Every year we have an exiges.com trackday. It’s an event that many of us look forward to, catching up with friends and enjoying using our cars in their natural habitat. If you’re new to the community, it really is an event to try and get to and you’ll be made to feel more than welcome.
As many of you know, we can’t secure our the usual venue of Anglesey on Good Friday.
I’ve been exploring a number of options. It needs to be a weekend date in the spring at a reasonable sized circuit where we won’t get in trouble with noise.
We have x3 options :
1) Anglesey : Easter Monday (2nd April) 2) Spa Francorchamps : end of March 3) Rockingham : March/April date tbc
The Anglesey date could create logistical challenges for some as it would mean travelling on Easter Sunday. Other than that I’d hope that the usual formula could apply albeit shifted to the other end of Easter Weekend. Many of us have historically taken a day off on Thu to travel and then stay two nights. For those wanting to do same, the day off moves to the Tue to accommodate post-track-day beers on the Mon night.
Spa is truly epic. This would not be an exiges.com exclusive but everything about Spa is on such a grand scale it would not matter. I would try and secure a preferred hotel rate and a vehicle-transport option. One year we MUST go to Spa, is 2018 the year?
Rockingham is the least formulated plan but I’m putting it out there as an option to think about.
We’re gonna have to move fast so can I ask you to fill in the quick survey below. Just do it based on your current feeling as I know the details are currently a bit sketchy.
Quick off the mark here, Ben.
Thanks for all your efforts.
I’d favour Spa as I’ve never been there, but also have a Folembray LoT/Nyloc trip fixed and possible outing to Hockenheim for the Jim Clark weekend so cost of Spa outing might have a bearing on my decision.
Date is more important for me so that i can bring the family and make the whole trip into a holiday.
Anglesey has worked out great for this so is my preference on the above options.
Just a thought, but what about Croft if the others are not possible?
Ben, thanks for putting in the effort, I have done the survey, I will do my utmost to make any day regardless as it is the track day of the year for me.
Having driven Spa, all other UK tracks seem ‘boring’… except perhaps Anglesey!
Ben mate, I would keep it historical, keep it at Anglesey. A great track, laid back location, good food, pubs and accommodation options. Plus it’s ‘easy’ access for most peeps.
Spa IS a totally a MUST visit if you have an Exige. But for the ‘annual’ Exiges TD, I would say no.
For me the real beauty of the Anglesey TD is that so many of us regularly get to go. If it moved to Spa, as great as that circuit really is, I just don’t think anywhere near the numbers of people could make it.
Rockingham is a handy location, but nowhere near as thrilling as Anglesey.
Thanks for organizing this Ben, I know you are very busy. Spa can’t work for me but the other two can. Rockingham at Easter is fun if its cold and wet, " it’s more slippery than a bucket of eels in olive oil" - to quote the instructor. It does have the added attraction of a skid pan which is great, especially in a Lotus, I managed most of the length of the pan sideways. These days it has a decent cafe in place of the burger van.
I’m content with my response to the survey but I think there is a lot to be said in favour of Anglesey.
It is a great venue for most people although it involves a few mammoth drives for some (unless you live close at hand) which can be an event in itself.
I can do Spa at a time and date that suits me in the future so I think we should keep the exiges.com “ family” together and go for Anglesey again
Thanks for contributing guys! I’ll do a roundup of the survey and comments from there and this thread at the weekend. In the meantime,…if you’ve not already,…please spare 60seconds to :
We would be happy with any date or venue! Unfortunately I don’t think the car will be ready in time, have given darren an end of April deadline to get the car ready.
