spiller

Not a specific GT3 question, but since this bunch spends the most time at the track...

I am planning on taking my family back to the US this Christmas to visit my wife's family in Chicago, and well, I need a car fix while I'm in your magnificent country.

Austin is a place we've always wanted to check out and I would love to be able to drive COTA while I'm there. Obviously I will need a car so I am wondering if there are any on track "rental" type experiences for this track? Any other Porsche or car related experiences to catch whilst in that part of Texas?

Any advice appreciated!

blackoutz

I would look up Longhorn driving academy at COTA. They have several Porsches for rental and heard very good things about them.
http://www.longhornracingacademy.com

Hope that helps

Blaine

Misdirection

You could really go for it, do something a bit different and drive a Wolf.

http://motorsports-sw.com/arrive__drive

Dean is a good guy.

The other question will be what track events are available during your timeframe. I think Edge Addicts might have an event in December, but that should be confirmed.

If COTA isn't available, TWS is not too far and not too expensive to rent on a weekday. Though they are purportedly shutting down sometime near the midpoint of December.

Drew_K

I'm not aware of any organizations that you can arrive and drive with at COTA, so I think your best bet is to investigate which clubs are renting the track during your time window and separately arrange to rent a car. Clubs that I know run on COTA are Drivers Edge, Edge Addicts, Porsche Club, BMW Club, and CHIN. However, most clubs take time off over the holidays so you may be in for a challenge depending on when you're available.

It would be a great trip if you can arrange it. Austin is a lot of fun (I lived there for 3 years) as is COTA (driven it 10+ times).

spiller

Thanks for the advice all! Austin would most likely be at the end of the trip meaning sometime in the middle part of January. I would be up for driving at other tracks, I just wasn't aware there were rental companies that rent out cars and allow track use (apart from those based at a particular race track like exotics racing etc).

nwGTS

Maybe not the most moral but you could rent someone's pcar via Turo and hit the track that day with it. Or even ask if you could and pay them extra along with proof of insurance, etc.