Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject: road racing

does anyone know the price to rent out the Pacific road track, i think it would be awesome if we got a bunch of guys together and all pitched in to rent out the track for a bit

DBL_TKE · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:04 pm Post subject:

Lol, rent it out? I know to rent PIR's road course for a whole day is something in the ballpark of $10k. That's why you see organizations put on track days rather than a few people pooling together.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject:

Remember you also might need corner workers, and insurance. I'm not sure how those things work, but either way it is way more $$$ than this little group could come up with.

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:51 am Post subject:

oh okay, i was just wondering

blue89 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:10 am Post subject:

That back road up the gorge was pretty fun. Couple of radios and spotters would be all we need...

91RSVert · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:59 am Post subject:

several years ago the custom car club I was in was looking at renting places out for a car show. Every place except a state park required some type of insurance.

Then ontop of the basic building rent. You still had to pay a cleanup crew for inside and out, depending upon size of event, rent a few cops and security guards, concessions, etc.

Its a ton of hassel, you need to plan on having a HUGE event to do something like this.

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:51 pm Post subject:

Just pay the entry fee for a track day. Wink

RSFreak · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject:

popballz · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:31 pm Post subject:

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:51 pm Post subject:

It's about $110 per day here. That includes about 5 hours of driving.

blue89 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject:

I have a couple of FRS radio's. Just need a couple more. And that road has no houses on it. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's pretty dang close!

I think the track days at PR (pacific raceway) is $300. I had the opportunity to go down once but the car was no where close to going. I'll snoop around. If you guys want to do PIR sometime I might be inclined to show up. Even have a set of stickies!

BluFbdy · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:45 pm Post subject:

If we had a group throw down for it it would be cheaaaap id be willing to go, test out my new sfc's Thumbs up

Alphius · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject:

SlackerTA · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject:

I know there's lots of track days @ Portland International Raceway put on by the local Porsche and BMW clubs and they usually allow a certain number of non club members to run laps for a fee. Maybe a few of us should invade their message boards and see if we can get an invite. Smile

If you're interested in learning car control and race etiquette then check out http://www.cascadesportscarclub.org/. These guys have a course you can take that ends w/ you taking your own car out on the track. Might be a good place to start if you wanna attend future track days.

Red Bird · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject:

The Irdc (International race drivers club) will be holding a drivers school/lapping day @pacific raceways, sat april 9th. I am registered and will be running my 91 firebird. If you have never driven a road course, you have to complete 1 driving school before you can go out on track for a regular road course lapping day, unless you have previous road course training from a reputable school. I'm going to the school, I've been autocrossing my firebird for years, but have never run a roadcourse. The cars ready, I'm stoked! Entry is 250 for the school 200 for lapping day drivers. Its comin up soon, anyone interested? Id love to see another thirdgen out!

blue89 · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject:

BMW club? I own two bmw's so I guess I'll make the sacrifice. Have a site name?

SlackerTA · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:38 pm Post subject:

Just did a quick search and came up w/ these:
http://www.bmwacaportland.com/
http://bmworegoncca.com/

I found a few Nissan and Honda forums where people have attended track days put on by these guys and loved it. They are generally open to anybody w/ a car that passes basic safety inspection and a helmet. The downside is that they fill up really quickly and they limit the number of cars. One guy said he was there at 6:30am and ended up being #83 of 85 cars allowed.