A few things:
We are members of the Association of Track Day Organisers and so work from the same book as GoldTrack.
We use instructors from 1-2-1 Instruction (one of which is Hyla Breeze who is currently racing in the BTCC) at all our events
We are quite unique in our overtaking rules which means that in the 150 or so events, over 2 years, that we have organised we have only had one inter-car contact and this was due to the pitlane marshal at Donington letting out a car when another car was coming down the straight. Our rules on overtaking are quite clear and normally come as a shock to people used to testdays.
1) Overtaking is on the left only
2) Overtaking is on the straights only (ie not around any corners or under braking)
3) Overtaking is by consent only, which means that you can only pass the car in front when they clearly indicate that they have seen you and want you to pass
Our days are run either sessioned or open pit depending on the venue and numbers.
We have very few problems at our days and are very quick to reprimand anyone caught disobeying any of our rules. To quote from our recent letter to Circuit Driver: "by far the biggest perpetrators of stoppages are those with race licences. Before anyone thinks that this is due to number of attendees, it's not - we attract around 30-40% novices at all our events, and typically less than 10% of drivers will have a race license"
I honestly feel your view of trackday organisers maybe be somewhat out of date and maybe you should experience some other ATDO registered companies before passing judgement
Andy
BookaTrack.com