2011 AMA Sched - No Fontana or Atlanta!

[zenjim]

http://www.sportrider.com/news/146_1012_ama_pro_road_racing_releases_2011_schedule/index.html

It's preliminary, but so far no Fontana and no Road Atlanta! Holy Jeebuz!
Laguna MotoGP weekend and Miller WSBK get races (whew) but no Fontana...

They said there was little attendance and very little vendor support at Fontana. They aint lying about that. I wrote about how sad the attendance was and especially the dearth of vendors at Fontana last year:
 http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=36538.msg641261#msg641261

I can understand the decision business-wise, but it still sucks for us SoCal fans. I guess more roadtrips are in order.

[Scotzman]

That does suck. One of the few times a year I'm willing to go to Fontuckey and that just went out the window.

[derby]

fontana was a horrible track to race at and a horrible track to spectate at.

i don't remember what attendance was like at willow, but the spectating was much, much better. twice the distance as fontana (from downtown), but a "real" racetrack vs a roval...

[zenjim]

Still, there are a lot of trackdays (though not cheap) at Fontucky, and the garages are sweet. It's also fun to watch guys race where you just did last week.
At least until you compare lap times...
 

[derby]

Still, there are a lot of trackdays (though not cheap) at Fontucky, and the garages are sweet. It's also fun to watch guys race where you just did last week.
At least until you compare lap times...
 

honestly, i prefer riding streets of willow and buttonwillow...

[gm2]

trackdays (though not cheap)

ridiculously so

[gm2]

honestly, i prefer riding streets of willow and buttonwillow...

 


tho the surface at buttonwillow leaves a lot to be desired.

[atomic410]

I really want to hit roadamerica to watch ama some time.  i think im gonna do a supermoto round there this year pending budget fitment[bacon]

[Scotzman]

But is driving the extra distance to Willow springs worth the  savings vice Fontana? I know Willow usually has some pretty good weekend packages, but it's out there.

[derby]

But is driving the extra distance to Willow springs worth the  savings vice Fontana? I know Willow usually has some pretty good weekend packages, but it's out there.

autoclub/fontana with fastrack: $249
willow streets/big track with trackdaz: $125

i live "near lax" and i'm 99 miles from willow and 66 miles from fontana.

is 30 minutes worth $125 to you? either way, i can do twice as many trackdays at willow for the same event cost.

[gm2]

But is driving the extra distance to Willow springs worth the  savings vice Fontana? I know Willow usually has some pretty good weekend packages, but it's out there.

even when i was driving from the westside/Santa Monica, willow has never really felt 'out there'.  6am on the 14 is rather nice.

or, the savings + a real track makes it a no-brainer.  plus, there's Coach's.   

[Spidey]

willow streets/big track with trackdaz: $125

Wow, that's a cheap trackday.    Wish we had that around here.  Sears/Laguna are around $270-320/day.  T-hill is 130 miles from SF and is $170-200/weekday and around $220/weekend day.  They're all great/good tracks, but they're a bunch more $.

[derby]

plus, there's Coach's.  

  

[Scotzman]

I can see the advantage for you guys that live in the LA area, but I live down in southern Riverside county, so Fontana is a 45-60 min drive and Willow is a few hours. From what I've seen though, Willow Springs always has weekend packages that are usually cheaper then one day at Fontana.

[duccarlos]

I wonder why they dropped Road Atlanta. I know that the track was a bit messed up when they reconfigured it, but still.