Calder Park Price Rise For Street Meets.

[SpoolMan]

Calder Park has new pricing for people participating in street meets, a $50 increase is a step rise and I think this see many of the younger drivers bulk at paying this new entry fee and stay away from the track.

Press release from there website.
Off Street Drags NEW FEE STRUCTURE


In spite of our attempts to keep our costs down for entry fees, our costs have risen dramatically for safety, VHT, Insurance (both public liability Insurance and driver, crew, official and volunteer personal accident insurance for 2012.

Note that our insurance is twice the level of Andra cover. however our entry fees have not changed for almost four years.

The New Fee Structure will be as follows:

STREET RACE ENTRY $130 including GST (1 Crew)

COMPETITION CAR ENTRY $190 including GST (3 Crew)

APPLICABLE from 1st July 2012

[barra T]

We pay more and arent allowed any crew or trailer in the area.

[DNKPWR]

wow...thats a big jump!

[EFFalcon]

I really hope heathcote see's increased business as a result.

[DABOSS]

Maybe Carbon tax. lol what a joke. and they wonder way they have no business.

[tweeked]

And Willowbank is still $40 dollars I think

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by tweeked

And Willowbank is still $40 dollars I think

$45, but let's not split hairs hey.

$130 bucks. What a blatant rip off.

[jcxr]

$130 for what ........ maybe 2 or 3 runs? Not for this little black duck.

[EFFalcon]

I think we should all perform illegal drag racing, and riot to show our disgust.

[xr6t_ute]

Adelaide pay the exact same amount , and that's only because some guy is leasing it off Bob Jane.... But Calder Park... i think Bob owns it outright!!!!

[memnoch]

Originally Posted by SpoolMan

Will be getting a lot busier at HPR with Calder announcing there new street meet pricing for competitors @ $130.
Link to thread.
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11368444

$130, you for real, who will go at that price

[memnoch]

heathcote is a fair bit further from me,, but i love the drive up there

[XARATE]

Time ford a AFF drag strip, one just for us

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by XARATE

Time ford a AFF drag strip, one just for us

We used to go to Calder every Friday night starting back in 2004 this went on for many years a member here and a good mate of mine Rod did run a list of competitors from 4 different Forums, $40 to race if you were on the list.
OFR owned the track...lol
Old Fart Racing.

[XARATE]

Well with any luck wagga wagga will get a full sized race track next year which will pave the way for a drag strip too. Ive got my fingers crossed, the closest track fir us at the moment is heathcote which is still a fair drive

[Sorted]

This is the exact reason I tell everyone to support heathcote - once heathcote is gone Calder will rip you even more.

Although insurance is getting very expensive and i have seen more big accidents at Calder than Heathcote and with today's society they will very happily try and sue for any accident that occurs

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

I really hope heathcote see's increased business as a result.

thats guaranteed

[Geez Louise]

I have never been to Calder but with prices like that, it can only lead to Heathcote getting more business.

Let's hope the prices there don't go up too much. I love Heathcote. The track has amazing atmosphere. Been there a few times on non-AFF events and it still has a great feel about it.

Cheers
Col

[Mr. CVE]

The safety safari and track prep at Calder allows you to run much faster cars and be much safer as well.

However I have already shown my displeasure for the product decrease AND price rise.

[dieseltrain79]

Makes sense tO move to Sydney then ;) $50 street meets

[Bossxr8]

That price is ludicrous, compared to what it used to be, and compared to other tracks.

Greedy Bob Jane. I guess now that he's back with his gold digging ex-wife he needs the cash now.

[Sorted]

People aren't holding back what they think on Calder's Facebook page either lol

[jrfttf]

Big jump, i think unfortunantly more people are going to resort to illegal meets/public street racing. Its a shame things are going this way, if the price is kept realistic then people have no excuse to not street race.

Must admit that heathcote is a long way up the road, but however if they are keeping the price real then i think they will do well out of this. Only thing that plays on some peoples minds is if things go to **** on the track at heathcote such as a crash, its a long way to the nearest hospital.

[EDManual]

What a rip off! As soon as CAMS came on board (a few days ago), the prices go WAY up!
So for 3 x400m you pay $130! 1.2km!

The Nurburgring costs about $40 for 22km!

I know its not drags, but for $120 you can go to Winton and have a 20min lap session every hour all day!

[HEMI POWER]

Originally Posted by SpoolMan

We used to go to Calder every Friday night starting back in 2004 this went on for many years a member here and a good mate of mine Rod did run a list of competitors from 4 different Forums, $40 to race if you were on the list.
OFR owned the track...lol
Old Fart Racing.

They were the days Mark,how can we forget.

[greencapri408]

Bob Jane can jam it i was going to go on the 7th but not now
I'll tow to heathcote atleast you get basically as many runs As you want at a t&t
I ran my first pass at heathcote when it cost 25 to race and 5 too spectate. They were the days

[naughts]

Still old prices next weekend!!!!

[Sorted]

1st July, 2012 is the date for price increase

[dieseltrain79]

Andra approved tracks are covered partly with andras insurance as well as the tracks on insurance . Non andra tracks get reamed for insurance costs , from what I was told

[v gate]

but when bj left andra was it not something to do with their insurance being to costly?

[Sorted]

That is all lol