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Old 27 Aug 2003, 14:42 (Ref:700727)   #1
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Circuit vs. Airfield

Which type of trackday do you prefer, the fact that you are driving on a real circuit, or that if you overcook it on an airfield, you won't bend anything?
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Is there any difference when some circuits have been made from old airfields?


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Old 29 Aug 2003, 10:17 (Ref:702488)   #3
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Yep, less things to hit!

I mean the difference between proper circuits like Cadwell, Brands etc, and airfields like Bedford Autodrome etc.

Which would you prefer to drive on?
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Old 29 Aug 2003, 13:36 (Ref:702666)   #4
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Yep, less things to hit!

I mean the difference between proper circuits like Cadwell, Brands etc, and airfields like Bedford Autodrome etc.

Which would you prefer to drive on?
I meant airfields such as Croft, Silverstone and Snetterton.

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Old 29 Aug 2003, 15:40 (Ref:702786)   #5
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Well, Hobson's point still sticks - tracks have more things to hit, even if it was once an airfield (like Sebring or Silverstone). Curbs, walls, pits, etc. rather than cones and bales.
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Old 1 Sep 2003, 07:43 (Ref:704539)   #6
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I guess airfields are ok but they don't have the same feel as driving a real circuit that has a racing history.

My vote is for circuits every time.
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whilst a circuit may have more things to hit it means you need to be abit disciplined at the end of a day we can all drive like loonies but to get aquick time round a circuit when you know amistake could cost you an expensive repair may be teaches you abit more about what skilled fast driving is really about
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I hear you, steve. Circuits provide you with the necessary mindset to prove your mettle. (Oooh, not my dad's car! He's gonna kill me!)
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