Age of those active in HPDE / Track Events
 

Just curious...what are the more prevalent age ranges for those of us who are active in track days / HPDE?

1. Under 25
2. 26 - 35
3. 36 - 45
4. 46 - 55
5. 56 - 65
6. Over 65

60 here. Went from doing track days with a Honda RC 51 to a Nismo. :driving: Figured if I crashed the bike with a hip replacement. I would be in a world of hurt. :eek: A car would protect me better and still feed me my need for speed. :driving:

47 and Track at least 10 days a year. The z is wee a bit heavy (but very fun and fast), so I am building a dedicated race car (FFR 65 coupe)

Started in the under 25 bracket

Got my dad into it around the same time. He's coming up on 60 and still doing 2 hour endurance stints.

41 here, just started HPDEs and have been autocrossing this season. I love the Z on the track, but I might build my C4 Corvette as a dedicated track car to keep the Z in good shape for a long time.

Link to your 65 build please :yum: I built an English wheel and have several 3'x4' aluminum sheets in the garage from a failed try at making an aluminum body of a 65 coupe (body metal shaping is harder than it looks) FactoryFive is on my bucket list once I finish the sailboat in my garage

About 5000 miles around Sebring in the 350 from 40th bday to 50th bday when got the 370; going for longevity for the 370 so no track abuse.

Forza it is then....

61 here and I track as much as I can. I have a coworker that is in his 40's (with TT 350Z) and we have a blast racing together.

You're never too old...

Another fellow hip replacee!. 22 here

I should probably calm down on mine, but it can take some punishment. I get a bit reckless so I opted for the plastic instead of ceramic :stirthepot:

When I got mine in 2003. I had 4 options. Ti on Ti, 2 different plastics, and the ceramic. Was told that the ceramic would not take a big impact. With the Ti on Ti. They didn't know what happening to the Ti particles as it wears. Do they sit there around the joint, or move through out the body. The old style plastic is good for 10~15 years before replacement. And the new style plastic, which should be good for 15+ years. Depending on how rough you are on it. The new style plastic just came out when I got my hip replaced. So I went with the new style plastic. I was number 89 to get it, and to under go a new surgical procedure. I got a 4" cut in the front, and a 2" cut in the rear. Was in the hospital for 3 days, and back to work in 5 weeks.

I'll be starting this year as i finally got my car ready to track and it being paid off. I'm 31, Road Atlanta and Sebring this year.

Very nice! How is it holding up after 13 years?

I was told mine would last ~20 years. I got the new anterior approach, with just one 5" cut in the front. As it was explained to me, this new approach eliminates the problem that the posterior approach had, of easy dislocation of the hip from behind when bending past 90 deg. My aunt had a hip replaced in the early 2000's and couldn't bend past 90 degrees after surgery at all for a few weeks! Had a weird pillow to sit on and all.

I was in the hospital for 2 days, with no "waiting" to exercise full range of motion. It was the best decision I ever made, should have did it sooner. As soon as my other one starts to hurt (I have AVN) I am going to get surgery immediately, thats my clutch leg! lol

This thread is starting to sound like conversation at the old folks home! :rolleyes:

That said I'm 56 and will pop my cherry next Saturday at Wildhorse Race Track in the Phoenix area. No hip or knee replacements, just a titanium pin in my left shoulder and arthritis in my knees and feet. :p

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It's still like new. :tup: I'm in a study group for the procedure I went through. So I get an x-ray/check up once a year. The last set of x-rays show no wear, or bone separation. :tup: I have no restrictions on the things I can do. BUT I only want to do the surgery once. And not have to go though a revision surgery. So I watch on what I do. No high impact stuff like running, picking fights in bars, no bull riding, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, stepping off of motorcycles at 120 mph, etc. :mad:

Sound like it is the old geaser HPDE thread. I am staying out of here. I'm still a young buck.

I Just ordered the coupe. I could show pictures of the shop I'm building in the back yard to house it though! The foundation is being poured next week!

I expect the coupe kit to show up January

I am 22 and definitely not a geezer; I still do everything I used to do, Mountain bike, motocross (not racing), jet ski, etc. There is a great chance I will slam one day and never walk right for the rest of my life but until then I'll keep shredding. Lifes too short :stirthepot:

I was just curious how his was holding up. Glad to hear you won't need another one Rusty. I am pretty sure I will need a second surgery one day. It takes some gnarly slams though, there has been a few times I though for sure I broke it but it was fine.

/thread jack over, sorry!

Age for HPDE
 

I have been tracking my 2013 NISMO for about 2+ years. All in HPDE events in Texas. I'm 68 and hope I'm still doing this in 10 years. My car continues to be a work in progress and becoming less and less streetable (still street legal, just not that comfortable with racing seats, 6 point harness, etc). The driver is also a work in progress. I have definitely improved; car handling, track awareness, confidence, but think,I still can improve a lot more. Probably the best thing about going to the track is the absolutely fantastic people I have met and friends I have made. Although going up the hill on the front straight of COTA to turn 1 still gives me goose bumps.

60 years old at present. I started a road race career in IMSA at 40. Today, I instruct at DE events. I occasionally track my NISMO, have a turbo Miata currently as my weekend track car but still street legal. Other track cars included a 2001 Mustang Bullitt and Eagle Talon.

Well it is official, I completed my first HPDE on Saturday night. What a freaking blast and got the go ahead to move up to HPDE 2. Next track day will be at AZ Mortorsports Park Oct. 22nd. I can't wait to run during daylight hours lol!

Got your cherry busted. :rofl2: :driving:

Yup and it felt so good!

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I will be 56 Nov 1, my wife will be 57 Nov 4 (32 years married). We started with a Miata 4 years ago and now a 2015 370Z highly modified by me. Wish I would have found this outlet years ago. My wife and I share the car on HST weekends, yes she drives. She is a speed freak! Last month we were parked next to a 70 year old Doctor (Corvette ZO6), a 36 year old Doc (Alpha Romeo) and a woman late 50s (Miata on slicks) she comes every month. The Open Wheel race class here has a driver who is a former Top Fuel Drag Race Champion (Penzoil yellow car Eddie Hill) who just turned 80! Too much fun!

Started at 24, now 33.

24 here. Did my first event after a month of ownership at 21. Limited funds available so I do them when my bank account allows me. Still the best way to spend money imo.

I tracked the Elise 50 weekends between age 53 and 60. The last few years with CHIN at Road Atlanta and VIR.

One of my very best life experiences.

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20 Here, Started when i was about 17 in my first car a 02 Toyota Celica. Gone to multiple autoX in that car and track days. Also track my brothers 13' speed because its already built up for time attack. Z is gonna start in GTA once it gets its oil cooler :D

63 for me. Used to race in the previous century but got my Nismo this year and had to hit the track again. Ran at Mosport (CTMP) on the GP circuit last Monday. Loved it and will definitely do more track days. :)

25 here, started going to the track around 17 in cars, been karting since 7. I spend most of the time bombing the SoCal canyons though. Only reason i go to the track anytime now is for testing purposes. My order of testing is pretty standard with maybe 5-10 sessions of 3 or 4 lap runs. Warm-up>hot lap(s) >cool down, or Warm-up>hot lap> hot pitstop.

I do spend a fair amount of time in virtual sim racing honing my mental skills . AC or Pcars (hopefully pcars 2 will be an improvement!) Any PC gamers can find me on steam.