Nihilation

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Let's see if we can get a list together of all the HPDE/track days/DE/driver's schools out there for this season.

So far of all I know-

***also, check this comprehensive list as well***
http://www.trackschedule.com/sched.html

February 10-11
Tarheel Sportscar & Triangle Z Club HPDE/Time Trial: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events.htm

February 23-25
NASA Mid-Atlantic Enduro/Sprint/HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://nasaracing.net/VIR_Feb_07/event.htm

March 2-4
Tarheel BMW CCA Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://tarheelbmwcca.org/schools.htm

March 9-11
Peachtree BMW CCA Driver's School: Road Atlanta: Braselton, GA
http://www.peachtreebmwcca.org/ptDE_default.asp

March 9
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Summit Point Main (advanced students only): Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

March 10-11
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

March 16-18
Porsche Club of America Zone 2 Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://zone2.pca.org/drivered.htm

March 17-18
NCC BMW CCA Driver's School: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://nccbmwcca.org/index.php?id=138,89,0,0,1,0

March 30-April 1
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

March 31
WDCR-SCCA Driver's School: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.wdcr-scca.org/school.php?a=336

April 7
Northern Ohio BMW CCA Driver's School: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: Lexington, OH
http://www.bmwcca.org/node/6568
http://nohiobmwcca.org/images_misc/0407driverschool.htm

April 7-8
Tarheel Sportscar & Triangle Z Club HPDE/Time Trial: North Course @ Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events.htm

April 13
NY BMW CCA Driver's School: North Course @ Pocono Raceway: Long Pond, PA
http://www.nybmwcca.org/events.php?id=14

April 14-15
MazdaDriver's HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.mazdadrivers.com/

April 23-24
Potomac-Chesapeake Audi Club Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.innorevtech.com/acna/calendar.php?event=97

May 5
Patroon BMW CCA Driver's School: Lime Rock: Lakeville, CT
http://home.nycap.rr.com/patroonbmw/DriversSchool.htm

May 5-6
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE: Carolina Motorsports Park: Kershaw, SC
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

May 12-13
Genesee Valley BMW CCA Driver's School: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.gvc-bmwcca.org/calendar/calendar.aspx

May 12
NCC BMW CCA Highway Safety School: Jefferson Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://nccbmwcca.org/index.php?id=138,164,0,0,1,0

May 13
NCC BMW CCA Driver's School: Jefferson Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://nccbmwcca.org/index.php?id=138,165,0,0,1,0

May 19-20
CAC NorEast VW R32 Club HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://capital.noreastr32.org/

May 26-27
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

May 28
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point (advanced students only): Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

June 3
WDCR-SCCA Driver's School: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://www.wdcr-scca.org/school.php?a=336

June 4-5
Phoenix CMR, Inc. HPDE: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.phoenixcmr.com/june_track_event_frame.htm
http://www.motorsportreg.com/calenda...43BFD372B794F7

June 11-12
Integra Type-R Club of America HPDE/Expo 7: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.itrca.com/
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread/1806312

June 14-15
NCC BMW CCA/GWS-MBCA/PCAC Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.gws-mbca.org/events.html

June 15-17
Tarheel Sportscar & Triangle Z Club HPDE: Roebling Road Raceway: Bloomingdale, GA
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events.htm

June 16-17
MazdaDriver's HPDE: Grand Course @ Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.mazdadrivers.com/

June 18-19
NY/Patroon BMW CCA Driver's School: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.nybmwcca.org/events.php?id=18

June 23-24
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE/Hyperfest 07: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

June 23-24
Windy City BMW CCA Driver's School: Gingerman Raceway: South Haven, MI
http://www.bmwcca.org/node/6170

July 6-8
Peachtree BMW CCA Driver's School: Road Atlanta: Braselton, GA
http://www.peachtreebmwcca.org/ptDE_default.asp

July 6-8
Tarheel BMW CCA Driver's School: North Course @ Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://tarheelbmwcca.org/schools.htm

July 11-12
Delaware Valley BMW CCA Driver's School: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.bmwcca.org/node/6537
http://www.delvalbmwcca.org/schools.html

