[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?

[nape]

How was the car count for AV8SS? I heard a rumor that they had to cancel two events earlier this year due to low signup.

I saw Barry Kline's new '05 Mustang at MAM with NASA in June while he was sorting it out. From what I heard, he built it strictly for AV8SS and can't run it in AI/X because he cut out the wiper bucket.

AV8SS sounded cool to me, until I saw the entry fee... which as I just looked at the website seems to have been lowered, at least for the next event.

Since you'll be there tomorrow too, any chance you can find out what the purses are and what horsepower they're making? Maybe it's something to think about for next year.