Bathurst Sprint Weekend.

[Snowman]

Well Trackcorp have managed to put together a full CAMS L2S sprint weekend at Mt Panorama!

It is officially the worlds most expensive club sprint but is more based upon a full racing experience than a typical day at Winton.

There will be circuit orientation, driver training (headed up by Alex Davidson), non-timed practise followed by basically 1.5 days of sprints.

Costs are:

Pay before July 25th - $4,900.00

Pay before Oct 25th - $5,180.00

Pay before Nov 25th - $5,600.00

(As I said - worlds most expensive track day)

You need to have completed at least 8 club sprint days to be eligable and even then it will be an acceptance by application and invitation only.

Full details can be found at: http://www.drivebathurst.com/\

Cheers

[evil_weevil]

Ah so thats just after the speed weekend (conrod sprint and hill climb)

I obviously wont be entering this event posted - but I'll be there on the saturday to check it out for sure!

[Belsil80]

That would be an awesome experince! shame its such a rare an experience, you could do this or do every other track in aus 3 times!

[Duncan]

Wish them all the best, if they make a success of it we may see it available more often.

Not for me for that price, but I'm sure they will find people with the cash to give it a shot.

BTW, almost on topic, both the saloon cars and production cars are racing at Bathurst next February at the 12 hour meet. If you have $5k spare you can probably buy a drive in one or the other instead

[Beer Baron]

yeah exactly. the next historic race we are entering with the alfa costs $400 to enter....

I would love to do this. and would probably even shell out $500 or even $1000 to enter, but $5000 is taking the piss.

[Roy]

5K for a drive Duncan? Whats the requirement for handing the car back in one piece?

[Duncan]

well I always had to pay damage bills, but I never did more than 8k damage in a single race

Bathurst 12 hour race entry was $6k, between 4 drivers that is $1500ea for 3 hours racing. Thats probably the best comparison to the supersprint price

[Whiplash]

Bathurts costs $450,000 for a 3 day event. With out having any sponsorship i can see why the costs are so high.

[Beer Baron]

yeah and 200 people times 5000 is a million bucks... not bad going at all.

[Whiplash]

lol i didn't really think if that.

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, who was speaking about the cost of organizing a Bathurst event.

are they expecting 200 people?Usually TV coverage helps to draw bigger fields in. it will be interesting to see how popular it will be

[R31Nismoid]

Well its 96 drivers so best case for em 537600, or worst 470400

Lot of coin!

[Whiplash]

i'm sure My Richard's time will cost them a fair bit aswell. the $450K is just to hire the roads for the 3 days that doesn't include all the other costs involved with an event

[Beer Baron]

ahh, ok, I just took a stab in the dark at 200 drivers. I would have thought 200 was manageable considering only half are doing the supersprint and half a doing the 'drive bathurst' event. but yeah, if it costs $450K and the max they can take it $540K then it will be pretty tight by the time they pay for all the extras.