Quattrofest

[Patrick Martin]

Audi Club Northwest is pleased to announce the 12th annual

Quattrofest at Portland International Raceway.

 

Want to be a safer driver?  Would you like to learn how to avoid accidents?  Attend Quattrofest in November.   This is by far the easiest and most enjoyable way to increase both the performance of your car and your safety.  Quattrofest is 2 days and 2 nights of intensive instruction coupled with hands on activities all in the controlled environment of one of the best facilities in motor sports.


Our venue once again is the Portland International Raceway home to many world class racing events and perfectly suited to our needs for instruction.  Located minutes from downtown Portland and a little over 3 hours from Seattle, PIR has been a wonderful host for us for 12 years. Visit the web site for more information http://www.portlandraceway.com/ 

 

Our activities will start Thursday night with tech inspections and a chalk talk session at our favorite Portland hotel, the Courtyard Marriot North Harbor. The chalk talk is required for 1st timers and recommended for all.  This talk will focus on the basics of high performance driving and how it applies to safe street driving.  Time details to follow.


Friday will start at 7:00 am for tech inspections and registration for those who did not attend Thursday's talk.  At 9:00 participants will be split into groups and run through exercises designed to teach the basics of control at the limit.  Students that have been signed off solo can either do either exercises or lapping.  Lunch will be provided both days.  We will then finish the exercises, and move to some low speed track familiarization.  If time permits there will be some high speed lapping on Friday afternoon.


Friday night there will be a dinner banquet, location to be determined.  It is always a fun evening and you never know who might stop by.

 

Saturday we will focus all day on high speed lapping.  Cars will be broken up into run groups based on drivers experience levels and car performance.  We limit the number of participants to 75, so there is always plenty of track time to get what you need out of the day. 

 

So in summery.  If you would like to drive more safely, than this is the event for you.  If you like hanging out with a bunch of really nice people, than this is the event for you.  If you like seeing a lot of really cool cars, than this is the event for you.

 

Registration can be done at motorsportreg.com , links are available on our website audiclubnw.org .  




Pat Martin