track insurance for CLM parade laps

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:12 pm

hi all,

Anyone have any ideas for track insurance for CLM. My usual "Competition Car Insurance" can't do cover for Europe at the moment. My Insurers, Footman James, don't offer it either and since I park mine on the street I can't go with AON.

Any suggestion folks?

cheers

mike

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:21 pm

Drive REALLY carefully!

Seriously, this is what put me off driving round. I drove Spa last year with no insurance - I'd tried to get it but had no joy anywhere - the only one-off cover I could get was in the UK. I think I actually got come cover with a 20K excess and it was going to cost about £500 for one day. I graciously declined.....

They say you've got to have the insurance - they may well not check and it's just a bum-covering exercise

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:15 pm

[quote="sladey"]Drive REALLY carefully!
/quote]

tempting, very tempting..... though i've paid for the laps and wouldn't want to waste the money.

cheers

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:22 pm

Mike Usiskin wrote:
sladey wrote:Drive REALLY carefully!
/quote]

tempting, very tempting..... though i've paid for the laps and wouldn't want to waste the money.

cheers

No insurance docs were asked for in 2006

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:54 pm

I think it's either one of those things where if something happens they can say 'we told you to sort this out' OR they could stand trackside and insist on checking it before they go out.

I know NOTHING about the layout, circumstances, etc but these sort of things can be lead by external pressures - e.g. the gods of health and safety - maybe a condition on their own liability insurance.

I'm honestly not trying to scaremonger - I drove Spa last year without insurance

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:01 pm

Let someone else pay for your insurance? Passenger maybe....

Bert

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:09 pm

Mike, have a word with your insurers & explain you are doing a PARADE LAP of LeMans 24 hour circuit & it is probabally behind a pace car .... emphasise it is NOT a track day or track laps.

If they understand it is an officially organised PARADE lap they might give you the thumbs up

I assume you have got european insurance cover sorted out so you can drive you car in France anyway ?

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:01 pm

If they understand it is an officially organised PARADE lap they might give you the thumbs up

That's exactly what my insurers (AON) agreed to

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:54 pm

I wish they made it more easy for us..

Now I have done a track day I can go back to Aon I was always happy with AON but just anoyed with them over the silverstone track day.. lucky for me my insurance ran out just weeks before so I was able to ask the new insurer can I do it.. if no I just went to the next one..

I am about to renew for the end of the month.. so can I still aply for track laps?????? at this stage eps as I have some money again ( thanks to the faith of the courts ..dam customers..

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Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:48 pm

so can I still aply for track laps??????

I'm sure you are too late, it had to be done through PCF and they closed enties at the the end of May.

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:55 pm

Yeah it was the insurance issue that stopped it for me.. I just wounder how many UK cars will be on the track this time?

Shame I was really wanting to do it this year as I only want to do it once

so if I can't get this sorted can I hitch a lift with some one?

I didn't get a seat last time so would love to hold the camera for some one intheir car..

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:45 pm

I have just emailed the French club saying how much we did struggle to get cover in the UK and esp with such short notice. I now have the cover ( will do when i go back with AON and do the same as Nick )

so as I only wanted to comply with your rules to be safe can I please ask very nicely to be able to buy a place and join in the fun of the event

So I will post back what they say...

Prob....

" NON"