DarcShadow wrote:No, they are just the most well known and affordable. BMW & Ducati both run track events, ECR has regular motorcycle events, EuroSport does occasional track days. Others are out there, they're just not as well promoted.
I dont even know about BMW and Ducati...when where are they doing their events?
JeffStrom wrote:Interesting. I guess I'm in the same boat as Valentina. I knew about RS and LS. I knew that Eurosport did a few, but they are pretty rare, I think only a couple per year. Other than member days and a few open days, I haven't see much at ECR. I saw the web site for Fast Line. It may be that they don't show past events on their calendar but it is empty for this year.
Fast line usually did their track days in Houston area...now not anymore, apparently they ran out of money.
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It is just weird...Texas is so BIG and evrything is bigger here...well not many organisations though...maybe it will change.
I like that it is cheaper to go to a track...but i wish it wouldnt be so crowded and there would be more events...
Tooner wrote:Sunday at Cresson I was parked next to a couple that had drove in from Arizona and they said they really liked the way Ridesmart was geared toward safety and that the few track days they had done back in AZ were more of a free for all without ability grouping. I wouldn't mind paying more if that would get smaller groups. All of the 3 track days I have attended (level 1) were sold out and Sunday they did a 1, 1.5, and level 2 seemed to work ok. I would be willing to dive to a neighboring state for a good track day, but MSRC sure is convenient.
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I have mixed feelings...it is good that they are safety consious but sometimes it is too much...i think...
Their track days get sooo crowded so it is not fun anymore to be on the track...i think need to have a balance...if there would be more orgs then people would spread out between them...
nitzer wrote:I've done VIR in a car on several occasions. It's a decent track where NASCAR runs on occasion. It's an old track so I'm sure the owners have it paid off. COTA is expensive per day...they quote $50,000 per day to rent so they probably limits some of the smaller orgs and that's probably so they can get it paid off. I'm sure VIR is much cheaper per day than COTA. Personally Ridesmart is no where near the same caliber as a California Superbike School. Ridesmart is nice for people on a budget since they basically have a shoestring budget. I'm not sure why Lonestar is closing, but I've never done a track day with them. A lot of they guys I know have never done a track day with them. Could be lack of interest, owner is tired of it, or it could be that with TWS closing they are losing half of the tracks they ran on this year. They only did 7 track days this year to boot and all of them were Cresson and TWS. May not be profitable anymore for them. Only speculating at this point...
WOW lucky you...:)do you have videos of being on the VIR track?
Yes COTA is expensive...but that is a GP track kinda make sense...
I rode with Lonestar a couple of times, i liked them, but they were doing many times Friday or other weekday when i was working so i couldnt attend.
TWS...huh never closes...they keep telling us for the past 3 years and next year there are already posted events on their website...haha