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WHY GOLD
TRACK IS THE
TRACK DAY
ORGANISER
OF THE YEAR
I
t was a sunny day at
MSV’s Brands Hatch
circuit in Kent, where
we’d be taking on the GP circuit. I
went to the briefing, which was
one of the best I have been to in a
long time. It wasn’t boring or too
long, but covered all the main
safety points. Only 25% of the
users hadn’t been on track before
so there were a lot of repeat
users – a testament to Gold
Track’s popularity. It was great
to see the camaraderie between
the participants and the organis-
er, Melindi Scott. It was a really
fun atmosphere.
I caught up with Gold Track’s
Callum Lockie, who works with
Scott, and he talked us through
their backgrounds and how the
company has evolved. “Melindi
has been involved in motorsport
for a lot longer than I have, really
from age four or five, as her step-
father was in motorsport,” Lockie
says. “He practically invented
track days and was involved with
a Ferrari dealership. He suddenly
realised all his mates with fast
cars didn’t have anywhere to exer-
cise them, so he thought of track
days. People where turning up in
917 Porsches and expensive cars
even then.
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Track
“Melindi was running 96 Club
with her step-dad and then he
gave her sole power to run it,
and that’s when I joined. We ran
it together, but then after a few
seasons we went on our own and
launched Gold Track based near
Silverstone and have been there
ever since.”
Scott has a little experience on
track, as Lockie explains: “The
last time Melindi went on track
was in 1998 when I was contract-
ed to Bugatti with the EB110 and
was demonstrating at Silverstone.
Melindi came around with me and
just didn’t like it.”
Lockie himself has been racing
and coaching “forever”. He tells
me how this is one of the unique
selling points of Gold Track:
“Melindi is very welcoming and
fantastic at organising and being
attentive to individuals. If you
have a problem, she will solve it
for you.
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“We have a USP having me as a
professional racing driver on the
team. I’ve achieved BRDC mem-
bership and I am very busy racing
and coaching.”
Gold Track also actively helps
its track day users move into
the world of racing. Lockie says:
“People are often on the phone to
us asking about how to get into
racing and we help them with
trailers, equipment and so on.”
The track day industry has
changed over the years, as Lockie
explains: “There is a big difference
now. There are a lot more modern
cars and fewer classic cars these
days. There used to be many more
classic cars coming out - both race
and road. The sheer number of
GT3s and McLarens has increased
over the last few years.
“The pit lane at Silverstone re-
cently was stuffed with GT3s, Aston
Martins, Porsches, Ferraris and other
£150k-plus cars. That has changed,
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ORGANISER OF THE YEAR’ AWARD LAST YEAR,
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