Just a notion. Need smart people to iron out details., Co-Op Race Track/Tracks. Options

[Silverstreak]

Had this notion driving round town the other day. I Googled it but couldn't find anything on the idea. The way I figure, most sports car enthusiast would love to have a place to stretch their cars legs and test the boundaries without fearing the law or flying off the road into some trees, a ditch, a house or people for that matter. Sadly, where I live anyway there isn't a road course to be found for some 300 miles. And even then you can't get on it without spending a fortune and being there on the right day. My idea, as nieve as it may seem is a road coarse built by the people (funded anyway) for the people. The people being common Joe Shmoe's like ourselves. The concept is pretty simple. You'd have members chip in an initial amount to get the track constructed, then an annual membership fee to keep it maintained. You could then set up a schedule of sort so the track isn't over crowded on any given day (this is one place you'd smart people would come in). There would of course be rules in ordinance with all safety requirements. I think the best place to try such an endeavor would be out West, say California where there's a large sports car community present. But, I supose it could work in a number of places. Keep in mind, I have no idea how much it cost to build a race track or what kind of red tape you'd have to cut through. Anyway, just a thought. Thought I'd try and get the snowball rolling down hill and see how big it got. Thanks for reading. I'd love to hear any input on the topic.
Happy motoring (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) ,
Josh

[carr914]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Holy crap! Into a lake!? How terrible. What did you buy with the insurance check? Never had the pleasure of an S2000, but hear great things. As far as autoX, I have been considering doing some rallyX as well as autoX with the 914 when it's ready. There are opprotunities for both here in the sunshine state. All very south and east from my part of FL I'm afraid, as far as the rallyX anyway. Do they have DE's at Sebring? I'd love to drive on such an historic track.

Insurance paid off the car as it was only 6 months old with 5,000 miles.

I haven't been to the facility near Starke that does the RallyX, supposedly it is a nice facility with a nice motorcycle track.

Yes we do DE's @ Sebring. I have been an Instructor since 1988. We typically do 5 DE's a year, most 2 day events, shared with Goldcoast region out of South Florida. This Fall's dates are Sept 18&19, Nov 13 (invitation only) & 14th. We also have PCA 48 Hours at Sebring Club Race in Febuary ( always over 300 cars). The biggest problem is getting good dates. Sebring is expensive to rent and during the late Fall, Winter & early Spring, the track has activities almost everyday with IndyCars testing, HSR Racing, SCCA Racing, Skip Barber Schools/Racing, track rentals, etc.

There are no DE's at Daytona, but Palm Beach International Raceway (Formerly Moroso) is popular.

More in tune with your original ideas, a few years ago, I was involved with a group that was interested in building a Country Club track east of Sarasota. We had an option on a piece of property, but the permitting process took forever and finally the money and interest waned. The other problem was it was only 45 minutes from Sebring. If you hit a Super Lotto, let me know, as I have track planned in my head about 30 minutes North of Tampa.