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]

Oh! Thanks. I was considering doing this at Skip Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham Al. It cost something like $1500 for a 1 day course. At least you get to drive Porsches. You can spend alot more money and get some sort of license.

Just so you know, Skip Barber has Nothing to do with the Barber track in Birmingham or the Porsche Driving Experience that is held there.

Haha, I see what you're saying. I'll have to look into these DE's as I don't have $1500 bucks to spend on stuff for my car, let alone pro driving school. I'll stick to my driving books for now and practice where I can. I have a sweet little abandoned/failed subdivision nearby I can tool around in(It's even got a roundabout). Just gotta watch the curbs, and keep an eye out for the ol' sheriff. Luckily it's in the sticks and pretty secluded. Maybe one day my vision of a driving utopia will come to pass.

DE's can become addicting & expensive. Addicting in that is a lot of fun on a real race track, fairly safe & fun. Expensive in that you always want to go faster, which equals $$$. Also, while it is open to some debate, I estimate that it costs about a $1,000 to do a DE. Costs are entry fee, car prep, insurance, gas, hotel and food.