American Car Racing Association is hosting a track day on April 18th, 2007 for $145 per driver.

I drove at one of their events and it was great. Lots of track time, Five 30 minute sessions with plenty of open track.

They have three run groups for each kind of driver, Yellow (beginner) Blue (experienced), and Red (Racer Wannabees). Actually, there are some really fast guys in the Red group.

There are also instructors on hand if you need them. I went to the same track with the BMW CCA ($500) with AAA+++ instructors. Don't excpect alot with this group, the instructors are there to get their fix, and not so much instruction. But hey, who wants another 200 lbs anyway?

Here is the link

http://www.americancarracing.com/events.html

The only kicker is that it is on a Wednesday. Good excuse to take a sick day.

I will be going and although I have been on this track twice, I am going to stay in the Yellow group (Beginners) so I can sand bag it . :-) J/K, this will be my first time in the 8 and I want to get used to it before I go vette hunting... I wish.

See you there.

 

Sounds like a good day to be out of the office.

 

One month to go. Here is a teaser video that I found on google. This video has a bit of instruction that matches pretty well with what I was shown.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...willow+springs

Cheers

 

Less than a month to go. Get on board before April 8th or the price goes up to $170.

 

http://www.youtube.com/v/pSFxXId6xYg

 

It looks like this event got enough registrants for a go and I hope to see some of you guys out there.

It's still not too late to have one of the best experiences in your car, early registration is up to the 8th. Worse case you will have to pay $170 up to the track day or $195 at the track.

You get lunch and a nice long-sleeve ACRA shirt.

If you are going, bring lots of water, sun screen, tire gauge, torque wrench, and some driving glove.
Gloves are not manditory. I just picked up some nice "Mechanic's wear" style gloves that fit snug, yet are very flexible. My BMW instructor suggested Simpson style with bright colors for displaying passing, but I found them a little bulky and boy-racer for a couple of weekends a year. Home depot sells some nice form fitting mechanic's/contactor's gloves, both in black and saftey orange. $16.

Don't forget to bring your waiver and tech sheet. MUST MUST MUST.

 

Sunday (4/8/07) is the last day to get on board with the $145 price.

 

It was fun. You all missed out ;-)

 

Do you have any vids? Wondered if your camera mount worked out.

 

I took some video, but reaching behind with my gloves on I didn't push the right button half the time so I got very little film.
The mount worked fine, but it needs to be lower by about 6-8 inches. The rear view mirror really obstructed the view.

My buddy with a 2nd gen RX-7 had a remote mount camera and that seems to be the ticket. I'm not ready to buy one, but I think he'll let me borrow it on my next runs.

I really wished I did get more video because I wanted to time myself after the fact, and my last sessions were by far faster.

My third session was the only session I got video on, and it also happend to be when I ran out of fuel on turn 5 (hard left), so I only got one good lap. I had a 1/4 tank but I guess the turn needed more. Sucked.

Anyway I ran a 1:49 from the little footage I had, but I know I pushed much harder in the last two sessions.

Oh well.