NASA Northeast HPDE & Race Schedule
 

It is that time of the year! NASA Northeast is kicking things up this year with Pre-season discounts. $333 for the 2 day HPDE events. Go to NASA NorthEast 2009 - safe and affordable way to get on the racetrack for details. The NASA HPDE program is not simply an open tracking. You get about 2 hours of track time but also included is an instructor who is dedicated to you for the whole day as well as classroom instruction.

Even with a stock car, the best modification you can do to your car is to get proper instruction on track, those skills will transfer over to the street. Eventually after you have become experienced in HPDE you can move up to Time Trials and eventually become a racer.

As Race Director and Chief of Timing and Scoring, I will be at all Race Events (Fri-Sun) and a few of the other events as well.

Here is the Schedule:
February 6 - ANNUAL NASA-NE Awards Banquet Dinner - BEST WESTERN Regency House, Pompton Plains
March 27 - Lime Rock Park- Full Day - HPDE
April 11 - Pocono North- OPEN TRACK/ TRAINING
April 16 - NJMP Lightning Course- HPDE / OPEN TRACK
April 17-18 - NJMP Lightning Course- HPDE / NASA RACE
April 30 - Lime Rock Park Full Day - HPDE
May 3-4 - Watkins Glen - HPDE
May 14 - Monticello Motor Club - HPDE
May 28 - NJMP Lightning Course- HPDE / OPEN TRACK - Comp Sch.
May 29-30 - NJMP Lightning Course- HPDE / NASA RACE
June 25 - Monticello Motor Club - HPDE
July 16 - Pocono All Three Courses - HPDE
July 17 - Pocono Double Infield Course- HPDE / NASA RACE
July 18 - Pocono Single Infield Course- HPDE / NASA RACE
August 13-14 - Lime Rock Park 1/2 day- HPDE / NASA RACE
September 4-5 - Pocono North and East Course - HPDE / NASA RACE
September 16-19 - NASA National Championships
September 17 - Monticello Motor Club- HPDE
October 1 - Watkins Glen - HPDE / OPEN TRACK
October 2-3 - Watkins Glen- HPDE / NASA RACE
October 29 - NJMP Thunderbolt- HPDE / OPEN TRACK
October 30 - 31 NJMP Thunderbolt - HPDE / NASA RACE

I'm very interested in this.
Couple questions...
Will we need helmet?
Will we need any previous experience on the track?

Helmet yes.
Experience no, they will have a beginners group.

NASA NE 2009

I'm considering Lime Rock as a warm up for the season but I don't understand why that track is always 50% more expensive than the others. It's not just a NASA thing, it's all the clubs.

LRP is just expensive they bang out the clubs for more $ cause it's close to the city. :(

-mike

Welcome to Connecticut! :tiphat:

Anyone know any places where I can get some track time?
I'm in Northern Jersey. Bergen County

See above... NASA-NE/PDA is based out of NNJ. Our head instructor drives a G35 coupe.

-mike

Sweet.