Confirmed Drivers:

1. Aaron F- Drifting
2. Steve B- Drifting
3. Paul H- Drifting
4. Devin H- Drifting
5. Mike H- Drifting
6. Chris S- Grip
7. Brett J- Grip
8. Rob W- Drift
9. Jack C- Drift
10. Kurt G- Drift
11. Tanner J- Drift
12. Blair J- Drift
13. Dale B- Grip
14. Mike L- Drift
15. Jesse I- Drift
16. Dave G- Drift
17. Tyler P- Drift
18. Luke M- Grip
19. Jeff Y- Grip
20. Ian Y- Grip
21. Kyle W- Grip
22. Rob V- Drift
23. Adam M- Drift
24. Eric Z- Drift
25. Rob H- Drift
26. Chris M- Drift
27. Jesse W- Drift
28. Dan K- Drift
29. Brian A- Grip
30. Evan A- Drift
31. Joe G- Grip
32. Dave V- Drift
33. Alex L- Drift
34. Chris G- Drift
35. Ryan P- Grip
36. Cody R- Grip
37. Mark K- Drift
38. Devon M- Drift
39. Steve P- Drift
40. Val M- Drift

Deposits are due by May 10th. After that cost goes up to $120

So it is that time of year again for us to get Calgary's grassroots enthusiasts out on the track!

This year we decided to go with a new direction, we are offering track time for both grip/lapping cars and drift cars!

You can check out the link for more info on our first night which will be on the road course at race city on May 17th

http://www.spec-d.ca/2011/04/road-course.html

If you have any questions, ask away.

spectators are $10 again this year, if you want to watch the south area of the course bring a lawn chair or something to sit on as there is only a giant berm to spectate from

how you gonna set it up and what are the hours?

5-10pm

Open to suggestions on setup, was shooting some ideas around with migs tonight. But nothing is set in stone

I will be out to watch, stoked on road course!

Thanks for planning all of this stuff out and keeping drifting alive in southern Alberta ercchry

Edit: Anyword on who is going to be there? alex, kurt, drift squad?

check here for the best attendance list i have so far haha

only have 3 deposits as of right now... but i know a lot more guys will be driving already

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.ph...198509806851872

there should be some time for both grip and drift drivers to lap the entire course. It seems like you have this setup in mind which should attract more grip cars out... I know I'll be there if you run a setup similar to this

yeah, if we get a good spread of drivers i would like to do something similar to...

advanced lapping group (high power, experienced)

beginner lapping group (first time guys, slow cars)

drift group

then we would send out one group at a time, 5 laps or so for the grip guys, 3 or so for drift since they are slower. for distance between drivers it will come down to the individuals and what they are comfortable with.

for drifting tandem is possible if the drivers agree and are both caged. if not then the gap will be about half a course length between drivers so if someone does loop it will not effect the next driver.

Rhys is the one with the lapping experience so once he is back from the UK we will get a solid plan going with that as i have never ran such an event.

but i think something like the above should keep everyone happy, cool down time is always good! no one wants to hot lap for 5 hours straight anyway

but like i said, open to suggestions. but whatever we do it will be determined a week before. once this first practice is done we will have a much better idea on our demographic and adjust accordingly

Sweet, lookin forward to it

I dont think the high/low power will work that great splitting up drivers. New drivers with high power cars or experienced drivers with low power cars will confuse everything. Having first timers, people that have tracked before and experienced drivers would be better imo.

Also, I think it'd help if between sessions we could get voulnteers to go out and clean the track. I think after the drifters go out there might be rubber/dirt everywhere. If im way off base my bad.

For drivers who never hit the road course (but did auto-cross) is there a sit down that can be arranged with another driver who has run the course to familiarize the course? Or a walk around the track?

We will of course be having a drivers meeting to go over the rules and what is to be expected. Walking the course may be a little time consuming as it is pretty long, but of course we never want to see anyone pushing themselves beyond their limits so feel free to take an easy couple of laps to familiarize yourself with the track.

updated first post with drivers lists as of right now, get those deposits in!

as its looking right now the grip guys are going to have a hell of a night! only a handful have signed up, they are going to have a stupid amount of track time

two days left to pre-pay!

I'm seriously going to consider this. hopefully the weather is good

do i just sign up here?

the pre-pay box can be found here

http://www.spec-d.ca/p/calgary-practices.html

less than 10 hours till pre-pay is closed! we are currently sitting at 30 drivers and nearing our cutoff point. so if you have yet to get in your deposit, hurry!

Deposit sent for grip!