A few years ago, the UK celebrated the announcement that London would host the 2012 Olympics. A few negative comments followed shortly afterwards regarding the expense of such an undertaking – especially as the World Economy was suffering from what one could describe as a very bad case of hiccups – but generally we were […]

An update from Rick Parfitt Junior, Daytona’s pet racing driver and rock-and-roll fellow: Round 1 GT5 championship Oulton Park. 35 GT5 Ginetta’s turned out for the first round, and with many of the fast drivers returning to the series coupled with the current Ginetta Junior Champion, and G20 Champion and vice champion, the wealth of […]

Following the astonishing finish to last week’s US Masters Golf tournament, there has been much discussion over the relative merits of coaching in sport. Bubba Watson – who won the event, his 1st major – is entirely self-taught. He’s never had a lesson in his life and therefore his perception of what’s possible differs from […]

Since first launching karting for Juniors in about 1995, we are often asked if we will allow mixed age groups on the circuits. Fathers are keen to go racing with their sons, maybe to show them the skills that would have meant that Dad would have been an F1 World Champion if he had had […]

Sat at my desk yesterday afternoon and my mobile phone rang – displaying 0845 603 4494. I answered the phone to be told that the caller was from Esure Insurance and they were calling to let me know about some changes to my insurance policy. I asked them if the call was a sales call […]

I was very fortunate to be given a watch for my birthday last April. Part of a limited edition made by Christopher Ward Watches to commemorate the original Grand Prix Races, mine was the C70 IT Rosso which celebrated the first ever Italian Grand Prix in Brescia in 1921. Christopher Ward watches is a fairly […]

How many people reading this enter competitions online and think that they actually have a chance of winning? I certainly don’t yet I still enter them. It’s a bit like playing the lottery. I have played the same numbers every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday without fail for years but as yet I haven’t matched all […]

I was reading a very well written piece on “The Thank You Economy” the other day. In it, the writer described how the growth of social media  and online networking gives companies the opportunity to say thank you to their clients. If you are one of our fans on Facebook, followers on twitter, regular visitors […]

I really didn’t want to join the large queue of people knocking News International, but they really made it too difficult not to. At Daytona, we strive to offer exemplary customer service. We don’t always get it right but when we are advised there is a problem, our aim is to minimise and rectify it […]