FCA HPDE at VIR April 11-12

I’m registered. Never been, so another bucket list item.

Plan is to trailer the 458 spider and arrive Sunday early afternoon, run the two days and head out Wednesday AM.

Coming up in May I’m at Watkins for four full days - two with Chin Racing and two with FCA.

Still planning to hit Barber, Atlanta and Lime Rock in the fall, completing the 2022 Victory Tour with repeat visits to Sebring and Homestead.

I will then formally declare the car’s status as “broken in”.

 

I'll be instructing there, this is a top notch event in terms of participants and instruction. I'm staying above the garages. Looking forward to a great event!

 

Fantastic! Do you know what time things start on Monday? I didn’t realize I’m slated to run Sebring on Sunday with Chin, but I’m trying to get it moved to Sat instead so I can head up Sat into Sunday.

Car’s been fully serviced and goes for an alignment tomorrow, should it will be good to go, the bumps at Sebring not withstanding.

I hear VIR is a great track, really looking forward to learning the line, braking zones, etc

 

Where did you get track day insurance for this thing?

 

I have a package with my agent because of my business situation. I get coverage up to $150k through one company and the remaining is through a carrier that insures everything. So a bit unique in my case.

 

It really is a fantastic track. There will be plenty of rubber down from this weekend so it will be quick. You'll love the elevation changes, similar to WGI in that regard. A day to learn and a lifetime to master, right?

I'll be in a white Corvette Challenge car over by the garages. Come say Hi

Cheers,
Cassidy

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Thanks for the info. I certainly will say hi.

This be me…….I’m William
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Thanks. I am having trouble finding insurance from anyone.

 

Yes. It already had lower CF and I had a local guy match it (vinyl over existing PPF). Perfect match. I got the idea from a picture at a recent Chin event, where the shadows created the effect.

I am seriously wondering if I’ll ever get external CF again or just do a wrap. You cannot tell the difference.

I may do a yellow and dark grey stripe at some point, we’ll see.

 

Wow, just seeing this. Definitely would have tried to attend. Also from VA if anyone else is located in the Hampton Roads area be nice to meet up or take a nice backroad cruise. Any events upcoming?

 

Unless it has changed Hagerty was doing track insurance for individual car owners per event. I understand they are not providing the overall event insurance like they had in the past for the FCA but that is a different coverage.

 

Thank you I will take another run at them. I appreciate it.

 

Post of a track video from VIR. Not a lot of traffic and gorgeous weather…….

 

Thanks, getting a bit smoother. I wish I’d had an instructor before the vid was shot, as he was super helpful in showing me the line. VIR is a fantastic place to exercise the prancing horse. I’m sure you’d agree. I’ll be back.

Still trying to work out a code issue at max throttle up, hopefully in time for Watkins Glen May 9-12. Let me know what events you plan to attend - I am doing a lot of the Chin venues these days. Atlanta, Barber and either Limerock or Mid Ohio are in my list.

 

Super! Let's coordinate our tracking events if possible. I'm set for four full days @ The Glen May 9-12, then Sebring for one day on 11-June, and will sign up for Atlanta with Chin for their June event.

I plan to do the FCA event @Pocono, followed by LimeRock and perhaps WG again (we'll see, it's far). These are all a long way from me, so I have to plan.

Would like to complete the year with a 9-11 July Barber visit (Chin), Daytona 29-30 October, and more Sebring events (much closer to me), and a final Homestead visit in November.

It's been a rather active track year for there 458.

 

Are you still planning to be at Pocono on the 20th? I’ll be there with FCA the 21st and 22nd, let me know if you want to run with FCA, great folks from the Empire Region!

I’m at Sebring this weekend, Pocono June 20 and 21st, then on to Atlanta the 26th and 27th. I may take a day or two on the way to ATL to see some Fchatters out in western NC.

July 3rd and 4th at VIR with Chin.

Car is in the shop today for full fluids change (oil, brakes, clutch, DCT).

 

Regrets, John. If I make it up early enough on the 20th, I’ll swing by the track to say hello.

Regardless, let’s stay in contact and compare notes about our adventures. Still planning to make WGI again in the fall, an awesome adventure if you’ve never been.