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High Performance Driver Education (HPDE)
Drive Your Own Car at Grandsport Speedway

Next date is September 25th, 2011

Groove union is designed specially for owners who want to drive in their own street car or racecar at GrandSport. We have several different run groups from raw novices with no experience to season pro's! If you do not have any track experience we can teach you the high performance skills in our novice class to drive your car on the track!

Novice

This is the first timer/beginers group. You will learn the basics of high performance driving. Instructors will work with you all the time to get you up to speed with others of your level. No passing is allowed. Novice level also includes the all important track edicate information which includes how to get on and off the track safely, flags and track edicate. Once you have mastered this level and a instructor has signed you off you can advance to the Bronze group.

$225 per day (Sign up on line for our summertime special and save $25! limited to 15 seats per day)

Bronze

The bronze group is for drivers with limited track experience or those that have advanced from the Novice Group. Drivers in the Bronze Group will work under the direct supervision of an instructor. An instructor may ride along if asked by the student or an instructor may request to ride long with any driver in this group. Driver may lap on their own if the instructor directs them to. No passing is allowed. If a Bronze Group driver gets slowed behind traffic they will pull into the hot pit area and then a track official will place them onto the track in an area where they have more room to run. Sessions will be controlled with flags.

$175 per day (Sign up on line for our summertime special and save $25! Limited to 15 seats per day))

Silver

The Silver Group is for drivers that have advanced from the Bronze Group or drivers with several track days experience. Passing is allowed in designated areas and all passing must be completed before a point marked with cones. Sessions will be controlled with flags.

$175 per day (Sign up on line for our summertime special and save $25! Limited to 15 seats per day)

Gold

The Gold group is a run group where you go out and work on your skills and build seat time all by yourself. Passing is allowed in designated areas or when pointed by. You can run in this group with your piers as long as you like. If you wish to learn how to teach others between sessions while building seat time you can become an instructor and run for free.

$175 per day (Sign up on line for our summertime special and save $25! Limited to 15 seats per day)

Instructor

In this group you run for free for fun, build your skills and instruct in the other groups. Instructors run with the Gold or race group.

 

Groove Union Package Deal

12 days for $ 1500

General Preparation for Groove Union
We recommend you arrive at the track early to ensure you can ready yourself and your car in a calm relaxed manner. Please make sure that you have remove all excess items from your car before you leave home and arrive at the track with a full tank of gas and your tires with the correct amount of air as stated in your drivers manual. We do not inspect car for safety or track fitness. This is the responsibility of you the owner. If you wheels have been remove recently for tire or brake repairs please insure that your wheels have been re-torqued.

Track Day Schedule*

8:00 AM Classroom session.

Mandatory for Novices but all participants welcome to monitor. Novice group to report to the exercise area in paddock immediately after classroom introduction session.


8:30 AM Drivers Meeting.

All participants except the novice drivers are required to attend. Failure to attend may lead to exclusion from the event.


Sessions run on 20mins on and 20mins off.

8:00 Novice Classroom
8:30 Drivers meeting for Race Group, Gold, Silver, Bronze
9:00 Race Group - Track / Novice Skid pad until noon - 3 sessions
9:20 Gold
9:40 Silver
10:00 Bronze
10:20 Race Group
11:40 Gold
11:00 Silver
11:20 Bronze
11:40 Race Group
12:00 - Lunch or catch up time
12:20 Novice
12:40 Gold
1:00 Silver
1:20 Bronze
1:40 Novice
2:00 Race Group
2:20 Gold
2:40 Silver
3:00 Bronze
3:20 Novice
3:40 Race Group
4:00 Gold
4:20 Silver
4:40 Bronze
5:00 Novice

GrandSport reserves the right to class cars as desired and remove certain run groups. Please notice there is no lag time between sessions. As one group comes off the next will go on.

Club programs!

If you come out with your car club with a minimum of 10 cars we can provide you you own private run session during a HPDE day. The cost is $175 per car and must be paid in full one week in advance to the track day so we can organize your session for you. For your convenience we can even set a place for your club to sign up on our shopping cart.

Registration
Advance registration is preferred by phone or internet. Click here to sign up on line or give us a call at (409)-986-7223. You must sign up on line by noon on the previous Friday to the event to receive the discount.

Click here for the track registration form that you must fill out and bring to the track along with you receipt if you paid for your day online.

Click here to see a lap of the track!

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Groove Union Schedule

September 25, 2011 Counter-Clockwise
October 8, 2011 Clockwise
October 30, 2011 Counter-Clockwise
November 5, 2011 Clockwise
November 20, 2011 Counter-Clockwise
December 3, 2011 Clockwise
December 10, 2011 Counter-Clockwise

 

Some General Goove Union rules and protocols

FLAGS - Green - Green means the track is open for speed

Yellow - Proceed with caution, no pasing allowed until you see a green flag

Blue - Waving blue means there is a faster car behind you. Stay on line and they will get around you. UYnder no circumstances should you pull off line to allow a faster car to pass.

Black - Waved at you - come into the piuts to talk with an instructor

Checkered - Session over. Complete you lap and come into the pits

SPINS - If you spin soemwhere on the the track proceed farther off the track and turn around and stop. Then orient yourself and check the track for trafic. When safe pull back onto the track and proceed into the pits to talk to an instructor. If you spin three times you are out for the day.

CAR BEAKDOWNS - If your car breaks down out on the track please stay inside the car where you are safe. We will see you are stopped and throw a yellow or red flag and come and get you. If you get out of your car you will be done for the day. If your car is on fire get out. Do not try to fight the fire yourself. We will send out a saftey truck.

TRACK ENTRY FORM HOT PITS - Cars only go onto track when pointed on by Groove Union Staff. If you do otherwise your day will be over.

PIT SPEED LIMIT - 5 MPH

HOT PIT ENTRY - Hand out the window when pulling into pits to tell the other driver behind you what you are doing. Signal lights don't mean anything on the track

HELMETS - Are to be worn at all time on the track. Those in open cars must have a full face helmet. Snell 2005 is required

Convertables - Without roll bars are only allowed in Novice group. Convertible tops must be up when on track.

SHOES - Proper shoes for driving only. No sandals.

GENERAL CLOTHING - Nylon clothing and shorts are not allowed. - Make sure they do up their helmets when pulling onto track. -

DRIVERS MEETING - Everyone must attend drivers meeting.

PIT WALL - Any one on pit wearing be wearing glasses for safety



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