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I'm looking to get some rough figures of the amount of riders per week at premier UK practice tracks, for some research that I am doing,
My gut feel would be 50 riders per day, 3 times a week (wed, sat, sun) for 30 weeks of the year?
Anyone have any accurate stats or a better idea?
Thanks
My gut feel would be 50 riders per day, 3 times a week (wed, sat, sun) for 30 weeks of the year?
Anyone have any accurate stats or a better idea?
Thanks
The likes of Fatcat, apex etc would probably be more like 120-160 a day on a weekend (especially this time of year with less tracks open), maybe 50 mid week. Also more than likely 50+ weeks a year, never really closed. (Fatcat anyway)
Preston docks i would say 30 40 weeks a year open.
They also do private hires. The cost is high in UK i think to other countries £30.00 a day.
However, go to Apex on a Sunday mid season and you can get anywhere from 50-150 riders. I think it really depends on what's on and what the weather is doing.
Therefore getting a figure that represents the entire year is going to be challenging as it varies massively.
If I were to guess, and from what I've experienced, I'd say most tracks get around 40/50 riders on a week day and 100-120 riders on a Saturday/Sunday, on average, over the year.
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popular tracks are 100-150 a day easy, pick a Sunday -apex turns people away by 10am quite often
i can travel to a weekday event at apex and see 40-50, the place feels dead but it's great
fatcats easy 150 on weekend, more likely more but also on weekdays it is busy - that is a premier track
the docks is busy all year round
oxford farm - not premiere i suppose but still it gets a lot more than 50 heads
peacocks hay isn't even premiere and when that opens on a weekend there will be 5 groups of 25-30
i would probably contact the tracks myself if i wanted good and useable data
whats the info for?
Leisure Lakes is a pretty popular one, as is DMP, Fatcat, Apex etc.
Some less busy but awesome tracks are Winstanleys, Boreton Farm, and Peacocks Hey.
There's a new track on Anglesey called Trac Mon MX (located on same site as Anglesey Grand Prix circuit) and 3 weeks ago they had their biggest sign on with 71 riders, the track has been open less than a year.
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