2016 SCCA Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack

[ft86Fan]

http://www.tracknightinamerica.com

The SCCA Track Night in America is coming back in 2016! I'm sure most of you remember that this is a great way of getting on the track and SCCA has made the process as simple and low-cost as possible. The price of only $150 gets you three 20 minute sessions. The events are held at race tracks all around the country and takes place during the afternoon and evening hours on the weekdays.

The best news is that 7 new tracks will be added this year (a few more may be added in the coming weeks) along with the tracks ran in 2015. An event calendar will be made available later in February.

The current list of Track Night in America venues for 2016 is as follows (new venues bolded):

- Thunderhill Raceway Park Willows, CA
- Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Thompson, CT
- High Plains Raceway Deer Trail, CO
- Atlanta Motorsports Park Dawsonville, GA
- Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, FL
- Putnam Park Road Course Greencastle, IN
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway South Beloit, IL
- Palmer Motorsports Park Palmer, MA
- NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, LA
- New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, NJ
- GingerMan Raceway South Haven, MI
- Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, PA
- Portland International Raceway Portland, OR
- Carolina Motorsports Park Kershaw, SC
- Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA
- Harris Hill Raceway San Marcos, TX
- Memphis International Raceway Millington, TN
- Dominion Raceway Thornburg, VA
- MotorSport Ranch Cresson, TX
- The Ridge Motorsports Park Shelton, WA
- Pacific Raceways Kent, WA

I'm very excited about the brand new Dominion Raceway track in Thornburg, VA. Looks like the track will be opend by April. http://roadcourse.dominionraceway.com

[Scottemad123]

Harris Hill, YES!

[avishenoy1]

I'll be at the Thompson and Palmer events. Went to 3 last year and it's definitely the best track day deal out there, you get 1 hour of track time plus a few paced laps for $125 with an SCCA membership, and if you have a group discount code it goes down to $100.

[ka-t_240]

Sadly, nothing like this is close enough for me to use.

[86_Freak]

Is there anything special that SCCA does over a standard open lapping event that most tracks have? Three 20 minute sessions for $150 is pretty steep, at least for the tracks around me. I can go up to Raceway Park of the Midlands or down to Hallett and spend around $100-$130 and get five to six 20 minute sessions. Also, High Plains Raceway has open lapping on Fridays for $160 and you'll also get five to six 30 minute sessions.

[Shark_Bait88]

Work is only an hour and a half from Blackhawk Farms.

My goal is at least one track day a month this year, I may have to bump that up to 1 1/2 to 2 track days a month... haha

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by 86_Freak

Is there anything special that SCCA does over a standard open lapping event that most tracks have? Three 20 minute sessions for $150 is pretty steep, at least for the tracks around me. I can go up to Raceway Park of the Midlands or down to Hallett and spend around $100-$130 and get five to six 20 minute sessions. Also, High Plains Raceway has open lapping on Fridays for $160 and you'll also get five to six 30 minute sessions.

Many tracks are not that cheap, especially in good weather season, 5x 20 minute sessions at Thunderhill (one of the tracks they're running) is usually $250-$400 depending on the group and track layout, similar story for Laguna Seca and Sonoma (although prices do drop to <$200 in Dec/Jan sometimes).

They're really just trying to increase access to track days and have a casual fun environment. As I understand it there's no instructors and a huge emphasis on safety and not getting in over your head.

[JimR]

Being able to open track during the evening has novelty, and it looks like the TNiA secret sauce is offering that after-work, low-barriers accessibility to people with tight time commitments.

It would be nice to have a road course close to me and be able to participate. After a traditional 4-6 session track day in a street car, I know both me and the car both feel used up. A lot of people can spend a few hours at the track, drive three stints, and feel like they've had a good time.

[ft86Fan]

Tracks in the North East are usually close to $300 for a day of HPDE so the Track Night events are definitely a bargain.

[Shark_Bait88]

Around $250/day in the Midwest

[86_Freak]

Originally Posted by Shark_Bait88

Around $250/day in the Midwest

In the northern Midwest.

Tracks in the midwest around KC are around $150/day.

[Shark_Bait88]

Originally Posted by 86_Freak

In the northern Midwest.

Tracks in the midwest around KC are around $150/day.

IL area for me. Smaller/less well-known tracks on weekday can be around $150ish, most tracks for a weekend are $250ish.

[GeorgeJFrick]

I love BlackHawk, so I'll be there (and with Jimmy Yu's GPS Track Time)

[Shark_Bait88]

Originally Posted by GeorgeJFrick

I love BlackHawk, so I'll be there (and with Jimmy Yu's GPS Track Time)

The one on June 27th? I was hoping to sign up for that one. Signing up for the first Autobahn event today.