Drive-Tech News
ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE WAR HORSE FILM LOCATION AND MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT!
We have joined forces with the beautiful Castle Inn hotel in the amazing little village of Castle Combe to offer their guests discounted 4x4 courses http://www.castle-inn.info/special-offers/4x4-experience. There are lots of offers on their website including a War Horse weekend special at £340 + VAT for a couple sharing. The offer for the 4x4 which is £103.50 per person as opposed to the normal £115 can be done any day of the week (we do need a minimum of 2 people to run a course) and it takes 3 hours if we have the full compliment of 3 drivers. You don't need to supply the drivers as we put people together.
The 4x4 course is perfect for couples that want to learn the skill of off-road driving and is immense fun! We have BORDA (British Off Road Driving Association) instructors who will show you the course and then you get lots of hands on driving fun to learn all about 4x4 skills including a watersplash, scary ascents and descents. To book the offer you must be staying at the Castle Inn hotel and booked through them - if you were after a valentine's offer we have one on our karting which can be booked direct on 01249 783010, see http://www.drivetechltd.co.uk/component/content/article/46/91-valentine-special.html for more details or call us to discuss.
The Visit Britain website blog has the trailer for War Horse and also pictures of all the filming locations - you cannot go wrong with visiting the village of Castle Combe and less 5 minutes from us! http://www.visitbritainsuperblog.com/2012/01/in-pictures-war-horse-locations/
New Year, New Junior Karting Championship
Sunday 15th January at 1pm
Round 1 gets under way this week end!
Sunday sees the start of our new Junior Karting Championship. Consisting of 11 rounds in total, we should see some exciting racing taking place.
With newly signed off drivers in the mix the Best Novice award is all to play for.
With some of the top drivers from last years championship returning the competition will be fierce. Everyone will be competing for that ultimate goal, CHAMPION!
Don't forget it only takes 5 good scores to put you in the with a chance, so with prizes for the top six and an all inclusive ARKS pack for the champion, everything is to play for.
Experts are welcome for our morning karting sessions, with places still available if you want to get in more track time to see if you can get that licence
signed off. Session starts at 9.30am
Novice karting places available if you know anyone who wants to get in on the action, this session starts at 9.00am
Reserve your place today - 01249 783010 places limited, still only £36...
DON'T MISS THE ACTION!! Junior Karting at Castle Combe where all the good drivers start!.
See you Sunday.
Luke and The Team at Drive-Tech
Alexi Wins Junior Karting Championship in Style!
Written by Jayne Cooper
A Great End to the 2011 Season.
The 2011 Junior Karting championship has drawn to a close, with Alexi Littler wrapping up the championship in perfect style taking a maximum 31 points, winning all 4 heats, the final and getting fastest lap. Will Hertzell failed to improve his points total at the final round so had to settle for 2nd in the championship. Oliver Bayani had a great end to the championship, taking 25 points and 2nd in the final, which was good enough to move up to 3rd place in the overall standings. Max Tadd improved his score, taking 22 points and 5th in the final, but this was not enough to keep Bayani behind and Max had to settle for 4th in the overall championship, only 1 point behind Oliver. Chris Ludlow took 5th in the overall championship, while Justin Draper took 6th in the overall championship and took the Driver of the series award. While Charlie Summers had a great end to the championship taking 17 points in the last round and the driver of the day award, moving up to 18th in the overall championship and taking the best Novice award.
The Spring 2012 Junior Karting Championship revs up again on the 15th January @ 1pm. Kids Karting is great fun!
Junior Kart Championship Final - 18 December at 1pm
Written by EditorJunior Kart Racing at it's Best
Alexi Littler leads the Castle Combe Junior Kart Championship from Will Hertzell by just 4 points with only 1 round to go! Although no one other than Alexi or Will can win the overall championship, the battle for 3rd place is hotly contested with a potential 9 drivers still in contention for 3rd place. With prizes for the top six and a best novice award for drivers in their first Championship it is going to be a great afternoon of kart racing. The best novice is up for grabs with Stephen Netting currently leading the way. However, Ben Gilbert, Alexander Roberts and Charlie Summers still have a great chance.
For those that have not been signed off yet there are spaces in the morning sessions, a great time to get in some extra practice and get signed off ready to race in the new Junior Kart Championship starting 15th January 2012. Telephone 01249 783010 and book your place today.
As it's Christmas there are sweets for everyone who signs on.
Junior Karter wins Go Kart National Championships
Written by EditorCONGRATULATIONS TO DAN HEALEY
For regular readers of our blog you might remember an article wishing Dan Healey, one of our Junior Kart racers good luck at the Team Sport National Championships. For those that didn't you can find the article at the following link http://www.drivetechltd.co.uk/blog/item/23-junior-karter-dan-healey.html
Well he won! Well done Dan what a fabulous achievement. He was competing against under 16's and came out on top. Dan only took up go karting with us at Castle Combe about a year ago and is doing spectacularly well.
