VXR Track Experience and Performance School

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Ok before you all start sniggering about the Vauxhall VXR range there are a couple of organised trackdays with ARDS instructors organised every year at Thruxton and now Silverstone has been added to the event for this year.

I have been on previous occasions and for the money you will not find a cheaper way to drive someone elses car round Thruxton for one hour!

The cost is £35 per session (1 hour) and if you book at the right time of day it includes a great meal (BBQ at lunch).

Tickets go on sale soon and I will be doing both Silverstone and Thruxton this year as it is just too good to miss. Thought it might be good to get a few of us to this for a sort of meet and have a good laugh on the track.

VXR Track Experience and Performance School
Silverstone National 18th & 19th June 2014
Thruxton 22nd, 23rd & 24th July 2014
£35 per person
Your chance to drive the VXR range on circuit. Come along and drive the Astra VXR, Corsa VXR Clubsport and the rest of the VXR range! Book your 1 hour session of track time with ARDS trained instructors including a hot lap to show you how the professionals do it. There are six sessions to choose from, from each day at each location and depending on your choice of session, breakfast or lunch is included.

Anyone interested?
 

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I will more than likely do the 19th June at Silverstone as it's my Birthday so would be a nice way to spend it. Will let you know the session I book and maybe could meet up there...
 

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Its the spec it has over a regular VXR.

LSD
Bilstein dampers
Brembo upgraded brake kit
Remus exhaust

I wanted a Corsa Nurburgring but the finance payments were too high. The Nurburgring is the same spec s the clubsport.
 

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I think most people will be amazed at how well the Corsa and Astra go round. Also the hot laps with Andy Jordan and Pickford last few years are instane. They make a FWD car drive round drifting like a RWD. Proper drivers.....
 

DougieMc

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Heheheee very strange you guys have picked this up.
Can i just say i would love you lot to come along and say hello.
As above its probably the cheapest track experience around we do it purely to get people into our cars that would not normally get in them so you lot would be 100% perfect.
Paul O neil and James Pickford are this years prodrivers for the fast laps.
Tickets will be up in the next 2 days I will post up when if you guys are up for it
P.S. Im VXR Brand Manager at Vauxhall headoffice and the above event is my baby hahhaaaa very strange as a Maserati owner now to see this appear
Any questions let me know
Its an awesome day out even just for the food hahahaa
 

Blondie

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Yes please, I would love to join in. Unfortunately I can't do June as I have to play nice at Royal Ascot but I will happily do any day in July. I drove a Corsa Nurburgring around the Ring and laughed the whole way. It was surprisingly quick. So yes please, I would love to come along in July. Thanks for the heads up.
Cheers,
Merrian
 

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Hi Dougie! How did you find this!?!?!

Amazed here.... I met you last few years in the RS4, the blat we had when you owned the 911 turbo.

Please can you give heads up as want to book both silverstone and thruxton.

Pickford is a top man....
 

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Oh wait you own a Maser now? Holy cow I just seen you are a member here.... What a small World.

Will bring the maser to thruxton lol.
 

DougieMc

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Hi Dougie! How did you find this!?!?!

Amazed here.... I met you last few years in the RS4, the sat we had when you owned the 911 turbo.

Please can you give heads up as want to book both silverstone and thruxton.

Pickford is a top man....

Hahaaa ive recently bought a Granturismo sport
Hence Im over here
As I think we discussed last time we met
i just happen to be a petrol head in a petrolhead job

Now lets get you lot along to our event for a meet up I can imagine a line up of Italians at our event would be mega
Any questions let me know
 

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For sure, the last person I expected to post on this thread was you tbh. Then to find you now on a Trident is actually scary. If you can nudge us as soon as they go on sale please do as I have mates who also want to get in on it. For me this event is a highlight of the motoring diary so will be booking two sessions at Thruxton this time.

I still have footage of o'neill and Pickford gunning it a feet or so from each others bumpers at last years event. :)
 

DougieMc

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Ive not been in the office today but currently ticket site is planned for 12.00 on Friday
I will advise tomorrow if thats to change

Yerp the Maserati was my next dream toy which I picked up in March and havent looked back its just Awesome
 

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Thanks Doug, will be on it come Friday...

I know cannot begin to tell you how much this marque gets under your skin!