[HOU] Grandsport Speedway HPDE 4/22 $100 for all nissans!

guru · 04-18-2012, 01:24 PM

High Performance Driver Education (HPDE)
Drive Your Own Car at Grandsport Speedway

April 22nd, 2012 is the next track day!

All cars are welcome!

All Nissan are only $100 for the day! (Including novices)

Groove union is designed specially for owners who want to drive in their own street car or racecar at GrandSport. We have several different run groups from raw novices with no experience to season pro's! If you do not have any track experience we can teach you the high performance skills in our novice class to drive your car on the track!
Novice

This is the first timer/beginners group. You will learn the basics of high performance driving. Instructors will work with you all the time to get you up to speed with others of your level. No passing is allowed. Novice level also includes the all important track etiquette information which includes how to get on and off the track safely, flags and track etiquette. Once you have mastered this level and a instructor has signed you off you can advance to the Bronze group. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track.

$225 per day(Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group)

Bronze

The bronze group is for drivers with limited track experience or those that have advanced from the Novice Group. Drivers in the Bronze Group will work under the direct supervision of an instructor. An instructor may ride along if asked by the student or an instructor may request to ride long with any driver in this group. Driver may lap on their own if the instructor directs them to. No passing is allowed. If a Bronze Group driver gets slowed behind traffic they will pull into the hot pit area and then a track official will place them onto the track in an area where they have more room to run. Sessions will be controlled with flags. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track.

$175 per day (Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group)

Silver

The Silver Group is for drivers that have advanced from the Bronze Group or drivers with several track days experience. Passing is allowed in designated areas and all passing must be completed before a point marked with cones. Sessions will be controlled with flags. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track.

$175 per day (Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group)

Gold

The Gold group is a run group where you go out and work on your skills and build seat time all by yourself. Passing is allowed in designated areas or when pointed by. You can run in this group with your piers as long as you like. If you wish to learn how to teach others between sessions while building seat time you can become an instructor and run for free. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track.

$175 per day(Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group)

Instructor

In this group you run for free for fun, build your skills and instruct in the other groups. Instructors run with the Gold or race group.

General Preparation for Groove Union - We recommend you arrive at the track early to ensure you can ready yourself and your car in a calm relaxed manner. Please make sure that you have remove all excess items from your car before you leave home and arrive at the track with a full tank of gas and your tires with the correct amount of air as stated in your drivers manual. We do not inspect car for safety or track fitness. This is the responsibility of you the owner. If you wheels have been remove recently for tire or brake repairs please insure that your wheels have been re-torqued.

Track Day Schedule*

8:00 or 9AM Classroom session.(Depends on program running that day - see below)

Mandatory for Novices but all participants welcome to monitor. Novice group to report to the exercise area in paddock immediately after classroom introduction session.

Drivers Meeting.

All participants except the novice drivers are required to attend. Failure to attend may lead to exclusion from the event.

SESSIONS RUN ON 20 MINS

SHORT PROGRAM
9:00 Novice Classroom
9:30 Drivers meeting for Gold, Silver, Bronze
9:40 Gold
10:00 Silver
10:20 Bronze
10:40 Gold
11:00 Silver
11:20 Bronze
11:40 Novice
12:00 - Lunch
12:20 Gold
12:40 Silver
1:00 Bronze
1:20 Novice
1:40 Gold
2:00 Silver
2:20 Bronze
2:40 Novice
3:00 Gold
3:20 Silver
3:40 Bronze
4:00 Novice

GrandSport reserves the right to class cars as desired and remove certain run groups. Please notice there is no lag time between sessions. As one group comes off the next will go. GrandSport reserves the right to disallow or cancel you track day at any time.

Synack · 04-18-2012, 01:50 PM

Hmmmm sounds interesting. Not exactly sure which class I'd get placed in because I know all of the flags, how to drive and race properly, not affluent on etiquette though but I assume it's straight-forward.

guru · 04-18-2012, 01:55 PM

i signed up, car should be able to handle 20 minute runs without going into limp mode.

Robert_K · 04-18-2012, 01:57 PM

I would've so been there!

guru · 04-18-2012, 02:09 PM

yeah,its a pretty good deal. red meat and race fuel is only a couple of runs this is at least 4 for $25 more.

Synack · 04-18-2012, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guru

i signed up, car should be able to handle 20 minute runs without going into limp mode.

