[Tonybest]

Track Dates 2014
Within 8 hours of driving out of Montréal + a few VIR and Road America for travel ideas.


March
Fri-Sat-Sun Mar 14 - 16th - PCA Zone 2 - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Mar 21 - 23rd - NASA - VIR, VA Combined

April
Fri-Sat-Sun Apr 25 - 27th - BMWCCA Tarheel - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Apr 25 - 27th - BMWCC Trillium - CTMP, ON Driver’s Ed Tonybest
Fri-Sat-Sun Apr 25 - 27th - AISA - ASE, QC Racing Academy
Sat Apr 26th - BMWCC Québec - Sanair, QC Driver’s Ed genesis380
Mon-Tues Apr 28 - 29th - NASA NorthEast - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Wed-Thur Apr 30 - May 1st - Ferrari Club of America ESR - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed

May
Fri-Sat-Sun May 2 - 4th - NASA - VIR, VA Combined
Fri-Sat-Sun May 2 - 4th - BMWCCA Genesee - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Mon-Tue May 5 - 6th - BMWCCA Boston - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Wed-Thur May 7 - 8th - PCA Hudson Champlain - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Fri May 9th - Viper club - LCMT, QC Lapping jgalaxy, Tonybest
Fri-Sat-Sun May 9-11th - AISA - CMP, ON Racing Academy
Fri-Sat-Sun May 9-11th - PCA Allegheny - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Sat May 10th - BMWCC Québec - ASE, QC Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun May 16 - 18th - PCA First Settlers - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Mon May 19th - BMWCC Ottawa - CMP, ON Driver's Ed
Mon-Tues May 26 - 27th - PCA Niagara - WGI, NY Driver's Ed StealYourFace
Fri-Sat-Sun May 30th - Jun 1st - BMWCC Trillium - CTMP, ON Driver’s Ed

June
Fri Jun 6th - Viper club - ICAR, QC Lapping
Sat-Sun Jun 7 - 8th - BMWCC Québec - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed Nikos335i, jgrigoros, Tonybest, genesis380, M3 Montreal, Kenneth, GewoW
Mon-Tue Jun 9 - 10th - BMWCCA Patroon - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Jun 13 - 15th - BMWCCA Genesee - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Thur-Fri Jun 19 - 20th - PCA Niagara - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Jun 20 - 22nd - PCA Potomac - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Mon-Tue Jun 23 - 24th – Phoenix CMR - WGI, NY Lapping Tonybest, jgalaxy, STALKER, Jaypod, bunn, sawzall
Fri-Sat-Sun Jun 27 - 29th – Northwoods Shelby - Road America, WI Lapping
Fri-Sat-Sun Jun 27 - 29th - BMWCCA Tarheel - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Mon Jun 30th – ASELC - CTMP, ON Lapping

July
Fri Jul 4th - Viper club - LCMT, QC Lapping
Mon-Tue Jul 7 - 8th – SCDA - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Mon-Tue-Wed Jul 7 - 9th - PCA Northeast Region - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed
Wed-Thu Jul 9 - 10th – BMWCCA Delaware - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Fri Jul 11th – ASELC - CMP, ON Lapping
Mon-Tue Jul 14 - 15th – ACNA - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Jul 18 - 20th - BMWCC Ottawa - CMP, ON Driver's Ed Tonybest
Fri-Sat-Sun Jul 18 - 20th - PCA Northern New Jersey - CTMP, ON Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Jul 18 - 20th - NASA - VIR, VA Combined
Thur July 24th - BMWCC Québec - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed genesis380, Kenneth, GewoW

August
Fri Aug 1st - Viper club - CMP, ON Lapping jgalaxy
Fri-Sat-Sun Aug 1 - 3rd - PCA Northern New Jersey - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Aug 1 - 3rd - BMWCCA Boston - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed
Sat-Sun Aug 9 - 10th - 3BallsRacing - CMP, Ont Lapping jgalaxy CANCELLED
Mon-Tue Aug 18 - 19th - BMWCC Québec - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed genesis380, GewoW
Mon-Tue Aug 18 - 19th – ACNA - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Wed-Thu Aug 20 - 21st – BMWCCA Genesee - WGI, NY Driver's Ed
Fri Aug 29th – ASELC - CMP, ON Lapping
Fri-Sat-Sun Aug 29 - 31st - Ferrari Club of America ESR - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Aug 29 - 31st - PCA Potomac - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Sun Aug 31st - Viper club - ICAR, QC Lapping

September
Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 5 - 7th - BMWCC Trillium - CTMP, ON Driver’s Ed
Mon-Tues Sept 8 - 9th – COM Sports Car Club - WGI, NY Combined
Wed-Thurs Sept 10 - 11th – Phoenix CMR - WGI, NY Lapping STALKER, Jaypod, bunn, sawzall
Mon-Tues Sept 15 - 16th - PCA Northern New Jersey - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Wed-Thurs Sept 17 - 18th - BMWCCA Boston - WGI, NY Driver's Ed Nikos335i, jgrigoros
Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 26 - 28th - NASA NorthEast - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 26 - 28th - BMWCCA Badger Bimmers - Road America, WI Driver’s Ed
Mon Sept 29th - BMWCC Québec - LCMT, QC Driver’s Ed

October
Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 3 - 5th - BMWCC Trillium - CTMP, ON Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 3 - 5th - NASA Southeast - VIR, VA Combined
Sat-Sun Oct 4 - 5th – ACNA - LCMT, QC Driver's Ed genesis380
Mon-Tues Oct 6 - 7th - PCA Niagara - WGI, NY Driver's Ed

Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 10 - 12th - MVP Track Time- Road America, WI Lapping
Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 10 - 12th - BMWCCA Tarheel - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed
Mon Oct 13th – ASELC - CTMP, ON Lapping
Wed-Thur Oct 15 - 16th - PCA Hudson Champlain - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 17 - 19th - PCA First Settlers - WGI, NY Driver’s Ed
Fri-Sat-Sun Oct 31 - Nov 2nd - PCA Northern New Jersey - VIR, VA Driver’s Ed

November

Please add official dates for these and other events you know of. Thanks

Hope to see you at the track in 2014.

