Ring Track Day

[edd666999]

Trackdays are around £450-500, but for that you get full track stewarding, open pitlane for 8hrs, no queuing, only cars ie. no bikes, lorries, buses, campervans etc, re-fueling on-site, some free tuition if you need it, sighting lap. They are the best way of safely doing the ring as most have experience and all get a safety briefing and rules to adhere to on the day.

Tourist days are a free for all and are more daunting than an organised trackday if you haven't been before.

The link below is the one I've been to before.

http://www.destination-nurburgring.com/dates

Or Circuit-Days have one too..

http://www.circuit-days.co.uk/nurburgring.asp

You should sell for a living  im sold! where do i sign

[Hurdy]

The thing that annoys me is that it only takes one d!ck to total his shed of a car or spill oil from a leaky old tugboat on a tourist day and the track can shut for a long time. On a trackday the people seem more responsible and the cars are better looked after and even the crashes that do happen are dealt with efficiently to keep the track open. For me it is worth paying the extra to do a trackday, but having said that I would still risk tourist days myself - it's the masochist in me

[rich83]

The thing that annoys me is that it only takes one d!ck to total his shed of a car or spill oil from a leaky old tugboat on a tourist day and the track can shut for a long time. On a trackday the people seem more responsible and the cars are better looked after and even the crashes that do happen are dealt with efficiently to keep the track open. For me it is worth paying the extra to do a trackday, but having said that I would still risk tourist days myself - it's the masochist in me

or worse...

[Top Cat]

Sorry if it is a pea roast. Came across this years tourist days for Nurburgring. Is it me or is there not as many as usual.  I reckon most of these days will be chocker.   

http://www.nuerburgring.de/angebote/fahrerlebnisse/touristenfahrten-nordschleife/oeffnungszeiten-nordschleife.html

[SteveP]

^^^ That's only up to July, so looks about the same as normal  

[MAT ED30]

Yeah looks normal

[chungster]

ooh good find TC - been waiting for that. 

[rex]

TC I came across this yesterday as I was thinking of planning the Ring+Spa trip.
There is an explanation for the dates: at the beginning of each year the opening dates are very few. For some reason they don't write all the open days. For sure they will add some dates as the days go by.
So, no worries!

Yesterday I also saw that the opening days for Spa are published: http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/track-activities-public-driving-experience.php
Most likely I will be going on the 1st of May, (along with a Ring trip) but I will open a new topic for that.

[Top Cat]

TC I cam across this yesterday as I was thinking of planning the Ring+Spa trip.
There is an explanation for the dates: at the beginning of each year the opening dates are very few. For some reason they don't write all the open days. For sure they will add some dates as the days go by.
So, no worries!

Yesterday I also saw that the opening days for Spa are published: http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/track-activities-public-driving-experience.php
Most likely I will be going on the 1st of May, (along with a Ring trip) but I will open a new topic for that.

Yes i was doubting that all the days missing could be for events, i am sure the people running the place would not miss out on tourist dosh. Cheers Rex. 

[tony_danza]

Last year they drip fed it month by month until about March, before the whole year's TF was scheduled.

[joesgti]

im in 

[tony_danza]

This is also a handy link, it's all the pre-booked events at the Ring this year - so you can pretty much work out where TF will be.

http://www.burgstube.com/Ringdates2012.pdf

[Neilgti]

I have just booked a cheeky weekend away 
Fri 30th March Hull Ferry
Sat 31st Travel to the ring and afternoon around the ring (tourist day) then Pistonklaus for a steak 
Sunday all day on the ring (tourist day) Then travel to Spa on the Night
Monday Open pitlane Trackday

I will also be going again later in the year for a closed trackday at the Ring and Spa again hopefully combine them in the same week ?
if anyone fancys a quick weekend away your welcome to tag along 

[Dw1]

Hi,
I am 100% up for a Ring + Spa organised track day back to back. I've never done Spa. It's been on my list for a while so its time to do it. I've done an annual pilgrimage to the Ring for the last 8 years, but have now decided no more Touristfarten for me, for all the reasons others have mentioned but especially liability.

Be very interested to know of a back to back trip. 

[Neilgti]

October trip will be for me, back to back Ring n Spa Closed trackdays 
And a quick trip begining of April

http://www.circuit-days.co.uk/attendees.asp?eventid=425
http://www.circuit-days.co.uk/attendees.asp?eventid=442