Here is the second part of Neil’s blog and how he got on taking his ARDS test to get his race license<\/p>\n
Well fellow team members! (I can say that now!)<\/p>\n
Yes, you guessed it… I now have my Class B racing licence!<\/p>\n
And this is how I got it…<\/p>\n
After my track day at Cadwell Park that I told you about, Christmas came and went. New Year\u2019s Day came and went.<\/p>\n
At this point I\u2019m thinking ‘Neil you need to be moving towards getting your licence application sorted ASAP, if you want to race on the 28th March at Silverstone!’<\/p>\n
I already had my ARDS starter pack, which I sent for online from MSV at Brands Hatch and received in less than 3 days. It’s valid for 2 years from purchase and includes payment for your first year’s licence when passed.<\/p>\n
You need to pay for a medical at your Doctor’s and it’s the same medical as when applying for an HGV licence.<\/p>\n
You take the application form from your starter pack with you and after the examination, which is very thorough, it gets stamped with the Doctor’s approval.<\/p>\n
You fill in the rest of the boxes and complete the details of the person they can call in an emergency.<\/p>\n
Then for the ARDS test. You need to get booked in at a circuit that does the ARDS test and it\u2019s on track days.<\/p>\n
So I looked online and decided on Cadwell Park. You can use your own car for the test, as they don\u2019t have one you can use there.<\/p>\n
So the date was booked January 19th PM.<\/p>\n
In your starter pack there’s a usb stick with loads of information about what the flags mean and what you need to know before your test.<\/p>\n
You need to know the flags 100% to pass and then there are some multi-choice questions about racing on track. These need some thought as they are not as easy as you may think!<\/p>\n
Sunday 19th January 2020 – I arrived at Cadwell at 11am. My test was due to start at 12 noon and they said to allow 3 hours.<\/p>\n
I booked in, had a quick look at some cars doing a track day and at 12 noon went to meet the examiner.<\/p>\n
There were 2 others taking their test with me.<\/p>\n
We watched the film that you are given in your starter pack, approx 20 mins, then game on, we got the test papers.<\/p>\n
No time limit, just think about it and try get it all right.<\/p>\n
Paper marked, I passed. Then I was taken onto the track to be tested.<\/p>\n
A bit of tuition followed by a couple of laps. Then I was asked if I was ready for the test.<\/p>\n
The test lasted about 20 minutes and I was then asked to pull into the pits for the result.<\/p>\n
When the result is given to you in the car, the examiner gave me some extra information about driving on track and told me I had passed.<\/p>\n
Then back to the office to get my application form stamped, ready to post off for approval of the medical. It needs a passport picture attaching too.<\/p>\n
Excited to get my licence, I drove home and then posted it off the next day.<\/p>\n
I received an email confirming they had received my application, then 2 days later I received another email informing me that I had been accepted and my licence would be with me shortly. It arrived 2 days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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