As with alot of youngsters it is very hard to progess in the sport of karting so his mum, Jo Healey, is currently looking for anyone looking to sponsor an up and coming talent. She can be contacted on 07742 212665 if you would like to speak to her. Dan says that "his idol is Lewis Hamilton and his plan is to race professionally".
If you are interested in following in Dan's footsteps we have a junior karting session this Sunday, 20th November for anyone aged 10-15 years (min 4' 8" in height). You do not need to have had any karting experience to take part, but you must pre-book on 01249 783010. Call the office and get on the grid!
Jordan Chamberlain with Alexi Clegglittler
EUROPEAN & BRITISH KF1 KARTING CHAMPION VISITS DRIVE-TECH
We were delighted to have Jordan Chamberlain with us at our Junior Kart Racing Club, seen above with Alexi Clegglittler. Alexi won Round 6 of our Autumn/Winter Junior Championship with a brilliant three 1st positions and a 2nd. Alexi is chasing William Hertzell who is just 10 points ahead, there is everything to race for. The next round will be on Sunday, 6th November starting at 1pm - if you want to come along and spectate it's absolutely free.
Jordan Chamberlain was promoting a really new and exciting board game which has been developed and designed by Appleton Games of Melksham www.appleton-games.co.uk. If you want to experience the game for yourselves they are having a 'pop-up' shop in Melksham High Street during November and December. We also have the GB Racer Game to buy on the gift voucher page of our website .
If you want to come and try our Junior Kart School there will be an extra date this Friday, 28th October during half term for any youngsters aged between 10 and 15 years (min 4' 8" in height). No previous experience necessary and we supply all the safety equipment. Complete novices commence at 1pm and experts at 1.30pm. Pre-booking essential so give us a call on 01249 783010 to enjoy 3 hours of karting and tuition from our expert instructors. You never know where it might get you!
GOOD LUCK DAN!
Dan Healey who is just 13 years of age has qualified to compete against other UK finalists at the Grand Final on Sunday, 30th October at the TeamSport Karting Centre in Crawley. Last year's winner received VIP tickets for the Grand Prix next year as guests of Virgin Racing, so there is something equally great up for grabs this year. Another of our youngsters, Oliver Bayani got the fastest lap of the day.
Dan has been karting with us since April 2010 and is currently competing in our Autumn Championship and is currently in the top 10 from only 3 rounds.
Max and the team at Drive-Tech would like to wish Dan all the best for the UK Finals - Good luck Dan.
You can read more about his exploits in the Bristol Evening Post article below:
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Karter-Dan-s-fast-track-success/story-13425529-detail/story.html
KART MARSHALLS - FIRE TRAINING
We have just had our 2011 Marshal Training Day to make sure all of our Health and Safety boxes have been ticked. It’s a serious business making sure all is fun for our customers, so it is crucial our marshals are experienced in all aspects of safe, effective running of the kart track. We have a major incident plan that has to be adhered to and this covers all areas from Fire Training which can be seen in the pictures above and below. Luckily we have never had to use these techniques for real, but we have to make sure all our marshals are up to speed.
The other areas covered include general track safety and kart maintenance to keep the karts running in prime condition. The main thing is we need all marshals to work closely as a team under each of our experienced Race Directors.
Max, a Race Director of many years, who ran the course, commented "We know that our customers have plenty of calls on their money these days, and fully understand that we have to be better than ever to deserve the business, so our discussions centred on how we can improve the real karting experience that only a quality outdoor track can give. There was some great feedback from experienced and new marshals alike, and we all enjoyed the fire practice - thankfully, none of us has any experience of using a fire extinguisher and whilst we all hope we never have to use one, it was great fun learning! I'm confident that we can keep up our high standards for the future".
We were pleased to welcome four new marshals on the day for their initial training day, and have had so much interest in being a
MET OFFICE PREDICT EARLY WINTER - LEARN SKID CONTROL Featured
Written by EditorThe Winters in the
The skid pan is the perfect environment to learn how to control your car in icy wintry conditions on our specially prepared 'wet pan' we mimic the conditions you might come across out on the road. We supply the vehicles which are front and rear wheel drive to enable you to experience both types of vehicle handling, together with both ABS and cadence braking exercises. All you need is a full driving licence to take part.
Our courses are run mostly at weekends, but also every 1st and 3rd Friday. You can either book onto a specific date or have an open-dated gift voucher which is valid for 18 months. The course is suitable for young drivers as well as more experience drivers. The course is just £95 for the standard, but if you would like to learn just that little bit more in a smaller group you might like to perhaps take part in one of our Intensive Courses.
The Daily Mail article today details the early prediction made by the Met Office saying it might be as early as October - and we all thought that last year's November snow falls were early enough! Don't forget it might not even be the snow and ice that catches us out, even heavy rain can cause slippery surfaces on roads.
Make sure you don't get caught out this Winter and book onto a skid pan course - for more information call our expert team on 01249 783010.
