Driving Experiences

A free driving day at Silverstone race circuit is available to driver aged 55 or above or who have over 30 years driving under their belt.

The event has been organised by the Casualty Reduction Partnership and is funded by the Rightracks project.

What it entails is a half day course at Silverstone race circuit that will allow the participants to drive on skid pans and try out ABS braking in a safe controlled environment. There will also be doctors and opticians present to check over the drivers and the Regional Driving Assessment Centre will also be there to help answer any questions and offer up advice to those taking part.

The available time slots are: 9.30am-12.30pm or 1.30pm-4.30pm and it will take place on Tuesday 13th April 2010.

Anyone wanting to book a slot on this free Silverstone driving day can either call 01604 654406 or email roadsafety@northamptonshire.gov.uk

If you want some free tickets to the Opening Round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch then there is a free competition you should take a look at trying to win.

The Daily Mail are running the competiton to win the 5 pairs of free raceday tickets for the BSB Cha,mpionship as it has it’s opening round at Brands Hatch on the Easter Weekend of 2-5th April.

It is a really easy competition  and all you simply have to do is email the answer to the following question.

Where will the opening round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship take place?

a. Brands Hatch
b. Snetterton
c. Oulton Park

Email your answer to sportcomps@dailymail.co.uk with the subject box being “SUPERBIKES” to be in their inbox before midday on Monday March 29th 2010.

What do you get if you cross a Lambrghiniorghini with a ski slope?! Lot’s of powersliding fun is the answer.

The following is a video that was done by “Reiter Engineering”, a tuning company used to turn Lamborghinis into race cars, that basically shows them using a ski slope they rented for the day to clown around on in their heavily modified Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo Strada.

We suggest your tuen your speakers up and enjoy the sounds that this beatuy makes as it powers over the white stuff.

It is actually impressive stuff seeing a supercar like this powering up a snow covered ski run, not many cars could manage such a feat!

Some youngsters are learning to drive at the age of just 11 but there are pros and cons to this.

There are numerous “Young Driver” or “Early Drive” companies about who will teach youngsters the basics of driving a car before they are at the legal age to drive a car on the road at 17.

Youngsters, as young as 11 are able to get behind the wheel of a dual control car and learn how to drive it at specialist courses set up for those too young to drive legally on the road. The courses cost around £55 per hour and take place not on the public roads (as this would be illegal) but on private land with a qualified instructor also in the car.

The venues that these early driving experiences take place at include some of the various race circuits around the country.

What is more, for some the early drive experience can take a twist and it is possible that on a youngsters first day of being behind the wheel of a car they could find themselves having a Ferrari driving experience or to be doing some rally driving as there is also driving experiences that will allow youngsters to do this.

The issue that some have with standard early drive lessons is that although a child or young person may be able to do the basics to drive a car they are probably not mature enough or ready to understand what it is like to drive on the real roads.
Some argue that some youngsters will not take as many real driving lessons when they are aged 17 or above if they have taken an early drive course and instead rush through to pass their driving test instead of having a full learning process when they are able to legally on the road.

Others argue that the early learn driving experiences are good and that it will give youngsters a basic understanding and be ready to fully learn the more important parts of driving when they come to learn for real.

The 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) race calendar has been revealed showing the 10 race weekends that are to take place in this years championship.

The race days for each round of the British Touring Car Championship for 2010 are listed below:

4th April 2010 – Thruxton

25th April 2010 – Rockingham

2nd May 2010 – Brands Hatch GP

6th June 2010 – Oulton Park (View other Oulton Park events for 2010)

20th June 2010 – Croft

8th August 2010 – Snetterton

22nd August 2010 – Silverstone

5th September 2010 – Knockhill

19th September 2010 – Donnington Park

10th October 2010 – Brands Hatch (View other Brands Hatch events for 2010)