Track Day Insurance

ZR Stevo · Post by **ZR Stevo** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:53 pm

I'm lined up for a track day in april and would like to get some insurance sorted before, phoned loads of insurance companies today ant they just laughed. :cry:

Anybody know any companys?

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:09 am

They usually have specialist companies there on the day I think, so you can probably arrange it when you're there.

Jason36 · Post by **Jason36** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:34 pm

What trackday are you doing?

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:36 pm

I've always wondered if the trackday insurance is worth the money.
I mean, if someone hits you, are you covered?
If you aren't, how much are you wasting?

ZR Stevo · Post by **ZR Stevo** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:51 pm

Its in bruntingthorpe. Went to one a coupple of months nr horncastle.

Think i have the bug for it now

Jason36 · Post by **Jason36** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:52 pm

Try Competition car insurance on 01159 415255.

weirdjam · Post by **weirdjam** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:57 pm

With HIC i'm already covered for trackdays i just have to phone them the dates i go. Might be worth considering them come renewal time although i havent been on the track. Also what Grant says also makes sense most of the time you have gentlemans agreements!!

Jason36 · Post by **Jason36** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:57 pm

You want to get on a real race track, that's if anyone can afford it this year.

ScottC · Post by **ScottC** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:53 pm

Tomcats wrote:You want to get on a real race track, that's if anyone can afford it this year.

Why, whats happened?

HA54SYM · Post by **HA54SYM** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:42 am

Love going to trackdays, even though I never take part. Still hoping to get a cheap trackday car soon this year.

Ed

Jason36 · Post by **Jason36** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:52 pm

Jonathan Palmer has bought some race tracks and put hire charges up a few grand + insurance companies have put costs up as well.

ZR Stevo · Post by **ZR Stevo** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:29 am

I cant wait. Went around in my mates 205 and its so nice having no cars coming the other way and old grannies etc to worry about. I know my car is only a 1.4 but im sure i can keep up with some stuff and have some fun.

originalMJG · Post by **originalMJG** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:37 pm

Hi, rather than posting a new topic i did a search

found this topic and realised nobody really covered what i wanted to know.

Me and my friend had a thought that we could go halves on a track car, learn about tuning cars, learn to drive better, and get any temptations to go fast on the road out of our systems by going on the track instead.

We thought we could tow the car to the trackdays and then rag it round a bit each and it would be great, but I wondered if we need insurance? The car we would get probably would be uninsurable for on the road as were both nearly 18 with soon to be 1yrs NCB (not enough to insure many/any good cars).

Do we need track day insurance/is it a good idea? seein as on trackdays unless were complete idiots we shouldnt do anythin but get a puncture or maybe get some stonechips from goin in the gravel, so do we need insurance since we will just fix the car ourselves? (sorry if you think that idea is wrong, ive never been to track days just watched some clips, ive realised you can be pretty close to other cars but surely theres not that many occasions where people collide is there?)

Any help on this to set us straight with insurance or our general plan would be great....

Thanks guys

Neil F · Post by **Neil F** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:49 pm

Hi,

you shouldn't need any tax, or insurance for most track days, but it is worth checking with the organisers to any requirements they have. In general though as long as the car is in good nick you should have no problems.

Cheers

Neil

NZ Rover 220 · Post by **NZ Rover 220** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:06 pm

Tomcats wrote:Jonathan Palmer has bought some race tracks and put hire charges up a few grand + insurance companies have put costs up as well.

Last time I went down to Pukekohe Race Circuit, it set me back a massive 30GBP for the day. And for the last few hours, my 220 was the only car there so we had the track to ourselves

Gary

retro620ti · Post by **retro620ti** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:08 pm

yeah rub it in why dont you :cry:

GeraintUk · Post by **GeraintUk** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:15 pm

it's ok, life has a way of getting even.

so next time it happens that Gary gets an empty track, he'll probably crash into a cow or sheep, if the other burberry boys aren't bangin them in a field

lol lol lol

NZ Rover 220 · Post by **NZ Rover 220** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:37 pm

Hook, line and sinker. Knew it'd get a response like that :roflmao:

Gary

tomcat_nz · Post by **tomcat_nz** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:08 am

Last time I went to a track day it cost me about 30 quid ....

... plus whatever its going to cost to get my car back on the road! :roll: