ChrisSlicks

Top of the list is helmet. You won't even be allowed on the track without a SA-2005 approved helmet, M helmets are typically not allowed. The cheapest SA helmet I think you can get is the Pyrotect, you can buy them online at places like soloracer.com or at a handful of retail stores.

For a track day you just wear full toe shoes (sneakers etc), jeans and a long sleeve (some allow short sleeve) shirt - gloves typically aren't required.

If you do want gloves and shoes, the Piloti ones are good and reasonably priced. Roofing gloves although not approved for race days, work well because they give you lots of feel but help prevent the blisters.

Car safety:
- Check brake fluid, bleed the brakes if this hasn't been done in the last year.
- Check you have plenty of pad material left, 1 day of track can eat through a set of soft stock pads, consider swapping in some track pads
- Re-torque all wheel nuts to 80-85 ft/lbs. Consider removing all locking nuts for the day.
- Check battery clamp is tight and that battery cannot move.
- Remove all lose items from the car including floor mats
- Check tire pressure, it will come up as they heat up and the target temperature will vary by tire. I run 37-39 hot front, 35 hot rear, which translates to about 32-33 cold. Check the pressure at the end of each session.
- Check coolant, not an issue on a new car but if you have an older 350 that's due for a flush you'll be better off doing it before hitting the track.

Oil overheat:
You're not going to get very many laps in without an oil cooler. Once it climbs north of 260 heading for 270, time to short shift and pull into the pits. Leave the engine running and pop the hood. You can shut the engine off once it gets down to 220 or so.

Edit: I kind of went off topic pretty quickly, feel free to move this to another thread.