Saturday September 24th 2005 at Sandia Motor Speedway 7:30am-3:00pm an all sponsered event. Food, drinks and entertainment, and yes you can race your car.
Upcoming info on the way....mark your calendars all of you NISSAN/INFININTI OWNERS.

We have 40 cars payed for and food for more....all free. Plus, there will be activites for the kids. Let your fellow Nissan guys know about the event.

Here's the link to the tracks: track.

We have a web page for the event on the way. If you have questions and/or would like to sponsor the event PM me or email me at jruss1078@yahoo.com

 

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Hey Todd. Just sent out the email.

 

I'll be late but I'll be there

 

This is an event that Darrel and I are seriously considering. Free track time at an exotic SW road circuit? Any other Colorado Z pilots interested in going? We'd have to leave next Friday to make it there in time and I realize this may be hard to swing. What a spur-of-the moment road trip this could be!

 

^So, your the Dave that I was told would try to be there from Sport Z. Hope you can make it. I did talk to Art about coming out to the meet and doing some smoozing. So, he should be there.

It would be nice if you could make it out and bring some CO guys with you. -jamey

 

Jamey-

There are actually two 'Daves' who work for Sport Z. Art may have been referring to Dave Bexfield who is the Editor for the entire magazine. In any case, it would mark the first time we all got together!

 

Ok that's right maybe it was it. So, many Daves.

Don't forget Dave O too.

 

Link to more details on the event:

http://racingsouthwest.com/forums/in...howtopic=19726

 

From the above link: "We will only allow 2 cars on the track at a time." Really?

I have a conflict and won't be able to go anyway, but I found that statement kind of unusual.

 

I agree. It sounds like they want to run timed laps and limit the amount of time each car gets. IMHO that's a mistake- it's better to give everybody a lot of laps and learn where the line, braking points, etc. are. We've done this a lot in our past 350Z track days by playing "follow-the-leader" at a reduced pace. This allows everybody to get comfortable with the speed and learn where the especially tricky spots are. It also allows for everyone to learn at their own pace.

Throw in the timed laps with inexperienced drivers and I think it could be a recipe for, at the least, some dinged cars. Perhaps the organizers of the event have some other plans, but I'll try to talk with them before everything gets underway. Not sure if it will do any good, but I gotta try...

 

It isn't up to the ones hosting the event on how many can be on the track at a time, it is the rules stated in renting the racetrack for the day. They only allow 2 drivers at a time. Their rules not ours.

 

Hey Jamey...
Can you talk to the powers that be and get it so we can run like most roadcourse track day events.
have 2-3 groups, group one goes out for 10-15 cars at a time, for 20 minute increments, then group 2, then group 3...
the whole times thing i think is a mistake, i totally agree with dkmura; this is a recipe for disaster...we need to get out on the track and learn the limits of our cars, not compete for times (maybe have a series at the very end of the day to compete for times, after we are familiar with the track)

can you do anything here?

 

I am replying to the comments and questions due to the amount of cars allowed on the track. There is nothing that can be done to allow more than two at a time, it is Sandia Motor Speedway's rules not ours. If you have anymore questions on that please reply to ILVMYEXCURSION@AOL.COM or BScribner@garciacars.com (Billy Scribner @ Garcia Infiniti) I am the one who spoke to the people who run the facility.

 

As stated on the Sandia Motor Speedway website:

"Anymore than two drivers per time on the track requires additional insurance and possible ambulance. SMS reserves the right to evaluate the requirements of each track rental."

The key word in there is "possible" not manditory for the ambulance. Heck, charge us all a little extra to offset the extra insurance.

If you race for 7 hours straight without breaks, each driver will get 2 sessions of 3 to 4 laps each if you have 40 drivers.

If 10 cars are on the track at one time you will have 4 groups of 10 driving 20 minutes each for 5 sessions over that same 7 hour period.

I'd be happy with 3 sessions and taking a lunch break plus looking at all the other cars and enjoying the event. I'd even pay extra for the insurance.

Either way, it doesn't matter to me, I'm going anyways even if I didn't drive at all.

 

Anyone with comments about # of car's on the track

Please contact me at 505/217-3002
or bscribner@garciacars.com
Thank you

Billy Scribner
Parts and Service mgr Garcia Infiniti

 

well, maybe too late for this event, but for the next one, let's factor in the cost of an ambulance so we can have more cars on the track and get more track time per person...
every road course event i have ever gone to has had an ambulance, i just assumed that was a standard

TODD

 

The problem was that the ambulance service was somewhere around $100-150 per/hr. Which would almost cost as much as the track did for the day. Maybe next year we can work on this issue. As for now lets all come out and have a good time on Sat. We'll all still get a chance to get on the track and tear it up. -jamey

 

woh...didn't know it was that pricey...looking forward to saturday...i'm sure it'll be a blast!!!

 

Hey Todd I'll see ya tomorrow. When are we going to swap cars?

Are the CO Zs still coming down? We should all go out someplace and hang after the track day. -jamey