[Tonybest]

So I am posting events that should interest most lappers, and HPDEers.

If the event is far (ie. Wisconsin, Illinois, Virginia..) I will only post 3 day events.

I will only post events hosted by reputable organizers, and on great tracks. So probably not many ASE or Sanair events on this except if they are from BMW Québec club. These tracks can be interesting for beginners / intermediates or for people who just want to do some testing on their cars.

I would also like to post up the names of whomever signs up for one of these events... The more the merrier.


Tracks that will be posted are:

In BOLD Blue font :
Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant (LCMT)
Watkins Glen International (WGI)
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP) formally known as Mosport
Calabogie (CMP)

In REGULAR Blue font :
Virginia International Raceway (VIR)
Road America

In REGULAR Black font :
Autodrome Saint-Eustache (ASE)
Sanair
...

[Jaypod]

Keep me posted to when you plan on doing Tremblant Tony - want to make it out there in 2014

[Tonybest]

Originally Posted by Jaypod

Keep me posted to when you plan on doing Tremblant Tony - want to make it out there in 2014

I guess you'll want a 2 day event. We normally post up our names on events we intend to participate in. That will come up in the coming months.

I'll start the ball rolling and post up my WGI June date (payment sent)

[Jaypod]

Originally Posted by Tonybest

I guess you'll want a 2 day event. We normally post up our names on events we intend to participate in. That will come up in the coming months.

I'll start the ball rolling and post up my WGI June date (payment sent)

Sounds good - a 2 day event would be good - worst case if it coincides with Calabogie I can always pick up a day there too.

[jgalaxy]

Thank you Tony for starting the new thread.

VIR in March. Hope there is little/no snow here.

[StealYourFace]

When should we know the cca dates for the glen and other northeast tracks? I checked motorsport reg the other day and there was nothing. I need to schedule my time off as well as my staff's time off as early in the year as possible.

Thanks

[jgalaxy]

Originally Posted by StealYourFace

When should we know the cca dates for the glen and other northeast tracks? I checked motorsport reg the other day and there was nothing. I need to schedule my time off as well as my staff's time off as early in the year as possible.

Thanks

We usually see them pop up starting in Dec thru Jan.

[kenneth]

Thanks Tony

[Tonybest]

18 events posted. Post 1 and 2 have been updated.

BTW the Autobahn Country Club looks interesting. It's in Illinois. So again a 3 day event would be nice.

[kenneth]

http://www.schrothracing.com/tuning/...it-pro/qfp-bmw


From the other thread about harnesses. Think it's a good idea?

[Tonybest]

I think Pseudo Nim has one for his rare Blue Golf R.

I think it's a good base, better than CG Lock for sure.

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by Tonybest

I think Pseudo Nim has one for his rare Blue Golf R.

I think it's a good base, better than CG Lock for sure.

I won't get it finally!

Harness without race seat and cage is not ideal. I'll wait next car to indulge....

[Tonybest]

Originally Posted by genesis380

Wow What a nice peace of art !!

Am I alowed to ask the figures of a job like that $ ?

No you may not.

Thanks it is is very awesome. Seb is the artist.

Every job is custom, so it goes by time and difficulty.

Let me tell you it was very reasonnable. Worth it.

To have this done, it all depends where you are in your progression and where you want to go.

[kenneth]

Ok crazy thought! I am toying with the idea of getting DCT instead of manual for next track car.

I figure why fight progress, even Porsche is fearlessly doing away with manuals. Another change is electronic steering, surely we can see what's coming down the line (to the point the car may one day drive itself ).

Any thoughts on this? Do I resist the trend?

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11312246...hnology-at-ces

[Pseudo Nim]

With DCT you could get a remote starter for the winter ...

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

With DCT you could get a remote starter for the winter ...

Cool! Except it will unlikely be driven in winter. How you liking the Manual?

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by kenneth

Cool! Except it will unlikely be driven in winter. How you liking the Manual?

Brings back great memories of the old country when I was 12

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

Brings back great memories of the old country when I was 12

Will your next car be manual or DCT?

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by kenneth

Will your next car be manual or DCT?

Dunno yet... but if it'll be a CLA45, which is likely, then that's not a hard choice hey, how do you check clutch wear?

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

Dunno yet... but if it'll be a CLA45, which is likely, then that's not a hard choice hey, how do you check clutch wear?

google? usually if you put it in 4th gear going 50km then ramp up the throttle, if you hear engine speed going up but tach needle not going up smoothly but see-sawing it's slipping. That is if you don't have wheel spin, but on 4th you shouldn't have traction issues on dry.

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by kenneth

google? usually if you put it in 4th gear going 50km then ramp up the throttle, if you hear engine speed going up but tach needle not going up smoothly but see-sawing it's slipping. That is if you don't have wheel spin, but on 4th you shouldn't have traction issues on dry.

why google when this was quicker and a more concise explanation?

yeah i'm probably far from wearing the clutch out, but was just curious.