Track Day Overtaking on Straights

[Rick H]

Hi all, just had a flyer through from a local track and it states overtaking on the straights should be on the right - it's a clockwise track (Three Sisters in Wigan) and it seems to me overtaking on the right involves steering inputs on the faster car plus theres no obvious move from the slower car to say the faster car's been seen.

What's normal protocol? Last Oulton day I did was lefthand overtaking.

[Jon8710]

always left on every day i have done

[shimmy]

Normally on the left

RMA and in Europe both sides.

Curly does it anywhere, anyhow, tricks and all.

[shane@mbtech]

3 sisters is not a track lol

Wouldn't go on that in a CSL with other cars.

[alexk]

From the left as it is the 'right' way to drive.
You boys have the steering wheel at the wrong side over there

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by alexk

From the left as it is the 'right' way to drive.
You boys have the steering wheel at the wrong side over there

I think you'll ind the British invented roads, cars and steering wheels (and chocolate and cuckoo clocks) so we get to decide which side to overtake

[Rick H]

Thanks chaps - right seems odd as I think it takes the fast driver off line and slows the car down. Also, the car has to get back on line for the corner and as the straights are short, it's difficult to know if a complete inside overtake would be achievable safely with possible queuing. Then there's no indication the slower driver knows you're there, on Oulton the slower driver makes a definate move to the righthand side of the track.

Lawsey - it's the "North West's Premier Outdoor Circuit" don't cha know!!!! I do have my reservations, they're doing evenings £20 for 10 laps. All's well but I can't get my head round right hand overtaking on the short straights and, as you say, the CSL on such a small track with 7 others. Nothing wrong with short tracks, but it may be crowded with 8 cars on.

Full track day on 15th July is £80.

[Rick H]

Originally Posted by shimmy

I think you'll ind the British invented roads, cars and steering wheels (and chocolate and cuckoo clocks) so we get to decide which side to overtake

Yeh, what have the Romans ever done for us?

[Trawler]

Originally Posted by shimmy

I think you'll ind the British invented roads, cars and steering wheels (and chocolate and cuckoo clocks) so we get to decide which side to overtake

Plus skiing, crests run and lots more, but being British we don't like to boast about it.

[gav]

Only overtaking on the right on a track day usually if it is an anticlockwise direction.