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how to plan the season
newbie question as i'm only now leaning into this. how do you guys get on track regularly? as i look around me (chicago), the nearby tracks have 2ish events a season that are just come and sign up HPDEs. do you just plan them all out in advance and hit each one? i don't mean racing, i realize there's a season schedule for that. just track time.
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Thanks. What are some things to watch out for?
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Events catering to the youths with many spectators or events without instructors for beginners. You can also search for reviews of the event organizer. Can't really go wrong with the big clubs.
There's a half dozen tracks (Autobahn, Blackhawk, Road America, Gingerman, Mid Ohio) a reasonable driving distance from Chicago. Two events per track is still quite a few, but there's certainly a lot more than that. People do plan it out. Some events are during the week and time off work has to be arranged. Some people also go to events on tracks 16+ hours away, which takes a lot more planning.
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1. Shortage of Instructors
2. Instructors with undefined qualifications (didn't come through structured national Instructor school such as BMWCCA and PCA) 3. Quick and easy graduation through Novice group, with no Instruction after that 4. Weak classroom 5. Number of on-track incidents |
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It certainly does depend on your overall goals. Some of us plan as much of the season over the winter months as possible. Tentatively have most of the summer planned out already (11 weekends I think).
If you are interested in HPDE (High Performance Driving EDUCATION), BMWCCA and PCA are typically a safe bet. They both usually have a decent classroom portion as well. Windy City BMWCCA run good events at Autobahn. If you want to get out of town, RSPPCA does a great event at Grattan as does MVRPCA. Chicago PCA events have a reputation of being less helpful for the new students. If you are looking to driving into Indiana or Michigan, I would be happy to guide you to some good events. |
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i like the idea of an event a month during the season, works well with my schedule (and my wife's tolerance). i enjoyed the track day i did at road america last year, but it defintely felt light on the education portion as it was all lead follow, no in-car instruction.
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man, the chicago BMWCCA chapter is surprisingly rough on this front. only 2 HPDEs for the season, 1 of which is only for advanced+ (which doesn't appear to be mentioned anywhere). PCA chicago on the other hand has over half a dozen events. Lame. Time to get a P-car
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If it makes you feel better I don’t see many E9X when I track.
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Ended up signing up for 4 days and leaving the fall open. 2 at road america, 1 at blackhawk farms w/ PCA, 1 at autobahn w/ BMWCCA.
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