Today found me and Fran in a field at Donington with some, frankly, very tasty Zeds off this very forum! I was somewhat surprised when I was invited to display my little Shortie alongside the cars belonging to Joely P, FunkySi, Andrew G and Ian Greenfield!

 

It was all part of some "open day" that Nissan put on for their employees. I confess to not knowing very much about it! But there were examples of pretty much every either sporty or outright quirky Nissan from the 70s forwards. Including more Qubes than I thought they'd actually produced!

 

Quite a proud moment for me to be asked to attend this, especially considering the cars I was sharing a stand with. But I can at least say I was the only TT targa Shortie in attendance!

 

There were track laps and passenger rides (which Slick Pete participated in, and CeeJay sadly smashed the rear end of his Zed on! :( ) and passenger rides in the drift cars too. Fran and I took a ride in a lunatic Skyline and a G35 respectively and it was a genuinely adrenaline-fuelled experience! Fran loved it though, which has me worrying about her designs on my Zed now.... :lol:

 

The weather was pretty super for the whole day and my face is burned to a crisp! I didn't take many pictures, but here's the ones I did take:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy to be home and see the dogs again, but it was great to put some faces to names (Andrew, Joel & Karen) and to catch up with Si and Ian again. Thank you for inviting me!! :biggrin:

Edited July 19, 201510 yr by Mondo

So I take that to mean that, had anyone been injured on track as a passenger as a result of a crash, the driver would be wholly liable...?

 

No.

The guests would have had their own disclaimer for them to accept the risk as part of their invite and so exhibtors would not require insurance.

 

Thanks for posting that, Pete - it never occurred to me that the disclaimer might be in my exhibitor's pack

 

Comments by yourself and others were the reason I posted it. To aid and re assure you all.

Remember this is not a new event it has been held before and I was there as were about half the "track cars"

None of us track drivers are naive enough to expose ourselves to claims of manslaugher by dangerous driving and then repeat the exercise a second time.

Large corporates dont routinely expose themselves to claims/risks etc

You didn't read the exhibitor pack?

The Marshall also stipulated in the morning briefing that the laps of the heritage loop was a no helmet, non race event and cars are not to race. Quite what they thought would happen on there I don't know!

You didn't read the exhibitor pack?

The Marshall also stipulated in the morning briefing that the laps of the heritage loop was a no helmet, non race event and cars are not to race. Quite what they thought would happen on there I don't know!

I didn't read it in depth, no. I did note the part about "participating at own risk" but didn't make the connection until just now.

 

Cars might not "race" whilst on track, but that doesn't prevent accidents happening as we've seen. I simply wonder what would happen in the event of a serious or, god forbid, fatal accident...

I didn't read it in depth, no. I did note the part about "participating at own risk" but didn't make the connection until just now.

 

Cars might not "race" whilst on track, but that doesn't prevent accidents happening as we've seen. I simply wonder what would happen in the event of a serious or, god forbid, fatal accident...

None of us track drivers are naive enough to expose ourselves to claims of manslaugher by dangerous driving and then repeat the exercise a second time.

 

This is kind of my point, Pete: you have experience of track driving and a car that is primarily set up for that. Not all the drivers out there that day can say the same thing...

None of us track drivers are naive enough to expose ourselves to claims of manslaugher by dangerous driving and then repeat the exercise a second time.

 

This is kind of my point, Pete: you have experience of track driving and a car that is primarily set up for that. Not all the drivers out there that day can say the same thing...

A couple of things that strike me, and of course i can only speak of over here,

The disclaimer as regards most things is not worth the paper its written on, for track participents, there should have been a briefing and all track drivers sign the disclaimer and indemnity form.

On a track day here, driver must produce clean full road licence and a helmet is basic safety fir any speed event. passengers must also read the disclaimer and wear a helmet.

Public liability would still apply, these were all invited guests, but as non company employees, are still members of the public.

Over here your normal insurance is null and void on track.

Should anything have happened there a decent Barrister would have a field day, claim all concerned and you are bound to get a hit. Really sorry to hear about Ceejays car, but glad no injuries.

PS. back in the day I was involved with our National Motorsport body, and as a Club Secretary and Clerk of the Course actually appeared in court twice to defend claims.

A couple of things that strike me, and of course i can only speak of over here,

The disclaimer as regards most things is not worth the paper its written on, for track participents, there should have been a briefing and all track drivers sign the disclaimer and indemnity form.

On a track day here, driver must produce clean full road licence and a helmet is basic safety fir any speed event. passengers must also read the disclaimer and wear a helmet.

Public liability would still apply, these were all invited guests, but as non company employees, are still members of the public.

Over here your normal insurance is null and void on track.

Should anything have happened there a decent Barrister would have a field day, claim all concerned and you are bound to get a hit. Really sorry to hear about Ceejays car, but glad no injuries.

PS. back in the day I was involved with our National Motorsport body, and as a Club Secretary and Clerk of the Course actually appeared in court twice to defend claims.

PPS Mondo your car well deserved to be there, lovely clean example

PPS Mondo your car well deserved to be there, lovely clean example

Watching some video's on Zclub and someone in a 300zx crept into the end of this one. I wonder who it was???? It was on a 2014 video.

 

Watching some video's on Zclub and someone in a 300zx crept into the end of this one. I wonder who it was???? It was on a 2014 video.

 

 

Come on now Gaz who else has an orange roof!

Come on now Gaz who else has an orange roof!

 

Now let me think.... a slicktop with an orange roof anda grumpy looking driver :huh:

now let me think.... A slicktop with an orange roof anda grumpy looking driver :huh:

 

lol