Intersted in Trying a Track Day

[JohnW8]

Many of us have used SOLO as a stepping stone to track events and Road Racing. While SOLO is a lot of fun, putting your car on track at higher speeds is a different type of challenge.

ALSCCA and TVR will be hosting a Performance Driving Experience (PDX) at Talladega Grand Prix Raceway (TGPR) in Munford AL on April 14-15. That is about 2 hours away from Huntsville and about an hour east of Birmingham. TGPR is a motorcycle track that is perfect for track events.

Your SOLO prepared car can be used for a PDX. You will be running with 7-9 other cars during a 15 minute session. You will get 4-5 sessions per day for more than an hour of track time per day.

Costs are a bit more than a SOLO but then the on-track time is also quite a bit more. The 2 day PDX will be $250, with a one day at $150. Volunteer to work one day and drive the other and the cost is $100.

Interested? PM me for additional information on what it takes.

[Flying Dutchman]

Pdx=fun

John,
More fun than a human bein should be allowed to have! I am definetely interested.

[seanittner]

"Your SOLO prepared car can be used for a PDX"

You wanna bet on that? I recall the rules are stringent for those of us with prepared and modified cars...

Your Stock, street tire, or street prepared class prepared Solo car can be used for a PDX.....

Would like to do a PDX, but would require work on the Mustangs to make them eligible....

But for all you folks that have cars like that.. it looks to be great fun !

[Cholewa]

"Your SOLO prepared car can be used for a PDX"

You wanna bet on that? I recall the rules are stringent for those of us with prepared and modified cars...

Your Stock, street tire, or street prepared class prepared Solo car can be used for a PDX.....

Would like to do a PDX, but would require work on the Mustangs to make them eligible....

But for all you folks that have cars like that.. it looks to be great fun !

PDX - pass tech, wear shoes and pants - drive whatever you brought that isn't an SUV.

[chuck schultz]

I wonder if Sean is thinking of this part of the rules -

11.1. PDX (LEVEL 1)
At PDX (Level 1) events, any car that is street legal will NOT require a roll bar/roll cage, except for Convertibles and Targa* top automobiles. These cars must have either a roll bar meeting the requirements of section 11 of the TTR, a non-mechanical factory roll bar/roll over protection (i.e. no pop-ups), or a factory hard top using the factory mounting hardware and mounting points. Owners of cars equipped with factory roll bars/roll over protection must present documentation stating that the device is a roll bar or roll over protection at the time of vehicle tech inspection (a factory issued Owner’s or Shop Manual will fulfill this requirement.) Targa* top (and T-top) automobiles may forgo the roll bar requirement under the condition that the Targa bar meets the height requirements set forth in 11.1.1.B. For the purposes of this determination only, street legal will be defined as a car which meets local requirements for inspection (if applicable) and the car in question must possess CURRENT, VALID registration. If this street legal requirement is not met, then the roll bar requirement as stated in this section shall apply.

[chuck schultz]

Last year, we ran a Club Trial instead of a PDX, and this rule applied, instead, which might have excluded Sean's car -

11.2.
CLUB TRIALS (LEVEL 2)
Roll bars or cages will NOT be required in those cars prepared to Stock, Street Prepared, Street Touring or Street Mod specifications as found in the Solo rules, except for Convertibles and Targa* top automobiles. These cars must have either a roll bar meeting Section 11 of the TTR, a non-mechanical factory roll bar/roll over protection (i.e. no pop-ups), or a factory hard top using the factory mounting hardware and mounting points. Owners of cars equipped with factory roll bar/roll over protection must present documentation stating that the device is a roll bar or roll over protection at the time of vehicle inspection (a factory issued Owner’s or Shop Manual will fulfill this requirement) Targa* top (and T-top) automobiles may forgo the roll bar requirement under the condition that the Targa bar meets the height requirement set forth in 11.2.1.B. Any convertible that runs with a TTR legal roll bar must do so with convertible top down and in the latched position.Any car modified beyond any part of those rules must be equipped with a roll bar minimum. Any car modified beyond any part of those rules must be equipped with a roll bar minimum. This includes cars prepared to the Solo classes of Prepared or Modified. Any car built to a GCR class MAY NOT interchange preparation rules to circumvent the roll bar requirement (for example, even though an IT car may run in the Street Prepared Classes at a Solo event, it does not qualify for the roll bar exception in this case, and must have a roll bar to run any Time Trials event.

[zukitek]

I have seen few solo prepared or modified tintop cars that would be excluded on a case by case basis . Seans Mustang (just for example) to me is little more than an SM car for all intensive purposes of PDX. Ive seen rotary powered Locost 7s in PDXs that are usually classed as Dmods in solo if thats worth anything.

This is sort of derailing the main reason for this thread so ....PM John and tell him your interest and what you plan to drive. If it is an obscure case then we will explore that .

[rlcsolo2]

So all I have to do is find someone to lend me a factory hardtop for a weekend and I could drive the Miata?

LYLE

[nicktcr]

I really need to get more seat time on a road course this year. I'm def interested, and will most likely do the work/drive thing. Worker laps are a freaking blast, I'm sure having a whole day to just "tear the club up" as the cool young hipsters say, must be a blast!

[chuck schultz]

So all I have to do is find someone to lend me a factory hardtop for a weekend and I could drive the Miata?

LYLE

I've seen a couple guys at Road Atlanta swap a single hardtop back and forth between sessions for a PDX.

[ZX3Focus]

Do it! It's a blast! Can't wait to do it again.

[zukitek]

So all I have to do is find someone to lend me a factory hardtop for a weekend and I could drive the Miata?

LYLE

I thought you had a roll bar?

[JohnW8]

Last fall Gramps was driving the worker laps with soft top down, no rollbar and turning some pretty nice laps. In a Miata.

I believe Seans car would be welcome as is. It's street legal. Lights, taillights etc.

[Cholewa]

But worker laps =\ PDX laps.

I don't see why any car that competes in autocross would be ineligible to do a PDX, other than the convertable/hardtop rules.

[JohnW8]

But worker laps =\ PDX laps.

I don't see why any car that competes in autocross would be ineligible to do a PDX, other than the convertable/hardtop rules.

I don't either.