Watkins Glen Track Day August 2nd & 3rd

[91rs13]

If you have always wanted to go to the Glen--This is a fantastic opportunity for MAX Track time on the Long Grand Prix course

Apex Performance driving has openings in August--This is a different format than many BMWCCA schools--There will be student groups-- ( 4 sessions per day, plus classroom) But if you are signed off Solo--Expect Maximum Track time --2-4 Hours per day. ( Could be a great test day for a club racer???)

$440 for 2 days (Wed & Thursday) (also available 1 day--$220)

For more information: http://www.apexperformancedriving.com/index.htm

Tell them DJ sent ya

[sr20goofus]

this is sooo tempting, but i cant afford it, the glenn is supposed to be rgeat times......

[91rs13]

With all the effort you have put into your car---you really need to play at the Glen. There will be some nissans there........

[sr20goofus]

if i hadnt just purchased Power FC D-jetro, i would be all over this. Ive already done 2 evetns this year, 2 more to come, and a 5th would be awesome.....but priotity is making the car run great for each event, that way i can participate instead of fixing broken **** and bit*hing all day

the glen is the only upper east coast track i havtn been to yet, thats worth going to. Road Atlanta and CMP are the other 2 i havnt hit either

[nismofly]

i wish i could make it, but i went to one weekend at the glen last year and found all the **** on my nearly stock car that couldnt take track abuse

im still working on getting new stuff, so ill be lucky to even get to another track day this season

starting next year though, i hope to be running 6 - 8 HPDE's per summer

[sr20goofus]

starting next year though, i hope to be running 6 - 8 HPDE's per summer

you licky bit*h ....i only do about 4 events per year, i so wish i could do 6-8, maybe after i graduate and have money i can afford to do it until i become an instructor and do events for free !!!

[S14 boy]

Check out the pic on their webpage...........

And its too bad ill be in Seattle then, maybe i would cancel the trip of i had my FF by then. oh well

[nismofly]

you licky bit*h ....i only do about 4 events per year, i so wish i could do 6-8, maybe after i graduate and have money i can afford to do it until i become an instructor and do events for free !!!

you have to remember, ill be doing this with a nearly stock car, coilovers, exhaust, and some sort of tire will be my only performance mods put there...while you have the sr, the v mount, the bar thatll be a cage, etc etc

i just want to get running events, my plan is to start NASA time trial 3 years from now, plus other events of that nature, plus run HPDE, instructing asap, and ill run HPDE's as much as possible for the next 2 summers to get to that point

once im out of school and have spent enough money on track days to build up experience, then im going to build my car into a monster, and plan to eventually go for overall wins at the time trials and such, not just class wins

[91rs13]

you have to remember, ill be doing this with a nearly stock car, coilovers, exhaust, and some sort of tire will be my only performance mods put there...while you have the sr, the v mount, the bar thatll be a cage, etc etc

i just want to get running events,

You do not need a lot of mods to run on the track--as long as it is reliable---the main thing in the beginning is learing how to get around the track. The mods and speed will come later. My fvirst event after the swap I was towed in 2x due to teething problems. --Just get out there and drive---240s are at home on the track.

[sr20goofus]

you have to remember, ill be doing this with a nearly stock car, coilovers, exhaust, and some sort of tire will be my only performance mods put there...while you have the sr, the v mount, the bar thatll be a cage, etc etc

i just want to get running events, my plan is to start NASA time trial 3 years from now, plus other events of that nature, plus run HPDE, instructing asap, and ill run HPDE's as much as possible for the next 2 summers to get to that point

once im out of school and have spent enough money on track days to build up experience, then im going to build my car into a monster, and plan to eventually go for overall wins at the time trials and such, not just class wins

its a good plan to keep it simple at first and then upgrade to power later. I have mild power and some safety, i am still learnign as every always does even after 40 track events, but i am starting to outdrive my car as it is, a better suspension and bucket seats and my car will be a great time on track with relativly low power in comparison (250whp). Mostly i spend my money on track events, just not as many as i want to do, i would kill to do 8 events a year. Once i am to the insructor status i wont have to worry abotu paying for events, but you still have to pay for the first 15-16 events minimum.

You do not need a lot of mods to run on the track--as long as it is reliable---the main thing in the beginning is learing how to get around the track. The mods and speed will come later. My fvirst event after the swap I was towed in 2x due to teething problems. --Just get out there and drive---240s are at home on the track.

this is the ideal way to learn, but odds are most people star off with a powerful car or a car with some mild work done to it, and slowly upgrade over time. If you were towed in 2x, maybe you shoudl have takin it a little easier, i know personally over the past 2 and a half years of track events, i havnt gone off track or been towed in yet, at the same time im still pushing my car very hard but not getting carried away because its just an HPDE (drivers education) not a race. As much as i have had people bad mouth the 240 as a track car, i have had nothing but success and fun with mine, on track is where they belong for sure.

[91rs13]

If you were towed in 2x, maybe you shoudl have takin it a little easier, i know personally over the past 2 and a half years of track events, i havnt gone off track or been towed in yet, at the same time im still pushing my car very hard but not getting carried away because its just an HPDE (drivers education) not a race. As much as i have had people bad mouth the 240 as a track car, i have had nothing but success and fun with mine, on track is where they belong for sure.

LOL--The tows were due to some mechanical teething problems --pushing the car to find issues--so they can be fixed and no longer are issues.

Since that event it has been clean sailing with the car on the track ( 4 events since that one) --- I do not know who would badmouth the cars. Every one I know who has driven on ontrack raves about the handling ( mostly IT racers)