February 17, 2006 will go down in history as Texas' FOERST ever road course drifting event at Grand Sport Speedway by Texas Slide and Houston240sx.com.

Where?
Grand Sport Speedway is a 1.7 Mile freshly renovated Road Course located near Hitchcock, Texas, and very close to Gulf Greyhound Park for those wishing to earn a license at the Formula Drift Qualifier on Feb the 18th at GGP. We will be using the Brittany Circuit. Overhead view of Grand Sport Speedway's Brittany Circuit can be seen by clicking here.

We will run the track one direction in the morning, and switch directions in the afternoon. We will be using run groups, which will run in 10 minute sessions, non stop from the moment the course goes hot until a 30 minute staff lunch break, until the end of the day or until our goal, everyone runs out of tires.[/indent]
Directions to the track
From downtown Houston head south on I-45 towards Galveston. Exit to your west (right) on exit 15, continue straight across the light and take the next exit on your right onto State Road 2004 that runs parallel to the dog track. Continue down 2004 for about 3 miles right through Hitchcock, Tx until you see four large concrete pillars on you left. The track is right beside these pillars. Turn left onto the small gravel road past blimpbase Rd and go a few hundred yards through the gate. You are now on the new site of Grand Sport Speedway.

Track Address is:

GrandSport Speedway
5402 Highway 6
Hitchcock, TX 77563

For a complete write up and inquiries about safety equipment required and tech requirements,
Please click here to see our Tech Rules and Policy.

Also please to help keep it a safe, friendly environment, please stop by and check out our rules policy here[/indent]
Registration
Pre-Registration will be $75 per driver. Driver credentials will be issued the morning of the event. At the end of preregistration the day of the event, we will take anything excess from covering track rental/insurance, divide it by the number of entrants and offer to reimburse all drivers who pre-registered anything we have left over.

Registration at the event will be a fixed fee of $75.


Please when registering include whether or not you will be driving in the Formula Drift Qualifier the day after, and a brief driving resume so we can properly class you in a run group. We will have at least three groups:

1. Pro Qualifier Practice
2. Regular Practice
3. Beginner/School.

Pro Qualifier Practice will be for the Pro level driver who will be fighting to attain a Formula Drift license the next day at Gulf Greyhound.

Regular Practice will be for the driver who is not competing in that event, but just wants to kill some tires, improve his/her skill, and have fun.

If you are interested in attending the no charge extra school, Mike Peters, Texas's top ranked Drifter and Formula Drift #8 Points Finisher will be acting as Chief Instructor for a special "Beginner" run group, which will include several classroom type drivers meetings throughout the day, and a course walk thru and one-on-one seat time with every beginner driver. We will also have several other very well qualified instructors coming in and out of the program throughout the day.

To Pre-register Paypal $75 USD to mikespeed95@gmail.com, and please include desired run group, his/her full name, car, and any crew members you will have with you, as well as the size of your truck and trailer if you are towing the car.

A confirmed list of Pre-Registered Drivers can be found by clicking here.

A grip session will be available mid-day for $20 per driver. This is not included in the Drift Registration. Pre Registration will not be available for this, but if you are interested in participating please let us know.[/indent]
Spectator/Media Cost
Spectators/Media cost will be free.
Media Pass Inquiries
Any inquiries please email andrewsproull@gmail.com with the following information: who you are, who you are covering the event for, and some of your past work. Media wanting on track please wear bright clothing, and if possible bring an orange vest.
Any questions please contact:
Mikespeed95@gmail.com

andrewsproull@gmail.com for anything media related.

Tire Mounting
Tire mounting will be done for $3.50 a tire by:

Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #529
6410 I-45
La Marque, TX 77568
(409) 986-6000

Find Directions to the Wal Mart

Hotel Information
Houston240sx'ers we have a special discount rate at the Fairfield Inn by Mariott right across the street from GGP, and 10 minutes from GSS.

10700 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway
Texas City, TX 77591
409-986-3866

Rate is $65 a night for 2 queen size beds, which can support "five people" so please call and reserve now. The hotel says it's Mardi Gras weekend so they are limited on rooms, so call and reserve now and say you are with Houston240sx for the discounted rate! They also have FREE BREAKFAST (we will be building our schedule around the free hotel breakfast)!!

Directions to the Hotel


Grand Sport Speedway, The Fairfield Inn, Wal Mart, Gulf Greyhound Park (where the Formula Drift qualifier will be held), are all within a 10 Mile radius from each other.

Here is a MAP showing all four locations. Grand Sport Speedway is red, Gulf Greyhound is black, Wal-Mart is Blue, Marriott is white.

