The National Auto Sport Association's Mid-Atlantic Region is pleased to announce a series of Sunday autocross events at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia for the 2008 season!

They will occur on May 25, August 31, and November 2. Participation is open to NASA members for $35 or nonmembers for $45. Entries will tentatively be capped at no more than 80 per event to guarantee lots of seat time. Member participants will earn points toward the 2008 NASA Mid-Atlantic Autocross Championship. Spectators are welcome and refreshments are available.

Registration is now open for the August 31 event from http://www.nasaproracing.com/nasa_event/show/?event_id=758

Also, first time autocross participants (age 18+ with a valid drivers license and a car that will pass tech) can get some Langley autocross runs in for FREE on August 31 thanks to our FIRST TIMER FREEBIE RUNS program! Details are here:

http://www.nasaproracing.com/nasa_event/show/?event_id=757

Langley Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned 0.4-mile paved oval track with a paved infield. The autocross courses will involve both portions. Mandatory pre-registration for each event will open two months beforehand. Pictures and video from 2007 autocrosses at Langley are here:

         

         

         

         

         

         

Autocross events are the most entry-level form of sports car racing and have taken place all over the world since the 1950's (when they were better known as "gymkhana" events.) Participants simply drive as fast as possible one at a time against the clock. Top speeds are usually less than 65 miles per hour because the sport is intended to encourage vehicle handling and driver skill at real-world speeds. NASA Mid-Atlantic autocrosses are open to any licensed driver in nearly any street or race car, utilizing a classification system designed to produce close competition. Victory and defeat are often separated by mere thousandths of a second.

To get to Langley Speedway, take Interstate 64 to exit 261B (Hampton Roads Center Parkway.) Go about a mile and bear right onto the Magruder Blvd (Rte 134 North) ramp. Stay left, go back under the parkway, and come to a stoplight with a Mercedes Benz/Dodge dealership on the right. Go about a mile and bear right onto Commander Sheppard Blvd. This road bends left and Armistead Ave comes in from the right. Go straight, pass (the other) NASA's LARC entrance on the right and a trailer park on the left, then turn immediately left into the speedway. The long white building across the street is a very historic wind tunnel - when you see it, you are in the right place!


Langley Speedway's website is http://www.langley-speedway.com

The NASA-MA Autocross home page is www.nasaracing.net/autox.htm

For more information, please contact Jon Felton at autox@nasaracing.net or (804) 545-3949.