I just got a great gift of a track day at Lime Rock Park but was wondering if tracking your car affects the warranty? Also, do you have to do anything in regards to getting an insurance ryder on your regular auto insurance?
Anything else I'm overlooking?

I searched but couldn't find a definitave yes or no to both questions, thanks.

 

What is “tracking?” Is the open road racing, HPDE, autocross, drag racing?

 

IF you are refering to a instructional track day then thats good....if you are going to have an experienced driver in the passenger seat with you....

what exactly are you talking about?
- j

 

Exactly what you are referring to, Instructor on a closed track, Instructor in the car.

 

ive been to lime rock before to watch porshe races however I think you need to take certain classes before you can race on their track

 

You can pretty much forget getting insurance coverage , especially as part of your normal coverage. All the mainstream ins companies have pretty much excluded any kind of track activities.

 

Search again . . . the topics you brought up have been covered several times in this forum.

 

I can't find it or I wouldn't have asked, but thanks for chiming in.

 

You crash on a track = your dime.

If you ruin something on the track, you're welcome to try and argue at the dealership that it was from normal wear and tear.

 

I assume you are referring to High Performance Drivers Education (HPDE).

Warranty: You warranty does not cover “competitive events.” Beside a little wear and tear on brakes and tires, I see no mechanical problems.

Insurance: Will not cover competitive or timed events. Many refer to HPDE as a ‘high speed” event, and is not covered.

You can buy race insurance, but for only one HPDE, its not worth the cost.

 

Got it,kinda what I figured, thanks David.

Guess I'll have to get the refund to pay for my TurboXS exuast

 

The experience of tracking the car is very much worth while. The challenge here is that you are not prepared to risk your car, even if the risk is "small", and that is not a decision that is arguable at any level. This is your car, your decision. You are doing the right thing for you. IF you cannot afford to roll it up into a ball and (hopefully) walk away without looking back, you cannot afford to track your car. Realistically most HPDE event organizers run many events a year and never have serious car crashes or injuries. There are plenty of broken parts, but usually nothing catastrophic. Having said that, I have seen total write offs from cars hitting walls, burning and other "rare" events....so it is clearly not risk free.

What you might look into is whether you can parlay the certificate into a credit for a driving/riding experience on that same track (which I think is owned by Skip Barber Racing), into a race/high performance driving class or session of some kind, in one of their cars. Even if you have to upgrade it with a few dollars of your own.

The best mod you can possibly invest in is your own driver skills, and it is a mod you get to keep for life and put into every car you ever drive and enjoy every time you start rolling forward, turning or slowing. You have a heck of a car, and I guarantee that you will enjoy it immensely more once you can appreciate as a "driver" what has been engineered into it, even when you don't use it all (which on the streets you most assuredly cannot!) There is plenty of room between an all out racer attitude, ie "if you are under control, you are not going fast enough", and daily driver chug along, to up your game and still be safe and sane.