[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?

[z28tt]

I'm not keen on the 8 runs a day autox schedule. The reasone I do HPDE's and time trials is so I get more than 10 minutes on track for the whole day. EMRA runs 3-4 20-30 minute practice sessions throughout the day, and then the last session is time trials. The TT is setup in groups of three (honor system, since you tell them what your appx laptime is, and they group accordingly), with a car getting released every 20-30 seconds. You get a half lap warmup, two timed laps, and a half lap cooldown. Once all 3 cars are back in the pits, next group goes out. If you catch the guy in front, you get a re-run. This has worked well, and doesn't require a transponder. NASA (I've heard, never run with them yet) just times you throughout the day with the transponder, so no specific TT session. Regular costs in the Northeast are $130-$200/day for HPDE/TT's. If you keep costs in that ballpark, I'm sure folks will come. It's not such a large world that a "cheap" event will drag out the yokels in their '84 DeVille running on four mismatched tires, so I'd go as cheap as you can make it to cover the costs. The more tracktime you get, the more $ you can charge. All thoughts are IMHO. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)