GlennMc

Hi guys,

Just joined here so go gentle !!

I may have an opportunity to retire in the next few months, and was thinking of maybe moving over to the states from England.

First thing i would have to do, is to get used to driving on the wrong side of the car !!

But main reason for post is to get an idea for the track day scene over there.

Do you have many race curcuits out there, do you have the same kind of organisations that organise them for you as we do over here ?

Thanks

G.

Larry Herman

Glenn, I think that you will find people over here as passionate about their cars and driving as in your native England. As far as tracks, we have quite a few, probably over 100 (?) and some very world renowned ones at that. Stick to the southern East coast or California for the greatest variety and best weather. There are a lot of tracks in the Chicago area, but they have really long and cold winters, and the central south (Texas, Arizona etc) are usually always warm, but most of the tracks are flat.

As far as events, there are drivers ed events hosted by PCA regions, by other car clubs, and by private promoters, so there are many to choose from. I'm sure others can chime in with more specific information.

Moogle

make sure you move to California theres a GREAT 'trackday scene' as well as car enthusiast community there

the best part is, its all year long!

JS

Make it a place like California or Florida where you can track 12 months a year.

macfly

Yep, I'm an ex-pat, and I love it here, click the two links in my signature below to get a pictorial overview of 'car life' here in sunny SoCal, and feel free to ask any questions. With £-$ so strong in your favor there is no better time to make the move!

RevUrGT3

Texas is not bad either... lots of twisty b-roads... YEEEHHAAA!!

Moogle

sure the climate/roads arent bad, but the law enforcement is strict

when you enter texas, they should have a sign that has a guy on an electric chair that says "don't f*ck up"

GlennMc

Thanks for the replies guys,


I didn't think to ask about the law enforcement, do you guys ever get to stretch your legs on normal roads out there, i've heard that the roads are pretty straight, with lots of speed traps ??


Mmmm, California sounds nice !!!!


G.

Cupcar#12

No photo radar and the like over here (yet). there are plenty of great roads.
also look at some of the event in the US for fun (along with the numerious tracks)
www.onelapofamerica.com

Flying Finn

Ditto that, I'm a Finn living here and while the roads and especially drivers here suck big time, tracks & weather are great!

GrantG

Nice roads here in Colorado with less traffic and speed enforcement than California (I used to live there). The winters are much more mild than people think too (was 62F yesterday)...

The track scene here is very nice too (closest local track to Denver has open driving days every week that only cost $48 for 4 hours)

Real Estate costs less than 1/2 of California too...

VECCA

Well Glen. I can certainly attest to how great it is living in California. If you need any help in the real estate market, send me a PM. I sell homes here and would be happy to help out.

4 Kurves

Are you Hekki Mikkola?

I'm a long time dirt rider/racer and remember well those glory days when Mikkola was on top. Remember that poster JT Racing did with Heikki on the throne and Bob Hannah (as the heir-apparent) standing behind him?

-Kevin

AW

I don't think you can beat california for the number of tracks. You get:

Laguna Seca
Thunderhill
Infineon (Sears Point)
Buttonwillow
WillowSprings (big track and street of willows)
California speedway

As far as driving in the street, I would have said that CHP are somewhat tolerant but I just got a ticket for not much...

AW

healeyg

http://vista.pca.org/jsr/jsrpca/dales.htm