Yeah 20 min intervals should be fine. It might've taken me 15 or 20 mins worth of drifting at MSR before it died. Also that was mid-summer.

VDC_OFF · 04-18-2012, 05:37 PM

dammit man so broke this month :/ I hate missing events. You think they will do another Nissan special in the future?

guru · 04-18-2012, 05:44 PM

No other Nissan specials on the calendar. Only $100.........

Dark Sarcasm · 04-18-2012, 07:16 PM

why does all the good stuff happen when I'm unavailable. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!

phohman · 04-19-2012, 10:30 AM

Needed a bump- Is nobody up for this WTF 100 bucks!!!
I registered, see u there geru

guru · 04-19-2012, 10:33 AM

Amen! I'm going to do pads and fluid Saturday night and I picked up my stig helmet yesterday, I'm set.

Synack · 04-19-2012, 10:42 AM

What's the deal with tires? My current set is bald on the outside and good on the inside. I'm cambered to only the inside touches and because my coilovers are super stiff, when I corner the outside part never really touches.

guru · 04-19-2012, 05:06 PM

Its up to u, there is no inspection. If u don't feel safe running those tires, then maybe think twice. Ira said tires and new pads are what we need.
Also, I just called and if u don't have a helmet, they rent them for $10

TX_370Z · 04-21-2012, 01:48 PM

Guru, thanks for posting this event!

I signed up....had my Z for a week. I'll be the guy with the Silver sport on the trailer behind the silver F-150. Yes, mine is stock with the paper plates still on it haha. I've ordered most of the parts but I'm rolling factory tomorrow. Never done the track thing, super pumped.

guru · 04-21-2012, 03:08 PM

No prob, hey how many miles do u have on ur z? have u had a chance to break it in yet?

04-18-2012, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	[HOU] Grandsport Speedway HPDE 4/22 $100 for all nissans! High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) Drive Your Own Car at Grandsport Speedway April 22nd, 2012 is the next track day! All cars are welcome! All Nissan are only $100 for the day! (Including novices) Groove union is designed specially for owners who want to drive in their own street car or racecar at GrandSport. We have several different run groups from raw novices with no experience to season pro's! If you do not have any track experience we can teach you the high performance skills in our novice class to drive your car on the track! Novice This is the first timer/beginners group. You will learn the basics of high performance driving. Instructors will work with you all the time to get you up to speed with others of your level. No passing is allowed. Novice level also includes the all important track etiquette information which includes how to get on and off the track safely, flags and track etiquette. Once you have mastered this level and a instructor has signed you off you can advance to the Bronze group. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track. $225 per day(Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group) Bronze The bronze group is for drivers with limited track experience or those that have advanced from the Novice Group. Drivers in the Bronze Group will work under the direct supervision of an instructor. An instructor may ride along if asked by the student or an instructor may request to ride long with any driver in this group. Driver may lap on their own if the instructor directs them to. No passing is allowed. If a Bronze Group driver gets slowed behind traffic they will pull into the hot pit area and then a track official will place them onto the track in an area where they have more room to run. Sessions will be controlled with flags. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track. $175 per day (Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group) Silver The Silver Group is for drivers that have advanced from the Bronze Group or drivers with several track days experience. Passing is allowed in designated areas and all passing must be completed before a point marked with cones. Sessions will be controlled with flags. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track. $175 per day (Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group) Gold The Gold group is a run group where you go out and work on your skills and build seat time all by yourself. Passing is allowed in designated areas or when pointed by. You can run in this group with your piers as long as you like. If you wish to learn how to teach others between sessions while building seat time you can become an instructor and run for free. You may be asked to complete a multiple choice knowledge test before you are allowed on the track. $175 per day(Sign up on line in advance and save $25 if you are one of the first 5 to sign up in your group) Instructor In this group you run for free for fun, build your skills and instruct in the other groups. Instructors run with the Gold or race group. General Preparation for Groove Union - We recommend you arrive at the track early to ensure you can ready yourself and your car in a calm relaxed manner. Please make sure that you have remove all excess items from your car before you leave home and arrive at the track with a full tank of gas and your tires with the correct amount of air as stated in your drivers manual. We do not inspect car for safety or track fitness. This is the responsibility of you the owner. If you wheels have been remove recently for tire or brake repairs please insure that your wheels have been re-torqued. Track Day Schedule* 8:00 or 9AM Classroom session.(Depends on program running that day - see below) Mandatory for Novices but all participants welcome to monitor. Novice group to report to the exercise area in paddock immediately after classroom introduction session. Drivers Meeting. All participants except the novice drivers are required to attend. Failure to attend may lead to exclusion from the event. SESSIONS RUN ON 20 MINS SHORT PROGRAM 9:00 Novice Classroom 9:30 Drivers meeting for Gold, Silver, Bronze 9:40 Gold 10:00 Silver 10:20 Bronze 10:40 Gold 11:00 Silver 11:20 Bronze 11:40 Novice 12:00 - Lunch 12:20 Gold 12:40 Silver 1:00 Bronze 1:20 Novice 1:40 Gold 2:00 Silver 2:20 Bronze 2:40 Novice 3:00 Gold 3:20 Silver 3:40 Bronze 4:00 Novice GrandSport reserves the right to class cars as desired and remove certain run groups. Please notice there is no lag time between sessions. As one group comes off the next will go. GrandSport reserves the right to disallow or cancel you track day at any time. __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-18-2012, 01:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Synack A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Houston Age: 36 Posts: 1,012 Drives: Sideways Rep Power: 16	Hmmmm sounds interesting. Not exactly sure which class I'd get placed in because I know all of the flags, how to drive and race properly, not affluent on etiquette though but I assume it's straight-forward. __________________ NO LONGER OWNS A 370 Turbo FR-S

