Equipment

Your license, helmet and car will generally be inspected by the marshals onsite throughout the day you are on track. This can range from things like damage to your helmet or vehicle or even the noise levels coming from your vehicle. Usually you should have nothing to worry about unless your car is in a dangerous condition and/or is quite loud.

Fluids

Fluids are an important part of keeping your car running, making it safe and also getting through a track day without causing any incidents. Spilled fluids such as oil and coolant can be dangerous to yourself and others, causing a skid risk. This can mean that you or someone else could have a serious crash, injury or other various problems such as losing out on track time due to clean up as well.

Track day organisers will generally remove your car from the circuit if they spot any fluids leaking from it. This can also block your car from leaving the paddock areas if fluids are left behind and spotted by a Marshall. You should always prep and check fluids before going to a track day as well as during the day. More so to make sure your car is safe, but also safe for others around you out on circuit.

Time

Generally events in the UK will remain the same across the board and they will start allowing you to enter circuits around 7:30pm. This will give you until around 9am to sign on as a driver. Have your license checked, get your car unloaded of tools, and ready to go out on circuit. You will generally have a sighting lap at the beginning of the day at 9am. This will be lead by a marshal car keeping a reasonable pace. This allows all drivers, new and experienced to look for marshal posts, learn the layout of the track, and to look out for gaps in barriers to move your vehicle off track - if anything bad were too happen.

Lunch times can vary but can more than likely be 12pm to 1pm or 12:30pm to 1:30pm. During this lunch hour you can leave the circuit and get your food. You can eat food you have brought from home, or you can order food generally at the onsite canteen. Some foods require you to have made the order in the morning during your preparation time. Between 7:30am and 9am. Signs should be posted outside the canteen around these times along with menu boards to allow you to process this information and decide if you may want to order something. Smaller items of food and selection are and will be available however if a canteen is onsite during the track day. Quantity may not be guaranteed however based on how busy your track day may be.

Your track day will then continue as normal with no sighting laps usually after lunch time. The only time sighting laps may be required after lunch, is if the layout of the circuit is changed in the afternoon. Your organiser should communicate this with you upon booking and in your briefing however. Generally the only circuits that do this is Anglesey and Blyton Park, in the winter months. This can range however, so always check what you are booking and what layouts are being used throughout the day.

Once your afternoon session is completed around 5pm. You will then be expected to clean up your food, tools and any mess you may have left during your day out. Please respect all staff members, circuits and marshals throughout the day and at the end of it. We all are human and expect the facilities we used to be clean and respected for the next day. Remember to check your tyre pressures before leaving as well as any damage to your tyres to make sure that your car remains road legal, whilst driving back home.

Other Drivers

Everyone is expected to read the brief supplied by the organiser and has to adhere to the rules stated in this brief. It should be emailed to all participants and required to be digitally signed. This should be checked at the beginning of the day by the head marshal on site. No car or driver should receive a sticker or wristband unless these checks and confirmation has been provided. 

What does this mean? It means that all cars and drivers should therefore know how to drive safely on the circuit. They should know and respect all flags shown at them for safety purposes. You as a driver should also know, show and understand the above. 

Other drivers on circuit will always be told to overtake on straights and not in corners. This is due to safety and the fact that organisers state that you are not racing on this track day. You are just pushing the limits of your car safely. The majority of track day organisers do not allow timing and therefore everyone on track days should not be pushing beyond their limits to go faster whilst other cars are in the car on circuit. This can be dangerous for everyone involved and a liability for the circuit with their insurer. Based on the above, if a car is trying to pass you, they will more than likely be faster or more experienced than you may be. DO NOT, block the other car. Remain predictable in your driving style. Indicate and allow the other car to pass if they are trying to pass. The opposite also would be evident too yourself. Remain consistent in your driving when overtaking someone. Look for indication that the car you are trying to overtake is letting you and seen your vehicle. Do not try to pass in corners or if you are not passing quick enough to make a braking zone, corner or off the circuit neither.

At the end of the day, all drivers including yourself do not wish to have an accident or any sort of collision with another. Respect one another, have fun and remain safe. If you have any issues during your time out on track, then please speak with a marshal to resolve the situation. This can mean that an unsafe driving is either removed from the day or they are asked to calm down the way they are driving. This makes the track day safer for yourself, everyone else and may also stop the offending driver from causing damage to themself or own vehicle as well. We do not recommend directly confronting another driver as this may result in conflict and/or unnecessary arguments, violence or unpredictable track behaviours.