Tag: racing

  • Bentley Boy

    Bentley Boy

    We caught up with Rick Parfitt Junior as he and Team Parker Racing launched their 2016 Bentley Continental GT at Morton’s in Mayfair. Rick started out racing indoors with Daytona and now enjoys a successful racing career – as well as his music.

  • Alonso – last to first in three laps at Daytona Sandown Park

    Alonso – last to first in three laps at Daytona Sandown Park

    Fernando Alonso popped down to Daytona Sandown Park last week for a race with a few friends and colleagues. Opting to start last on the grid, Fernando wasted no time making it to the front within three laps!

  • Video Evidence

    Video Evidence

    Over the last couple of years, more and more drivers turn up to our championship races with cameras affixed to their helmets. The growth of popularity of Go-Pro and similar cameras means that there are often multiple cameras recording multiple angles of races – and incidents within those races. Some circuits and championships are considering banning…

  • So who’s going to win the 2014 World Drivers Championship and why?

    So who’s going to win the 2014 World Drivers Championship and why?

    F1 2014 has been pretty good so far. The first few races of the year have provided fans with plenty to talk about – and with the new quieter engines you can even hear what the fans are saying! It has been a very mixed year for the actual teams though. Obviously Mercedes are enjoying…

  • The Recession Is Dead : Long Live Team-Building!

    The Recession Is Dead : Long Live Team-Building!

    Daytona has always enjoyed strong demand from corporate entertainment organisers. Ever since we opened our first circuit in London in 1990, we have entertained tens of thousands of corporate event guests each year. But in 2008, when the credit crunch bit, we saw a large reduction in corporate entertainment events demand – which has taken…

  • Racing under floodlights

    Racing under floodlights

    F1 heads to Singapore this weekend for their annual night race. 22 Drivers racing at speeds of up to 200mph under floodlights through the evening. During the event, 108,423 metres of power cables, 240 steel pylons and around 1,600 light projectors with a total power requirement of 3,180,000 watts will be used just to light…

  • Karting, Go Karting or Kart Racing?

    Karting, Go Karting or Kart Racing?

    We constantly have a debate within the team about the best way to refer to the activities that we offer. Whilst the majority of our business involves drivers racing karts around our tracks  and other circuits, we cannot agree on what it should be called. The majority of our customers phone us and ask for…

  • Google Maps is back… and thus so is Daytona!

    Google Maps is back… and thus so is Daytona!

    I am an “Apple Fan Boy”. Since getting my first Iphone a few years ago, I have slowly but surely allowed Apple to take over more and more of my life. I may use a windows desktop pc in the office, but there is a Macbook Air next to it and that is what I am using…

  • The event that cannot be named

    The event that cannot be named

    As we look forward to a season that is normally associated with sunshine, the capital city of the UK is hosting a rather large sporting event that occurs every four years. As I write this blog, I am not allowed to name the event. I am not even allowed to name the season or the…

  • Half Term Report – Vodafone Dmax 2012

    Half Term Report – Vodafone Dmax 2012

    Following the latest round of the Vodafone Dmax Champs last Sunday, I thought it was the right time to sit down and write the half term report. With five rounds completed and five to go, it is time to reflect upon the series so far and to download some of my thoughts as the Series…