Pocono Trackday Anybody???
 

Check it out, im trying to put together a track day at Pocono Raceway's North course track. Basically its Run what you Brung. there will be a tech there for tech inspection prior to your entrance onto the track. Im working right now to see if i can retain a couple of instructors for those of you that are new to the track and would like to learn the right way to drive your car on a road course.

The cost for the day will be 170 dollars for as long as the track is open and however deep your pockets are for fuel.

when i get enough people together is when i will let you know what the day is going to be and it will most likely be on a weekday because the track is because the track is booked solid for weekends mostly due to other car clubs and racing schools.

please PM me for details as track space will not be open forever. this will also be a rain or shine event and you will have to sign waivers as to not hold me, pocono raceway, or anyone else on the track at the time for that matter responsible for damage done to your vehicle. Chances are that your insurance won't cover the damages if any inflicted on your car during a track event so be smart and drive safe. This event is to have fun safely and to keep it off the street. I was told that if this event goes down without any problems that i will be garranteed a spot for next year and maybe a weekend spot based on the attendance and revenue generated.

Right now i am shooting for june 21st or the 30th. but if not it will have to be july 4,5,6, or 7th

If there are anymore questions, like i said pm and i will respond.

Oh and by the way Nitrous is prohibited. Pocono Raceway rules.

Nice. I would love to do something like this. Still a while away for a definite but ill be keeping up

Yeah spread the word to other forums as well. No discrimination for this event. The more the better. I'd like to see my fellow rotary heads represent.

Well then. I know many mustang and domestic fans....... Ill let them know:)

sounds good. the more the better.

Was going to cherry pick some fellow members for a track day at millville this spring.

But poconos is not that far from me, maybe ill go with your group when you set a date.

EDIT: nevermind saw the dates. That will be too hot for my comfort. Let me know if you decide in may.

Those were the only dates available but i will be notified if other dates become available as some clubs tend to cancel as the track date draws near.

I checked the 2011 SCDA schedule and pocono is not on there. I was looking forward to trying this track as it is close to me. I will check back here.

How about millville?

Have you ever been to that one? I wanna try that at least once this spring.

Rob, a bunch of us plan to hit either Lightning or Thundebolt with the PCAA in April. I'll post a thread as the date draws near. My goal is to double last year's track days to six in 2011, in addition to DGRR :icon_tup:

I would definitely do a trackday at NJMP if we organized something

Rob and Gian I am down if u guys are down. Like I said before I am a noob at road racing but I deff wanna do it.

Im a noob too dude, ill prob spin out in the first corner lol

I just wanna go for fun, i dont care if i do worse than a blind person. I just dont wanna go alone.

But i also dont wanna go when its 90 degrees outside. I dont understand why people like to plan rotary meets in the dead heat of summer when heat is a true killer to our cars lol

It should be like an rx7 meet in april or like in october, not july lol

It's on bro. I just don't wanna think about buying a new set of tires cuz the tires on my car now have 70% thread and they are like $250 yeah :(

I'll be keeping an eye out for any events around the area. I too have to go out with an instructor as I register myself in beginner classes. So any events for experienced drivers are no go for us. I am trying to do at least 3 events this spring/summer: Limerock, and both NJ tracks (lightning and thunderbolt). All 3 being realistically close. Watkins Glen and New Hampshire are too far for me :(

Check out scda1.com for schedule. It's pricey, but I would certainly welcome a cheaper alternative at other tracks with other organizations.

Im no pro but i doubt we're gonna be pushing our tires to the limit. Like beefhole said, we'll be in beginner classes meaning we have instructors so we're not gonna be going all out aimlessly.

My tires have 80% left but its enough meat for my hp, and i do some hard cornering on the street and i think im good to go lol

But you have alot more power than me so idk.

There is a short skinny shitty track at englishtown thats always available. But its not even worth bringing your car. Its still a track though and people say its alot of fun. I wouldnt wanna go there though.

Price isnt a big deal for me if we can get ample time out there, with or without an instructor. I just wanna be on a freaking track lol. I been watching so many home made videos on youtube and best motoring dvd's and im pulling my hair out because i wanna do that so bad lol

Driving hard on the street is nothing like the track. It's like comparing apples and... terminators. Or something.

