Heidts Performance Car Challenge - Midwest

[Van B]

Tried entering HPCC in the group code section as noted on the entry form on the online reservations site and it is not valid. Is there a special rate at the Holiday Inn?

[WallyFM3]

If you call 815-729-2000 to make your reservation they will give you the group rate of $99 in the HPCC block of rooms.

[WallyFM3]

The Heidts Performance Car Challenge is a five-element event open to all domestic vehicles. The event will be run on July 15th - 17th at Heidts Hot Rods and Muscle Car Parts and one of the Midwest’s premier road courses, Autobahn Country Club, in Joliet, IL. The five elements include road course, street driving, autocross, braking challenge and Karting Enduro. In addition to the driving events there will also be a car show July 16th and 17th.

July 15th 2011
Heidts Hot Rods and Muscle Car Parts
111 Kerry Lane
Wauconda, IL - 60084

3:00pm - Arrive at Heidts
4:00pm - 5:00pm Registration, facility tour, and participant lunch.
5:00pm - 5:30 pm Line up in front of Heidts for QA1 Cruise
6:00pm - 8:00pm QA1 Cruise from Heidts to Host Hotel - Joliet Holiday Inn and Conference Center
8:00pm - Holiday Inn parking lot - QA1 Trailer receive decal for completing Cruise

Joliet Holiday Inn Conference Center
411 South Larkin Ave.
Joliet, IL 60436

July 16th, 2011
Autobahn Country Club
3795 South Patterson Rd,
Joliet, IL 60436

7:00am - Arrive at track - gates open

7:00am - 9:00am - Registration and sign in

7:00am - 9:00am - Mandatory tech inspection (must register before tech)

8:00am - 8:20am - Drivers meeting

8:30am - 8:45am - Lead follow laps

9:00am - 12:00pm - Rt. 66 Car Show Registration

12:00pm - 4:00pm - Rt. 66 Car Show Judging


Session One
9:30am - 9:45am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
9:50am - 10:05am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
10:10am -10:25am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C

Session Two
10:30am - 10:45am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
11:00am - 11:15am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
11:20am - 11:35am Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C

11:40am - 12:40pm Lunch break / Car Show Participant parade laps

Session Three
12:45pm - 1:00pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
1:05pm - 1:20pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
1:25pm - 1:40pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C

Session Four
1:45pm - 2:00pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
2:05pm - 2:20pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
2:25pm - 2:40pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C

2:45pm - 3:00pm Corner worker break

Session Five
3:05pm - 3:20pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
3:25pm - 3:40pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
3:45pm - 4:00pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C



Session Six
4:05pm - 4:20pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group A
4:25pm - 4:40pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group B
4:45pm - 5:00pm Heidts Road Course Challenge Group C


5:15pm - 5:45pm Carbon Kustoms Karting Enduro drivers meeting and team selection
5:45pm - 6:45pm Carbon Kustoms Karting Enduro

7:15pm - Secure Track

July 17th, 2010
Autobahn Country Club
3795 South Patterson Rd,
Joliet, IL 60436

All participants arrive at track gates open 7:00am

7:00am - 9:00am - Registration and sign in and re-grouping
(Divide group C and add to groups A and B)

7:00am - 9:00am Mandatory tech inspection (must register before tech)

8:00am - 8:30am - Drivers meeting

8:30am - 8:45am - Autocross walk

9:00am - 12:00pm - Car Show Registration

12:00pm - 2:30pm - Car Show Judging


9:00am - 10:20am Wilwood Braking Challenge Group A
9:00am - 10:20am Nitto Autocross Challenge Group B
10:30am - 11:50am Nitto Autocross Challenge Group A
10:30am - 11:50am Wilwood Braking Challenge Group B

12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch break / Car Show Participant parade laps


1:00pm - 3:30pm Open track time on Nitto Autocross Challenge and Wilwood Braking Challenge

3:00pm Rt. 66 Car Show Awards Ceremony

3:40pm - 4:45 pm Strange Engineering Awards Banquet

5:00pm Secure track

[Bow Tie 67]

Whats are the rules for passengers for each element of the event? age limits?

[WallyFM3]

Whats are the rules for passengers for each element of the event? age limits?

Passengers must be at least 18 years of age, identified and registered before the competition begins and only one passenger may be in the vehicle during the event.

[WallyFM3]

Passengers of all ages are allowed on the QA1 Cruise portion of the event

[Chevrolaine]

Is the general public allowed to come and watch the autocross and mingle at the car show? Price??

[WallyFM3]

The general public is welcome at the Heidts Performance Car Challenge both Saturday and Sunday, there is no charge to be a spectator.
Thank you,
Wally

[RobLinke]

That's good to know, as it's been on my calendar to go and watch ever since I read about it. My car won't be finished for this one - but the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge in Sept. is a DEFINITE possibility!

I was thinking about starting a thread to see who was planning to go watch; I'm on my own on Sunday and would like to see the autocross event & tour the pits to see what I can learn that I can apply to my car as I am entering the final assembly phase of my '70 Chevelle project.

Rob

[WallyFM3]

Rob,
I look forward to seeing you there, tell all of your friends to come out. Please start a thread, the more the merrier.
Thanks
Wally

[Bow Tie 67]

Also bring a helmet.

[WallyFM3]

Thank you to all of you who spent your weekend with us at the Heidts Performance Challenge!!!

