With all this talk about how all these powerful and new cars handle... I know some of you guys have to be track rats :thumbsup: Come out and show yourselfs!
I'm most active in the northern californa region (Thunderhill, Infineon Raceway, Laguna Seca). Sometimes I go to the southern California tracks (Buttonwillow, Streets of Willow, Horse Thief mile, Willow Springs), but not very often.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, almost all road racing courses rent the track out to clubs or other organizations. Regular people can take their cars out there, and run on the track at speed, grouped by skill levels. Some clubs even offer basic instruction to the novices. Some use the events as a gateway to real wheel to wheel racing. Some just do it for fun and the love of the sport!
I'm a HDPE/Open track person, not a club racer. I run in HPDE4/Open passing groups, so there's still plenty of passing to be had. No time/funds to dedicate to wheel to wheel racing. I'll use the track AMB transponder system if the club has it turned on, but otherwise I won't usually time myself. I may start participating in NASA's TT program this year, then lap times will count towards something.
I try to get out to at least one event per month. I usually go with Trackmasters, Speed Ventures, or the Golden Gate Lotus club. I usually only go to NASA events when they are at Infineon, because they get the weekend dates, but are only 4 x 20 minute sessions.
Nothing beats the feeling of blasting down the front straight at Thunderhill at 115 mph, or blasting around turn 8 at 100 mph (IN A NEON!), or flying around 6 at Laguna seca and knowing the corkscrew is coming up real soon...
I use my SRT-4 for track duty, since it's cheap to run, has plenty of power to in stock form, and is cheap enough to walk away from if something bad happens to it.
Any other track guys here? Interested in bringing your car out? Know a guy who thinks he's the next great pro racer, but all he does is race people on the street?? Make him back up his stuff and keep him from racing on the street, put him on the track!
Maybe we can organize a ATOT track day! :thumbsup:
I'm most active in the northern californa region (Thunderhill, Infineon Raceway, Laguna Seca). Sometimes I go to the southern California tracks (Buttonwillow, Streets of Willow, Horse Thief mile, Willow Springs), but not very often.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, almost all road racing courses rent the track out to clubs or other organizations. Regular people can take their cars out there, and run on the track at speed, grouped by skill levels. Some clubs even offer basic instruction to the novices. Some use the events as a gateway to real wheel to wheel racing. Some just do it for fun and the love of the sport!
I'm a HDPE/Open track person, not a club racer. I run in HPDE4/Open passing groups, so there's still plenty of passing to be had. No time/funds to dedicate to wheel to wheel racing. I'll use the track AMB transponder system if the club has it turned on, but otherwise I won't usually time myself. I may start participating in NASA's TT program this year, then lap times will count towards something.
I try to get out to at least one event per month. I usually go with Trackmasters, Speed Ventures, or the Golden Gate Lotus club. I usually only go to NASA events when they are at Infineon, because they get the weekend dates, but are only 4 x 20 minute sessions.
Nothing beats the feeling of blasting down the front straight at Thunderhill at 115 mph, or blasting around turn 8 at 100 mph (IN A NEON!), or flying around 6 at Laguna seca and knowing the corkscrew is coming up real soon...
I use my SRT-4 for track duty, since it's cheap to run, has plenty of power to in stock form, and is cheap enough to walk away from if something bad happens to it.
Any other track guys here? Interested in bringing your car out? Know a guy who thinks he's the next great pro racer, but all he does is race people on the street?? Make him back up his stuff and keep him from racing on the street, put him on the track!
Maybe we can organize a ATOT track day! :thumbsup:
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