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Posted: **Tue May 07, 2013 1:00 am**

mraitch wrote:Jeez Will
You are missing the point.
Perhaps I haven't read the Webster Dictionary definition of 'track day' - so forgive me, I will look it up!
I just was 'speculating' about the 'possibility' of having access to a local speedway where we could let our cars and our drivers have FUN without worrying about speed regulations.
As I have mentioned TWICE, there may be rules that prohibit this as a possibility, I am just trying to find interest.
So, if there is a straightaway that allows 120mph+ and requires serious braking for the next corner and your car is not up to it, just experience the speed and brake early - or just lift off the pedal.
If Buttonwillow AND Laguna Seca will allow WHATEVER (including my aforementioned Bentley) to run on their fields (Parade Laps with VIGOR perhaps) then why not. I was at Buttonwillow when a Cobra took me on the inside (total rule violation) and then spun out on the next turn (bye bye)
Parade laps for $200 a person - NOOOOOO!! pointless.
I could happily 'parade' around Laguna Seca for HOURS.
]And per your response "there are perhaps only about 6 people who track their roadsters" that is one of my points. Have ALL of the racing roadsters on the track - hello

I get what you are trying to do, but you aren't listening to my attempt to be subtle over the fact that none of the main groups that run track days will let you run in the fashion you are looking to do. You might be able to rent a track, but you will need some sort of very large insurance deal to cover the event. NORCAL UFO was able to rent Thunderhill for the Shasta All Datsun meet weekends, and because they have their own insurance, they were able to set some of their own rules. I'm pretty sure the only way you will be able to make this happen is by renting the track yourself. Even so, I think everyone will need a roll bar to play. I'd talk with either Dennis or Peggy Hale and see what is required to make a day like this happen. Doing it in conjunction with another track group such as Speedventures or Track-masters will likely be a no go.

Will

Posted: **Tue May 07, 2013 1:14 am**

Will
I don't read between the lines well (subtlety only works in humour - for me)
If what I am looking for doesn't work, then it doesn't
But I prefer to get the hurdles from the horse's mouth (to mix & mutilate metaphors)
If it cannot be built, then they won't come (more mangling)
I'm just trying to see if there is a field worth building.
Cricket on a baseball field perhaps or v.v. with or without rollbars and Snell helmets

Posted: **Tue May 07, 2013 1:26 am**

Bottom line here to accomplish what Peter is looking for is it would need to be similar to what I ran in last weekend..

They called it a "dynamic driving academy" and therefore allowed my car without roll over protection or 3 points.. It could not be called a drift event, or an autocross, even though people were driving it in both grip and drift modes. My guess is that this was insurance related.

At the end of the day everyone had fun, no cars were hurt badly, only about 12 cones were killedâ€¦ And yeah, I killed 2 of them, after the instructors told me to run the 360 faster and wider, and flat out with the tail out.. took out the exit cones with the side of the car and got one stuck in the outrigger..lol

Posted: **Tue May 07, 2013 1:52 am**

and you are the 'new' victor laury?? two cones don't cut it mate.<G>
btw - I have some screws for you

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