The Day Will Come:
track gates will reopen, and enthusiasts will return to make laps.
When that happens, we'll be there.
What happens now? Currently, each Monday, we assess track dates scheduled two weekends into the future, 12 days out. In collaboration with our venue partners and track officials, we look at operational viability, current stay-at-home restrictions from local authorities, CDC guidelines for maximum group density, and discretionary travel restrictions. Since March 16th , this assessment has resulted in the cancellation of the events two weekends ahead of us. At the time of this writing, six consecutive Chin Track Days events at five prominent venues have been cancelled. All of us face difficulty, including enthusiasts like you that want to make laps. Every track and track event provider is shut-down, all involuntarily.
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Our venue partners are rolling-over our pre-paid track rental fees to the next downstream event; however, we don’t receive refunds on the $100s of thousands of dollars in pre-paid track rental. In turn, we request parallel courtesy from our valued clientele. Those with paid entries on cancelled events will retain an unrestricted full-value credit on your Chin member account, valid at any future event, without expiration. The scale of our calendar gives you great flexibility. We have events almost every weekend, with multiple downstream dates at most locations.
Whenever normal track activity resumes, Chin Track Days will still have more 2020 calendar dates remaining than other track day providers. When you are ready to reschedule, login in on our website, register for the future date you want, and your account credit will apply. No new payment necessary.
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We have opened an accurate blog on our website describing Chin Track Days event status in real-time
. We look forward to announcing future re-openings as rapidly as we become aware of them. Chin Track Days events have been reliable like the sunrise: if we scheduled a date, that date happened. Period. Now, for every date on the near-term horizon, there is uncertainty. Please check our blog post regularly for accurate updates. Also, we have currently suspended the opening of future event registration on Monday night. Again, watch our blog for resumption of future event launches.
Let’s acknowledge this reality: in the context of an international health crisis with fatalities, and accompanying economic shock, driving sports cars at the race track for recreation is insignificant. Much else in our lives takes priority. Still, isn't it fair to say, that for people like us, driving sports cars at the race track does have some importance? Definitely not family/food/shelter/toilet paper importance. Yet, quality recreation occupies vital space in our lives. There is currently an ominous lack of recreation. We all want to restore normalcy.
If you're a Chin follower, then, normalcy in your life probably includes making laps: in a car you love, at a track you love, perhaps with people you love. That is at the very core of what makes Chin Track Days what it is. Mark and Maria, Jack and Jim and Bill and Austin, Wei-Shen and Vincent, we all consider it a privilege to serve your recreational pursuits. Today, all we're driving is our keyboards. The Chin trucks and trailers are sitting, cold and quiet. The race tracks' gates are closed, everywhere. Like numerous small businesses nationwide, Chin Track Days is corralled and restrained currently. And, you are denied the special joy of going to the track.
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When we get the green flag to resume normal operations, Chin Track Days will introduce some new protocols to reduce high-density gatherings and implement social separation. We’re working on virtual driver’s meetings, isolating paddock registration steps, revised classroom seating arrangements, and other measures.
This involuntary suspension of activity also provides time for reflection. You are a track enthusiast: you miss making laps, throttling to redline, feeling the G’s that can be created only in that singular setting. If those thoughts are familiar, then, you’re also longing to reunite with that high-caliber group of friends that share your obsession. They are your track community. There will be a helluva reunion when we reconvene.
The day will come. When that happens, we’ll be there. We hope you’ll join us.
Best wishes for good health and future laps,
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- Mark Hicks, General Manager
Photo credits: Photos by D Gillen Photography, Rolling Art Photos and Lightspeed Images; Photos used by permission. © ChinTrackDays.com 2020; Track Times is a production of ScottConnect Media.
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