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For those of us coming to motorsport a bit late, trackdays do a sound job. Some muppets, but where aren't there, these days?
If it hadn't been for trackdays I wouldn't be looking to go racing next year, so in a way trackdays are a breeding ground for race drivers, but not a training ground.
Al - two sides to the coin; no overtaking on the straights is a bit of a joke, but it's not a competition and you get a hell of a lot more time on track than you do at your average club meet, plus that no overtaking pretty much guarantees that driving your toy home depends on you rather than someone else.
Racing people might sniff at trackdayers, but that's where the future of club motorsport is going to come from. I'm part of a group of a dozen or so regular trackdayers and i'm the only non-racer to have expressed any kind of interest in taking it to a competitive level, and that's more because of racer friends. Maybe targetting trackdays would be a good way to get interest and grid numbers up?
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