2010 Bench Racer's League

[scheides]

Don't be bashful if you think you're gonna be slow at this or that, going fast is not the point of this. The point is to try it, get down the drag track a few times, even if you end up in the 15's.

Lomker, do you know of any single-day HPDE's on a big track? The BMW one is 3 days and $350. Pretty big commitment.

[1QUICK4]

Should do a Mitsustyle street car shootout.

Say 3 or 4 events, most points over all is the winner.
(AutoX/Drag/RoadRace or even circle track )

You would most likely need to limit major mods inbetween events

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by scheides

Lomker, do you know of any single-day HPDE's on a big track? The BMW one is 3 days and $350. Pretty big commitment.

Sure, went to birperformance.com's event on Sept 5th. There's a thread about it on here. They do events all summer.

Umm, the one day events are $265 but BIR is the most expensive place to go. Gotta keep in mind that it includes both use of the track and an instructor to ride as co-pilot as much as you want.

If I were you I'd be more concerned about burning up your $1k set of tires than the entrance fee. A day on the track isn't cheap even if you aren't off-roading.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Sure, went to birperformance.com's event on Sept 5th. There's a thread about it on here. They do events all summer.

Umm, the one day events are $265 but BIR is the most expensive place to go. Gotta keep in mind that it includes both use of the track and an instructor to ride as co-pilot as much as you want.

If I were you I'd be more concerned about burning up your $1k set of tires than the entrance fee. A day on the track isn't cheap even if you aren't off-roading.

Hrm that sounds like fun! The tires, brake pads, fuel, track insurance and lodging are premiums that shy me away from HPDE's. If I had more $$, I'd more strongly consider doing them. This is why I feel like the bench racer's league will focus more on drag events and autoX. Barring breakage, they should be relatively cheap to attend.

[goodhart]

I would be down for drag 100% with the Talon. I would also like to attend some Auto-X with the WRX.

Brainerd works perfect for me, as its only about an hour from St. Cloud.

Concerns: Hope my ACT 2600 will hold up and hope these Falken Ziex-912's will give me traction (probably not) So I would most likely need a new set of tires also, which sucks because these Falken's are pretty much brand new...

[slowbubblecar]

Originally Posted by scheides

Don't be bashful if you think you're gonna be slow at this or that, going fast is not the point of this. The point is to try it, get down the drag track a few times, even if you end up in the 15's.

Lomker, do you know of any single-day HPDE's on a big track? The BMW one is 3 days and $350. Pretty big commitment.

BIR has their schedule online for the HPDEs. They are fairly spendy. We usually just get up early and drive there and back in the same day to save lodging costs. One day that I went last year was on the long course for 1/2 of the day. HPDEs are generally on the short track though which was SCCA certified last fall. Both tracks are fun, but I like the big one better as I was able to go 150 on the straight.

I went to a HPDE event at Mid America (nebraska) last year that was cheap but it was 6 hrs away. Planning to go again this year. It is sponsored by woodhouse. You might be able to find info on that one if you look on their website.

I hope to go to many this year.

Car condition-stock and waiting to be driven.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by slowbubblecar

I like the big one better as I was able to go 150 on the straight.

I only did 110 on the short course. You could probably do 130 or more if you were confident with your braking. haha. Not me.

I hope to go to many this year.

Good stuff! I'll be seeing you out there.

[slowbubblecar]

Originally Posted by mlomker

I only did 110 on the short course. You could probably do 130 or more if you were confident with your braking. haha. Not me.

Good stuff! I'll be seeing you out there.

On the short course, I didn't feel comfortable enough to go much higher than 130 going in to turn 2. Rather not learn the limits of my car the hard way at that speed while turning Could probably push it a little further on the long course if I was a little more confident in the braking. Was the only time we were on the long course though.

I am sure I will see you there