Trying to organize my first track day for the season. The only event that fits my May schedule will likely be Lime Rock with Audi Club Northeast. Anyone run with them before? Well-run organization? I run in advanced with SCDA and ran in white the last time I did a PCA event.

 

A friend of mine has instructed for Audi club for many years. He is a Porsche guy.
He has told me in the past that they are well run events.

 

Edit: realized it is a different chapter of Audi club, so comments may or may not apply.

I ran with them @pocono last year for their twilight event. They ran a solid event, with only a few issues (start time for getting on track). What I did notice was that their "advanced" group had a large disparity in skill/speed levels between drivers, with a few folks just overdriving their cars when compared to the PCA events I normally run with. That said I would still recomend it.

 

I ran with Audi Club of Ohio at Daytona back in December, very well run event with plenty of track time.

 

Our local Audi club run s a very nice event.

 

I ran DE's at Road Atlanta and Autobahn CC (Chicagoland area) with whatever the local Audi Club chapter was for each. Both events were safe, well organized and well run. Slight difference of tone; I would guess at a PCA DE, perhaps 30% of the population (participants and instructors) actually race. At Audi Club, my guess would be that less than 10% race. Generally more cautious drivers, probably less ego than the P-car gang. No reservations at all about driving Audi Club events if they fit my schedule.

 

Went to Miller with Audi Club- well run and lots of fun. I will say the RMR of Porsche Club runs a more organized and better event (IMHO) but Audi Club got me hooked on DE's....

 

Very well run

 

No personal experience, but I've heard good things.

 

Generally good guys with tons of experience with understeer.

 

I've done several with Audi Club NW at Portland International, they were safe and well run.

 

Lol. +1 Good guys

 

Thanks for getting the reference. Lovely cars Audis- just a little heavy in the front.

 

I've been Chief Instructor for a number of Audi Club events in the Golden Gate region. We try to put on safe, well-organized events that have a significant social aspect to them in addition to track time. We may not be the fastest club around but we try to have a lot of fun. It's not about how fast you go but how you go fast.

I assume a similar philosophy applies to other regions.

 

I guess I am going to be the only negative review. But I have first hand experience with this Audi club as this is the the NEQ chapter of the Audi club and I had my first track experience with them way back in 1999 and I just ran with them last year at the same event.

Short version is do not go if you are an advanced driver in a Porsche.

You will spend half the time coasting in traffic and never get to push yourself or Porsche. I attended the May event in 2013 as an advanced driver in my GT3 RS and regret it. If you want to boost your ego passing and lapping every single car on the track multiple times then go for it.

Also the closing speeds between myself and the rest of the advanced group were scary. Also don't expect them to drive their mirrors so you'll be waiting for point bys.

Here is a 13 min video if you want a taste of the traffic/speed differences. This video was later in the day, so you can imagine how bad the morning sessions were. I tried to stage first to avoid the traffic and of course the blue Miata gets in front of me that I lapped multiple times! So the first few laps don't have any trains or multiple car passes so jump ahead to at least 5 min: