Trackday Questions...

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

All great info!! Never been to the track, so I have nothing to add.

[DLIT]

I'd make it experienced track riders only and OPEN SESSIONS. I love open sessions. I hate riding for only 20 minutes and then sitting for 40. Gay. But I gotta do it to satisfy my addiction.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by DLIT

I'd make it experienced track riders only and OPEN SESSIONS. I love open sessions. I hate riding for only 20 minutes and then sitting for 40. Gay. But I gotta do it to satisfy my addiction.

Prob with that is, you tell everyone to get to the track. If the track is open to experienced track riders ONLY, then a new rider will NEVER get on the track.

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Prob with that is, you tell everyone to get to the track. If the track is open to experienced track riders ONLY, then a new rider will NEVER get on the track.

There's other tracks to go to for experience. Experinced only doesn't mean you have to be fast, but be familiar with riding on the track. Like being able to hold a line, etc...

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by DLIT

There's other tracks to go to for experience. Experinced only doesn't mean you have to be fast, but be familiar with riding on the track. Like being able to hold a line, etc...

Right, I understand that.
Looking at it from a newer rider standpoint.

If track A is the closest to home at 50 miles, but only allows track experienced riders.
Track B is 250+ miles from home, but allows everyone.
Chances are less likely that new rider will take a track day earlier in his riding experience.

I'd say you would be better off running some events for beginners only, and others for experienced only. That way everyone is welcome at sometime, but newbs are getting run over, and experienced guys aren't getting held up.

[DLIT]

If you wanted to go to the track bad enough you'd go to track B.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by DLIT

If you wanted to go to the track bad enough you'd go to track B.

True, but quite possibly not as soon as I would have gone to track A...

Just my looking at it from the perspective of one that doesn't have track experience, and can't go to all TD's

[DLIT]

FYI. My first track day ever was on a track that was for experienced track riders only. My buddies told me I'll be alright since I was already fast and consistant. Worked out fine for me. I used the street to get the basics down and the track to fine tune things and apply things I've read that I can only apply on the track.

[Trip]

Just have certain endurance days like STT, where you have advanced and intermediate only. 30 min rotating sessions. No need to make it only for experienced riders ever, that cuts out a lot of profits and scares people away, which is the last thing you want to do because the track makes riders better.

Hell, even with privately setup track days done around here with 20 riders, they still run groups because a top notch advanced rider shouldn't be on the track with a mid pack intermediate. Just asking for trouble.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by DLIT

FYI. My first track day ever was on a track that was for experienced track riders only. My buddies told me I'll be alright since I was already fast and consistant. Worked out fine for me. I used the street to get the basics down and the track to fine tune things and apply things I've read that I can only apply on the track.

Ok... I was thinking by "experienced" you would need some type of license or proof you've been on the track before.
If a quality rider can "fib" there way in, that's a different story.