Ryan Holton wrote:
Cost?
$35 for 18 mins, or 20 dollars for 8 mins
Depends... Let me post my reivew of their 'published' numbers
I talked to one of the owners just a few minutes ago, and they are pretty open and receptive to getting you the amount of track time you need for the right (and reasonable) amount of money.
Currently, he does NOT have a way to equalize weight on the karts, but was open an receptive to see if there was anything we wanted to do to try to make it more even.
Overall, I think these guys are pretty cool, and they will do anything to ensure their customers are happy.
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Informational Post about Rush Hour:
- Maximum Karts on Track: 10
Reason: Insurance
- Kart Type: 6.5hp
Is this sufficent: IMHnoobO, for this track, it is quite sufficent.
- Pushished Race Types:
Sprint Race: $35, MAX 10 people
5min Practice, 8min Qualifying, 8min race
Gran Prix: $55, 10 to 30 people
5min Practice, 8min Qualifying, 20min Final Race (top racers only)
Super Gran Prix: $65 for up tp 20
$60 for 21-50
$55 for 51 to 100+ people
5 min Practice, 8 min qualifying, 15 min race, 15 min final
Arrive and Drive (cash cow): $20 for 8min
Membership: $40 for T-shirt, headsock, 1 free 8min race
Membership races:
$17 for 8min heat (standard heat length)
$48 for 3 heats (24mins)
$75 for 5 heats (40 mins)
$224 for 16 heats (128 mins)
$416 for 32 heats (256 mins)
$999 for 100 heats (800 mins)
$1499 for 6 months unlimited
$2499 for 12 months unlimited
Opinions on the evening:
- Prerace: The first time you are there, you have to go through a 'prerace' informational session. They go over the flags and you are pretty much ready to go. You HAVE to wear a full face hlemet, and if you borrow theirs, you HAVE to purchase a headsock ($2).
- Race Sessions: When you purchase your time, they give you a receipt with your name on it. When you head back to race, you have to have this to race. You hand it to the guy working the CPU and he assigns you a car.
Cars: Adjustable seats, single disc rear brake, 6.5hp engines, shoulder lap belt, Bucket seats, LED brake lights, centrifugal type clutches with single speed engines.
Track: Depending on how you want to count corners, it is about a 12 turn, non-elevation changing .33 mile track -- single track. The track is fixed as the tire sidewalls are bolted in place.
Post Race: You get a printout at the front desk of your race. This includes a lap by lap summary, finishing position, Best times of the day, week and month.
Sample Printout (you need to save this and look at it in an image editor as it is HUGE and IE will resize it to unreadable proportions).
Overall opinion:
I think that the place is running at about 80%. GreenShields was not open (it will be awesome when it is), there were no HD TVs on track to see your lap times update live (you dont know until the end). Also, the times that they have in the literature are COMPLETELY different than what I was told on the phone. I had 28mins for $35, and what I am holding in my hand is 21 mins for $35 which is complete rubbish. These were things that I thought I had discussed with them before hand that were already all in place. Obviously, they are still 'in flux' and these are things that cna be discussed and corrected before the race sessions.
Trying to pay and get on track is quite clunky, especially if you have 10+ people as they have only one place to pay. Furthermore, ensure that with 10+ people, you already have your run groups organized. That is something we had to do on the fly, and would prove to worth while to do beforehand.
They ARE open to suggestions and are VERY helpful and VERY willing to work with their customers. This was evident when we noticed they cut our main race short, and they immediately gave all the racers in that Sprint Race a free 8 minute session. Also, they are very willing to help you setup a League, and are very eager to get the Leagues underway with whatever rules you can agree on and price.
As long as we get over there and support the place so it doesnt go under, I think that the place has LOTS of promise. The course is very challenging and I think that even with 6.5hp go karts, it has A LOT to offer.
Go and check it out. We are talking about going again one more time before Christmas, so anyone who wants to go and check it out. Let us know and ask any/all questions.
People in Attendance from THSCC:
- Christine Allen
- Kevin Allen
- Stacy Herring
- Brian Herring
- Cosby Wood
- Simon Wright
- Keiran Wright
- Rich Fredrick
- Andrea 'Fredrick'
Fastest time in session one: Brian Herring -- 34.42
Fastest time in session two: Rich Fredrick -- 33.5 (wow!)
- dow
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