Buttonwillow
APRIL 19-20, 2008
NCRC joins with TRCA for this Event!
TCRA is a car club for road racing enthusiasts in Southern California, and is the only other club like ARC/NCRC in the area that does both racing and open track. We're looking forward to a nice blend of our groups at this event.
The American Racing Club and Northern California Racing Club will share this weekend to make a fun-filled event for everyone at Buttonwillow Raceway near Bakersfield. Not only will the regular NCRC and ARC folks have a fun event, but we'll be sharing the date with TCRA (Touring Car Racing Association) as well. We'll be running configuration #1, counter-clockwise.
We'll have open track and driver's education sessions, as well ARC Racing both days. For the ARC racers, this will be the second race weekend of the 2008 season, and include one race and two other sessions (practice and qualifying) each day. ARC Racers should register for the event at the ARC web site.
Preparation
See our Rules page for a list of NCRC rules, as well as our Buttonwillow page for more specific track configuration and local rules we'll be following for this event. Also note that you are responsible for the condition of you and your car, and should review the guidelines and tech requirements on our logistics page.
Schedule
Four Rungroups Doesn't
Give You Enough Track-Time? Think Again:
Our schedule typically lists four run groups which we use to manage large
differences of on-track speed and experience. If we don't fill a
group, there's room for more drivers. We'll let drivers from the group
above "run down" into that group if space is available.
You'll have to follow the passing rules of the lower group, understand
drivers in the lower run group probably have less experience/skill than
you, so you'll need to drive accordingly. We don't guarantee you
can get twice the track time at every event, but this format allows
flexibility for drivers to get more track time than the schedule might
suggest.
How this works: The scheduled run-session enters the hot pits and lines up along the right side of the hot pit for track entry (typically, some tracks may alternate). You're in the next group up, so you line up along the left side of the hot pits. After the regular run group has entered the track, you'll be allowed on track assuming car count limit is not reached.
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Can drive in... |
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| Group | Open | Point-By | Limited/Solo | Limited/Instruction |
| Open | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Point-By | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Limited/Solo | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Limited/Instruction | No | No | w/Approval | Yes |
Camping
Please contact us if you need camping for this event.
Instruction
Limited Group drivers will have instruction available at this event if you've signed up for one. There will be a classroom session in the morning, and an instructor riding along in your passenger seat for the day to help build your track skills. You do need to reserve an instructor in advance, which is done by checking the instruction request box when you register for the event.
Registration
ARC Racers should Click Here to register for this event at the ARC site.
We are currently accepting early-bird registrations for this event. The cost is $210 for one day, $420 for the weekend for members. Non-members add $10 per day. This is an early-bird price, which will go up by $35 on March 29.
Click here to register for this event!
Refunds
If you cancel two weeks before the event, we give a full refund. Within two weeks of the event, we credit half of your event payment to a future event, but as of 48 hours before the day the event begins there are NO refunds or credits given. This includes multiple day events, even if your car breaks the morning of day one. We'll feel bad for you since we truly want you to enjoy what you paid for. However, we must cover the costs of the event that are fully committed once the event starts, or there won't be an NCRC in the future. This is a generous policy among track clubs. All NCRC credits are held with us for two years before they expire, so you have plenty of time to use them.
Rain is typically handled by the track itself, not by NCRC. Typical policy is that the track holds the event, rain or shine, unless there is an unsafe condition or damage at the track. If the event is cancelled due to rain, NCRC will refund whatever portion of the total costs we can recoup.