04-18-2012, 01:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	i signed up, car should be able to handle 20 minute runs without going into limp mode. __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-18-2012, 01:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 18	I would've so been there! __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

04-18-2012, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	yeah,its a pretty good deal. red meat and race fuel is only a couple of runs this is at least 4 for $25 more. __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-18-2012, 05:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 44 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 17	dammit man so broke this month :/ I hate missing events. You think they will do another Nissan special in the future? __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

04-18-2012, 05:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	No other Nissan specials on the calendar. Only $100......... __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-18-2012, 07:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dark Sarcasm Track Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 552 Drives: 11 CTS-V Coupe Rep Power: 15	why does all the good stuff happen when I'm unavailable. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!! __________________ wax

04-19-2012, 10:30 AM	#10 (permalink)
phohman Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Katy-Houston Tx. Age: 62 Posts: 124 Drives: 2012 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Needed a bump- Is nobody up for this WTF 100 bucks!!! I registered, see u there geru

04-19-2012, 10:33 AM	#11 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	Amen! I'm going to do pads and fluid Saturday night and I picked up my stig helmet yesterday, I'm set. __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-19-2012, 10:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
Synack A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Houston Age: 36 Posts: 1,012 Drives: Sideways Rep Power: 16	What's the deal with tires? My current set is bald on the outside and good on the inside. I'm cambered to only the inside touches and because my coilovers are super stiff, when I corner the outside part never really touches. __________________ NO LONGER OWNS A 370 Turbo FR-S

04-19-2012, 05:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	Its up to u, there is no inspection. If u don't feel safe running those tires, then maybe think twice. Ira said tires and new pads are what we need. Also, I just called and if u don't have a helmet, they rent them for $10 __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

04-21-2012, 01:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
TX_370Z Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 53 Drives: '09 6mt Spt '10 F150 Rep Power: 13	Guru, thanks for posting this event! I signed up....had my Z for a week. I'll be the guy with the Silver sport on the trailer behind the silver F-150. Yes, mine is stock with the paper plates still on it haha. I've ordered most of the parts but I'm rolling factory tomorrow. Never done the track thing, super pumped. __________________ Stillen Gen 3 CAI ~ Fast Intentions res test pipes and non-res TDX #500 ~ Uprev ~ 3M roof ~ Stillen 25-row Oil Cooler ~ Hotchkis sways

04-21-2012, 03:08 PM	#15 (permalink)
guru Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: houston,tx Posts: 597 Drives: 2011 magblack 370z Rep Power: 14	No prob, hey how many miles do u have on ur z? have u had a chance to break it in yet? __________________ JTRAN_MOTORSPORTS/GREDDY/MOTORDYNE/ACTION_CLUTCH/MEISTER_R/FORGESTAR/SPL/HOTCHKIS/SEIBON/KOGNITION/RECARO/CARBOTECH/STILLEN/PASSWORD_JDM

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