Mid-Ohio hosting May FanFest

Mid-Ohio is start­ing its 2012 docket early with a season-opening Fan­Fest that will be held at the track Fri­day, May 4.

Fans of all ages are invited out for this free event start­ing at 5 p.m. As peo­ple file in, they are wel­come to head to their favorite spot to watch the races as the Potomac Porsche Club of Amer­ica will be com­pet­ing on track until 5:30 p.m. Fol­low­ing that, the track is open to fans for pace car rides in offi­cial Mid-Ohio vehi­cles. Up next, parade laps take place dur­ing which fans will have the oppor­tu­nity to drive their vehi­cles on the same rac­ing line as leg­ends like Mario Andretti and Jackie Stewart.

Fan­Fest is held in con­junc­tion with the final day to pur­chase tick­ets at advance prices, rep­re­sent­ing the low­est prices avail­able all year long. The track will have tick­ets on sale through­out the event, enabling fans to get their passes in hand imme­di­ately. The dead­line to order at the advance prices is mid­night ET on Fri­day, May 4.

“I am excited to see every­one and hope to spend some time talk­ing with our great fans that sup­port us all sea­son long,” said Craig Rust, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course pres­i­dent. “It’s a great oppor­tu­nity for our fans to have some fun but also pur­chase tick­ets for their favorite events at the season’s low­est prices.”

Fans over 18 with a valid driver’s license and an appetite for speed can pilot an Acura TSX through Mid-Ohio’s autocross course. The fastest time at the end of the night will win a pair of tick­ets to a race of their choice. Addi­tion­ally, con­ces­sions and sou­venir stands will be open until 8:15 p.m. The iRac­ing sim­u­la­tor will be on site as well. Over three mil­lion laps have been run at Mid-Ohio in just over two years the track has been included on the iRacing.com.

The Fan­Fest sched­ule is as follows:

• 5 p.m.: gates and reg­is­tra­tion open.

• 5–5:30 p.m.: Porshe Club of Amer­ica on track.

• 5–7:45 p.m.: Autocross competition.

• 5:30–6:30 p.m.: pace car rides, ses­sion one.

• 6:45–7:30 p.m.: parade laps.

• 7:45–8:15 p.m.: pace car rides, ses­sion two.

Tick­ets and camp­ing passes are at their low­est prices through May 4. Gen­eral park­ing is free and chil­dren 12 and under are also admit­ted free. Visit www.midohio.com any­time or call 800-MID-OHIO (643‑6446) Mon­day through Fri­day from 8 a.m– 5 p.m. to order tick­ets or for more information.

Posted by Rob Hamilton on Apr 25 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.