Play day on a private closed course, pics and videos
06-25-2012, 08:52 AM
#1
Play day on a private closed course, pics and videos I will have more to add as others turn in their footage.
Long story short, a friend in the area purchased this property a couple months ago and was generous enough to let us host a private fun day on his property for my girlfriends birthday. This included the track, 300 acres of flat field for Subarus and ATVs, and an awesome little cabin to host the afterparty.
Cars included:
01 Trans Am (headers, LM1, free mods, Monster stage 3 clutch)
00 Procharged Corvette
240z with Holset turbo
Miata (unknown mods, autox car that has been to Hallet in Tulsa)
Acura Legend Lemon racer (gutted and caged)
'11 Mustang GT 6 speed (Ford Racing programmer, axleback)
'12 Mustang GT auto (stock)
'03 Cobra (pully, exhaust, cai, tune)
'71 Chevelle (heads/cam ls1, auto, spring/shock upgrades, ls1 disc rear brakes, HPS pads on stock front discs, SS sway bars, bolt on traction bars, otherwise stock suspension)
GMC Sierra (bolt ons, slight drop)
240sx (full mods unknown, gutted and higher boost for sure)
Subaru Forrest SXT (dropped, more boost)
couple bikes
Nissan Sentra (long story)
Mitsubishi Lancer
Google maps: (ignore the cones, we ditched the idea) You really can't get a good sense of the elevation changes and smaller turns from looking but the videos might give you an idea
I can't recall most of the lap times. Some bests: I had a 1:20.0, Corvette had a 1:10.9, '11 GT had a 1:16.3, Sierra had a 1:31.8, lemon car had a 1:17, one bike with a professional rider had a 1:10.3
Long story short, a friend in the area purchased this property a couple months ago and was generous enough to let us host a private fun day on his property for my girlfriends birthday. This included the track, 300 acres of flat field for Subarus and ATVs, and an awesome little cabin to host the afterparty.
Cars included:
01 Trans Am (headers, LM1, free mods, Monster stage 3 clutch)
00 Procharged Corvette
240z with Holset turbo
Miata (unknown mods, autox car that has been to Hallet in Tulsa)
Acura Legend Lemon racer (gutted and caged)
'11 Mustang GT 6 speed (Ford Racing programmer, axleback)
'12 Mustang GT auto (stock)
'03 Cobra (pully, exhaust, cai, tune)
'71 Chevelle (heads/cam ls1, auto, spring/shock upgrades, ls1 disc rear brakes, HPS pads on stock front discs, SS sway bars, bolt on traction bars, otherwise stock suspension)
GMC Sierra (bolt ons, slight drop)
240sx (full mods unknown, gutted and higher boost for sure)
Subaru Forrest SXT (dropped, more boost)
couple bikes
Nissan Sentra (long story)
Mitsubishi Lancer
Google maps: (ignore the cones, we ditched the idea) You really can't get a good sense of the elevation changes and smaller turns from looking but the videos might give you an idea
I can't recall most of the lap times. Some bests: I had a 1:20.0, Corvette had a 1:10.9, '11 GT had a 1:16.3, Sierra had a 1:31.8, lemon car had a 1:17, one bike with a professional rider had a 1:10.3
Last edited by thunderstruck507; 06-25-2012 at 01:58 PM.
06-25-2012, 09:32 AM
#3
It was a blast. We were out there from 10:30am until dark then partied in the cottage.
I rode in the Corvette on the lap before the one I posted a video of (video of the run I was in will be posted as soon as I get it).
There are not words for what was going on in that car on the other lap. The *** end actually brushed the leaves of the trees on the first turn running counterclockwise. Saw the speedometer hit 115 and climbing on the back side before the downhill hairpins. Six Flags is dead to me now.
I rode in the Corvette on the lap before the one I posted a video of (video of the run I was in will be posted as soon as I get it).
There are not words for what was going on in that car on the other lap. The *** end actually brushed the leaves of the trees on the first turn running counterclockwise. Saw the speedometer hit 115 and climbing on the back side before the downhill hairpins. Six Flags is dead to me now.
06-25-2012, 10:21 AM
#6
It's in NW Arkansas. The owner has expressed interest in trying to do something similar once a month but can't commit yet for legal/insurance reasons.
