Darrin (and others) had mentioned a possible trip to VIR. I will be tracking my car there on the 4.2 mile Grand East course on June 14-15. The event is showing as 81% sold out at www.mazdadrivers.com ,so there may be no slots open in the Beginner run group. However, if you'd like to just visit VIR, this would be a great weekend. You can obtain a hi-speed ride with an instructor and also do a few "parade laps" in your car at lunch time. I believe there will be at least one other NSX there: JeffA, who is an instructor.
Also, I may be there Saturday-only May 17 with the Alfa Club on the 2.2 mile North Course. The Alfa guys will be alternating track sessions with some incredible vintage sportscar racers- Like the million-dollar Ferrari 250 GTOs and original Testarossas, and Maserati Birdcages. For the Alfa event, engine size is limited to 3.5 litres, and you must have two previous track events under your belt. The June event is free for spectators, but there may be a charge for the May vintage races.
Let me know who is interested in either event.
here's more info from the www.motorsportsreg.com website:
One of the Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club’s most popular events has been our weekend of driving with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America. The Alfa Club is known for its trademark “laid back pasta eaters” approach to driving schools. The VSCCA drivers bring their own laid back approach to motorsports with their fleet of historic vintage race cars. As in past years, the two clubs share the track. The Alfa Club conducts a driving school that is interspersed with the Vintage Club’s practice, qualifying and race sessions.
This year, our driving school will accommodate intermediate (driver must have completed at least two 2-day HPDE events – inquire regarding acceptability of other related experience) and advanced run groups. Each of our run groups will get three sessions a day, twenty-five minutes each.
For the third consecutive year, we will follow our enthusiastically received small-bore theme. We will again limit the student groups to cars with nominal displacements at or under 3.5 liters. Although some of our best friends drive big cars with big motors, this change will keep the run groups just a bit more homogeneous, reducing speed differentials, particularly at the ends of the long straightaways. (Please note that there is no displacement limitation for instructor cars.)
This format aims to return us to the tenor of our early schools, when the grids were predominantly made up of Alfas and other small cars. So bring your old Alfas & Porsches and your new Miatas, BMWs & Z-cars. Bring them and come mix it up in the paddock with an eclectic mix of vintage racing cars. Join us too for our Saturday evening banquet (We’ve again made the banquet optional in an effort to keep costs down for the basic event.)
Also, I may be there Saturday-only May 17 with the Alfa Club on the 2.2 mile North Course. The Alfa guys will be alternating track sessions with some incredible vintage sportscar racers- Like the million-dollar Ferrari 250 GTOs and original Testarossas, and Maserati Birdcages. For the Alfa event, engine size is limited to 3.5 litres, and you must have two previous track events under your belt. The June event is free for spectators, but there may be a charge for the May vintage races.
Let me know who is interested in either event.
here's more info from the www.motorsportsreg.com website:
One of the Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club’s most popular events has been our weekend of driving with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America. The Alfa Club is known for its trademark “laid back pasta eaters” approach to driving schools. The VSCCA drivers bring their own laid back approach to motorsports with their fleet of historic vintage race cars. As in past years, the two clubs share the track. The Alfa Club conducts a driving school that is interspersed with the Vintage Club’s practice, qualifying and race sessions.
This year, our driving school will accommodate intermediate (driver must have completed at least two 2-day HPDE events – inquire regarding acceptability of other related experience) and advanced run groups. Each of our run groups will get three sessions a day, twenty-five minutes each.
For the third consecutive year, we will follow our enthusiastically received small-bore theme. We will again limit the student groups to cars with nominal displacements at or under 3.5 liters. Although some of our best friends drive big cars with big motors, this change will keep the run groups just a bit more homogeneous, reducing speed differentials, particularly at the ends of the long straightaways. (Please note that there is no displacement limitation for instructor cars.)
This format aims to return us to the tenor of our early schools, when the grids were predominantly made up of Alfas and other small cars. So bring your old Alfas & Porsches and your new Miatas, BMWs & Z-cars. Bring them and come mix it up in the paddock with an eclectic mix of vintage racing cars. Join us too for our Saturday evening banquet (We’ve again made the banquet optional in an effort to keep costs down for the basic event.)
