Precision Track Days is calling its three-day takeover of VIRginia International Raceway earlier this month an exhausting, exhilarating success, with riders taking full advantage of the unique opportunity to ride all three of the track’s configurations on the same weekend.
“Everyone was excited. The tire guys left because people bought so many tires they ran out!” said Fahad Khan, co-founder with Kevin Courtemanche of the Dalton, Georgia-based track day provider.
The organization’s Friday, August 8th day took place on the 3.27-mile full course, and more than 150 riders attended that day. The Saturday and Sunday took place on the 2.25-mile North Course and the 1.65-mile South Course simultaneously. Riders could select either course when their group came up.
And just to add to the intensity, the group sessions were staggered so that a rider could ride the North Course, pull in for gas and a drink, then head out for a session on the South Course during the same rotation. In theory, a rider could do 21 sessions on Saturday and Sunday alone, and many did, Khan said.
In addition, the event demonstrated the importance and value of soft barriers provided by the Roadracing World Action Fund (RWAF). Two riders hit soft barriers deployed at the track on the weekend, and both walked away unscathed, Khan said.
The track day organizer also has held three-day events on the same course at various tracks, and has another three-day, single-course event this coming weekend, starting on Friday and continuing on Saturday and Sunday at NCM (National Corvette Museum) Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Meanwhile, Sportbike Track Time (STT) is holding three-day, single-course events on Saturday August 30th, Sunday August 31st, and Monday (Labor Day) September 1st at both Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama and at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois. Sportbike Track Girl is also running at the Barber event.
