Race Circuit Training 2012 - Mallala July 23

[V35-2005]

I am pleased to announce a new trackday course to be run by John Bowe Driving at Mallala on Monday July 23. This course will sit between the Advanced Driving Course and High Performance Drive Days that I have promoted over the years.

This thread is to gauge member interest while I work out the finer details and costing with Dean at John Bowe Driving.

This an excellent opportunity to become familiar with driving around the Mallala race circuit with access to professional race car instructors across the whole day. It is a logical step up from the Advanced Driving Course events that I have staged and leads nicely into my annual High Performance Drive Day to be run at Mallala later this year on November 26 (that date is confirmed).

The Race Circuit Training course is designed for those who have already done the Advanced Driving Course that I previously organised with John Bowe Driving (August 2009 and June 2010). Those drivers who have attended my previous High Performance driving courses with JBD over the last few years (November 2009, March 2010 and November 2010) or have track experience are more than welcome to participate in this event.

This course will be less intense than the High Performance courses that I have previously run as you will not have as much one-on-one time with an instructor in your car as the instructors will be available to a larger group (the HP course has four drivers per instructor in a set group). It is designed to lead in to the High Performance Drive Day scheduled for the end of the year.

If you have been to trackdays as a participant and want to improve your driving with a professional instructor, then this type of driving course is for you.

If you have never taken your car out onto a race track, but are interested in learning how to drive at high speed on a circuit and are confident that you won't endanger the rest of us by being a complete noob (fully sik drifting doesn't count, bro), then this course may be for you. However, if you haven't done a defensive driving course or some sort of high speed driver training before, then this type of trackday may not be suitable for you. Sorry, but this is a safety consideration for everyone involved. John Bowe Driving and other companies do offer separate Level 1 defensive driving courses to get you started - please contact me or Heslo if you want more information on this. The SAU Advanced Car Control Course in September will be a good one to do.

If you fancy yourself as the next F1 driver, then I'm sure that Red Bull will be looking to sign you up to replace Vettel for their 2013 season - you'd better get back to waiting for that phone call.

No, we can't have spectators on the day as they are not covered by public liability insurance.

Pricing has yet to be 100% locked in, but at most will be $330 for Club Members. Pricing for non financial club members is $385. One of the benefits of paying your annual fee to be a financial member of this club is discounted track day events like this (a big discount for a small annual fee). For comparison the discounted cost of the High Performance course in 2011 was $365 for members and $465 for the general public.

Summary:

* 20 places available for SAU and SA Supra club members

* cost = $385 $330 for a whole day (0830-1630) of instructor led training

* theory session, track walk through, practice laps, then instructor led training

* relatively safe unless you're really stupid

* but no insurance cover for damaging your car (you participate at your own risk)

* includes morning tea + catered lunch

* there will be an ambulance crew there (just in case)

* you will need to bring your own (AS/ADR/Snell approved) helmet

* metal valve caps for tire valves are required

* fire extinguisher fitment is optional

* this is a supervised training circuit day with strict and specific rules.

* it is not a race session, nor is it a drift day.

* overtaking on corners or under brakes is not allowed.

* definitely no contact with another car's bodywork!

* everyone has the opportunity to go at their own pace

* no drifting

* no spectators

* no passengers other than the instructors

* a CAMS licence is NOT required.

Places are limited as usual - 20 cars in total for the day. You will need to be there from the start for the drivers briefing. It is not an open testing or tuning day.

Please register your interest here in this thread asap. Priority for places will be given to club members.

Cheers - Kim (V35-2005)

Attending:

Heslo

[heslo]

I'm in!

Anyone else who's even slightly interested, step forward. These are great days!

[Martin Donnon]

If its Dean as in Canto, he's a buzz to work with, and a real Skyline enthusiast, so hop to it!

[heslo]

Pretty sure that's the same Dean! Great bloke!

[V35-2005]

actually, it's a different Dean, so not Dean Canto

[V35-2005]

RACE CIRCUIT TRAINING ONLY $300

MONDAY 23^rd JULY 2012 – MALLALA RACEWAY

updated and confirmed pricing is $300 for club members (financial membership) but still $365 for non-club members

info from John Bowe Driving as follows:

Hi guys,

John Bowe Driving are excited to announce the expansion of our Race Circuit Training program to S.A. , previously this course has only been run at Sandown in Victoria .

Our Race Circuit Training program is designed to give our previous course participants an opportunity to get on track cheaper than our High Performance course and unlike a club day you will get more track time and have access to professional instructors.

Our usual High Performance course is $465 per driver, this ‘Race Circuit Training’ is only $300 per driver so it’s a significant saving. As we are inviting previous JB Driving course participants we have the ability to cut some of the briefings down to get people on track sooner and without a fully structured training format. We also include half day options which may suit some people although positions for half day are limited.

The Race Circuit Training program differs from the High Performance course in that it is more of an open track day style event and runs with a higher instructor/participant ratio, less detailed morning briefing, no circuit inspection, no timed laps, no written evaluation, no instructor driving you and no dedicated single instructor for the day.

So what’s the value of our Race Circuit Training program, well we understand that some drivers are at a level where track time is important and just a small amount of fine tuning from our instructors is required. This new program is the perfect fit for that objective and as with our High Performance course all vehicle types are welcome (must be road worthy).

SUMMARY

The Event: Race Circuit Training (incorporating Motorsport Tuners and Club Group track day)

The Date: Monday 23^rd July 2012

The Venue: Mallala Raceway

The Cost: $300 (full day),

$240 (half day) – limited spots available (AM session - 9:00 to 12:30pm, PM session – 1:00pm to 4:30pm)

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PM me or Luke (heslo) for the enrolment form to complete and return no later than 9^th July to confirm your booking. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

[heslo]

Anyone on here keen? These are useful days to have under your belt. Good driving experience to be had