CLUB MSV TRACKDAYS

Own a performance car but feel you never get the most out of it? Then you need to sign up for a Trackday. At Club MSV, you don't need a supercar or a lot of experience, just a bit of sense and a willing right foot. Jonathan Crouch went along to take a look.

Speed cameras, radar traps, traffic jams - today's drivers are fed up with them, particularly if they own a performance-orientated car. Trackdays are one solution. They won't ease the pain of the daily commute of course, but they will allow you to let off steam in between and drive your car as it was intended to be driven.

Search around on the web and you'll find any number of trackday operators but nearly all of them will be independent companies hiring time at established circuits. In the current climate, there's also the danger that they may not exist when the trackday you've booked and paid a deposit for comes around.



With all that in mind, a more established operator who actually owns the tracks you'd be using has to be a better bet, assuming they can provide trackday excitement at an affordable price. Someone like Club MSV for example. This is the in-house trackday division of MotorSport Vision, the company that owns five UK circuits - Brands Hatch in Kent, Oulton Park serving the North, Snetterton in Norfolk, Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire and Bedford Autodrome. In other words, some of Britain's greatest racetracks are included within their circuit portfolio.



To prove the point, Club MSV recently invited me to try two of their circuits, Brands Hatch in Kent and the purpose-built Bedford Autodrome, as part of our Performance Car of the Year test programme. It was a good opportunity to check out their facilities and meet some of the people who make the bu...