July 14
WDCR-SCCA Driver's School: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.wdcr-scca.org/school.php?a=336

July 16-17
Genesee Valley BMW CCA Driver's School: Mosport Int'l Raceway: Bowmanville, Ontario
http://www.gvc-bmwcca.org/calendar/calendar.aspx

July 21-22
NCC BMW CCA Driver's School: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://nccbmwcca.org/index.php?id=138,48,0,0,1,0

July 27-29
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE: North Course @ Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

August 3
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway (advanced students only): Alton, VA
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

August 4-5
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

August 4-5
Tarheel Sportscar & Triangle Z Club HPDE: Carolina Motorsports Park: Kershaw, SC
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events.htm

August 20-21
Phoenix CMR, Inc. HPDE: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.phoenixcmr.com/august_track_event_frame.htm

August 25-26
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

August 29-30
Genesee Valley BMW CCA Driver's School: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.gvc-bmwcca.org/calendar/calendar.aspx

September 1-2
MazdaDriver's HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.mazdadrivers.com/

September 8
WDCR-SCCA Driver's School: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.wdcr-scca.org/school.php?a=336

September 14-16
Tarheel BMW CCA Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://tarheelbmwcca.org/schools.htm

September 15-16
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

September 21-23
Peachtree BMW CCA Driver's School: Road Atlanta: Braselton, GA
http://www.peachtreebmwcca.org/ptDE_default.asp

September 22-23
NJ BMW CCA Driver's School: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.njbmwcca.org/services/sch...t&event_id=135

September 29-30
Genesee Valley BMW CCA Driver's School: Watkins Glen: Watkins Glen, NY
http://www.gvc-bmwcca.org/calendar/calendar.aspx

September 29-30
Redline Time Attack: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://redlinetimeattack.com/index-5.html

October 6-7
Tarheel Sportscar & Triangle Z Club HPDE: Rockingham Road Course @ North Carolina Speedway: Hamlet, NC
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events.htm

October 13-14
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

October 13-14
NASA Mid-Atlantic HPDE: Summit Point Main: Summit Point, WV
http://nasaracing.net/sched_regis.htm

October 20
Patroon BMW CCA Driver's School: Lime Rock: Lakeville, CT
http://home.nycap.rr.com/patroonbmw/DriversSchool.htm

October 20-21
NCC BMW CCA Driver's School: Jefferson Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://nccbmwcca.org/index.php?id=138,92,0,0,1,0

October 26-27
MazdaDriver's HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://www.mazdadrivers.com/

November 9
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point (advanced students only): Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

November 10-11
Car Guys, Inc. HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV
http://carguysinc.com/calendar.html

November 17-18
Potomac-Chesapeake Audi Club Driver's School: Virginia Int'l Raceway: Alton, VA
http://www.innorevtech.com/acna/calendar.php?event=103




Feel free to correct any info i have, plus add any track days you know of.

-Josh

davidv

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Awesome list. Thanks for the dates and links.

Nihilation

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$150 to $200 a day is the norm. Anything more than that I won't do cause it is just too expensive for me. With an HPDE you will normally get 4 or 5 sessions each lasting 20 to 30 minutes and you can go well over 100 mph depending on the track. Compare that to an autocross event which you may get 4 runs, each lasting less than 2 minutes for $40+ a day and if you're lucky to have a large parking lot may break 50mph. Autocross schools are still $250+ for a single day and many autocrossers will encourage you to take at least one.

HPDE seems like the better value to me.

davidv

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$200 plus for HPDE at Summit Point is not chump change. but consider that novice drivers begin with an instructor. I have driven both the Jefferson and Shenandoah circuits several times improving my skills each time. The smartest $200 investment that I have made.

Nihilation

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It's better to go when your car is still stock. That way you learn what the car is really doing before you go and potentially mess it up by adding swaybars and realize that you just made the handling worse. I think you will find the stock suspension does quite well. Many people will tell you that the street is not like the track. Lots of people think they need this and that for their car, then they go to the track and realize they don't. Take it as a suggestion- $350 for 2 days at the track will get you more than $350 in swaybars ever will.

