The St Louis BMW CCA chapter has openings for its "Frost on the Pumpkin" HPDE at Gateway International Raceway on November 4-6. Friday the 4th is instructor lapping day and the school is Nov. 5-6 for all students. Cost is $260 for BMW CCA members.

HPDE information is available at http://www.stlbmwcca.org/drivingschool.shtml
Applications are available at: http://www.stlbmwcca.org/dschoolapps.shtml
Track directions and other information is available at: http://www.gatewayraceway.com/track/directions.php

For those in the St. Louis Metro area, free tech inspection is being held on 10/18 & 19 at Reid Vann on 9331 Manchester from 5pm to 7pm. Call (314) 968-4100 to reserve a spot.

This is one of the last events of the season in the area. Join us for a fun weekend.

I've signed up! I've heard we are a bit short on students, so, if anyone is considering it, please sign up soon!

Damon in STL

I've heard we are a bit short on students ... Damon in STL
We're getting some people signing up this week. We could use another 15 - 20 students as of a few nights ago. We are also offering a Saturday only option for $160. But why sign up for half the fun, right?:)

is there any infield section to this? or is it just running the oval?

There's an infield and the oval is used. Here's a track map pic. Ignore the green line (it was a guess at the line prior to driving the track).

http://www.collaborating.net/m3/gateway/track1a.jpg

Turns 8 & 9 are NASCAR turns 3 & 4 for the oval. Turn one is prior to the NASCAR turn one and is somewhat interesting because you can take it flat out from turn 7 to entry into turn 1. I was topping out at 125 mph into turn 1 this past weekend with the PCA club. Turn 6 is interesting because it is a decreasing radius turn. If you have a car with a lot of grip and decent power (not huge power), you can go from turn 2 to turn 5 without using brakes, but, you have to slide the car correctly. It's a lot of fun!

Damon in STL

I'll be there for my first DE! :buttrock