Track Days

MonkeyPlate – Social Media For Cars

November 28, 2011

If you’ve never heard of it, here’s the skinny on this exciting new way to get in touch with other petrolheads: Launched in October 2011, monkeyplate.com is a clever website that lets car fans connect in the real world and share online, with the innovative use of customised stickers displayed on members’ rides. An online [...]

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Megane Renaultsport 265 Sets New Record At Nurburgring

June 17, 2011

Renault Sport has shown just why their hatchbacks keep winning awards in a number of categories – the new limited edition Mégane Renaultsport 265 Trophy set a new benchmark time for a production-specification front-wheel drive car at the Nürburgring’s infamous Nordschleife circuit. The time set was an extremely quick 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Laurent [...]

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Porsche Driving Experience

September 15, 2010
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If you’re taking a look at the various driving experiences available to you, you might want to investigate the Porsche driving experience. This car manufacturer has been building high-end vehicles for many years and there are various models of the car available to be taken out on a closed race circuit and driven at high [...]

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The British GT At Knockhill (Part 1)

June 23, 2009

I’m fairly confident in saying that whilst this is certainly not the last time I’ll be attending the British GT as it was some bloody brilliant motorsport (GT3 and a couple of GT4 cars in case any of you were paying attention or were actually there), I can safely say that it’s the last time [...]

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A Track Day At Elvington Circuit (Part 3)

April 20, 2009

This is part 3 of my track day experience, you can read part 1 here, and part 2 here. I was due to drive the Ferrari F430 Spider convertible, but unfortunately due to timings I couldn’t actually make it for this one.  Instead though, I was offered the Ferrari Challenge Stradale – a lightweight, extremely [...]

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A Track Day At Elvington Circuit (Part 2)

April 4, 2009

This is part 2 of my track day coverage from Elvington – you can read part 1 here. There’s nothing quite like looking at a Lamborghini in the flesh as it were.  Even compared to the next-fastest (and expensive) piece of machinery I’ve driven – a Subaru Impreza WRX for the record – it was [...]

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A Track Day At Elvington Circuit (Part 1)

March 30, 2009

Now that we seem to be having some sunny (if not warm) weather, there’s nothing better than going along to a track day – especially when you’ve been given the chance to drive both a Ferrari and a Lamborghini!  It’s with this in mind that I thought I’d give you all a write-up of my [...]

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