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Rikky Alessi (Ralessi)
New member
Username: Ralessi
Post Number: 3
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 12:14 am: | |
Hey, if you went, what would you be driving? I am seriously thinking about this... although the price is an issue...
The bad thing is I only have an auto car available to use (1999 Mazda Protege ES) Since I am 16 and did not develop an insane desire for racing until after I got my car :-\ |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1189
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 3:46 pm: | |
I originally posted this in the regional topic, but i dont think it will get much exposure there.
"DRIVE YOUR CAR AT MID-OHIO!
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 13th-14th, 2002
TracQuest and Rennlist are thrilled to announce their first Driver Education (DE) event
at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course (Mid-Ohio) on Tuesday-Wednesday, August 13th-14th, 2002. One of our country�s best and most challenging race tracks, Mid-Ohio is located in the center of Ohio, just about midway between Columbus and Cleveland. A detailed map and other information about the track can be found on the track�s web site at http://www.midohio.com. For years you�ve watched all kinds of racing at Mid-Ohio, from CART to the SCCA runoffs, and now is your chance to experience for yourself what a great track this really is! While everyone with any type of car is more than welcome, this event will be another Rennlist extravaganza, with Rennlist members coming from up and down the East Coast, the Midwest, and even the West Coast to celebrate the Rennlist community! You can sign up for either Tuesday or Wednesday or both days.
Unlike most car club events, which are competitive and require 5-point harnesses, fire extinguishers and often roll bars, this is a non-competitive event, so you don�t need any special equipment for your car � just a helmet, which you should try to obtain for yourself because rentals will not be available (afew loaners will be available, but there aren�t many). Instruction is provided by experienced Club and SCCA racers/instructors.
The general format for
Tuesday is as follows:
7:00 a.m. - Arrive and register - coffee and Continental breakfast provided.
8:00 a.m. - Drivers meeting (mandatory for ALL participants and instructors).
9:00 a.m. - First instructor session during last � hour of drivers meeting, so
instructors
unfamiliar with the track can familiarize themselves with Mid-Ohio.
9:30 a.m. - �Ducks in a Row� for participants new to the track � Instructors drive
students� cars
at slow speed on the correct line, with others in small group (3 cars or less) following.
Instructor takes a turn driving each car in group.
10:00 a.m. - Classroom session for Slow Group while Medium group is on track.
10:00 a.m. - Alternate Slow, Medium and Fast/Instructor group � hour open track
sessions,
- 4:30 p.m. with strict rules re passing in Slow group, less strict in Medium group, open
passing in Fast/Instructor group. Lunch is provided, along with drinks all day.
7:00 p.m. - Banquet (optional) at location close to the track.
On Wednesday morning, open lapping will start at 8:00 a.m., as everyone will already
be familiar with the track,
allowing for even more track time. If the event isn�t full, at some point during the
event cars will be allowed to run
in multiple run groups, providing more track time than you can likely use.
In addition to driving in your own sessions, both with and without instructors, you can
ride with the instructors in
our cars at speed, which is both very instructive, and, quite frankly, a blast! All kinds
of cars come to these events,
including Porsches, Ferraris, Audis, Vipers, NSX�s, BMW�s, RX-7�s, Subarus, Camaros,
Corvettes, Mustangs,
Mercedes, Jaguars and others. Professional corner workers and safety and course
control personnel will help to
assure a safe and fun event for everyone.
If you are an experienced driver and have already been to Mid-Ohio, you can take
advantage of over 6 hours of
anticipated high quality, low traffic track time over both days. You won�t do the ducks
in a row exercise on the first
day if you�ve been to Mid-Ohio before, although you do have to be there for the main
drivers meeting at 8:00 a.m.
Event headquarters for this event will be the Ramada Limited and Conference Center
at 1000 Comfort Plaza Drive,
Bellville, OH 44813, whose phone number is (419) 886-7000. This is Mid-Ohio�s
preferred hotel and is at the
intersection of Interstate 71 and Route 97, only about 10 minutes from the track. The
room rate for a single or
double will be $69 per night. When you call to make a reservation, you MUST tell them
you�re with the TracQuest
group going to Mid-Ohio in order to get this lower group rate. The TracQuest room
block will only be held until June
12th, so make your reservation early.
The discounted early entry fee for this event is $450 for both days or $250 for one
day if your entry form is
postmarked or faxed by August 1st, 2002, slightly more if later. Instructors run for half
price, unless they get at
least one paying participant to attend, in which case they run for free! Also, all
Rennlist members receive a
discount! These prices do not include a ticket to the banquet at The White Fence Inn
on Tuesday night, which is
being sold at TracQuest/Rennlist�s cost of $45 each. Although attendance at the
banquet is optional, we
recommend that you come. Most of the people attending the event will be there, so it
will be a great chance to
review Tuesday�s events at the track with your fellow attendees and get even more
psyched for Wednesday!
To register, fill out the entry form that was emailed to you with this write-up and
follow the directions included on
it. TracQuest takes credit cards (Visa and Mastercard only, at the moment) and
expects that shortly, you�ll be able
to register completely on the TracQuest web site.
For detailed information about TracQuest, preparing for TracQuest�s DE events and
how they work, visit the
TracQuest web site at http://www.tracquest.com. For discussion about anything and
everything having to do with
DE events, and preparing your car for them, visit TracQuest�s message board at
http://www.tracquest.com/deboard or via a link on the main web site. For more
information about Rennlist, visit
Rennlist�s web site at http://www.rennlist.com. Anyone desiring more info should or
contact Todd Serota: (310)
316-4929 or [email protected]. TracQuest and Rennlist both hope to see you out
there!"
This is a post from corvetteforum. I think the poster checks oout this site from time to
time. Does anyone know if Mid Ohio is a good place for me to do my first track event? |
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