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      02-12-2013, 08:44 AM   #1
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European Trackday Help

Hello Euro members, for years I have been wanting to drive on European tracks like Nordschleife, Hockenheim, Sachsenring, Jerez... I am looking for advise/info on how/where to get these trackday passes and how to transport the car from the U.S. and from track to track? I understand that the mentioned tracks are extremely busy with racing events, so what is the best time of year to visit?

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Hello Euro members, for years I have been wanting to drive on European tracks like Nordschleife, Hockenheim, Sachsenring, Jerez... I am looking for advise/info on how/where to get these trackday passes and how to transport the car from the U.S. and from track to track? I understand that the mentioned tracks are extremely busy with racing events, so what is the best time of year to visit?

Thanks in advance.
I can answer the shipping part and check about the other questions for you

Shipping your car to London is the easiest solution and driving it from there to continental europe.

Lots of foreign registered vehicles enter the UK all year around.

You can keep the vehicle there for 6 months and get lots of track time
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I can answer the shipping part and check about the other questions for you

Shipping your car to London is the easiest solution and driving it from there to continental europe.

Lots of foreign registered vehicles enter the UK all year around.

You can keep the vehicle there for 6 months and get lots of track time
That seems easy enough. I assume that some temp EU insurance will be required to drive throughout the EU? Thanks so much for the assistance. How do I buy track passes and get schedules?
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Let me know in case you would be interested in tracks in the Czech and Slovak Republic, I could help out. You could consider:
1) http://www.autodrom-most.cz/en/informations/race-track/ (quite close to GER boarders)
2) http://www.automotodrombrno.cz/en/track-data
3) http://www.slovakiaring.sk/about-the...ng-experience/
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Let me know in case you would be interested in tracks in the Czech and Slovak Republic, I could help out. You could consider:
1) http://www.autodrom-most.cz/en/informations/race-track/ (quite close to GER boarders)
2) http://www.automotodrombrno.cz/en/track-data
3) http://www.slovakiaring.sk/about-the...ng-experience/
Thanks for the help! I'm limited on my time visiting Europe, so I am trying to figure a group of tracks that are within a decent distance.

I was thinking;

Ship car to the U.K. then drive to these locations
1)Silverstone
2)Spa-Francorchamps
3)Nordschleife

Any suggestion/opinion! What the best season to visit, Spring?
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Thanks for the help! I'm limited on my time visiting Europe, so I am trying to figure a group of tracks that are within a decent distance.

I was thinking;

Ship car to the U.K. then drive to these locations
1)Silverstone
2)Spa-Francorchamps
3)Nordschleife

Any suggestion/opinion! What the best season to visit, Spring?
Nordschleife is easy: Check out the opening times here:

http://www.nuerburgring.de/en/angebo...dschleife.html

and then just go there, buy a ticket and drive!
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Thanks for the help! I'm limited on my time visiting Europe, so I am trying to figure a group of tracks that are within a decent distance.

I was thinking;

Ship car to the U.K. then drive to these locations
1)Silverstone
2)Spa-Francorchamps
3)Nordschleife

Any suggestion/opinion! What the best season to visit, Spring?
Nordschleife is easy: Check out the opening times here:

http://www.nuerburgring.de/en/angebo...dschleife.html

and then just go there, buy a ticket and drive!
Thanks for the link

Now to coordinate the other track dates/tickets
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How was your EU experience, sorry haven't been online in a while!
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