There is also a Whataburger, Jack in the Box, McDonalds, shopping mall with Food Court (adjacent to the hotel) and several other restaurants in this area.

This event should be very convenient and extremely fun for everyone.

Here is a link to the thread on Houston240sx.com if you need anything and cannot get in touch with anyone.
Register and book your hotel room now, see you there!

Oh yeah, BRING A WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE LOT OF TIRES!!!!

man oh man this sounds killer! too bad it's a 13 hour drive

its the day before FD qualifier also.

way to link back to your thread captobvious, n00b.

Mike...you want this one deleted as well?

This sounds effing rad.

Rhoad Racing wrote:Mike...you want this one deleted as well?

no its fine, just we have a thread goign in the staff forum for this with links to everywhere we posted it so we can check the threads regualarly to answer any questions or inquire about cheap handjobs.

Hotel is almost full.

We'd like to welcome our new partners/sanctioning bodies US Drift and NASA!!!



As well as some friendly updates as this event nears!


**Event Format**

We will be running Three run groups, similar to a HPDE event.

Green Group- Schoolies,Instructors, Beginners

Blue Group - Basic-advance drifters.

Black Group - Pro Practice. Tandem Allowed.


**Spectators/Pit Crew/Media**

-All entrants to the facility will be required to sign a waiver, and fill out an insurance form. In return they will be issued a wristband allowing entrance to the facility.

-Spectators

All spectators will be required to stay within the Paddock and off track Pit areas, as well as spectator areas. No spectators will be allowed on or near the track.


-Pit Crew

Pit Crew members arriving with Drivers/Teams will be issued special bands, and allowed to pit areas on track.


-Media
Approved Media will be checked in , and given Media bands. Bright clothing is required by anyone with media. All media are encouraged to wear white if possible. No dark colored clothed media will be allowed to obtain a Media Pass, However a bring colored self-supplied vest will be acceptable. All media inquiries please contact andrewsproull@gmail.com


**Ride Alongs/Tandem**

-Ride Alongs

Ride alongs will be available. Passengers must keep all appendages inside the vehicle at all times. Any violation of this will result in an immediate forfeit of a wristband, and the vehicle will not be allowed passengers for the remaining entirety of the event. All passengers will be required to wear proper safety gear, including seat belts (as required by tech) and an approved helmet. Windows must also be down on both sides if a passenger is present. Any car with a roll cage and a passenger must meet the same safety criteria for the passenger seat as required for the driver's seat. Foam padding must be attached and covering any roll cage structure within 2' of the Seat. It is the driver's responsibility for his passengers, any rule infractions regarding passengers will result in punishment of both Driver and Passenger.

-Tandem

While close quarters tandem will be permitted at our discretion, minimum requirements (unless unanimous safety staff approval is otherwise given) will be as follows:

Top 32 Formula Drift competitors from 2005, or Top 16 Drivers from 2004, or a Formula Drift or D1GP valid license.

Top 8 at any US Drift sanctioned tandem competition event.

Top 4 at other event*

Safety is priority #1, so if you are denied permission for tandem, and do not meet the above requirements please do not be offended.

* Some event results may not qualify, If you do have a top 4 finish in an event not specifically listed please email mikespeed95@gmail.com to get a yes or no, so the event can be researched and tandem safety can be ensured.

Passengers will also NOT be allowed for tandem, unless you are participating in the school, or an authorized Media Ride-a-long.

Again, thanks to NASA's US Drift for teaming up with us on this venture, look for more awesome events in the future!!

Please email ANY questions/sponsorship inquiries/feedback to mikespeed95@gmail.com
And check out our partners websites at:

http://www.houston240sx.com
http://www.nasaproracing.com
http://www.usdrift.com

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!

Welcome the our Humble Family Bro!!

dick! I'm glad NASA is jumping on the drifting bandwagon.

The SCCA would never do anything this cool.

Now if we could just get some TV coverage, drifting would be everywhere.

We regret to inform everyone that a last minute and unrepairable dilemma has arised with our event on February 17, 2006 at Grand Sport Speedway with Houston240sx and US Drift. The event will be rescueduled, and refunds will be given as soon as possible. If you have registered and have any quesionts please call Mike Peters, 936.348.1923. We are sincerely sorry, and this matter was out of our control, but we will do our best to resolve the issue, and the event is already working to be rescuduled at a later date, and probably on a weekend. If you can please spread the word to any freinds you had coming, as there will be nobody at the track on Friday. We do promise that this event will be resceduled, and we will be doing it much much bigger as soon as possible.

Again, sorry about this, I was just informed of it and we are doing our best to resolve this with preregistrants. The event WILL be resceduled with the same details, same venue at a later date.

Thanks for your time
H240/US Drift staff.