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Old 12-21-2011, 11:04 AM   #1
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Since the tracks already have to pay their help wether there are two or twenty cars.
They have to pay X dollars. Why not charge $30 or $40 and have a hundred guys testing.
Seems like a win win to me.
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Old 12-21-2011, 11:21 AM   #2
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I thought that $100.00 for a one-day T&T sounded a little high, but with traction compound costing upwards of $800 a barrel, I guess that's fair. Depending on how big a crowd there was, you should be able to make as many runs as you want and that might make it more reasonable, but it's still only $60 less than the entry fee for the whole race weekend!

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Old 12-21-2011, 11:23 AM   #3
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it has been my experience that most of the time the test and tune session are not worth it . Most of the time the track does not prepp the track at all .
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Old 12-21-2011, 11:32 AM   #4
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the easy solution would be to make it a $50 TnT with a minimum number of cars, then ask for a "pre entry" or a commitment. If you don't reach the minimum number in pre entries, then it would go up to $100 on site. I would think that would be motive enough to have people pre enter to save $50, the track might even make more money.
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Old 12-21-2011, 11:41 AM   #5
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our local track here in jersey , etown has a 100 t&t every sunday . at 100 a car very few take advantage of it because the track prep is less than desirable and i have known the starter tom r. for over 40 years ; that being said if your car is close to right i find that if you watch who goes down in front of you[ street car non slick tire cars] and be sure there is no water dragged up you can usually do ok, the real problem is the amount of breakage and down time on any given sunday or wednesday nite; and it is mostly the import crowd to blame!
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Old 12-21-2011, 11:43 AM   #6
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Why would I pay $100 to test n' tune when I can run for $5,000 to win for that? $35 is plenty for a test and tune. Most tracks' weekly test n' tune is cheaper than that. Guess it costs 5x as much to have a class car go down your race track... One thing's for sure, at $100, the track will receive $0 from me.

Supply and demand. They charge $100 because enough people actually pay it. Don't stand for it, and the price will come down.
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Old 12-21-2011, 12:38 PM   #7
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Every Thursday (it's called Rock's Rental) before our 1st Friday of each month Friday Heads Up Series Race we have a proffesional test session from 12pm-8pm one lane prepped. Pro Mods all the way down to NHRA stockers show up every month cost is $100 Track is fully prepped for maximum traction.
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Every Thursday (it's called Rock's Rental) before our 1st Friday of each month Friday Heads Up Series Race we have a proffesional test session from 12pm-8pm one lane prepped. Pro Mods all the way down to NHRA stockers show up every month cost is $100 Track is fully prepped for maximum traction.

Rock's Rental????

Do I get a discount...?
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Old 12-21-2011, 01:04 PM   #9
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Test and tune is only worth it if the track prep is excellent, the session is at least 8-10 hours, and down time is kept to a minimum. For that, $100 is not a terrible price. Anything less than that is hardly worth the effort, much less the time, the diesel to get there, and the unnecessary wear and tear on the car to learn very little. Yes, that especially applies to taking an extra day off of work to come to a "day before" test and tune.
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Old 12-21-2011, 08:31 PM   #10
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Rock's Rental????

Do I get a discount...?

No, you pay more :-)
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