There will be plenty of opportunities for track days this coming season. We'll get something together; I will definitely let people know my plan and hopefully we'll all see one another at the track.

Here is a list of track days in the Northeast, most have instruction available but some do not (Kojote has no instruction and select SCDA events)-

Sat Apr 2 NASA Track Day at LRP
Fri Apr 15 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Sat Apr 16 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Sat Apr 16 EMRA Time Trials at LRP
Sun Apr 17 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Mon Apr 18 SCDA Track Day at LRP
Mon Apr 25 SCDA Track Day at WGI
Tue Apr 26 SCDA Track Day at WGI
Mon May 2 NASA Track Day at WGI
Tue May 3 NASA Track Day at WGI
Tue May 10 SCDA Track Day at LRP
Tue May 24 NASA Track Day at LRP
Wed Jun 1 SCDA Track Day at LRP - LRP
Wed Jun 1 Kojote Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Thu Jun 2 Kojote Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Mon Jun 6 SCDA Track Day at NHMS
Mon Jun 27 SCDA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Tue Jun 28 SCDA Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Fri Jul 1 SCDA Track Day at LRP - LRP
Mon Jul 11 SCDA Track Day at WGI
Tue Jul 12 SCDA Track Day at WGI
Fri Jul 15 NASA Track Day at Pocono
Sat Jul 16 NASA Track Day at Pocono
Sun Jul 17 NASA Track Day at Pocono
Sat Jul 23 EMRA Time Trial Practice at LRP
Mon Jul 25 Kojote Track Day at WGI
Tue Jul 26 Kojote Track Day at WGI
Sat Jul 30 EMRA Time Trial at NJMP Lightning
Sun Jul 31 EMRA Time Trial at NJMP Lightning
Fri Aug 5 SCDA Track Day at LRP
Fri Aug 5 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Sat Aug 6 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Sun Aug 7 NASA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Mon Aug 8 SCDA Track Day at NHMS
Wed Aug 17 Kojote Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Thu Aug 18 Kojote Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Sat Aug 27 EMRA Time Trial at LRP
Mon Aug 29 SCDA Track Day at LRP
Sat Sep 3 EMRA Time Trial at NJMP Lightning
Sun Sep 4 EMRA Time Trial at NJMP Lightning
Sun Sep 11 SCDA Track Day at NJMP Lightning
Mon Sep 12 SCDA Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Wed Sep 14 Kojote Track Day at WGI
Thu Sep 15 Kojote Track Day at WGI
Tue Sep 20 SCDA Track Day at LRP - LRP
Fri Sep 30 NASA Track Day at WGI
Sat Oct 1 NASA Track Day at WGI
Sat Oct 1 EMRA Time Trial at Pocono
Sun Oct 2 NASA Track Day at WGI
Sat Oct 1 EMRA Time Trial at Pocono
Fri Oct 7 SCDA Track Day at NHMS
Fri Oct 28 NASA Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Sat Oct 29 NASA Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt
Sat Oct 29 SCDA Track Day at LRP
Sun Oct 30 NASA Track Day at NJMP Thunderbolt

would be interested too. I did this once a LONG time ago (back when I had my Talon). It was a blast. I'm very much a track noob, but I'd love to get my 7 for this. Still to far out for me to commit, but I'm VERY interested.

What do you mean by no instruction?

Meaning the pre-race class sessions? Or like instructor in car?

Or is it like drag racing? You show up, pass tech, then hop in your car and go on the track?

Also what is the average total time that day you're actually out there? Like actually your car on the track? 1 hour, 2 hours?

Just some noob questions im sure alot of us track virgins wanna know lol

-By no instruction I mean there are no in car instructors provided by the people hosting the event. These are for people that have done many track days and are able to safely handle there car alone. Unlike drag racing you can't just jump in and go unfortunately, it could be a dangerous situation. Coupled with in car instruction you can expect to have several classroom sessions to go over driving dynamics and driving on a racetrack.

