Track Days/High Performance Driving

This year I'm planning on getting some track time at PIR with Team Continental.

Dave

i do my open track days with the clubs that rent the track right now i just go with the bmw club

That sounds like a great time

for the most part you just have to be part of an actual club like the saleen club of america or a similar club since the day i went was a bmw club day i just joined them on the spot 35 for the year then paid the 100 or 110 i forgot to run what would have been 4 20 min times out on the track but one of the other classed wrecked so all classes lost one run.

There is a track day this Friday via IRDC. Look below $60. Club days are the cheapest way to get track time.
Track / Driver Education Days

Track/Driver Education Days offer you the opportunity to get track time in your street or higher prepared car at Bremerton Raceways. These are not a pre-requisite for the Novice Program, nor do they qualify you to start the Novice Program. But they are another opportunity to practice on track. A limited number of Driver Instructors are available for personal in-car coaching. We are offering two Track/Driver Education Days in 2005.

April 1, 2005, Friday
October 29, 2005, Saturday

Because of rising costs and the popularity of this event, there are new Pricing, Registration, and Payment Procedures. There is a FAQ at the end to answer some questions.

There will be four run groups. Three door slammer groups, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. One open wheel/sports racer. Each group is limited to 22 cars, first come, first served.
-Open to street cars, racecars, open wheel formula, and sports racers. We'll run til dark! Everyone will get lots of track time.
-Convertibles must have a roll bar, exceptions, Porsche 914, Fiat X1/9, Volkswagen Cab, Porsche Boxster with factory hard top attached, Miata with hard top attached. Others inquire before hand.
-Helmets required for Drivers and Passengers, street car factory belts OK.
-Valid Washington or Oregon State, or equivalent, Driver's License required for all drivers.
-Gates open at 7:30am, Mandatory Drivers Meeting at 8:45, first cars on track at 9
-Rookies will be teamed up with Senior drivers.

$40 per car per run group for IRDC members. Registration is open for IRDC members until March 11. On March 11, non filled spots are open to other car clubs, at a cost of $60 per car, per run group. Or join IRDC for the reduced rate. IRDC members can still sign up after the 11th, if spots are still available.

Pre-register via e-mail porschesteve@hotmail.com or snail mail (see address below).
Include:

Name of driver(s),
Type of car
Preferred group to participate in:
Beg.
Int.
Adv.
Open Wheel/Sports Racer
if you have questions about which group you fit in to, email Steve

Send check or MO, made out to IRDC, to:

Steve Barnes
644 Strander BLVD, Apt #354
Seattle WA 98188.

If your check does not arrive by March 28th, you may forfeit your spot. This is NON-REFUNDABLE

Bremerton Raceways is adjacent to Bremerton Airport. From Seattle it is a real toss up whether to Ferry an hour and a half or more if the boats are messed up, or drive down through Tacoma an hour and a half without traffic.
FROM TACOMA
Travel Highway 16 toward Bremerton. Take the Tremont exit in Port Orchard and go left on Old Clifton Road. Go Left on Sunnyslope Road. Immediate right on Clifton road to end.
Ferry schedules if you want to try the Ferry.

FAQ
It used to be 40 bucks per car unlimited drivers, why per group now? Well, this event has gotten very popular, and to keep it fun, we must keep the number of cars on track at a reasonable amount-22 is just about the max. The track rental has DOUBLED since last year. If 22 cars showed up they all ran three groups we'd lose money! Now I know that won't happen, but let's face it, $40 per group is still pretty cheap!

I used to just pay at the gate, why do I have to send a check now? Well, if you reserve a spot and don't show, someone may be turned away that would have been able to participate, and the club would be out those funds. This will prevent that from happening.

Can I still show up, the day of the event, registrar, and pay at the gate? Yes, but there will be no guarantees that there will be a spot for you! Just mail in the $40/$60 bucks and DO IT! OK, OK, the sun's out and you are mad at your boss, blow the day off and come over, you might get in!

Contact Steve Barnes at 360-446-0847, no calls after 9pm please.

Lapping days are definately the way to go. Some of the clubs that rent the track put on events that are much less expensive and might even have their own instructors. The Proformance schedule is a good tool to figure out when a certain club has rented the track, and the clubs individual websites. I will be attending the following this year:
4/17 Alfa Club track day.
7/13 or 7/14 either the corvette track day or the Mustang Roundup trackday, I have not fully decided.
8/15 Rose City Corvette Club track day (PIR).

Check out the following clubs sites for more info.
Alfa Club
BMW Club
Proformance
Mustang Northwest
Seattle Corvette Club

As I understand it, Mustang NW will let you run your Ford powered car if you are either very experienced on track or you attend their groundschool (night before?). BMW requires newer drivers to be a BMWPugetsound member, and go through their (2) novice track day sessions. Alfa requires newer drivers to attend their driving school or a Bremerton Track day with them. Corvette club is allowing Mustang's at their event this year, the specifics for new drivers are not clear yet. The best thing to do is contact the club you are interested in running with and telling them your experience and about your car. They can help point you in the right direction from there.

There are VERY few active mustangs in the open track community (active meaning more than 1 event a year), so cmon out and join us.

PS: If you are looking for a good set of track wheels check these out.

I go with the ALFA club, less crowded and they don't care what kind of car you bring.

Dan

The Opel club days are the best.

porsche club is much cheaper route

The Porsche club hates domestic iron, I have run with them but it's no fun. I have a friend with a 914 race car and we both go with the Alfa guys.

Rootus said:

This year I'm planning on getting some track time at PIR with Team Continental.

Dave

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Team Continental is worth the money. If I can get the day off, I'll be going again on May 25.

I dunno, all I know is that I met some guy with a vw 1.8t and he told me about the porsche club. I can see why the porsche guys would be begrudging, but then again they should respect good driving.