[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?

[Absolut Speed]

My thing is having advanced notice. I've got my auto-x schedule and gear, but HPDE's and time trials are expensive to come out of the blue. It's one thing to add an auto-x to my schedule, but track time with the brake and tire differences, that's some $ I need to plan for. I just need heads up.

As some have been mentioned, it would be nice if classing were similar to auto-x so us F-stockers wouldn't be too out of place. Tires and wheels are another story. I have a set of 17's I use now because my spare 16's have auto-x only tires, but that's my own issue I guess. I wouldn't dare track the 16's I have on my street wheels.