Proformance has their 2005 schedule up. They have some early lapping days scheduled as date TBD in Feb and March. Donna says they are looking for a weather window -- if they get it they will send out messages to a list of interested people. If at least 20 people sign up, the date is on.

Also, PR is repaving and modifying T9. Seems like they felt there were too many serious incidents there last year. Supposedly the cone-on-a-stick configuration will be altered to perhaps be a little more forgiving of mistakes.

 

Thanks Mike.

Guess I'll have to get my a$$ in gear and get started on the 2005 track schedule.

 

Here's what I know, but it includes a lot of the California tracks. This was put together by a group of track-junkies loosely organized under the moniker, Carpenter's Union.

CB

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January

17-18 Laguna Seca, TracQuest

21 Laguna Seca, Speed Ventures

22-23 Infineon, NASA

31 Laguna Seca, NCRC



February

7 Laguna Seca, BMW Golden Gate Chapter

9 Laguna Seca CFRA

18 Streets of Willow, Speed Ventures

19-20 Thunderhill, NASA

26-27 Thunderhill, NCRC

26-27 PIR, Audi club NW



March

1 Laguna Seca, NASA

5 PIR, Alfa club

6 PIR, Team Continental School

8 Infineon, CFRA

11 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

12-13 Thunderhill, Viper days

16 Willow Springs, Open Track Racing

18 PIR, BMW ACA

19 PIR, Cascade Club School

19 PR, BMW CCA

25-26-27 SRP IEBMW



April

8-9-10 Thunderhill, PCA Golden Gate Region

9-10 Infineon, NASA

9-10 Buttonwillow, NASA

15 SRP, FATT

15 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

15 Thunderhill, Track Masters

16 SRP, PCA

16-17 Thunderhill, Shelby club

17 PR NW Alfa club

18 Thunderhill, CFRA

22 PIR, Team Continental School

22 PR PCA/PNWR

23-24 Reno Fernley, NCRC

29 PIR, BMW ACA



May

2-3 SRP, Union tentative

6 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

11 Willow Springs, Open Track Racing

13-14 Bremerton, Audi club NW

13 Thunderhill, Track Masters

13 SRP, FATT

14-15 Thunderhill, NASA

16-17 SRP, Private rental?

