Sonoma race

You can arrived just about any time on Thursday, but you won't be able to go in and
claim a paddock space until they have the place cleaned up from the previous event.
They generally hold people in line (up at the top of the hill) until about 4:00 pm or so.

I don't know what time they close the gate on Thursday, but it is probably 10:00 pm or so.
I have arrived on Friday morning at 7:00 am and the gate was already open.

Does that answer your question?

Hello, here's my rookie question... I've never driven this track and I'd like to know if anybody knows the layout we will be running in December 5-6th 2015?

Thank you.

Amezquita86,

Here is some great info on how to drive Sonoma. I had driven Sonoma once and after viewing this I was able to drop 8 seconds off my lap time. At the very least it will show you the lines most will be taking thru the turns.

"I think you could be even faster through the T2-T4 section. It's a rhythm section, this. Connect all the dots and you'll fly through there.
If you apex T2 a little later, you won't have to make as many corrections half way through the corner (like e.g. around the 6:00 mark in the video), and you can put the power down a little sooner. Basically, braking into T2 stay on the left a little longer, brake parallel to the berm, with the left wheels on or right next to the berm, and turn in just as the berm ends. Track out all the way. If you do it right, you'll hit just the end of the berm on the exit. Keep that steering angle for a tiny moment to set yourself up for T3. The track actually has a little nook on the right just before the T3 entry. That's where you want to aim the car. I see you're leaving about a car width space there. The trick about T3 is to "throw it away". Many people make the mistake of tracking out too soon and then they're set up all wrong for T3a. I stay on the inside of T3 until the end of the inside berm, and then I shoot across T3a with a very late apex. This usually gives me an advantage in exit speed. Between T3a and T4 is usually my most effective place to pass a horsepower car with my momentum car. T3a is a full-throttle corner for me all the way through.
I'm still waiting for YouTube to process my video, but here are a few laps from Arse Freeze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omat43LUZAY. The laps at the 2:30 and 7:15 marks are decent examples."

This was posted by Philikon on 2/20/2014 under pics and videos