Good brake pads on the other hand are always a good idea.

And I can't stress this enough. An HPDE is not a race.

DROPPEDIT2WCE

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Awesome list, you deserve that bbq chicken pizza after that LOL!! papa johns FTW

xenonk

the NASA events are usually 2-day events which are about $320 for the entire weekend.. it's a better bargain..

I also instruct for NASA events, (GetFast used to as well, but he's moving to Cali). If you all need to know more, you can also PM me.

Compared to a full out track driving school like Bondurant and Skip Barber where you use their cars, those events are $1500 for the day or $2000 for 2-day event.. the intermediate class is $3500 for 2-day event and when you get to intermediate level, you ARE responsible for the damages of the car that you drive.

So yes, $150 to $350 is definitely easier on the wallet.

Nihilation

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Think we could get this stickied?

in2therain3

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Thank you very much for the list!!
STicky needed!

mdracer76

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I agree on the sticky.. I'll also post up Ferrari / Lamborghini of Washingtons schedule on this thread. (nothing like whipping up on exotic a$$)

(mostly because some of the owners don't push thier cars )

That and just HEARING these cars going down the strait after 10 makes my pants sticky.

xenonk

need some SCCA events up there as well..

Winchm60

I think i'll steal that a little ;

April 23-24th---Summit Point, WV---Shenandoah
July 23-24th---Summit Point, WV---Main
Sept 17-18th---Summit Point, WV---Shenandoah
Oct 20-21---Summit Point, WV---Shenandoah

I'll also be at

April 14-15---MazdaDriver's HPDE: Shenandoah Circuit @ Summit Point: Summit Point, WV

Nihilation

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So far I've signed up for VIR Full on March 31 - April 1 and I'll be at mazdadrivers.com on April 14-15th too.

in2therain3

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I might be at the mazdadriver.com event

John

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$200-400 really isn't all that much in the grand scheme of things... you money invested in HPDEs will yield much more results out of your car than any other modification. Work on modifying the driver before you modify the car.

NASA is a good program to start with - provides a lot of exposure to club racing and an organized HPDE environment. My only complaint is that their weekends are very busy and I think you can get more track time with some other organizations.

I've instructed with CarGuys, Audi Club, Ferrari Club, MazdaDrivers, Triangle Z Club, Tracquest/Chin, and NASA (Mid-Atlantic, SE, and OH/IN). Comments on all:

CarGuys - expensive but tons of track time (5 hours), less traffic, and marque cars. The guy who runs CarGuys is a douche, but there are a lot of great instructors and students there.

Audi Club - decent drivers ed, avg track time, fairly organized

Ferrari Club - exclusive and not the best to run with unless you have an exotic

MazdaDrivers - great DE, decent amount of track time, good instructors, students. Great track dates and courses (VIR Grand East and VIR Full). Highly recommended!

Triangle Z Club - great DE, decent amount of track time, good instructors, students, very organized. Bonus on time trials too! Organizers are on this board - highly recommended!

TracQuest / Chin Motorsports - marque of all DEs, fast cars, great program, TONS of track time (6+ hours), good instructors, and fantastic banquet afterwards. More upscale environment with an upscale price. Also fantastic selection of tracks on their schedule.

NASA - Awesome classroom, great DE, exposure to club racing. MA is much more organized than the SE and OH/IN regions.

I think you have me confused with another "Jon" (GetFast), and he's from Richmond - he was a BMW guy anyways last time I spoke and he does more AutoX stuff...

Nihilation

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Which one?

BamBam

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Subscribing.... I had a blast last year at the NASA event... Will definitely do it (or some other tracke event) again this year.

orijinal_poser

thanks for stealing my list Josh, you *****!! j/k


here's a more updated list, just added a bunch of Boston BMW CCA schools:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=670873

Nihilation

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VIR was a blast last weekend!

The Mazdadrivers.com event next weekend still has 5 spots available! Sign up!

Nihilation

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Wish we had more Z owners who actually drove their cars on track. It's lonely pwning M3's by myself.