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Davo
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Joined: 04 Apr 2004
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PostPosted: 14:39 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Another Trackday company pulls out :( Reply with quote
Just been e-mailed this:

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Hottrax Trackdays have pulled out of the UK Track Day business from October 2011 and closed
Hottrax Ltd. This does not affect our European Events or our Race Club at Hottrax Motorsport. All
of our European Events and Race Meetings will now be run under Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club
Ltd!

We have one event left this year with a track day group and that is Snetterton on 28th October.
This runs along side our test day and is just before our final round at Snetterton.

We have found that this year we cannot compete with other TDO's on price. We took pride in the
quality or our UK events but have seen that this is not enough in these days of rising fuel costs,
vat, circuit hire and insurance.

Hottrax will be acting as an agent for No Limits Track Days who we highly recommend. Any
vouchers or credits you may have with Hottrax Ltd are perfectly safe and can be used on our
European Events or Test Days or on No Limits Track Days as long as they are booked through us
at Hottrax Motorsport before the end of 2012.

The www.hottrax.co.uk web site has been migrated to www.hottrax-online.com as part of our
restructuring. Our email addresses have changed as well, please send any new mail to
info@hottrax-online.com. Any email sent to an address @hottrax.co.uk will be unread.

We hope this does not cause you too many issues and that you can update your bookmarks and
settings accordingly.

The racing web site is still at www.hottrax-motorsport.co.uk

Many thanks for everyone support in the past and good luck with your track days in the future and
by the way we still have 12 places left on our Track Event at Cartagena in November.
Check it out at www.hottrax-online.com

Dave and Karen Mabbutt

Best Regards


The Hottrax Team


A shame as Hottrax were one of the better TDO's out there
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MarkJ
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Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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PostPosted: 10:10 - 10 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sad times. I was going to try them out next year, too. Heard good things about them. Thankfully they've paired up with No Limits, who are also good (imo).

I hope this doesn't give FE more of a monopoly Rolling Eyes
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G
The Voice of Reason



Joined: 02 Feb 2002
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PostPosted: 10:51 - 10 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarkJ wrote:
I hope this doesn't give FE more of a monopoly Rolling Eyes

Indeed - the Microsoft of Trackday companies.

And of course they generally seem to make money by skimping on quality.
Saying that, I did do a day with them earlier this year and they weren't as bad a previously; but I'd still go for no limits given the choice.

I presume they're carrying on the racing stuff they've been doing from that, which is something at least.
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yankeedoodle
Nearly there...



Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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PostPosted: 19:26 - 10 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
what a shame

only did 1 track day this year, but really caught the bug and was looking at doing lots next year. had looked at doing a few events with hottrax so its a real shame
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MarJay
But it's British!



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PostPosted: 21:38 - 10 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this might be to do with MSV running their own trackdays. They are always going to be more competitive than a third party TDO...
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Gazdaman
I did a trackday!!!



Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: 22:56 - 14 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed a shame. The majority of trackdays I've done were with HOTTRAX.

But I suppose if it fails to turn a profit, you've gotta knock it on the head.

I still haven't found any issues with Focussed Events.

Gaz
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