Thunderhill Track Day Registration is open

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Registration is now open for the Golden Gate Lotus Club’s third track day of the year. This event will be at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willlows, CA on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. This will follow our traditional format of three run groups, allowing you to bridge two run groups in order to give you maximum track time. We will be running in the normal (counter-clockwise) direction and you will sign up for either Novice/Intermediate, or Intermediate/Advanced depdending on your experience level. Early Bird pricing will be $145 for members and $165 for non-members. That price will increase after 6/27/2012 to $165 for members and $185 for non-members. Click here to register and sign-up early to ensure you pay the lower price.

See you at the track

John & Scott
GGLC Track Day Chairs

June 10th Autox Registration is now open

The third event of the 2012 GGLC Autocross season is now open for registration for club members on MotorsportsReg. Non-members will be able to register one week later.

This season we have 8 classes that you can participate in. Please read over the details on the GGLC Autocross page.

For Lotus Elise/Exige/Evora drivers, please choose your class that you want to participate in and also use the autocross classification tool to calculate your index points. For non-Lotus cars, please use the appropriate SCCA class.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this year’s changes or any other autox topic.

See you all next month,

Colm
GGLC AutoX Chair

Marina Autox Registration is now Open

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2012 Golden Gate Lotus Club autox season.

The first event is now open for registration for club members on MotorsportsReg.

This season we have 8 classes that you can participate in. Details of the classification system ate posted on the GGLC AutoX page. For Lotus Elise/Exige/Evora drivers, please choose your class that you want to participate in and also use the classification tool to calculate your index points. For other cars, please use the appropriate SCCA class.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this year’s changes or any other autox topic.

See you all next month,

Colm
GGLC Autox chair

Laguna Seca track day (5-April-12) registration is open

Registration is now open for the Golden Gate Lotus Club’s second track day of the year at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Please note that this event is not open to beginners. In order to maximize track time, there will only be two run groups – Open Passing Group and Restricted Passing Group. You must have a minimum of 20 track days experience to register for the Open Passing Group and a minimum of 5 track days (or equivalent – driver’s schools, etc.) to register for the Restricted Passing Group.

Sessions will be approximately 30 minutes long. Cost will be $230 for members and $250 for non-members. There will be no bridging of run groups. Also, be aware that there will be absolutely no refunds. If you cancel before March 21 and we can fill your spot, we will give you a rain check for a future event. Only sign up if you know you can attend.

In addition, we currently have 5 track days tentatively scheduled for 2012. If you attend the first 4 track days, we will offer the 5th track day to you at $99.

Please sign up early to ensure a spot.

Last but not least, this will be yet another 92dB day at Laguna Seca. If you think you might be on the border, don’t take a chance, get your muffler fixed/installed/replaced, or whatever you need, ahead of time.

Click here to register via the MotorsportsReg site.

See you at the track,

John & Scott

Laguna Seca track day registration now open

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Registration is now open for the Golden Gate Lotus Club’s first track day of the year at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Please note that this event is not open to beginners. In order to maximize track time, there will only be two run groups for this event – Open Passing Group and Restricted Passing Group. You must have a minimum of 20 track days experience to register for the Open Passing Group and a minimum of 5 track days (or equivalent – driver’s schools, etc.) to register for the Restricted Passing Group.

Sessions will be approximately 30 minutes long. Cost will be $230 for members and $250 for non-members. There will be no bridging of run groups. Also, be aware that there will be absolutely no refunds. If you cancel before February 7 and we can fill your spot, we will give you a rain check for a future event. Only sign up if you know you can attend.

Click here to sign up, please sign up early to ensure a spot.

In addition, we currently have the 5 following track days tentatively scheduled for 2012. If you attend the first 4 track days, we will offer the 5th track day to you at $99.

Feb 21, Tuesday – Laguna Seca
April 4, Weds – Laguna Seca
July 6, Fri – Thunderhill
Sept 25, Tues – Thunderhill
Oct 23, Tues – Thunderhill

See you at the track,

John & Scott

Autocross registration open (Sept 11, Marina)

Registration is now open for the September 11th (Sunday) event at Marina Airport.

As usual only participating GGLC members can register during the first week of registration. Club members are also given preference on the waitlist. Click here to register on the motorsport reg site. Cost is $60 for members and $70 for non-members.

See you all in a few weeks,
Colm
GGLC AutoX Chair

Autocross registration opens (Aug 13th, Marina)

Registration is now open for the August 13th (Saturday) event at Marina Airport.

As usual only participating GGLC members can register during the first week of registration. Club members are also given preference on the waitlist.

Click here to register on the motorsport reg site. Cost is $60 for members and $70 for non-members.

See you all in a few weeks,
Colm & Alex
GGLC AutoX chairs

Autocross Reg opens (17 July, Marina)

Registration is now open for the July 17th (Sunday) event at Marina Airport.

As usual only participating GGLC members can register during the first week of registration. Club members are also given preference on the wait list. Click here to register via MotorsportReg site at The cost is $60 for members and $70 for non-members.

See you all in a few weeks,
Colm.

Thunderhill Track Day Registration (July 12)

Registration is now open for the Golden Gate Lotus Club’s 4th track day of the year at Thunderhill Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 12th. We will be running this event in the standard counter-clockwise direction with the Cyclone. We will also be running our standard three run group format which allows you to drive in two run groups for maximum track time.

The Early Bird cost is $145 for members and $165 for non-members. This price will go up to $165 for members and $185 for non-members after June 28th so sign up early to ensure your place at the lower price.

We are again allowing up to 3 first-time track drivers to join our event and get personalized attention from the GGLC staff. Please email events@gglotus.org if you would like to sign up as a first-timer. Everyone else, click here to sign up.

Remember that Thunderhill has a 103dB sound limit which they will strictly enforce.

See you at the track.

John & Scott

Autocross Registration is now open (Apr 23 event)

Hope you all had a good off-season and are ready to go for the first GGLC autocross event of the year. Registration is now open for the April 23rd (Saturday) event at Marina.

As usual only participating GGLC members can register during the first week of registration. Club members are also given preference on the waitlist. Click here to sign up via MotorsportsReg The cost is $60 for members and $70 for non-members.

Please not some changes from previous years:

* This first event of the season will be a points event for club members, not a practice event.
* All morning runs (usually 5) will count towards the point series for GGLC club members.

See you at the Autocross 🙂

Colm & Alex
GGLC AutoX chairs