With everything as is now it is a "run at your own risk" thing for friends akin to as he put it: "you wouldn't let your friends come over and not swim in the pool right?"
He is also looking into building an 1/8th mile strip to run his outlaw cars on in the field to the west of the starting line and tie the return road back to the track. This would have the obvious benefit of drag racing but also have potential as an alternate course route for the road course.
Another section of the field we are hoping to run SCCA Rally Cross on since they can bring their own insurance and safety equipment to the table.
With everything as is now it is a "run at your own risk" thing for friends akin to as he put it: "you wouldn't let your friends come over and not swim in the pool right?"
He is also looking into building an 1/8th mile strip to run his outlaw cars on in the field to the west of the starting line and tie the return road back to the track. This would have the obvious benefit of drag racing but also have potential as an alternate course route for the road course.
Another section of the field we are hoping to run SCCA Rally Cross on since they can bring their own insurance and safety equipment to the table.
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06-25-2012, 01:31 PM
#8
More videos added.
The Corvette driver/owner is the owner of the property. He said he is a bit rusty but it was enough to scare me shitless. The videos really don't convey the sense of speed, several parts of that video are at and over 100mph (on the back and in the curves too not just the straight).
I was riding along on second lap in the video named laps 2 & 4. On that first turn the *** end of the vette was in the leaves, we found marks on the car haha
As far as safety:
We had several fire extinguishers and first aid kits on hand. One of the guys there is an EMT. The course is also only 1 mile from town and 5-6 miles from the hospital.
We only invited the most responsible members of our car club. We didn't want to have to babysit people and we had a drivers meeting to go over basics.
Only 1 car was allowed on course at a time. (the pictures which show multiple cars on track are during our parade lap so everyone could feel out the layout)
All drivers and passenger were required to wear helmets (except the track owner...his track his choice) and seat belts. Two laps max allowed ( to prevent brake fatigue). All drivers were urged to progress slowly through the day and we were all at an understanding the lap times were informal and no one needed to cut seconds to prove anything. Only standing start laps were timed to prevent people trying to come in too hot into the first turn.
Everyone was mandated to have a cell phone to call for help if needed and a standing rule was in place if anyone was running a "hot" lap that after the 1:40 mark if they hadn't made it back or we couldn't hear them, a truck or ATV would hit the infield to look for them.
The Corvette driver/owner is the owner of the property. He said he is a bit rusty but it was enough to scare me shitless. The videos really don't convey the sense of speed, several parts of that video are at and over 100mph (on the back and in the curves too not just the straight).
I was riding along on second lap in the video named laps 2 & 4. On that first turn the *** end of the vette was in the leaves, we found marks on the car haha
As far as safety:
We had several fire extinguishers and first aid kits on hand. One of the guys there is an EMT. The course is also only 1 mile from town and 5-6 miles from the hospital.
We only invited the most responsible members of our car club. We didn't want to have to babysit people and we had a drivers meeting to go over basics.
Only 1 car was allowed on course at a time. (the pictures which show multiple cars on track are during our parade lap so everyone could feel out the layout)
All drivers and passenger were required to wear helmets (except the track owner...his track his choice) and seat belts. Two laps max allowed ( to prevent brake fatigue). All drivers were urged to progress slowly through the day and we were all at an understanding the lap times were informal and no one needed to cut seconds to prove anything. Only standing start laps were timed to prevent people trying to come in too hot into the first turn.
Everyone was mandated to have a cell phone to call for help if needed and a standing rule was in place if anyone was running a "hot" lap that after the 1:40 mark if they hadn't made it back or we couldn't hear them, a truck or ATV would hit the infield to look for them.
Last edited by thunderstruck507; 06-25-2012 at 02:01 PM.
06-26-2012, 08:25 AM
#12
He had looked into making it a full public course but the insurance and regulations were overwhelming. He might still at some point but it's on hold. Until then he is renting it to karters, some bike riders for practice, and this event for us.
He talked like he wants to start trying to do something like this monthly though.
ozarkautosport.com is our local forum, if and when it happens it will be posted there...but in the mean time feel free to join up as we do cruises, autox, drag strip trips, photoshoots, etc
He talked like he wants to start trying to do something like this monthly though.
ozarkautosport.com is our local forum, if and when it happens it will be posted there...but in the mean time feel free to join up as we do cruises, autox, drag strip trips, photoshoots, etc
