Just a heads up to anyone looking for track time at Watkins Glen. The 2008 trackmasters schedule of Open Track and Student events is now posted on the trackmasters.com website. Students get four 30 minute track sessions daily. Open trackers get up to 5 hours of track time daily. Great group of people, very safety conscious and very experienced on-track and classroom instruction. The annual Kid's Day event is something that every parent and track junkie should experience.

What do they actually do for KIDS day? I was thinking about going to that event, but I did not know what they do for the event exactly.
I went to one of their events a couple of years ago, and it was definately worth it. Tons of track time!

Dennis...........I will be back again this year, hope to make Kids Day

Gary

Joel,

Kids Day is an event that allows us to take kids from Camp Good Days Happy times (a camp fro kids with serious/terminal illnesses for touring laps . This is followed by a picnic lunch (usually at The Glen Club with the kids. They also allow people to purchase the right to touring laps in their street car behind a pace car. The kids are amazing. It's an experience beyond explanation-trust me.

I really hope I get to go to that this year, that sounds like a very nice thing to do for those kids. How many laps do they get to ride along for?

The rule of thumb for kids rides is 3 laps per ride. Kids can have as many rides in as many different cars as they'd like during the time allotted for ride alongs (generally 1-2 hours depending on the number of kids). If you have a kid who is particularly crazy about your car, you can usually keep them out an extra lap or two. Most kids get lots of rides. The counselors (most of whom are former campers ) can get rides too, after the kids have had a few each. Same goes for parents of campers.

Still remember my first rider, a 10 year old girl undergoing chemo for Cancer. She had a cute head band and no hair. She talked non-stop the whole ride about the dance that was to be held that evening at the camp and about accidentally having discarded her chemo that morning because it had been placed in her orange juice to make it easier to take. She being unaware, assumed the orange juice was bad and threw it out. This necessitated the camp providing another dose. She also forgot to pack a dress for the dance. A counselor took her to the camp's theatre wardrobe and found her one. She was a wonder, full of enthusiasm and good spirits. As I had just finished chemo myself, it was easy to see how wonderfully brave she and all the campers were. I would never voluntarily miss a Kid's Day Event.

Also, since there are large numbers of family and guests at this event, it is usually possible to take one's own kids out for a ride once all the campers have had a ride or two. You can't get an experience like this just driving at a track. It is one of the things that makes me a diehard fan of the trackmasters people and their programs.

Hi Gary,
Looking forward to seeing you and the start of the 2008 season. Have put a feeler out for the NJBMWCCA ITS School at Summit in April. Don't know when they'll open registration. Really looking forward to trying my hand at an Instructor's School. I'll be in touch. Dennis

Dennis..........The guy you want to talk to @ NJ chapter is Blake Smith. He drives a e30 silver/gray M3.

He is the head guy for their ITS program.

He also knows me pretty good as well as Dan Mack. ( red 1le 97 Z28 white stripes)

Gary

Dennis..........The guy you want to talk to @ NJ chapter is Blake Smith. He drives a e30 silver/gray M3.

He is the head guy for their ITS program.

He also knows me pretty good as well as Dan Mack. ( red 1le 97 Z28 white stripes)

Gary
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Thanks Gary,
Already contacted Blake and requested info. for the ITS. Not familiar with Dan Mack. He's not a trackmasters OT driver is he? Name sounds very familiar though. My MXs still look good , but I'm wondering about needing new tires for the ITS. Would you recommend it? How's the plowing situation up in your area?

Dennis