[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?

[trackbird]

I don't know of them cancelling any events so far. This weekend was thought to be cancelled (they cancelled the stock car races that were supposed to run with AV8SS) and many people made plans to go elsewhere. So, the field was smaller than usual at this event.

I guess my question is this.....

The AV8SS guys would love to see more cars at the events, we all would. We are looking for ways to use the track time between races. The ideas I mentioned above are some of the ways we'd considered filling that time. So, if you were going to design your own perfect series or perfect car "event", what would you want to see/do? I'm trying to get this information in the hands of the right people and maybe we can make something happen on one or more fronts.

And, the "time trials" that I discussed above, I saw some points brought up (which is what I wanted to see) and would you feel better if we had a practice session for you to learn the track a bit. Something like an HPDE practice session? Or, run HPDE level one and two (or whatever is decided) and then you can run the trials? Or some combination of this. I'm thinking out loud and asking for input right now, so I appreciate any and all comments. I told my friends at AV8SS that I'd be putting this up, so they'll probably be following this thread, and they'll get the info from me too.

I forgot to ask about the purses, I know there are some perks/prizes from Nitto and I'll have to check on the rest.

HP looks to be about 500-ish through an intake restrictor, some cars make far less though. Build it, run it and add power as you get time and money.