I'm not familiar with the events run by Lapping Days, so I'm not sure about
how their events operate. What I am familiar with is Intermountain Vintage
Racing which offers something I imagine is similar. Trouble is we (IVR) have
to run our events out at the Wendover airport on the old concrete apron.
First event for 2006 is the weekend of April 8/9. There may be an IVR
event at the new track later in the summer, we shall see.
IVR has regular wheel to wheel sports car racing, where the cars are required
to have roll cages, extra safety gear and such. We run a couple of races on
saturday, and usually one, maybe two on sunday. Starting grids are on the
order of 6 - 10 cars for the first race, usually one or two less for the
next race. Race cars never break, do they ;-)
What IVR offers that might interest some BMCU folks is what we call Touring,
which I imagine is similar to what Lapping Days offers. We'll get from 10
to 25 drivers for this on a typical weekend.
Basically Touring allows drivers with cars that aren't fully prepped for
racing to go out and do some laps. We run 2 or 3 cars at a time on the 1
mile course, passing allowed with some restrictions. The drivers go for
about 10 minutes, which usually works out to 10 laps. We try to give everyone
at least two sessions per day.
A typical IVR day starts with registration and tech inspection around 9 am to
10, a drivers meeting to go over various topics of concern, then the first
20 minute road race session. After the race we give all the Touring drivers
a session, then break for lunch. After lunch, another race, then Touring
until everyone has had their fill. Saturday night some folks stick around
for a barbecue dinner, those can get somewhat festive.
IVR is pretty laid back, perhaps a bit too disorganised, blame that on the guy
who is usually running things. But most folks have lots of fun. How serious
you want to be about it is all up to you. We'll have groups of folks come out
that really work at getting another tenth or two ahead of their buddies. We
have folks that really don't care that much about the lap times, but just like
a chance to go full chat without having to worry about speed limits or radar
guns.
Most groups that do such driving events at real race tracks have entry fees in
the $250 - $300 range for a weekend of running. IVR is going to maintain last
year's entry fees, $65 for one day, $90 for the weekend. Buying a membership
for $25 will get you a one day price of $50, two days at $75. So if you come
out more than once, paying the membership will end up saving you a bit of
money.
Gee, getting a bit long winded here. If your questions aren't answered by
this message or the information at http://intermountainvintage.org let me,
I'll try to answer what I can.
mjb.
http://fatchancegarage.com
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