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Old 02-01-2016, 04:28 PM
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Default Track-specific DE listings?

Is there a good source that shows all of the scheduled DE events or trackdays for a given track in a given week or month? I'm aware of motorsportreg.com and each of the individual organizations'/clubs' websites, but the various calendars are typically not complete. I typically know a few weeks in advance what days I will be available, but I've yet to find a single source that will tell me all the events in my area for those given days. Not all clubs list on motorsportreg, so their info is incomplete. It would be nice if the individual tracks had calendars on their own websites showing which group has booked which day for the month, but none of them do this that I've found. Any suggestions?
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I got a lot of good answers when I asked a similar question recently:
https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...de-events.html
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Originally Posted by paradocs98
It would be nice if the individual tracks had calendars on their own websites showing which group has booked which day for the month, but none of them do this that I've found. Any suggestions?
That's odd, I've seen those schedules on the websites for just about all of the tracks I've been to on the east cost.
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I often contact the track directly and request Lease schedule so I can see all the players.
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Most tracks have it on their websire, you just have to do some digging to find it.
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Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
Most tracks have it on their websire, you just have to do some digging to find it.
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If you check 2 places (MotorsportsReg.com and Clubregistration.net) that will give the best coverage.
And I always look at the track webpage just because it's such a happy thing to do. Most websites allow you to click on the calendar tab.
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The Glen is here http://www.theglen.com/Track-Info/Facility-Rentals.aspx

LRP http://limerock.com/index.php?option...d=61&Itemid=74
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I know about club reg and motorsport reg and they do a fairly decent job, but they do leave a lot of holes. Someone needs to put something like a kayak or trivago thing together for track rats.
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Originally Posted by MUSSBERGER
I know about club reg and motorsport reg and they do a fairly decent job, but they do leave a lot of holes. Someone needs to put something like a kayak or trivago thing together for track rats.
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I haven't been able to find the schedule for Pocono - does one exist?

I've tried filtering on clubregistrqtion and motorsportsreg but haven't found many dates there.

Thanks!
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Email them directly. They have provided me with a lease calendar in the past.
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A web site/mobile app called Tracktivity may be working on something like this... they are using to show tracks, etc
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Thanks for the replies, all.

I went back to clubregistration.net and the schedule was much more complete than it was the last time I checked. Between that and motorsportreg, a good percentage of events are listed. I was probably having unrealistic expectations that the schedules would be up in January. But I will say--if you don't start booking things early, you can get closed out of certain events. Things tend to fill up quickly. It's a downside of track events getting more and more popular.

The track websites themselves are still incomplete.
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Default Help fill in the holes...

Part of it is that clubs don't confirm/release their dates immediately, then secondarily it's how quickly they get it to us and/or we populate it. But there's an easy way to help fill the gaps in a crowdsourced manner:

http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.c...lendar.suggest

If you fill in dates for one track, and someone else does it for another, and so on... it only takes a little bit for it to be 100%.


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