Road Racing Opportunities in the Carolinas

351stang

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Hey gang,

I was at Cars and Coffee yesterday and some of the Brand X drivers were telling me about Road Race opportunities in the Charlotte area. For the life of me I can't remember the series. It was like Road America or Race America.......I can't find anything on Google, so I must have gotten it wrong. They said it was a single track day for $150ish with 3 sessions and you had to have a 2015+ Snell helmet.
 

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Anyone have any suggestions for a Snell 2015 open faced helmet? My trusty old Simpson SN95 doesn't meet requirements.
 

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Anyone have any suggestions for a Snell 2015 open faced helmet? My trusty old Simpson SN95 doesn't meet requirements.
Nothing wrong with a budget Racequip if you are a weekend warrior. otherwise pick any of the known brands within your budget
 

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I was at C&C in Charlotte on Sat too. What were you driving?

I may be going to the Track Nights in America as well. They are holding one on April 12th I think. I've heard good things about it.
 

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It's happening on a Thursday afternoon?? People are gonna have to take a day off work just to participate.
 

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It's happening on a Thursday afternoon?? People are gonna have to take a day off work just to participate.

It starts at 2pm and goes until 8pm. So really only need to take off a half day. The cost is $175 which is fairly cheap for a track day...I'm guessing that's why its held on a weekday because the track rental is cheaper.
 

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I may do the one in May or June or both!

I'm taking my Z06 back to Road Atlanta this Friday. Cannot wait!
 

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I was in a blue 2018 ZL1. I met up with another forum member @murse.



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I don't remember seeing the Blue Zl1 but IIRC there was a white ZL1 1LE parked near me. (I was in the gray R32 Skyline with the white wheels). Seeing the Demon was awesome and that Rauh Welt 964 was money.

It was my first time going and I was very impressed with the turnout given how cold it was that morning.
 

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It's happening on a Thursday afternoon?? People are gonna have to take a day off work just to participate.

We should have some friendly competition and take some video. It would be epic YouTube material with the ZL1 and 350.


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It would get a lot of hits for sure. The course is mostly a big oval with a few turns on the infield like the 24 Hours of Daytona, though. So the outcome is predictable, unless you're a horrible driver. haha
 

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I don't remember seeing the Blue Zl1 but IIRC there was a white ZL1 1LE parked near me. (I was in the gray R32 Skyline with the white wheels). Seeing the Demon was awesome and that Rauh Welt 964 was money.

It was my first time going and I was very impressed with the turnout given how cold it was that morning.

Wow. I completely missed the White 1LE. I saw a red one though. There were a lot of cars and there was a lot of turn over mid morning. It was more crowded than usual for sure.


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A Fakebook post said there were 1500 cars on Saturday at Cars and Coffee.


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I went. It was awesome. I'm going again in May.


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It's free to spectate and the cars run pretty much non-stop. No concessions were open, so you have to bring your own food/beverages.
 

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