How far would you travel to a track and why??

[RudeTony]

Like the heading says.....
How far would you travel to a track and why would you....

[The Pookster]

I'd like to vote for more than one.

[gnr racer]

Yeh, those options definately need more than one vote

[RudeTony]

I agree with you that more than one can be chosen but it's very important it's claer which people have the most importance to.
Its simple to say the best people with the best track and the best rostrum and so on.
Post here if there is anything you feel needs a mention - cheers all

[GRIFF55]

100 miles isn't that far maaaa, it is a shame you cannot select more than one

[racingdwarf]

Is this in genral just to have a race on a sunday? as doing nationals most do more miles than that each time.

I would travel a distance to a good meeting with a good track quite regularly....but not twice a month for club meets.

I live in norfolk and love rallyx at slough, good track good rostrum and a 300mile round trip

[ben]

Option 4 for me Nick! Got to have nice food..

[RudeTony]

This is for a good Sundays racing and not for a National event - I think the majority of people would travel for a National and whether the track, organisation, rostrum and so on are good is another matter.

[RogerM]

It's a hard one, I voted for more than 100miles if the track was ace.

There is a track in my regional series I really like but struggle to justify the 100miles in each direction I takes to get there for a regional event. That is why I've not been there in the last 2 seasons, even though it is one of my favorites.

I find the travelling really hard as I am always in the car on my own, usually having to leave not much after 5am, after getting up for work at about the same sort of time every day. By the time I get to the track I am usually tired, fed up and no longer looking forward to the day.

It used to be a 110mile round trip for me to PDA and going there on a wednesday night meant I was awake for about 21 hours on that day! I did it because it was a unique venue and that made it worth it.

I guess we should ask "what is Tony planning?"

[Welshy40]

Mmm good one. I would say an hour and a half is really the max for me, as its all down to being exhausted due to lack of sleep. Still I say that and im doing the Petit and thats a long drive (nothing compared to Griff's journey though)

[The Pookster]

Originally Posted by RudeTony

I agree with you that more than one can be chosen but it's very important it's claer which people have the most importance to.
Its simple to say the best people with the best track and the best rostrum and so on.
Post here if there is anything you feel needs a mention - cheers all

I'd travel for the combination of good weather and track, but not good track and bad weather, or good weather and bad track, if you get my drift.

[sldmodels]

I chose good organisation, as it should cover all the other good aspects of a meet. The furthest places I have gone, is West London, Swansea and Cardiff (I'm in Stafford).

[Danny McGee]

I'd travel as far as necessary if the weather was going to be good and the track was ace. I.E. Indoors

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by sldmodels

I chose good organisation, as it should cover all the other good aspects of a meet. The furthest places I have gone, is West London, Swansea and Cardiff (I'm in Stafford).

Do you even own a 1/10th off road buggy Sarah?

[simoncrabb]

Good racing and travel go hand in hand when you choose to live on the beach like me n Griff!

[/tobys]

100 miles round-trip or each way?

[sosidge]

I wouldn't travel any where near 100 miles for a club meeting.

I currently travel about 35 miles/50 minutes each way for a club night, and that is approaching my limit.

For nationals (which I have never entered outside of one that was held 15 miles from my home) you obviously have to be prepared to travel. For regional level meetings, I would maybe travel 2 hours each way on a Sunday.

[mole2k]

I travel 20 miles each way to my local weekly club then 55miles each way every other week to another club, that's all indoors. The nearest outdoors track to me is 115miles and I only really get to that infrequently as it's just me driving by myself, I would be much kore prepared to travel more with company.

[Gaz_Stanton]

I think the nature of the track defines how far I'm willing to travel. Comes down to Cost vs Enjoyment (and probability of)
If the track is great and weather cannot ruin it then I'm more likely to enjoy it more. The more I enjoy it the further I'm willing to travel.
I'd be happy travelling a couple of hours to a great track but probably wouldn't go to a crap one round the corner.

P.S. I think travelling thousands of miles to have the racing rained off is really taking the p1ss!

[sldmodels]

Originally Posted by Smartalec

Do you even own a 1/10th off road buggy Sarah?

err, what does it matter what car I have?