Rippers

Sparco? Alpinestars?

I noticed on the quick track session I did on Ford Fair that my trainers where very clumsy, thought about getting more appropiate shoe as I remember seeing the Sparco Puma shoes, but wondered if you look like a dick walking around in them at the shows maybe I'll just get some tennis shoes

Andy_R

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Adidas Monza Feroza Elite comfortable and in Black arent in your face. A great driving shoe.

snow*

I wear sparco shoes when racing, much better than my clumsy trainers.

I'd never wear them off the track though, way too show pony for me.

Ridgey

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Adidas racing stye trainer do the job well, and are multi purpose.

AlexF

Bright blue Sparco's to match my gloves.

Paul Eggleton

Ask Pon about his red ones They make him go faster, alledgedly.

Morning Rich

Sticky.

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So thats were Dangerous got his styling tips from

Rick

Nike air J's would be good

Terry Tibbs

Just buy some Puma Lo cats or something.

NUTS RuS

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No chance

Competition yes, trackdays never

What you trying to prove ?

PF Dave

Paul, get some black Sparco boots and if you're wearing jeans you can hardly tell. It's amazing how much better track driving is with a proper race boot with ankle / heel support and a thin sole though.

xr2i-carl

i had red ones too red ones are the best

WD Pro

Ł19.99 from TK Maxx :



Ticket said the RRP was Ł99.99

I dont care if they look gay, with a footwell less than 12" wide I think I will need them

dave cos4x4

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bargain for Ł20.

Rippers

Wow what a bargin

Paul Eggleton

I think they're pretty fucking cool for Ł20

StuarTurbo

used to have puma replicats , similar to the boots but a low cut , MEGA comfy even when wandering round day to day , felt like slippers really grippy on pedals and thin soled , what more could you want

Sticky.

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Porkie

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I agree!

I have loads. Sparco little black booties are my fav though.

I REALLY want to start wearing my Nomex race suit to trackdays because Sierra is 1. very fast and 2. Has a huge fuel tank in the car and 3 I am not keen on the Simon Weston look....

But I am too worried that everyone will think I am being a twat

Sadly... at ND I think I am going to wear it. I know its looks cuntish and its only a Trackday but if I crash hard it will help ALOT if it goes up...

D7AKE

F*cking love them I have a pair of Sparco ones I use for track days

coolllio!

Nick.

RichardPON

Just thought I'd dive on for a quick browse before heading out on the beers, and thinking to myself, "I bet someone has taken the piss out of me somewhere".

Thank you Mr Eggleton.

I have a few pairs, and I love em. Makes heeling and toeing so much easier than with a clumsy pair of trainers....

steve7786

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Wear the suit, better to look a twat than look like Freddy Kruger

xr2i-carl

too fucking right

Oranoco

Seconded.

I want to get a pair of proper boots, at the moment I have a pair of old thin soled Nike trainers. They look knackered but give a good pedal feel and I can heel and toe well in them. Can heel an toe in my suit shoes but the feel is really deadened and it's more tricky to get it right.

Right tools for the right job

Paul Eggleton

No worries Rich, we are well overdue meeting up at a track day and catching up.

RichardPON

Yes mate. Quite looking forward to a passenger ride in that CSL of yours!

foreigneRS

i have pair of kangaroo trainers that look like race boots

it's nothing to do with trying to look pro (and ectually looking a bit stupid), and everything to do with hitting only one pedal at once with my size 12's

AlexF

Why the fuck do you lot care about what other people think??

If YOU want to ware a full bio-haz-chem suit its your choice!

I personally wear my boots and gloves when I drive round the 'Ring as the level of feed back you get is greatly impoved...

The gloves help with sweaty plams - after all you look like a far bigger fucktard if you crash because you couldn't quite hold that drift

Rich_w

I think even if you stuffed it really, really hard, its unlikely to blow up. I get the belts and braces ideology but I cant recall ever hearing about a fire at a UK trackday where the owner was actually burned. ISTR Dan put some form of box around the fuel cell anyway for Time Attack regs?

Even a FIA approved suit is only flame retardent for a limited time. (Its under a minute I think but Nuts will know for sure) So unless you are getting out of the car quickly you'd still get burned. And as a final question would you wear gloves and a fireproof balaclava and underwear at the same time?

EDIT

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/35C5837CC89E8BBFC125731500433076/$FILE/5_8856_2000_overalls.pdf?Openelement

7.3 is the test. If I read that right its 11 seconds.

NUTS RuS

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With clothing Rich you buy yourself time to get out, not to test it to see how long you can stay in.

Same with boots, we have to use flame retardent ones, the Kart boots or Ł25 quid jobbies are normally made of some sort of cotton/nylon derivative material, which if caught fire would actually melt onto your feet.

Charlie Chalk

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Fucktard - Classic Alex

Rich_w

Yeah I understand that Particularly the part about people wearing Kart boots thinking that ALL Sparco boots are fireproof.

I was wondering if Lee did. I didn't want him thinking a race suit was the same sort of thing that Firemen wear.

AlexF

RichW

Someone burnt to death at the Ring last Easter.

(apperently)

Alex

marco polo

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fooking hell lads dont take it that serious it's only a track day


i use the old skool adidas samba why do you need racing boots

vx220

i guess if you wantoed to buy yourself some time, you could wear the fireproof underwear under your normal clothes?

boots-wise i have some merrell lightweight trainers, very thin soled.

as they are a drab green, they don't stick out at all.

sparco do brown leather vintage style boots that have modern FIA fireproof rating

Cossie Helen

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Wear it ! If you feel your going to be safer with it on, i really dont think anyone is going to think your a twat !