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04-09-2021, 02:09 PM | #15 | |
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I am not saying I am fast on the track, but I take being safe very seriously because I don't want to damage my car or have to pay for someone else's car. Behavior like I say is not just disrespectful it is outright dangerous! |
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Good example of that is right here. Now whether or not the organization is to blame is an entirely different matter that I do not feel I am qualified to discuss, but you get the idea. It's one thing for a newbie to acknowledge that they aren't the best and that there is much to learn; it's another thing entirely to completely disregard everything said in the driver's meeting and endanger everybody around them. |
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And that small percentage is enough for me to get track day insurance.
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My first ever track day was an SCCA TNiA and it was a shit show. No instruction except for where to pass and you had to have a point by. That was it. Cars that shouldn't have been on track at all since you tech'd your own car. That supercharged CRV was no joke in my other post, stock drums on the rear, all season tires. You could see pieces of brake shoes coming off of that thing along with a huge cloud of smoke from the brakes when you where behind it. Bunches of cars quit. Our last session was pretty much in the dark since they were so far behind schedule.
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The insurer knows the odds way better than you do. You can rest assured their risk is WAY beyond covered. Skip track insurance. Drive within your limits. For sure if you're going to be doing this for a while, there's no way it's worth it.
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I do buy insurance sometimes, when I'm at riskier venues. Insurance is like safety gear. You hope you never have to use it, but always feel like you pay too much when you get it! |
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I know at my local tracks, incidents are so few and far between that I've never bothered with insurance (just over 100 events in the last 3 years alone). I've only seen a few events and most of them were like when a BMW lost its brakes and plowed through a tire barrier waay off track, and when Mustang rolled over after spinning off track into a drainage ditch (typically on the side of the track least likely for someone to have an off on). There are a couple local track groups that have gone over a decade without car to car contact at their events (I believe the longest dates back 16 years). Now, if I raced at more dangerous tracks, then the idea of track insurance might be more appealing. I do have an emergency fund to replace/repair my track vehicle, so I guess I'm self-insured. |
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I also ran Pitt Race once outside of Pittsburgh. I really didn't feel like it had the same kinds of concerns that I have at Mid-Ohio. It's a much different track but I would still get insurance for my BRZ there. For one of my other race cars I wasn't as concerned so I wouldn't have gotten it for that car. |
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for $300, it being your only car, i'd do it. consider it $300 to keep the status quo and learn something new.
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My car was balled up at an autocross by an incredibly talented driver. It hurt him pretty badly financially... And since I was better able to absorb some loss, I took some of the hit. Just because he didn't deserve it.
Insurance is paying a little so you don't pay everything you've got and then some. Or maybe less... If you're up for that, by all means. Someone is covering costs when shit happens. The question is who.
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