Mid-Ohio SCC lapping days

[XCESSIVE]

Hey all, can anyone put me in touch or help me find a schedule of lapping day events at Mid-Ohio? I'm dying to run that course!

Thanks in advance.

[jlucas]

MidOhio doesn't post a schedule of thier non-spectator events.

The next event that I'm attending is TracQuest over Memorial Day.
I have a schedule at work that has all their dates, I'll try to remember to bring it home tomorrow.

[XCESSIVE]

Thanks Jeremy. I look forward to seeing it!

[DennyM]

Might try this link ... at least get a phone number to call...
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[No Nails]

Here's another link that shows the schedules of all the DEs in the Eastern US. http://www.trackschedule.com/sched.html

Let me know when you go - maybe we can hook up. I just finished a weekend there with NASA. What a blast! I put a little video together - but I don't have a place to post it (any help....?) The compressed version is about 10 meg.

George

[blkZ06]

Here's a list of their HPDE's for 2006. I ran the course last month right after they relayed the track and it was VERY slippery. I am there again with the BMW club over Memorial wknd:

April 8-9 Northern Ohio BMW

April 14-16 Ohio Valley Porsche Club

April 29-30 Dart Kart Speedway Club / STT

May 5-7 Potomac Porsche Club

May 12-14 Mid-Ohio Porsche Club

May 26-28 Northern Ohio BMW

June 9-11 Northern New Jersey Porsche Club

June 16-18 Dart Kart Speedway Club

July 21-23 Audi Car Club / STT

Aug. 25-27 Buckeye BMW

Oct. 20-22 Northern Ohio Porsche Club

Oct. 13-15 VSCDA

Oct. 27-29 Buckeye BMW

Nov. 4-5 Maumee Valley Porsche Club

[jlucas]

Thanks, that saves me the trouble. TracQuest is May 29-90 (Monday-Tuesday).

I know AudiClub event is already full, filled up the first day. NNJR PCA is PCA members only, but a great event if you can get into it.

George, email me the video at:
info at fasttechlimited.com and I'll see if I can get it hosted.

edit: Your weekend list is missing at least 2 more NASA HPDE event weekends.

[XCESSIVE]

Hey all, thanks for the quick response.

Leslie, I grew up in Mishawaka and went to Penn. I love SB and it's proximity to Lake Michigan!

[jlucas]

July 7-9 NASA
August 11-13 NASA
Sept 15-17 NASA National (no HPDE; Time Trial & Racing only)

[kmagvette]

Anyone with experience with any of these groups, please chime in. I would love to run Mid Ohio this year, but I have no idea which groups are open or the best to run with in terms of track time and driver experience. Instructor is not needed, but I'm all for more learning if a group requires them.

[jlucas]

I've run with most of them (MidO is 50 minutes away from my house). Depends on what your priorities are: max track time, quality of instruction, structure, open passing, limited passing, etc..

[jlucas]

I haven't tried hosting a video on my server yet, so let me know if there are any problems. We'll see what it does to my bandwidth also so it may not stay up forever.

[blkZ06]

Originally Posted by XCESSIVE

Hey all, thanks for the quick response.

Leslie, I grew up in Mishawaka and went to Penn. I love SB and it's proximity to Lake Michigan!

awsome! I am in the process of moving up here to IN, but plan on being here full time by end of May I love SB and I can't wait to get to the lake!!!

Kmagvette-I have run with PCA, BMW, Audi, Chin Motorsports and Viper days-all are great groups and run very professionally. From what I have seen, PCA groups require everyone to have an instructor, including advanced groups, at least until they sign you off

[No Nails]

IMO, NASA seems to have the loosest set of rules. Only the novices are required to have instructors, and they have the most relaxed passing rules. NASA usually runs races or time trials on the same days as HPDEs. The down side of that is there can be quite a long wait between runs - the up side is that there are usually cool things to watch! See my video.

PCA events always seem well organized and filled with the nicest guys. Every driver's group needs instructors - but you can get signed off.