[protour73]

(I posted the the same comments on Lateral-G)

Thanks to Wally & Jimi for putting together a stellar event. FUN - SAFETY - PARTICPATION were the key words for the entire weekend. This was my first event of it's kind for me. I can say that it was very professionaly run by Jimi and Wally. Everything went off without a hitch. This was an innaugural event.....next year proves to be BIGGER & BETTER, you NEED to attend if you weren't there this year.

As Jim said above, if you didnt get enough track time it probably means you broke !!!

This event was way more than just track time. The Road Cruise from Heidt's facility in Wauconda back to the hotel in Joliet on Friday.

ALL DAY at the road course on Saturday......THEN, the 1 hour Karting enduro with random teams picked, which was a freaking riot!!!

The Start-Stop Challenge on Sunday, as well as an AWESOME autocross course, which had a crapload of tracktime available too!!!

Above all of the fun car stuff was the car PEOPLE, I met new friends like Scott & Scott from Minnesota ......... together we were Scott CUBED!! LOL
As well as many others ....... people I have talked to for years online and finally got to meet in person like Mary Pozzi. People you never met before in your life were ready to help you with your car, help you with your driving technique, or just generally shoot the sh*t.

A shout out to the "Buddah of the Bullhorn" - Chad!!!! This guy kept the whole show going with his track information announcements and humorous banter on the bullhorn.......quite the funny man!!!

Again, all in all an awesome freaking event, and for my first event of it's kind a weekend full of unforgettable moments.

Oh yea......my car proved it's worth to me, everything worked, NOTHING broke and I drove the snot out of it. A best Road Course time of 1:28 - compared to a best time of 1:09, and a best Autocross time of 37.5 - compared to a best time of 32.xx. I thought I did pretty good for a first track excursion for myself and the car.

Again thanks to Heidt's and all of the other many sponsors and Jimi and Wally ( and your whole team ) at FM3 Performance Marketing!!!!

[James OLC]

Thanks to Wally, Jimi, Heidts, Autobahn Country Club, and the sponsors and volunteers who made this past weekend possible! The Heidts Performance Car Challenge was - by far - the best Pro-Touring event that I have had the pleasure of attending. The facility was second to none, the organization was excellent, and the execution was (as far as I could see) flawless. Everyone had a great time and it was really neat to see some of the people from the mid west who I hadn't met before.

Between the cruse(s), getting to the event, and the road course I think I put easily 350 miles on the car over the weekend - with almost 150 of those being on the track! (most of the rest were in generally crappy Chicago traffic and almost all of them were in 90+ degree heat but they were fun none the less). I think at the end of the day Sunday just about everybody had had their fill of the track and I am sure that nobody will look back on the weekend an think that they didn't have at the opportunity to run their car as much as they wanted.

The OLC worked great over the weekend - thanks in no small part to the new ridetech Triple Adjustable shocks (which I think we are getting very to having fully dialed in) and to our Baer 6R brakes (which saved my butt a couple of times). Stielow put on a clinic over the weekend on his way to the overall victory and it was great to see Mary win the invitation to the optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational with her second place finish (you're welcome Mary ). There were some great runs by everybody and (as always) it was really cool to see everybody beating on their cars despite the heat (and a touch of humidity).

Great job everybody - without a doubt see you next year!

[Scott Parkhurst]

It was truly a great time. Amazing facility, and even better people made for a wonderful weekend. The wagon ran pretty good- we were sorting out some new stuff and amazingly, everything we did to make the car better actually worked! My wagon will never be an LS-powered F-body, but it's still a lot of fun. The people are the best and the combined power of Scott Cubed cannot be denied! LOL!

It was cool seeing old friends and making new ones, and it was great to finally get some hot laps in on a road course again (it's been a few years) but best of all to do so in the car I've been working on for so long.

Thanks to all who made this happen, and Protour73 Scott- look out for those pesky 1918 Dodges..

[Toadman]

I'm pretty sure I overheard someone say, "It's the most fun I've had with my pants on!". HA! I totally agree! I loved all the dazed looks we got while crusing through downtown Wauconda! Huge thanks to everyone who organized the event!

...Is registration for next year open yet????

[wmhjr]

For those that missed this event, you sure missed a great one. The organization was absolutely top notch! Things ran like a swiss watch (except for my car ) Jimi, Wally and the crew had everything down pat, the facilities were awesome, and there was more track time than you could handle. There was no waiting around, no confusion trying to figure out where you were supposed to go, no drama about anything that was going on. The only time there was even a hint of an issue was the rumor that the autox was for golf carts - but I gotta say, I'm sure not driving a golf cart and I thought it was a demanding but REALLY enjoyable course. The big red barge managed to get around it so all you guys driving those itty bitty little camaros should have NO reason to complain. I think by the time we got a few laps everybody realized that the autox was great. The Kart racing was VERY cool - except for a few un-named individuals from a shop called RPM in Warrendale PA cheating the better teams out of what should have been an obvious win

[Scott Parkhurst]

Are the results posted anywhere yet?

[protour73]

Are the results posted anywhere yet?

yea......Wally? Jimi? Inquiring minds want to know!!
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.Scott Cubed rules!!

...Is registration for next year open yet????

I'm second in line then!!

[WallyFM3]

I'm pretty sure I overheard someone say, "It's the most fun I've had with my pants on!". HA! I totally agree! I loved all the dazed looks we got while crusing through downtown Wauconda! Huge thanks to everyone who organized the event!

...Is registration for next year open yet????

Thanks for being a part of the event Todd. We will post when registration opens for next year.