COTA this weekend

[Suck fumes]

If anyone wants to drive COTA, www.edgeaddicts.com is having an open track event all weekend. 5 sessions per day plus tours of the track. Price is a little steep but you get what you pay for. I'll be there coaching if anyone has questions.

[Dulaney]

I have no idea how someone justifies a grand for a weekend entry fee, even at a track like this.

I whine and complain when my all-up expenses for the weekend total a grand. Maybe I'm too cheap.

[Suck fumes]

Yah it's pretty steep. You guys should get in with one of the driving organizations and coach. Then it's free! And you get to drive cars you usually only see on TV.

[kbrewmr2]

Yeah I won't complain anymore about the $6XX I paid to race there last year now... yikes.

It's a freakin' sweet track, fun layout nice place and such... but $1k screw that.

[BryanL]

Econ 101 -- Supply and Demand

While you think the P is in disequilibrium due to the S it maybe at equilibrium and if TWS closes the P might go up.

I'll be looking for the next CPI to exclude Track Weekend fees along with anything else that shows there is inflation.

[Suck fumes]

If NASA ran here I would think the entry fee would be in the $600 range due to the higher number of participants which is more reasonable considering the track rental cost. These open track days don't have as many people which is why it's so expensive.

[marshall_mosty]

If you do the simple math...

4 run groups of 35 cars = 140 cars
$970 per car * 140 cars = $135,800

If NASA brought 400 cars (which would be easy to do with the appeal of COTA)

$135,800/400 = $339 per entrant


This is assuming the NASA rental would utilize all the same type of infrastructure as this event and that the operating margins of both groups are the same... Seems to be quasi-feasible...

[kbrewmr2]

it's always more than simple math tho :-/

[marshall_mosty]

it's always more than simple math tho :-/

That's what the assumptions were for.

[mach1]

$339 per entrant

IN, where do I pay? Take my money already!!