you all missed a really fun track. the trioval was a little uneasy to me when i was looking at it but after driving it, Ocala is my new favorite oval style track. the bank is about 1/2 or less that of Orlando so its not so intimidating. let me break it down for you
+ PROS +
+ i was given more track time than i could handle, i went throught 5 sets of tires and i took a 4 hour break in the middle of the day
+ the banking is less severe and therefore less scary
+ being a trioval, there was one short banked turn, and one really long one, so u can go slower (beginner) on the one or faster (adv) on the other
+ the infield... oh god, 2x as wide as Orlando with rounded center corners (i was doing 2nd gear non-stop circles around the straighaway triangle grass area)
+ the staff and owner of the track was very excited in what I do and many people came to my pit area and just wanted to learn about it
+ the crowd, having 2000+ people cheering you on and really getting into it was awesome
+ only 25$ for track time, a show (watching other races) and getting fans and maybe sponsors from the crowd. It happens.
- CONS -
- everyone was asking "are you the only one here?" it was lonely
- you do have to share the track with other race series practices but its not that bad and by the time i took tires off, remounted and all that, they were done
Bill (Hachibill) arrived around 3ish, he and I were the only 2 there for the show but man, we got the crowd going with some tandem. The announcer was really pumpin up the crowd as well, it was awesome. We are basically a side-show untill we can get some more people to show up. The goal is to have a competition. People like side-shows, but they love to see a winner.
If we can get a big enough interest by doing a few of these events, then we can soon start having drift only days most likely, and draw the same kind of crowds. We need drivers. Ill post up for this weekends event in ORLANDO.