I want to do this next time! A bunch of us corvette owners rented the Gainesville Test Track this winter (15 of us) and we had a blast running laps. I got in about 90 laps in half a day.

I have scca club racing experience (ITA RX-7) - I also was an instructor for CarGuys for a year.

Is there a website for this track anywhere? I can't seem to find one.

Also, my car is a vert (for now, thinking of a z06 soon) but are roll bars required to run there? They werent at Gainesville.

Anyway - looks like a great time was had by all!

adamb

 

You're not searching very hard, my friend. You could search TR for "Primus" and come up with the answer you seek.

Or, I just typed "Primus Track Event" into Yahoo and the very first result was http://www.sunridersautocross.com/srevents.cfm

Yes, roll bars are required in open top cars. Sorry, it's an insurance requirement. (it's also a good idea!)

 

Kumho Ecsta MX's do pretty well when hot. Far better than Azenis (which you have to water down between autox runs on a hot day if you're serious about it)....

 

Toyo RA1s would be fine....as well as any other R compound.

 

I am sorry - but the search result you have is for the sunriders website. I am asking if there is a website for the track itself. Not for information about the past event. I want to see information about the track (ie length, track layout, event schedule, etc) not just the simple sentance that sunriders has on their site.

And as far as the roll bar goes, I guess I will have to bring out my turbocharged sunburst yellow miata - it has a roll bar in it. That is why I asked, cause I have two choices when it comes to track cars depending on the event/location.

 

At present, we (SunRiders) are the only club running car events at this track. Essentially all of the info you seek IS on the SunRiders Autocross website. The track doesn't have a website. They really aren't in the business of "running a track", they are race car builders and this is their test track. Primus does have a website... if you can call it that. http://primusracing.com/

If you go search the TR Autox forum for Primus, you'll find some threads with maps and good descriptions of the track as well as a lot of background on what we went through to set up our events there. If you read through the info packet from that "prior event" that you mentioned on the SunRiders site, you'll find much more than "a sentence" describing the track. There is a full driver's perspective of driving the entire track as well as an accurate scale map of the track.

Good that you have a Miata. I think this track is much more suited to a Miata than a Vette. (not to say you couldn't have fun in a Vette... we had some higher-powered sports cars as well as some larger cars out there that seemed to be having a good time)

 

Thank you. -- I only saw the description of the upcoming event on the sunriders website. I will have to look for the 'info packet' -- The scale map would be nice to see, as well as the driver's perspective.

I love my miata (especially with the turbo) but the vette is another story. :o -- The vette will soon be traded in on a z06, so that would solve the open top issue as well. Do you know anyone that wants a c5 vert, it was only driven on weekends

adamb

 

Look under "About events" on the Track Events page, link at the bottom. It's a big ass PDF file.

Want? Sure, I want it! Paying for it is another matter entirely...

 

Berkely C5,

I would love to see a Zo6 out there. I ran my T-bird and had a great time. Miata's are great on that course because it is a bit tight - BUT a car with some horsepower (torque, really) would reel them in and go "zoom zoom" bye on the straights. Here is some video of me at the track.

www.bmcomputersource.com/bobatprimus.wmv

Bob

 

Yeah, that's what Jamal kept doing to me in that supercharged M Coupe of his! I could hold my own in the twisty bits, even get gain a little on him here and there, but when he pushed the go pedal in the fast parts... it was all over!