.Numbers are limited to just 23 cars and only one car is active on eachexercise at a time, minimising any risk to car or driver. Unlike previous years there is now a static nouse restriction of105dB (which is pretty loud) measured at 75% full revs at 0.5m from thetailpipe. All cars will be tested before being allowed to take part. Ifyour car is used as a road car, it will almost certainly not have anyproblems passing but if you are in doubt, please contact Dave Pearce - DaveP@MGs-on-Track.co.uk. .After a group introduction and explanation of the day ahead, we beginwith the high-speed bend activity. This mimics the situation of suddenly arriving at a bend when you are going too fast, the idea being to getaround it under control and without spinning! Of course, being able toexperience car control on a huge patch of tarmac is part of the fun andthe experience. The instructor will encourage you to approach the bendfaster and faster until you do reach this limit – he will then explainwhat to do to avoid the spin and you can go out and try it for yourself.Once everyone has made some progress with this the day moves on to twoconed circuits providing an opportunity to try out your new found skills and explore the capabilities of your car.All of this is great fun, but of course is designed to give you theconfidence to come away from the day with new skills and book your first track day.It is therefore intended for TRACK DAY FIRST TIME & NOVICE DRIVERS ONLY.No experience is required. No helmets are required. Just you and your car. For further information, please email Dave Pearce DaveP@MGs-on-Track.co.uk The MGCC member price will only be given if you have entered your membership number in your website profileHERE BEFORE booking your place.
Instruction
We encourage all drivers to take the opportunity of instruction with our Association of Racing Drivers Schools (ARDS) Grade A qualified instructors. We strongly advise all levels of experience to take advantage of this. Please note we are unable to provide more than two instruction sessions per car. Any additional booked will have to be cancelled. We regret that instruction is not available in cars which are not fitted with seatbelts.
Coaching
MGoT is pleased to offer an opportunity to develop specific areas of your driving skills to increase your track day enjoyment. Before you spend any more cash on improvements to your car consider this. MGoT will now offer drivers, dedicated, one-on-one coaching with an ARDS instructor for your entire afternoon track time. Places are very limited and the cost is an unbelievable £50! Book and pay at the same time you book your place by selecting the coaching option.
Helmet Hire
We have helmets available to hire on a first come, first served basis and these can be booked online at the same time as you book your place.
Second Drivers
You can book to bring along a second driver but we can only allow one additional driver per car. The second driver must sit as passenger during the sighting laps and then perform their own sighting laps at a lower speed during their first session on track. If your second driver's experience is significantly different to your own, please discuss this with our event manager.
Passengers
Passengers are free, bring as many as you like but only one in a car at a time. Please either enter their names when you book or email the event manager to let them know.
Details about the day
We will email an event guide with final instructions about a week before the event. Please read it carefully when it arrives. The event guide will also be posted in the forum. This day is open to MGs and compatible marques. Please contact the Event Manager listed at the top of this page to ensure your non-MG is considered compatible. We reserve the right to cancel non compatibles.
Cars must be road legal and comply with current MoT legislation where appropriate (or be of MoT standard for race and track-only cars). Drivers must bring their FULL driving licence to sign-on. Failure to do this may mean you will not be allowed on track.
Booking is only through this website
You need to be logged into the website to see the "Book Me" button. Use this to make a secure, online payment to guarantee your place and extras. Debit and Credit Cards are the only form of payment methods we are able to accept.
The MGCC member price will only be given if you have entered your membership number in your website profile HERE BEFORE booking your place. We cannot give retrospective refunds for this.
At our discretion, we will occasionally take bookings from MGoT members who have compatible cars other than MGs. Anyone wanting to book a non-MG should CONTACT US by phone or email. The online booking system is reserved for MGs or Rovers only.