Nashville · Being scheduled
Drive it yourself
Standing next to a car you love is one thing. Sitting in your own on a circuit, with nothing in front of you and somebody in the passenger seat who knows the line, is a different thing entirely. Almost nobody gets to find that out, and the reason is usually that the first step looks harder than it is.
So this page is the whole of it. What a day is, hour by hour. What you have to bring. What it costs you in nerve rather than money. The first one near Nashville is being scheduled now, and it will be the first we have run here, which is worth saying plainly rather than dressing up.
You do not need a race car. You need the car you already own, a helmet, and a morning.
The format
What a day actually is
Two sessions, twenty five cars in each. Three run groups sorted by how much track time you have already had, and every group gets the same amount of it. You pick the group that honestly describes you, and nobody is going to be embarrassed by choosing the first one.
- 7:00 AMRegistration opens. Waiver signed on paper, wristband on.
- 7:30 AMSafety meeting. Nobody goes out who missed it.
- 8:00 AMTrack opens. Four hours, three run groups, equal time each.
- 12:00 PMMorning session ends, afternoon registration opens.
- 1:00 PMAfternoon session runs the same way until five.
Bring people to watch if you want. Spectators are welcome, it is standing room, and nobody who is not driving goes on the track. And it runs in the rain.
Before you arrive
Four things, and one of them is optional
- A helmet
- Mandatory, no exceptions. Rentals are available if you do not own one yet.
- Your own car
- Prepared for high performance driving before you arrive. Fluids, pads, tyres, nothing loose in the cabin.
- A signed waiver
- On paper, at registration. The wristband you get there is what the marshals look for.
- Insurance, if you want it
- Track insurance is sold separately and is not required. It is worth reading about before you decide.
Three ways in
Same track time, different day around it
Every one of these puts you on track for the same four hours. What changes is what happens between sessions.
Paddock
The day itself
- Track pass for the session
- Four hours of driving in your own car
- Professional instructors
Race Day
The day, and proof you were there
- Everything in Paddock
- Professional action photographs of your car
- Preferred paddock parking
- Discount on apparel
Winner’s Circle
The day, unhurried
- Everything in Race Day
- Breakfast and lunch
- A deeper apparel discount
- Time with the pro driver, and a photograph
No prices here yet, on purpose. What a day costs depends on the circuit, and the circuit is what is being settled now. The numbers post here the day they are real.
With Pro Touring Rally
Autocross, if a circuit is too big a first step
Cones on a large flat surface, one car on course at a time, second gear most of the way. It is slower than a track day and it teaches you more per minute, because you get the same corner again and again until you stop getting it wrong.
It is also the cheapest way to find out whether you actually like driving fast, in the car sitting on your driveway, with nothing to lose but cones. We run these with Pro Touring Rally.
Dates come from the same place as everything else here. Ask and I will tell you when the next one is.
The first one
Say now and you are in the first group
Twenty five cars a session is not many, and the people who say early are the ones who get the morning run group. Tell me what you drive and how much track time you have had, and I will tell you which group you belong in and when the date lands.