Quote from: Spidey on December 15, 2010, 11:42:48 AM
Wow, that's a cheap trackday.    Wish we had that around here.  Sears/Laguna are around $270-320/day.  T-hill is 130 miles from SF and is $170-200/weekday and around $220/weekend day.  They're all great/good tracks, but they're a bunch more $.

I can only dream of a track 130 miles away.  My "home" track is 350 miles away and closed for the winter

Quote from: Cider on December 20, 2010, 08:11:03 AM
I can only dream of a track 130 miles away.  My "home" track is 350 miles away and closed for the winter

One of few reasons you'll ever hear to move to Southern California.

Quote from: Scotzman on December 20, 2010, 12:47:04 PM
One of few reasons you'll ever hear to move to Southern California.

there are a boatload of tracks, 'tis true.  and they keep building more.

You guys are killing me.

My wife and I toyed with the idea of moving to SLC, but decided we didn't like the city much.  Portland would be an easy sell, but all the rain--yuck.  I broached the idea of NorCal, but that went over like a lead ballon.

Quote from: Cider on December 20, 2010, 08:11:03 AM
I can only dream of a track 130 miles away.  My "home" track is 350 miles away and closed for the winter

Our "home" track is Sears Point, which is a great track and about 45 min away from where I live in SF.  The downsides are cost and that there are not a shit-ton of trackdays available during the good weather months (but there are enough that you can just do trackdays there if you want).  OTOH, if you race with the AFM, it's the home track and you get a bunch of mid-summer weekends there, which is just f'n awesome.    

Yes, I'm gloating a wee bit, but that's only cuz I haven't received my property tax bill yet.    

Quote from: Cider on December 20, 2010, 01:39:55 PM
You guys are killing me.

My wife and I toyed with the idea of moving to SLC, but decided we didn't like the city much.  Portland would be an easy sell, but all the rain--yuck.  I broached the idea of NorCal, but that went over like a lead ballon.

lots of tracks (and trackdays) in texas, too... austin is a wonderful place to live.

Quote from: gm2 on December 20, 2010, 12:59:26 PM
there are a boatload of tracks, 'tis true.  and they keep building more.

Where are these "more" you speak of? Always curious how close they're getting to my place of residence.

Quote from: Scotzman on December 20, 2010, 03:57:52 PM
Where are these "more" you speak of? Always curious how close they're getting to my place of residence.

there's supposedly another track being built east of willow springs raceway.

as of right now there's:

buttonwillow
chuckwalla
fontana
streets of willow
willow springs

these are all within 3 hours of LAX

Quote from: derby on December 20, 2010, 10:10:22 PM
there's supposedly another track being built east of willow springs raceway.

as of right now there's:

buttonwillow
chuckwalla
fontana
streets of willow
willow springs

these are all within 3 hours of LAX

then if you are amenable to a couple more hours you can include LVMS, Laguna, and Sears.  they aren't "so cal" but they're reachable.

...it's not all track days all the time in SoCal however.  once every 20 years this may happen:

I seem to recall some pictures of pre-season testing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and they were running around the track in a snow flurry condition...

this was on sunday.  did accumulate obviously but it was gone by monday afternoon.

Quote from: gm2 on January 05, 2011, 01:39:20 PM
...it's not all track days all the time in SoCal however.  once every 20 years this may happen:

The one in the striped shirt is trouble bro....

Now that nascar is involved they be running ovals in a couple years. I live 30 miles from road america and have been going the last 20 years, this year were not taken the kids just going down 1 day. I was lucky enough to go to indy gp last year so i'll be takin the family on a 7 hour road trip

Quote from: humorless dp on January 05, 2011, 05:17:18 PM
The one in the striped shirt is trouble bro....

...  trust me, they both are