2016 SCCA Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack
 

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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

Harris Hill, YES!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Around $250/day in the Midwest

In the northern Midwest. :cheers:

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.

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.

Yeah. Jimmy has it organized really well and it's super casual. Usually tons of track time. Lots of people leave after 2-3 sessions; so the afternoon can be pretty open.

Also hoping to make my deposits with Laps Inc for Road America and Autobahn before the end of the month.

Nice.

I'll be running Autobahn North with Windy City BMW the 21st and 22nd. Might not be a bad idea to take Monday off and run the full course on the 23rd too... lol

I'll probably do Road America with MVP Track Time.

MVP Track time? We need a sticky thread where we list all these companies!

The 2016 calendar dates have just been announced with over 100 events scheduled this year across more than 20 Tracks. The calendar is subject to change, with additional dates and venues likely to be added in the coming weeks but the current schedule is as follows (listed by state):

Thunderhill Raceway Park; Willows, CA
April 14, May 12, June 23, July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15

High Plains Raceway; Deer Trail, CO
May 11, June 15, July 20, Aug. 10

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park; Thompson, CT
April 26, May 17, June 7, June 30, July 19, Aug. 2, Aug. 30

Palm Beach International Raceway; Jupiter, FL
April 19, May 24, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23

Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA
April 13, additional dates TBD

Atlanta Motorsports Park; Dawsonville, GA
April 20, May 25, June 29, July 27, Aug. 24

Blackhawk Farms Raceway; South Beloit, IL
May 24, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23

Putnam Park Road Course; Greencastle, IN
May 12, June 13, July 19

NOLA Motorsports Park; Avondale, LA
April 25, May 19, June 9

Palmer Motorsports Park; Palmer, MA
May 2, June 23, July 28, Aug. 18

GingerMan Raceway; South Haven, MI
May 25, June 29, July 27, Aug. 24

DCTC Driver Training Facility; Rosemount, MN
May 4, additional dates TBD

New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ
April 27, May 11, June 22, July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 14

Portland International Raceway; Portland, OR
April 15, May 20, June 17, July 1, July 29, Aug. 26, Sept. 16

Pittsburgh International Race Complex; Wampum, PA
April 28, May 18, June 8, July 14, Aug. 11, Sept. 12

Pocono Raceway; Long Pond, PA
May 3, June 14, additional dates TBD

Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC
April 7, May 26, June 23, July 21, Aug. 25

Memphis International Raceway; Millington, TN
April 26, May 24, June 28

Harris Hill Raceway; San Marcos, TX
April 13, May 4, June 15, July 13, Aug. 3

MotorSport Ranch; Cresson, TX
April 12, May 3, June 14, July 12, Aug. 2

Dominion Raceway; Thornburg, VA
May 10, June 21, July 12, Aug. 9

Pacific Raceways; Kent, WA
May 27, June 24

The Ridge Motorsports Park; Shelton, WA
May 19, June 16, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 14

If anybody need a $25 off discount code send me a PM.

Anyone in our neck of the woods, we've got some $25 off coupons as well. Just stop by the shop. :D

PM me for a $25 discount code.


I'll be at a bunch of the Northeast ones, anyone want to come out? Avi, hope to see you there!

I would love to go for some NJ/PA events, how do I register? Could anyone send me a discount code too? Thanks a whole bunch!

Ill be at most if not all NJMP events, and ill shoot for some more.

Whos planning on first event of April !? Cant Wait !! :happyanim:

Palmer and Thompson...goodbye wallet. Going to wait for the $125 deals, such a steal.

That's what did my wallet in last year. They were just way too convenient to attend for a fix. :D

Can't make the April NJMP Track Night, I'm going to be down there on the 10th with BMW CCA.

I was Debating on going to that one. Would be fun to roll with another twin in a sea of bmws lol. What class will you be running ?

Solo / Instructor. It'll be a lot of fun. Bunch of us are staying at the track the night before too.

Actually, it's pretty funny, this is the first event in a long time where so far the registration list is almost all BMW's. Usually we have a wide variety of cars. It's still early though. :)

Registration for Track Night events opens tomorrow!

Registration is now open! PM me for a $25 off code if you need.

I'll be at most of the Thompson and Palmer events.

I'm trying for Palmer on May 2nd. Toying with the idea of driving from there straight to Poconos on the 3rd. (I don't have a problem, I swear. :D )



There's a June 7th at Thompson but I may be at the Glen with BMW CCA on the 6th & 7th.

Damn! I just registered a couple days ago for the Dominion Raceway event August 9th.....

Can't hurt to reach out to them to see if they'll still apply the discount.

I will be there, debating on HPDE insurance as I am usually a time attack person.

I always pick up the insurance because you never know. If you think you're going to do a lot of events, buy a batch. Lockton's 6-pack saves you a little over an event worth.

So it looks like they changed the program a bit this year and each person can only use a code once on their account. So if you plan on attending multiple events, PM all of us for alternate codes: @ft86Fan @GSpeed @Uplink

Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but we were told our coupon code was just to be included with a purchase.

Oh, I apologize. We are probably part of two different promotion programs.

I just signed up for Thompson on April 26 and will hopefully be able to make Palmer on May 2nd as well.

I attended one of these events last year and was less than impressed for the following reasons:
1. They are mini light weight events that typically run the smallest and thus cheapest configuration at my local track (T'hill). C'mon SCCA, you literally OWN and operate thunderhill, open up the entire track!

2. I felt like the event brought out more tourists... even in the Advanced group. For the most part everyone was cool but there were a handful of pylon drivers out there including a Dodge Viper driven by a self-described "former SCCA champion" who was driving to block passers and then nearly ran me off the road when I attempted to pass on the small configuration track. First time I experienced someone THAT dangerous.

Other peoples may have had better experiences but mine was one to forget...