News
Site updates!
Mon 19 May 2008 7:14pm
Ok, so site development has been a little slow recently, mostly due to holidays (yay) and work (also yay).
But the site has progressed a little; some more content here and there, along with some layout/styling fixes.
The track day calendar has also been improved; partly the page layout to make it a bit more concise - but also it 'de-dupes' track days; so if we know about a day from both the original organiser (e.g. Focused Events) and from a reseller (e.g. Track Days) then we'll only list it by the actual organiser, in this case Focused Events. If we don't know the original organiser then the reseller's version will be listed. Clear? Good.
Coming soon...the cool stuff. More updates over the next few days...
Ex-Noble-Owner. Booooo!
Wed 16 Apr 2008 9:30pm
I am now officially an ex-Noble-owner - the geekmobile v2 was taken away by a nice chap from up North.
I feel kinda sad.
I also feel kinda excited - v3 will be something different. Something more practical, in a kind of racing kindof way. Currently I'm thinking along the lines of a Fisher Fury to race in the 750MC's RGB Class C series. Why? Well they're quick, most are already road legal - which means they're also track day legal, which means loadsa fun! Only downside is the high maintenance / short lifetime of the bike engine - but I suppose they're not expensive...
Otherwise its Caterham Roadsports B. Or maybe something else, dunno yet!
As it may be clear by now (if you've read this far!), my criteria are... eligible for circuit racing, legal for track days, (preferably) road legal as well, and something that feels....raw I suppose. Oh, and I don't have time to build my own car.
And relatively cheap. It must be cheap.
Ok thats enough ranting for now. One day maybe I'll get comments/replies working on here so y'all can tell me the error of my ways. In the meantime if you've a burning desire to point me at your chosen class you can always contact me directly.
Oh, and coming soon on the site (this site!): interactive Google Maps for easy finding how far circuits are to you, an interactive Track Day Finder ("get me something this weekend inside 100 miles of me! preferably open pit"), and maybe some reviews/ratings of different circuits. Yum.
Added feed from Focused Events
Mon 31 Mar 2008 11:48pm
Today we've added organiser information and track day event calendar for Focused Events track days. These now make up part of the overall site calendar and will be updated automatically - enjoy!
Added another event feed
Sun 09 Mar 2008 12:55am
Added a track day event feed for MotorSport Vision's Car and Bike days - so loads more events listed for their circuits: Brand Hatch, Snetterton, Oulton Park, Bedford Autodrome, and Cadwell Park.
Site Updates
Tue 04 Mar 2008 12:15am
Ok a couple of random site updates now; firstly most tracks now have at least one game/sim listed to be able to play them in (although more to come!)
Also, we've added entries for Lydden, Woodbridge and Barkston Heath circuits, so events organised at them now appear in the track day calendar.
Coming soon; event feeds from Circuit Days and from various circuits themselves.
Welcome to CircuitJunkie!
Sat 01 Mar 2008 12:55am
Ok so the site's not finished yet (caveat in place first, eh!) - but what we're trying to do here is to put together a decent track day calendar site combining all the events from all the organisers.
This means instead of hunting round every separate web site, or asking the world in another post on Pistonheads, you can just check one place here and decide where/when to get your next track fix!
Also, being of the slightly geeky persuasion, what we also do here is list up a bunch of games (SIMs damnit!) you can practise each circuit on. We'll concentrate on the realism-focused ones like GTR2, rFactor and GT Legends - rubbish like Need for Speed or Test Drive: Unlimited will not be listed. Middle-of-the-road games like Gran Turismo 4 and Forza shouldn't really be on here, but because they're popular (and 'cos they ship with the Nordschleife) we'll list 'em!
So far we've got track day listings up for some of the larger organisers including Bookatrack, Trackdays.co.uk, Javelin, and Gold Track. Circuit Days is coming soon!
We also list circuit-organised days - but currently only events at Goodwood and Thruxton.
So, go check out the calendar and see what's happening. New event sources will be announced here as soon as we get them working!
We would also like your feedback - if there's anything you want to see on the site then tell us about it.
Have fun,
Shane
