Gingerman track day

[vwtype53 at yahoo.com (Ben)]

Eric,

I would definitely be interested in doing a track day at Gingerman... I honestly don't know just
yet if I could come up for that first Friday in August, as I may be racing another place that
weekend.  ;)

How would that Friday at Gingerman work anyhow?  Do they just allow anyone on the track?  No
special equipment except for a helmet?  And do they limit the number of cars that are allowed? 
Can you prepay to reserve a spot or something or would it be first come... I just need to know
more info since I would be taking off work, driving 5+ hours, getting a hotel, etc...  any info
you find would be great.


Weekends are honestly better for me, but I understand how it is with the big clubs being there on
weekends.  You mentioned CVO being there in October?  That might be a lot of fun... so would that
potentially be a "All VW" track day??!?  Isn't CVO the group that puts on Treffen?  I imagine it
would be a lot of fun to race with fellow Vdubs... and having a good rocco turnout would be
awesome.  You want to look into this one some more too?


Keep us posted!

Ben



--- Eric Person <scirocco25@gmail.com> wrote:

> Evening test & tune is 60 bucks.  Im not sure what it is for the full 
> day on friday, Ill have to find that out.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Jason wrote:
> > getting a good day is very hard. We do ours at gingerman early april 
> > typically because its one of the few days we can get.
> > 
> > depending on price (we typically get ours down to $100 per person due to 
> > sponsorships) i would be in for sure
> > 
> > J
> > 
> > On 7/8/06, *Eric Person* <scirocco25@gmail.com 
> > <mailto:scirocco25@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >     At cincy, I was kicking around the idea of doing an informal track day
> >     at Gingerman sometime this summer.  We dont really get to do much real
> >     driving during the annual GTG, so I thought this might be a good way to
> >     get some people out on the track that have their cars prepped a little
> >     and enjoy going fast instead of polishing paint.
> > 
> >     I got to thinking about it recently, so I took a look at the schedule
> >     for the track yesterday, and it looks like one possibility is the first
> >     weekend in August.  By weekend, I actually mean thurs. nite and friday.
> >       They usually do open testing on tues.-thurs. nites from 5:30 to 8:30,
> >     but on the friday of Aug. 4th, they have an open track day all day
> >     long.
> >       It does look like PCA of chicago has the track for the weekend, so I'm
> >     not sure if it would be possible to use the track at all over the
> >     weekend, but I think I know some people in the PCA who could maybe let
> >     us run with them if needed.
> > 
> >     Basically I just wanted to throw the idea out to the midwest listers and
> >     see if there is any interest and what dates work for people.  Here is
> >     the schedule: http://www.gingermanraceway.com/event2006-april.html
> >     As you can see the weekends are booked for clubs mostly, so that is why
> >     the august 4 date seems to be a good compromise between taking off work
> >     in the middle of the week to get three hours at nite, or trying to
> >     score
> >     some time with another car club for a weekend.
> > 
> >     I know CVO has a track day in october, but I was trying to get something
> >       in the next month or so, while its still light at nite and warm
> >     outside.
> > 
> >     LMK,
> > 
> >     Eric Person
> >     86.5 16v
> > 
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