N.B. this post is based on RWYB days at Santa Pod.
PRICE : http://www.rwyb.co.uk/tickets.php
It is £10 on the day to get onto site (£8 if you buy in advance)
To then register your car/van and you to use the track, all day, is an extra £25.
So, in total, to run all day it is £35. (Or £33 if you buy admission in advance)
To be a passenger on a run in your car/van, passenger registers and pay's an extra £10, to ride in any car/van willing to take them down the track, all day.
Not sure who would take a passenger, as it slows your times down. But some people do.
DATE : http://www.rwyb.co.uk/dates.php
We are looking for the first T17.club meet to be at Big-Bang on the 22nd April 2016
SITE : How to get there
Santa Pod Raceway
Airfield Road
Podington
Wellingborough
Northants
NN29 7XA
(Sat Nav Warning - If you are coming north up the A6 then Sat Navs are unreliable, please come off at Wymington, you CAN NOT get to Santa Pod via Souldrop or Milton Ernest.)
OK, so this map is good but one aspect is very misleading.
The road between the ticket booth and the right hand corner next to the first shop is a LONG way. Always confuses newbies if they have studied the map.
Pay you £10 per person at the ticket booth, drive the (surprisingly long) way along the Blue line to the Blue square.
Parkup (usually you are asked NOT to park in the Queue but near the Race Paddock, depends how busy it is)
Walk to the Sign On Office (S.O.O. - Under the starting gantry, on the fireup lane side)
Fill in a Sign On Form (Save time by filling it in before you get there. Get it here HERE!)
Show them your drivers licence and give them £25 (The do have card machines but cash is faster)
Return to your van, get into the queue.
Red line is the queue, where you wait side by side with others. N.B. the person you are next too may not be who you end up running with.
Purple line is the "Fire up lane" where you will be put into one of several lanes by the stewards. From this point onwards, pay close attention to the stewards.
This is when you can usually work out who you will be running with. But honestly, you shouldn't care as you will be concentrating on YOUR run and nothing else
You will pull forward till you come to a stop line. Wait till you are directed to come forward by the stewards, who will ask you to hold up your arm, so they can see your drivers band, which was given to you when you signed on.
Watch who else the steward beckons forward, which side of you they are on will let you know which lane you are running in.
... now follow my tips listed lower down
STRIP RULES :
- A full valid recognised driving licence is required to sign-on.
- Seat belt is mandatory for your own safety.
- Helmets required for all bikes and open top cars, and any vehicles doing 110 mph or more at the finish line. Arm straps required in open top cars.
- Bikers have to wear crash helmet together with appropriate motorcycle riding apparel. One-piece or two-piece zip-together suits are recommended, made from suitable materials. You may be suspended from using the strip if you are not appropriately dressed.
T-shirts and shorts are not safe items to wear on the track. EVEN IN A VAN! - Before you go on to the track you need to visit the signing on office to sign a declaration form and pay your signing on fee.
- Any nitro or methanol cars must give us at least 3 days notice if they wish to run at a Rwyb.
- Passengers must be over 17 years of age (photo ID required & £10 charge)
On a side note... make sure your vans are in a decent state to drive generally.
Stewards have every right to refuse you dragging if your motor is in a poor state.
The BIGGEST no-no that you will NOT be allowed on the track for is leaks.
Oil, water.... anything dripping from your van and you will not run. If you do and they have to prep the track again, you will be VERY unpopular with both the stewards who will have to spend time fixing the track and also every other racer who will have to wait while they fix the track.
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