-On average you will have four 20-25 minute sessions throughout the day. As you become more advanced you may be able to do some open track days which may have 6-8 hours of track time a day.

-There is a tech inspection so you need the car in good working order, no leaks, good brakes, etc...

Damn im getting excited to go now lol.

So the no instruction days, im sure there are divided groups of people who regularly go to tracks and people who never went right?

My car doesn't leak or nothing like that although I do have my battery located in the hatch but its not "professionally" installed. My battery box is strapped with a buckle strap and I wrapped it around my rear strut bar. The battery box has never moved on me in 4 years of driving.

Are they anal about stuff like that? Last thing I want is to go there and they fail me for something minor yet not fixable right there and then.

It's awesome you're getting exciting, when you get on track you may find yourself in debt because you can't stop doing track days lol

On the no instruction days there no people on track that haven't been on track before, you need an instructor for at least a few track days to truly be safe out there. When you hit the track you'll see why you need that instructor in the car with you.

Why not post a picture of how the battery is set up and I'll give some insight on if they would except it or not, hopefully others will as well because more opinions would be best. I think several organization prefer the battery to be enclosed.

I sure hope i get addicted. 8 years into ownership with this car and it has never seen such track abuse. I need to put the car where it belongs. lol

Ill take a pic of my battery setup this weekend. It looks secure but might be ghetto looking to others. The battery box came with threaded rods but i didnt want to drill into my hatch for that permanent setup. I figure a buckle strap around the entire box and over the rear strut bar was secure enough which it is, but for racing purposes it might not fly.

Ill snap that pic for you and maybe you can give me some ideas.

Thanks man for all the info.

Don't forget that despite being race tracks, there are sound limits believe it or not (on some). So anyone with open wastegates you will not be allowed to run at certain tracks (one of the many problems with my FC).

Sounds like a great idea. You can count me in.

Ok here is the pic of the infamous setup lol

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ket_25698_.jpg

The box is REALLY secure. I was trying to move the box and it wouldnt budge. The buckle strap is really holding onto the box. I know its not legally secure but do you think they would let me slide just with that??

To me that looks like it should pass with most groups. With that being said the last time I was at NJMP they had track staff doing the tech and were quite anal about every little thing which is a good thing but for a track day they were a bit serious. Also, if you shoot whichever group you are running with an email and attach that picture they would give you a for sure answer.

I still have the box lid so maybe if i install that, they might let me slide. Ill ask around when the track day draws near.

Or maybe ill just install it professionally when my roll bar comes in.

Thanks man for all the help and info.

The other main thing they look at are the brakes. Before you go, you DO want that system flushed and clean, with new pads. You DON'T want brakes to fail at 120MPH do you? ;)

I have some ebay rotors and hawk pads right now but im going to change them out this spring anyway.

Brakes work normally.

How do they check for brakes?

Why don’t you put your battery in the passenger side storage bin? This way you will have a cleaner look, more trunk space and the weight at the bottom. I used to have my battery set up just like yours. I didn’t like the idea that people could see the battery exposed. I prefer having it in the storage bin locked up.

I had it behind the driver seat before but I have jdm rear seat now.

Honestly I think its cool to have it in the hatch. Lol

Imo gives it that race car feeling. I only take it out on the weekends anyway so I don't care who sees it. Plus the rear hatch glass is tinted so you can't see unless you go up close.

They check the fluid and the pad thickness. Not something to mess around with.

I saw one guy put his caliper piston into his rotor and destroy everything. He probably had a crappy pad though for it to wear out that badly.

def good to know. Thanks man.

Im gonna change my pads and rotors once the cold weather passes and ill get those PH test looking strips for my brake fluid to see if its still good or not.

Really dont wanna touch the actual brake line cause bleeding brakes suck lol

You really should flush the system with a good brake fluid. I bleed the brakes after every track day. Use this time to replace the stock bleeders with speedbleeders, they make a world of difference.

Hmm will def look into that. Or ill just have my friend help me instead cause he bled more brakes in his time lol

Thanks

I will go as long as i am not traveling that weekend

Sounds like fun, i'm definately down to roll for the ride.

I'll go to keep u company Ray ;)

I'm in.