Club MSV trackdays / tommy hill academy

Fowlersrs · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Karma :

So far I've had the speed four out on Mallory Park and Castle coombe on taster sessions and it's something that's really got me hooked, especially after having the oppurtunity to follow Glen Richards @ Mallory. So I'm looking at doing some proper track days in 2013.

Now I see Club MSV do novice only days and sessioned days aswell, they look good value for money @ 100-150 for the day aswell, there is also the possibility of the tommy hill race academy thing too. Has anyone had any experience of these days? Are they good fun?

bikerstu · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Karma :

in my experience of msv they have always been helpfull and good fun. Seem to be better at keeping the novice groups just novice too which is better than some companies i have been out with!

Paullec · Nova Slayer Joined: 03 Sep 2012 Karma :

the track days are good with no limits, 3 groups as normal. As long as you dont get red mist there fun.

You have to get up early tho depending where your from.

Bomberman · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Karma :

I've done a novice day at Cadwell (with MSV). Had a really good day, the people were helpful and even though I was feeling tight and didn't want to pay for the one to one time, the instructor was happy to take me through why my overtake had taken me straight through Halls Laughing

The briefings they take you through before you go out and during the day seem to cover everything pretty well.
It was broken up into twenty minute sessions and there must have been six or seven (quite possibly more it kind of blurred Very Happy

) sessions so a good couple of track hours. Which was surprisingly tiring.
On the novice days you aren't split into groups though, so while I'm sure some were unimpressed with my GPZ I was equally umipressed with the litre GSXRs that slaughtered me on the straights but held me up badly in corners Mad

So you'll have good sessions and then annoying as bugger ones where you get that one guy who can't ride his brand new supersports round a car park let alone a track. That said, if you don't know the track or haven't raced that much this won't really be too much of a problem. Oh, there's no recording of times etc. so that may put you off.
And yeah, it starts early Laughing

Can't wait to go again Thumbs Up

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