Last weekend I traded 2 days of corner working at New York Safety Track for 2 free track days.
I learned a lot and the best thing, I think, was that I got to see fast guys and the lines they took through corners I'm not great at.
I hope I can do this again. . .
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I've been cornerworking at NHMS for 15 years in exchange for track time. It's kind of an on par deal, but we ride and work the same day.
It's awesome. [thumbsup]
Next time I will try to work Saturday and ride Sunday.
It's nice being immersed in the racetrack environment all weekend :)
They've got you stationed on the outside of the turn?
Quote from: Monsterlover on August 28, 2015, 07:50:29 PM
Next time I will try to work Saturday and ride Sunday.
It's nice being immersed in the racetrack environment all weekend :)
We don't get many back to back days anymore, and never on weekends.
Usually Mondays after a race weekend when the track is already set up for the road course.
Quote from: Speeddog on August 28, 2015, 08:01:56 PM
They've got you stationed on the outside of the turn?
Yes, turn 3 at least is like that. The corner station is way off the track out of the race line. Look at the aerial of the track I posted.... Runs ccw. 3&4 are the rights (double aprx really) after 1&2, lefts (at the end of the straight)
2 into three is down hill and everyone is breaking or at least rolling off. I would guess the stand was 100' off the pavement.
I had one guy low side in three and his bike ended up of to my left and only managed to get 25' off the pavement.
It's safe.
Hard to tell distance from the pics, glad it's not sketchy.
Quote from: Speeddog on August 28, 2015, 08:36:36 PM
Hard to tell distance from the pics, glad it's not sketchy.
It is the New York
Safety Track after all ;)
NYST is hands down the best track in the area imo. Greg and the other guys there are great.
Quote from: thought on August 30, 2015, 04:15:17 PM
NYST is hands down the best track in the area imo. Greg and the other guys there are great.
Agreed. They're all good people as far as I can tell. The coaches are good, the riders that show up seem to be nice and everyone is happy to be there.
Who is the track day organizer?
Quote from: ducpainter on August 30, 2015, 06:10:29 PM
Who is the track day organizer?
The one time I rode last year I just called the track, booked and showed up. I think you don't necessarily have to be with a track day org.
TPM is there a lot as well I think.
Quote from: Monsterlover on August 30, 2015, 06:12:13 PM
The one time I rode last year I just called the track, booked and showed up. I think you don't necessarily have to be with a track day org.
TPM is there a lot as well I think.
Who owes you the track time?
NYST
Interesting.,..
so they run their own track days?
Quote from: ducpainter on August 30, 2015, 06:29:42 PM
Interesting.,..
so they run their own track days?
Yes, to my knowledge.
The track is family owned (and that's as much as I know about who's who there) but one of the family members runs the riders meeting, track employees handle pit out, corner working (+ some volunteers as of this year to help with that) crash truck etc.
Track day orgs rent the day, sell spots and show up much like I was looking at doing (and still am, maybe next year)
Very different at NHMS.
They provide the track and the ambulances. The track day organizers are responsible for everything else.
If food is provided it has to come from the restaurant at the track.
Corner working is a pretty good time, as long as the weather doesn't suck.
If you really want to have fun, volunteer to corner work with your local race club. They're usually glad to have the help (at least ours always is), and then you get to see the really fast guys. Best seat in the house to watch racing. [thumbsup]
Really cool - always wanted to see that track.
Quote from: Triple J on August 31, 2015, 08:25:21 AM
If you really want to have fun, volunteer to corner work with your local race club. They're usually glad to have the help (at least ours always is), and then you get to see the really fast guys. Best seat in the house to watch racing. [thumbsup]
How does one go about finding their local race club?
Google CCS or WERA.
One or both is likely active in your area.
This also looks like a promising link. I'm not sure what tracks/clubs are close to you.
http://www.marrc.org/html_docs/links.html (http://www.marrc.org/html_docs/links.html)
Thx....I'm in the Philadelphia PA area - nearest quality tracks are NJMP and Pocono, afaik
CCS races at NJMP.
Thx