16 Buttonwillow, CFRA

23-24 SRP, Union tentative

25 PIR, Team Continental School

26 PIR, BMW ACA

26 Thunderhill, NASA

27 PIR, Lotus Club

27 Thunderhill, NCRC

27 California Speedway, Speed Ventures



June

5 PR BMWCCA

6 Thunderhill, Volvo club

15 PR, Alfa club

17 SRP, FATT

18-19 California Speedway, Speed Ventures

24 PIR, Tri-Club Track Day

24 PR PCA/PNWR

24 Thunderhill, NCRC

25 Thunderhill, Unlimited laps

25-26 SRP, IEBMW

25-26 Thunderhill, NASA



July

2-3 Buttonwillow, NCRC

2-3 Willow Springs, Speed Ventures

8 SRP, FATT

10 PR BMWCCA

11 PIR, Shelby club

13 PR, Corvette club

14 PR, Mustang NW

16 PR PCA/PNWR

18-19 SRP, Union tentative

19-20 Thunderhill, ProFormance

22 PIR, BMW ACA

27 Thunderhill, Lotus Club

29 PR NW Alfa club

29 Thunderhill, Track Masters

30 Thunderhill, NCRC



August

6-7 Infineon, NASA

6-7 Thunderhill, PCA Golden Gate Region

9 Thunderhill, Unlimited laps

12 SRP, FATT

13-14 Willow Springs, Speed Ventures

14-15 Thunderhill, TracQuest

15 PIR, Rose City Corvette Club

18 Thunderhill, NASA

18 PR NW Alfa club

20-21 Thunderhill, BMW Golden Gate Chapter

26 PR PCA/PNWR

26 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

28 PR BMWCCA



September

2 PIR, Lotus Club

9 Thunderhill, NCRC

10-11 Bremerton, Audi Club NW

10-11 Thunderhill, NASA

13 PIR, Audi Club NW

13 Thunderhill, Lotus club

14 PIR, Shelby Club

15 PR NW Alfa Club

16 SRP, FATT

16 Streets of Willow, Speed Ventures

16 Thunderhill, Unlimited laps

17 SRP, PCA IE region

21 Willow Springs, Open Track Racing

22 Thunderhill, NASA

23 Thunderhill, Track Masters

24-25 Thunderhill, PCA Golden Gate

26-27 SRP, Union tentative

29 PIR, BMW ACA Instructor Day

30 PIR, Alfa Club

30-1-2 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures



October

30-1-2 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

7 PIR, , Team Continental School

7 SRP, FATT

7-8-9 Thunderhill, POC

8-9 Infineon, NASA

10 Thunderhill, CFRA

14 PIR, Cascade Club School

14 Buttonwillow, Speed Ventures

14 Thunderhill, Ferrari club

15-16 Thunderhill, Shelby club

21-22-23 SRP, IEBMW

23 PR PCA/PNWR

28 Streets of Willow, Speed Ventures

29-30 Thunderhill, NASA

31 Thunderhill, Unlimited laps



November

1-2-3 Thunderhill, Mercedes

4-5 PIR Quattrofest, Audi club NW

5-6 California Speedway, Speed Ventures

10 Thunderhill, NASA

11 Thunderhill, Unlimited laps

16 Willow Springs, Open Track Racing

18 Streets of Willow, Speed Ventures

19-20 Thunderhill, NCRC

25 Infineon, CFRA



December

3-4 Thunderhill 25 hour enduro, NASA

9 Streets of Willow, Speed Ventures



Source Web Sites:

http://www.audiclubnw.org/calendar.htm

http://www.iebmw.org/

http://www.spokaneracewaypark.com/ca...pschedule.html

http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/

http://www.bmwacaportland.com/

http://www.cfra.net/web/

http://www.ncracing.org/

http://www.opentrackracing.com/

http://www.pnwr.org/

http://www.proformanceraceschool.com/

http://www.speedventures.net/

http://www.unlimitedlaps.com/

http://www.nasaproracing.com/schedul...cal.html#feb19

http://www.laguna-seca.com/TrackRental/

http://www.thunderhill.com/calendar.html

http://www.porscheclub.com/

http://www.amraceway.ca/track.html

http://www.arosc.org/

http://www.pacificraceways.com/

http://www.reno-fernleyraceway.com/

http://www.saacnw.org/

 

Way to go! Yeah, I've met some of the Carpenter's Union.

BTW, PSRBMWCCA does not allow S2000s unless you have a five or six point restraint for criver and passenger. Roll hoop is accepted, but only with harness. (Seems like a particularly stupid place to draw the line, but it's due to their national insurance regs.)

Spokane (Inland Empire) BMWCCA still allows stock S2000, AFAIK.

 

Requiring a harness with the stock roll hoops actually seems more likely to cause a serious accident that requiring a rollbar with the stock belts, but that's okay. I did a private track day at Spokane with these guys, and really liked them. It's nice to run with all advanced drivers in an open lapping format.

 

Thanks, Mike. I haven't been on a track since the slippery day in November at PR, so I'm raring to go. I need to buy track tires; I'd love to get the new Azenis, but I don't know when they'll be out. Has anyone here heard? Failing that, what would be a good track tire, allowing me to drive to the track (and maybe even to Portland or Spokane) without killing the tires, but still being better than stock street tires on the track?

 

Kumho Victoracers

 

I run Khumo MXs on the street and track and find them to be a good compromise. Tons of grip. Not frightening in the wet. And reasonably cheap, too. I'm too lazy to swap wheels/tires for the track -- and have yet to figure out how to haul racetires to the track in the sizes I want to run. The MXs seem a nice compromise.

 

Depends on how much grip you want.

The Kumho MX is VERY similar to the current Falken. However it is a street tire, so it's less grip but good wear. Both are amazing street tires for the $.

The Toyo RA1 is a great all purpose track tire. When shaved, it is a pretty good, long wearing R compound. Full tread, it's a great wet weather tire, too. Not the grippiest, though - won't hold a candle to the "real" r-compounds.

The Kumho Victoracer V700 has much, much better grip than the Toyo, but will wear a bit faster. Similar to a Toyo RA1, you'll get your best dry performance if you shave it, but it is a better wet tire with tread. Bonus is that the shaved Kumho is a decently competitive autocross tire, too... (I won a National Championship on them in 2003...)

The Kumho Ecsta V700 (not to be confused with the new Ecsta V710) is also a decent tire, but wants quite a bit of camber. We corded a set on a relatively light Integra Type R in ONE autocross event...

The other R compounds that are DOT approved I would NOT recommend for street driving (the new Kumho Ecsta V710, all Hoosier). But these kick butt in terms of grip.