Okydoke, I'll be honest. I have done zero research so far, but just thought I would ask for a spectrum of perspective.

Who road races in new england?
Where?
How much?
What do I do to get in?

I have autocrossed a few times, nothing serious or competitive. And I also have been drag racing for years. But now the road race itch has got me.

Any light anyone could shed on this would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
dave

 

PM eastcoastbumps. he'll give you the skinny

 

will do thank you!

 

NHIS usually has open track days. pass tech and a track official rides with u. 30 min sessions use to do it years ago. but its a whole lot of fun!

 

Go to www.scca.org. SCCA has many programs from solo to National level competition. There are also events put on by Corvettes of Mass.

 

I replied to Daves PM before I found this thread. I figured I should post up my reply here too.

I do a lot of HPDE's with COM (www.comscc.org). The club rents out tracks all over the NE. NHIS, Limerock, Watkins Glen, and a few tracks in Canada. They run a two day event. The first day is a 'Drivers School' broken up into four run groups. Students, Instructors, and two Licensed groups. Students get one on one instruction from their assigned instructor and then there are two or three classroom sessions to reinforce what they've learned.

If you do well as a student, learn the line, show good car control, and not scare your instructor, you may get signed off as "Safe to Solo" for the following day. The second day is open track in the morning and its broken down by class. The club runs a time trial (or TIME ATTACK!!1!) in the afternoon. You submit your fastest lap time from the morning session and then you're sent out for three timed laps.

Classes may seem a bit funky, and the rules very strict, but you'll see that they make sense and there are very few other ways to do them fairly. SS cars are bone stock, you can only change tires (not wheels) and brake pads. ST allows unlimited suspension, wheels, tires, intake, exhuast, OEM brake upgrades, ignition and fuel tuning (no boost changes or controlers). SP allows all ST changes plus addional wings and aero bits, boost changes, aftermarket turbos/superchargers, OEM engine and transmission swaps. They require SP cars to have roll bars and you need a fire suit. P allows all of SP changes plus weight removal, fender flairs, non oem engine/trans swaps.

COM has rented out NHIS this Saturday and Sunday. I won't be there but everyone is very friendly and I'd encourage you to go and check it out and talk to some of the guys there. Registration for the November Lime Rock event is currently open.

Other clubs you can check out are BMWCCA, NASA, SCDA, SCCA, NER, PCA, Track Guys, and Track Daze. Most of those other clubs run just a HPDE, and are not compeditive.

Pete