This was posted on MotorsportReg.com and thought those that go to track events might like to know what their organizers pay for track rental. At $50,000 a day no wonder COTA is so expensive for track days.
http://blog.motorsportreg.com/global-race-track-rental-fees?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27607851&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-82UX4LQ3yw_KUg3YaaeOnnuPJ1J5-bETlwd0tMg7l5X3ohFQXfz64G_EGA5AVDZjugpD5rDdCJbxh8qzOQKARwVO0-OQ&_hsmi=27607851#.VvSXJBg1ZsU
What goes into the cost of organizing an HPDE, track day or race event on a road course? Many things, of course, but the largest fee is the track surface itself. It requires many experts to prepare, lay and maintain the specially formulated asphalt that resists high lateral G forces and somebody has to pay for it. That person is the event organizer, and by proxy, their participants. Today we're going to peek behind the curtain at the cost of road course rentals around the world.
Unless otherwise noted, these fees are only for booking the asphalt and do not include additional (typically, required) services like marshals, ambulance, emergency and rescue, radios, etc. These services can typically add another $3,000-10,000 per day to the cost of the facility.
Track When Price (per day)
Barber Motorsports Park Weekend $13,500
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Weekend $50,000
Daytona Int'l Speedway Weekend $33,000
Homestead Weekend $8,500
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Winter Weekday $6,200 (90db) / $7,200 (92db)
Summer Weekday $14,000 (90db) / $15,000 (92db)
Anytime $20,000 (105db - Limited Qty.)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Weekday $12,000
MSR Houston Weekend $7,700
New Jersey (NJMP) Weekday $8,000
NOLA Motorsports Park Weekend $12,500
Road America Weekend $20,000
Road Atlanta Weekend $14,500
Sebring Int'l Raceway Weekend $13,000
Thunderhill Raceway Park Summer Weekend $5,000 (West) / $8,000 (East)
Winter Weekend $2,500 (West) / $5,000 (East)
Virginia Int'l Raceway (VIR) Weekend $15,500
Waterford Hills Weekday $2,250
Watkins Glen Weekend $20,000
http://blog.motorsportreg.com/global-race-track-rental-fees?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27607851&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-82UX4LQ3yw_KUg3YaaeOnnuPJ1J5-bETlwd0tMg7l5X3ohFQXfz64G_EGA5AVDZjugpD5rDdCJbxh8qzOQKARwVO0-OQ&_hsmi=27607851#.VvSXJBg1ZsU
What goes into the cost of organizing an HPDE, track day or race event on a road course? Many things, of course, but the largest fee is the track surface itself. It requires many experts to prepare, lay and maintain the specially formulated asphalt that resists high lateral G forces and somebody has to pay for it. That person is the event organizer, and by proxy, their participants. Today we're going to peek behind the curtain at the cost of road course rentals around the world.
Unless otherwise noted, these fees are only for booking the asphalt and do not include additional (typically, required) services like marshals, ambulance, emergency and rescue, radios, etc. These services can typically add another $3,000-10,000 per day to the cost of the facility.
Track When Price (per day)
Barber Motorsports Park Weekend $13,500
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Weekend $50,000
Daytona Int'l Speedway Weekend $33,000
Homestead Weekend $8,500
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Winter Weekday $6,200 (90db) / $7,200 (92db)
Summer Weekday $14,000 (90db) / $15,000 (92db)
Anytime $20,000 (105db - Limited Qty.)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Weekday $12,000
MSR Houston Weekend $7,700
New Jersey (NJMP) Weekday $8,000
NOLA Motorsports Park Weekend $12,500
Road America Weekend $20,000
Road Atlanta Weekend $14,500
Sebring Int'l Raceway Weekend $13,000
Thunderhill Raceway Park Summer Weekend $5,000 (West) / $8,000 (East)
Winter Weekend $2,500 (West) / $5,000 (East)
Virginia Int'l Raceway (VIR) Weekend $15,500
Waterford Hills Weekday $2,250
Watkins Glen Weekend $20,000