$515 for a 2 day regional at LRP

[StephenB]

Has anyone else looked at the May 29th and 30th LRP "I got your stimulus right here" race yet? It appears to me that it is $225 for Friday and $290 for Saturday! What ever happened to the 2 day single race regionals at LRP? Is this a Stimulus check for LRP, are they that bad off!!

I hope I am reading it wrong??

Stephen

[lateapex911]

"out of my brain on the train.. on the train....out of my brain on the fiiiiiive fifteeeeeeen!"


Whats a LRP test day this season? I think it's $250 or more. And runs typically 1 -5PM?

[dickita15]

Historically regions have run both one day and two day regional at Lime Rock and the cars count have often been higher at the single day events than the two days even though the entry fee was often the same. I have spent a lot of time asking drivers about which events they prefer because this never made sense to me, I prefer the extra track time of a two day event. What I found was a large group of drivers preferred the one day. They did not feel there was enough track time on Friday to justify the day off of work and the expense of staying over for the night.
I think NNJR has come up with a brilliant idea. The $290 one day is about as good a deal as you can get at Lime Rock in this day and age and the Friday test day with 4 run groups will give a lot more track time that the Friday of a two day regional would ever give and is a better deal than the typical Tuesday test day.
If you figure about half the drivers will run the test day the entry income to the region to pay the $53000 rent and other expenses will be about the same as running a two day regional at $400 bit this way you get to choose whether to race for the lower entry fee or get the maximum track time.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Has anyone else looked at the May 29th and 30th LRP "I got your stimulus right here" race yet? It appears to me that it is $225 for Friday and $290 for Saturday! What ever happened to the 2 day single race regionals at LRP? Is this a Stimulus check for LRP, are they that bad off!!

I hope I am reading it wrong??

Stephen

Single day Regional at $290. You are adding a test day.

And for me, if I am at a track for two days, I want two races. No practice and qual, hardship etc...QUAL and RACE. QUAL and RACE.

[dtanthon]

Exactly what Dick said.

Lime Rock gives us unmuffled days, they only have so many to go around. We decided to use the unmuffled days for test & tune for unmuffled cars. We asked if we could make this muffled to get the cost down but Lime Rock only has so many unmuffled days in their schedule.

It is nearly impossible to run at Lime Rock with the expenses and the complaints about lack of track time, the cost of staying over night and losing a day or 2 of work.

We hope you support NNJR with this. Please contact me if you have any comments, questions or observations. We race in NNJR, we are trying to keep that tradition alive. It isn't easy.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Look at it this way. A way better price than LRP provides for a test day - and they only give us half days. If you want to get fast at LRP, the Friday is a bargain.

And a one day for $290. Not cheap - but not bad for LRP. What I do like about the place is that you have Sunday back to work, kids, whatever.

And if you need a 'tie-breaker', go to support a Region who is trying it's best to support us.

[ITA_honda]

not cheap is right.....Ouch

[Robert Zecca]

Guys,

As you may know I am on the board of NNJR. We rack our brains out at meetings trying to make things work. It should not be a surprise to anyone that things will not be easy financially at Lime Rock. You may be upset but this is one of the best solutions we can come up with. The other solution is we do not have to race at Lime Rock but I do not think this is what we really want. Darrell works harder than anyone to make things happen as does ours and other regions. Please do what you can do to support this race.

Other groups are getting over $350 for the day to run a PDX. THIS IS NOT RACING. What do you guys want??? We bring you ProIT and everyone is happy and we are a hero. The bottom line is suck it up and do what you can. PERSONALLY I am getting worn out fighting the system but this is my job and I must do it. We do this so that we all can race and do the things we love. I ask that YOU UNDERSTAND and support us the best way you can. Next year I may not be asking you for your support.

Sincerely,
Bob Zecca

[anthony1k]

Kudos to the region for trying something new this year. $225 for a T&T day is a bargain. Even SP is higher than that.

As far as the high race entry fee, we are talking maybe $50-75 more than other tracks. This is less than half a tire or a couple of sessions on race fuel. I know times are tough and racing is an expensive sport. But if the extra $75 is going to put a dent on someone's family budget, maybe racing is the wrong activity to be involved in.

I give a lot of credit to Skip for keeping the track going in such an inhospitable environment. It will be a sad to see it go the way of Bridgehampton.