Track-Day Budget Planner

Every cost item you enter is added together to form the base budget. A contingency percentage is then applied to cover the unexpected, and the two are combined into the total estimated budget. If you supply a session count or a number of track minutes, the total is divided to give an average per session or per minute.

Worked example: £250 entry + £80 travel fuel + £120 track fuel + £100 accommodation + £30 food + £70 tyre allowance + £50 brake allowance = £700 base. With 10% contingency the total is £770. Across seven sessions that is £110 per session, and across 140 track minutes it is £5.50 per minute.

You can enter a fuel budget directly, or have the planner estimate it. In calculated mode the travel and track fuel costs are worked out separately — travel distance is the total return-trip distance, and track distance is the estimated total driven on circuit. Each uses its own economy figure, because consumption on track is far higher than on the road.

The two modes are mutually exclusive: when calculating fuel, the direct travel-fuel and track-fuel fields are not used, so the two are never counted together. Fuel prices can be entered in pence per litre or pounds per litre using the selector.

This is a planning estimate only. Tyre and brake allowances are estimated wear costs — the value of consumables consumed — and may not be cash you actually spend on the day. Per-session and per-minute figures are averages across the entire budget, not just fuel.

Real costs vary with circuit, weather, driving style, traffic and mechanical sympathy. The planner starts with empty fields so you enter your own figures; the “Load example” button fills clearly labelled illustrative values you can edit.