Calder Park 2008-2009 Drag Racing Calendar

[Wayne@GM Motorsport]

On behalf of AMC - Calder Park we would like to thank everyone that filled in our current survey.

As a direct result of the surveys feedback & comments we are pleased to announce we will be moving the Legal Off Street Drags from Friday nights to Sundays during Winter and Saturdays during the Summer months.

Time will be as below

Gates Open - 10am
Scrutineering - 11am to 3pm
Racing - 12 noon till late

We have released a 2 page Provisional Calendar for 2008-2009 which can be downloaded here (http://www.slydesigns.com.au/clients/calder/forms/2008-2009-AMC-Drag-Racing-Calendar.pdf)

We also have 4 major drag racing meets included on the Calendar...

November 14th - AMC & Excesive Motorsport Open Drag Racing
January 24th - AMC Australia Day Weekend " True Blue" Drag Racing
February 14th - AMC Great Southern National Drag Racing Championship
April 11th - AMC Great Southern National Drag Racing Championship

Full details on these events and more will be released soon on our all new Calder Park website...


AIR details are stiil be finalised and will be posted as soon as availaible..

Cheers
SLY

[FeRgO]

best thing to happen to drag racing @ calder i think. been waiting for 5 years for them to move from friday nights to sat or sun. love it

[jezza85]

AWESOME:woohoo: now I won't have to drive in peak hour traffic through Melbourne to get to Calder.
About time this happened.:)

[Panelman]

Excellent news for the scene community. Especially those who go very regularly.

Perhaps over time the savings from not utilising all of those lights to illuminate may trickle back to the user in the form of a reduced entry fee? I'd propose a 10 visit pass reasonably priced. As for infrequent users, the fee for one off's I believe is fair considering the amount of staffing and other expenses are concerned.

Just a thought.... add up how many trips a year you do.

Just another thought.....option to purchase per set of runs..... (say 3 runs). If it's very busy and you're there for say 3-4 hours and only get 3 runs.... well the numbers of cars would still bring in sheer profit at some point. So by charging per run-set, it'd be potentially cheaper for the user (or could be more expensive if they decided to stay longer!) and would reduce the backlog too. Don't a lot of people go early to avoid the rush and get a few runs in... then go home? This idea may provide relief to congestion and waiting periods and allow for a more staggered line up as new cars come and spent cars retire.

This could also benefit the club /R&D sector who have to patiently wait in heavy usage to get in their runs.

I'm only bringing these ideas to the table after the previous weekend's experience at another raceway which was ridiculously busy, but fantastic for the venue. In 6 hours only getting in 1 run was stupid, and this was due to sheer numbers. Now, if the forementioned options were available, myself as one to only want a few runs and others could have had that chance..... as cars would have retired instead of adding to the line up congestion.. thus decreasing the wait time.

Dunno if it'd work, I believe there definitely has some sort of potential. Perhaps it could entice even more clientel. With the availability of all day saturday or sunday looming, surely a LOT more people will attend, and a plan to ease congestion may be a reasonable concept.

Just a thought.

Regards,
Panelman

[VYSLED]

Great news! Look forward to some sunday sessions @ Calder Park

[Phonsy]

Sorry guys the link to the 2008-2009 Calendar is broken..


It now can be found here

http://www.calderpark.com.au/forms/losd/2008-2009-AMC-Drag-Racing-Calendar.pdf


Cheers
Wayne