Rockingham
Driving Experience Day
Date:
Tuesday 19th October 2005
Time: 8.30am - 1.30pm
Location: Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire
Vehicles: BMW M3, BMW 1 Series, BMW Z4, BMW Single
Seater, BMW X5
 I
had been invited along to a driving experience event at Rockingham
Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire. The day (8.30am-1.30pm)
had a jam packed schedule which would give me the opportunity
to try out a number of different cars on a number of different
circuits.
Before
I set off I made sure I had was wearing suitable clothing
and footwear. You want to make sure you have flat narrow heeled
shoes/trainers and are wearing trousers and a long sleeved
shirt/top.
After
giving myself plenty of time to set off in the morning I arrived
around 1 hour before we were due to meet at the venue, much
prefer to be there early that miss out on anything (that's
my first tip for anyone planning on doing a driving experience,
make sure you are there in plenty of time, the last thing
you want is to be caught up in traffic or to be stressing
about not getting there until the last minute). The venue,
Rockingham Motor Speedway, was easy enough to find with directions
signposted when you start to reach close by.
When
you turn up there at the main entrance you have to drive down
the and park up behind the main Grandstand, you can't miss
it, it's huge and has a big BMW sponsorship over it (The venue
itself is actually sponsored by BMW and you will start to
realise that when you see the cars we got to drive). As you
drive down though if you look to your left there is part of
the 4x4 Off-Roading circuit that you will be able to see.
Just
to note that this driving experience day was not like any
other your can book, it was designed as a taster of all the
different activities available so where as on a standard driving
experience day you will stick to maybe 2 cars and get plenty
of laps in them this day was designed as just a quick taster
of each of them hence why it may sound like I don't get much
driving in each car.
The
day was split up into 3 sections, so we started with our saloon
car driving experience, followed by the single
seater experience and finished with the 4x4
Off road driving experience.
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