Gainesville FL Raceway Track Day
 

I am arranging a private track day at Gainesville Raceway Circuit Course on November 4, 2012. Auto Plus Raceway
The track is roughly 1.2 miles in the configuration we plan to use. We'll have cars of all types there, so please forward this to any enthusiasts that may be interested. It will be a great place to teach younger drivers to handle their cars at higher performance levels with a relaxed atmosphere, tune your sports car, or just learn to drive at higher performance levels. There is no passing, except in one designated area; many of us are using our daily drivers so we don’t want any danger of collisions.

I'm selling roughly 20 spots for a full day of track time (8 available spots left). We're keeping the number of drivers down so there will be nearly no wait time to drive. With 10 drivers each spot is $250 per car, if we get to 16 the entry fee will go down to approximately $160 per car (I'll refund the difference to each driver). The more drivers, the cheaper it becomes for all of us. I have 12 spots full so far.

Rules,
Limited Cars on the Track at once to ensure safety. 6-8 cars.
Passing Only in one Designated Area, and only when waived on by the leading car (we'll explain when we are there).
Always follow the directions of the Marshall and/or fire-rescue crew (will be on site the whole day).
Street legal cars only. (track cars are accepted, but additional requirements will apply i.e. helmets)
Valid Drivers license.
Ride-Alongs are OK if you’re teaching someone else (and a few of us will offer ride alongs to attendees as well)
Multiple drivers per car please contact me to discuss it.

Recommendations
Helmets if you have them.
Brakes, have them checked, and/or replace the fluid with AP600 high temp.
Check your tires, make sure there are no visible cords.
Check your insurance policy; drivers are responsible for their cars and person.
Bring some sunscreen, food and drinks with you; we'll get hot and hungry.

The image attached shows the track layout. The red area will be run clockwise, green is passing zone, and yellow is pit area.

Please email or PM me if you are interested.

Steve Pardue
simplestudios@hotmail.com

Good luck with the event. I've never been able to justify doing an event at that test track (I have done autocrosses there though).

But for everyones safety, require helmets! I assume you don't have liability insurance??

I would require helmets. I'm just conveying what the Track Manager told me were the rules. The day will function under their insurance policy.

At Chin motorsports prices, I wouldn't go to this track either. But at the rate we can get this, it's definitely worth it.

Good to know. I couldn't remember if GVille required insurance or not.

For those interested, this is the layout minus those two straights and tight turnaround:
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Sorry for the shitty video quality, that's 2001 or 2002.

Only 7 spots left. Entry will go down to $190 with the 14th driver and will drop farther as the last spots fill up.

We’re almost full with only 4 spots remaining! To pre-register for the discounted rate at $160 send me a PM or email me and I’ll forward the details to you.
If we have any open spots on the day of the event, onsite registration will cost $200.

Noooo!!! I'm not over the 1000 mile mark yet. LOL!! Oh well... next time then.

You can drive a bunch this week and get there...

I think Koss Motorsports is holding a drift event there on that date

Koss is Nov 3, we have the track to ourselves on the 4th.

Awesome. Hope it works out to do another one in the future as well.

any more track days planned?

Check this thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24073