[trackbird]

Ok guys, I have been at Beaver Run all day with the AV8SS guys. I also had a chance to sit down with the race director and assistant race director and discuss ideas for events. We talked about all kinds of things and I need input.

First. Would anyone be interested in a time trial event at the road courses. Off the top of my head, we were discussing something like a warm up lap, fast lap, cool down lap and doing multiple runs per day (think "large scale autocross", several runs, etc). And, if you would be interested in such a series, what kind of entry fee might get you guys to come out. Meaning, if it's $500 per car, and 2 cars show up, there's no point. If we make it less (and we'd be planning on it....trust me), at what point would people be interested in coming to try it, and would people be interested in such a format? It would not be a "coned off" road course, it would be a single "flying lap" with a warm up and cool down on each end.

Second. HPDE time. I'm trying to work something out for an HPDE format that would be affordable, but we'd need cars to keep the prices down. I know we like HPDE's here, don't we?

Third. I was discussing the frrax track day idea that we've been bouncing around for the last year or so. We talked about pairing it with an AV8SS weekend. We'd need to find where to hold it (Summit Point, Nashville, and VIR were discussed, but we'd be open to others). Any input?

[slowTA]

For me, an autocross is most fun beacuse you're going fast enough to make it interesting, but not fast enough to get yourself into a ton of trouble... in the perfect world. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) If I were to just head out to a road course I would want more of a HPDE on that track first, then your three lap idea would sound better. 1 warm up and then a full blast run would wouldn't give me enough time to get comfortable on track. I always said that when I get out to a HPDE I would take my time and work my way up to the corners. For those more experienced at higher speeds it would be a blast, but for me (right now) it would just be frustrating.

But if we're planning on a FRRAX HPDE then I would be more interested, but not for another year or so. I think both events should go for about the same price as a standard HPDE day.