[DeTomaso] reno-fernely track days

[Adin, David]

Thanks for that, do we have dates???????

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From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:22 PM
To: Adin, David; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] reno-fernely track days



In a message dated 1/14/09 12 10 13, DavidAdin at mercydurango.org writes:




	
	Did I miss the announcment/prices info for the convention track
	days?????
	



No.

The event is happening for sure.  We are still finalizing the details,
but the pricing is set--Larry Finch has that data, and I'm sure he'll
announce it here shortly.  Among the details yet to be hammered out is
the chosen track layout.  Although intuitively one would expect that the
longest track would be the best track, we are getting feedback from
those who know the place that if you run the full track, the back half
is slow, exhausting, and behind a hill so spectators can't watch.  The
full track has 29 corners or something like that, and by the time you
get back to the front straight you're wiped out and annoyed at having
spent a bunch of time puttering around in 2nd gear.

We are seeking a FAST, SMOOTH, FLOWING track layout that will favor
high-horsepower, relatively heavy cars like ours.  We don't want to
stage a go-kart event for Panteras.  It may well be that the optimal
solution involves using only half the track, and going around it twice
as often in a given amount of time.  (Since the full track is over four
miles long, this isn't necessarily a bad thing).  So at some point in
the near future, Larry Finch and I are planning on driving up to Reno
and conducting a recon, hopefully with tires on the pavement (I have to
guess there aren't too many track days there in January).

Unlike Pahrump, where to double the length of the track would require
paying double the costs, at RFR we are paying a fixed price for the
track, whichever configuration we use.  So cost is not a factor in
determining the track layout--only quality.  Whichever layout we choose
will be run on both days--there were rumors started by somebody that we
were planning on running two different configurations on the two days,
and that was never true.

Once the layout choice is done, the information will be published on the
PCNC website, and in the POCA newsletter, registration will open etc.

Because the event is six weeks later than usual, event registration etc.
will be starting six weeks later than usual.  So it's early days yet.

Mike


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