i can't wait to try it as well

 

Beaverun Motorsports Complex

The schedule for 2011 isnt out yet. Hope they get it up soon.

 

when do you think it will open? march? btw how much did it cost jeff?

 

I went up for the festival of speed which is sort of like test and tune. I ended up spending around $50 bucks but got to run on the road course and made a half dozen runs on the Auto course. They have all kinds of events so the prices will vary. The class is around $180 for 5 hours. They also have a nice cart track and club up there.

 

do you have to take the class?? can't you just pay them money then go out driving on the course

 

You can for auto X but for the road course which is pretty demanding I pretty sure you need the course. They teach you all the rules ,flags, lights, etc. Plus they take you on the course to get you used to it with an instructor.

 

do you run one at a time? or is it like the nurburgrin where you run a million cars at once

 

http://www.beaverun.com/pdf/Flat-Out...ch%20Sheet.pdf

Well I hear the couch calling.

 

It depends what events are going on. Theres different levels.

 

I used to auto-x but I moved on to road racing a few years ago.

They usually open the track in late March for a few limited events, things really get rolling in late April/early May. Normal track days are $180

That's a little misleading. You don't get 5 hours of instruction. You get about an hour of classroom instruction and an hour and a half of time on the course and it's $180. Their true racing school is a bit more intense and you can get a competition license, but it usually runs closer to $400+.

If they did that, I would never go back there again. You have to run there for quite a while with an instructor and get signed off before you can run solo. It took me 4 years and a dozen or more "class" days before I was signed off, but I still opt to run with an instructor. Their instructors are very experienced people and I've never gone out and NOT learned something extremely useful from them. Also, unless you become an instructor there are no passengers allowed.

They run about 25 cars per group, one group at a time under controlled passing rules. There are only two passing zones and you must be pointed by by the other driver. Sessions are broken down into 4 groups - novice, intermediate, advanced (they have their own track days since they don't need instructors), and instructors.

Depending on where you live and how far you're willing to drive, there's also Nelson Ledges in Ohio that you can run at. Might want to try that track out as well, rumor has it BeaveRun may not be a public course for very much longer.

 

The Auto X is probably the easiest to run if you just want to have some fun. They set the course up so your in 2nd gear most of the time. Its a hoot.

 

Yeah, auto-x is a good starter platform. They have SCCA auto-x and then BeaveRun has their own "informal" atuo-x that they run I think on Thursday evenings.

 

North Hills Sports car club starts AutoX in April, The Steel Cities SCCA schedule isnt out yet.

 

North Hills usually starts earlier than SCR, just because they use the North Park pool parking lot, so they run April and May, then they're generally off until September, whereas SCR runs all summer long.

 

hey man, i seen your truck in mount oliver today, i also live in bon air and just got a 06 Victory Red SS/SC last night.

I'm good friends with Ed that lives a couple houses up from you.

 

Stop over. Im here all the time working on one of my cars 339 Caperton. Ed with all the cars in his driveway like me ?

 

The young kid with the black jeep cherokee. Ill have to swing by sometime after the holidays

 

Sounds like a plan. Theres a ss/sc 3 doors up from me on the steep part of the hill.

 

yeah i've seen it always parked in the driveway, but never seen it on the road? lol

 

He uses it almost every day. Its had a wrecked fender all year ?????

 

hey guys in the spring of 2011 the cobalts/g5/ions of the burgh should have a car meet

 

We need to have one in the South Hills also as well as the Mills

 

for sure id love to go to a meet. ive never been to one lol

 

I'm always down for hanging out or wrenching. Cobalt owners just tend to be flakey as a whole I have seen when it comes to car meets, heh.


Also, Jeff, finally got my intake manifold on. Debating if I want to stay with my 2.2 TB or find a 2.4. Once I figure that out, I'll be getting the money together for you to tune me.

 

Sounds like a plan.