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      05-25-2017, 10:24 PM   #1
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Break-in service done, now to the track! (Los Angeles)

I'm doing my break-in service tomorrow, and I want to take my car to the track for the first time (for me and the car) tomorrow or this weekend!

Where in Los Angeles do I do this, and how much will it cost, and how to I go about it?

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      05-26-2017, 07:05 AM   #2
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I'm doing my break-in service tomorrow, and I want to take my car to the track for the first time (for me and the car) tomorrow or this weekend!

Where in Los Angeles do I do this, and how much will it cost, and how to I go about it?

While I am sure there are a number of clubs, tracks, etc. in Southern Cali, I recommend first investigating HPDE's with your local LA BMW CCA chapter.

http://www.losangelesbmwcca.org/

https://www.bmwcca.org/chapter/los-angeles-chapter

If you are not a BWM CCA member you might also want to consider joining.

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Might want to check out Thermal, http://thethermalclub.com/contactus/ they may have driver programs.

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Main source for track days would be: https://www.motorsportreg.com/

I know Speed District and Speed Ventures run stuff near LA, mostly at Auto Club speedway and Willow Springs (maybe buttonwillow as well).

I wouldn't recommend against going straight to track days, but one of the two (Speed District/Speed Ventures) also runs unlimited run autocross at AutoClub which might be a good start before leaping into track days.
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Streets of Willow gets my vote, it's the smaller track at the Willow Springs compound in Rosamond, CA, about an hour north of LA via the 14.

A track school would be great.

Streets is a very technical course that helps hone driver skills.

Doing autocross beforehand isn't a bad idea as well, as mentioned above.
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I'm pretty sure Hooked On Driving has SoCal Driver ed days. I would recommmend them above all.
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What do you guys think of SCCA events? In particular for novices. They run afternoon/evening events throughout the country where you do three 20 min sessions for 150. I'm curious if anyone has done these.
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I don't know know about those events but this is the way I look at it. You get what you pay for and the cheaper the price, the cheaper the cars that will show up. For this reason, I would never recommend NASA events for beginners. I did it. It was a sh*tshow. I learned. Find an HOD event as a beginner (BMW CCA is good too but they probably don't have very many events)
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I highly recommend your first time or two be with an instructor. My first track day was with NASA So cal, ran in the beginners group with an instructor and I didn't learn much. I went a second time with the beginners group and the second instructor was a lot better. Luck of the draw.

I stopped running with NASA and just stick with Speed Ventures. The yearly fee wasn't worth it for how I'm stuck to their event calendar. I mainly run with speed ventures, I'll be there for the Auto Club speedway event on June 10 weekend. Speed ventures has a beginners group that you can get an instructor to ride along with you
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I highly recommend your first time or two be with an instructor. My first track day was with NASA So cal, ran in the beginners group with an instructor and I didn't learn much. I went a second time with the beginners group and the second instructor was a lot better. Luck of the draw.

I stopped running with NASA and just stick with Speed Ventures. The yearly fee wasn't worth it for how I'm stuck to their event calendar. I mainly run with speed ventures, I'll be there for the Auto Club speedway event on June 10 weekend. Speed ventures has a beginners group that you can get an instructor to ride along with you
I'm signing up for the Sunday run! First time on a track so it should be fun
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I'm signing up for the Sunday run! First time on a track so it should be fun
I'll be there on Sunday too! I've got a MG M2 and should be next to my buddy who has a yellow S2K.
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Streets of Willow gets my vote, it's the smaller track at the Willow Springs compound in Rosamond, CA, about an hour north of LA via the 14.

A track school would be great.

Streets is a very technical course that helps hone driver skills.

Doing autocross beforehand isn't a bad idea as well, as mentioned above.
Streets is great, but for the unexperienced drivers and a faster car the main straight / chicane in CW is a bit dangerous IMO. Many people have had bad offs there.

Auto club in roval configuration or CW Chuckwalla would be my go to for beginners. Button willow is also fairly unforgiving too.
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