There is a new group to the area called "Hooked On Driving" - I believe they have some other chapters in the West, and possibly the South, but they did a startup here at the end of last season, and have booked some time at the local tracks around the NY/NJ area.

I had the pleasure of doing a trackday last year at their inaugural event at Pocono, and I must say they were probably one of the friendliest and most professional groups I have run with. I have no vested interest in this group, just wanted to share my experience with them to all of you.

After a few disappointing days with other groups that seemed to want to pack as many cars as humanly possible on track, as well as having as many as 6 run groups so you *might* get 3 sessions in a day; I found none of that with HOD. No more than 4 run groups, and since the attendance was low they had shrunk it down to 3 groups, and we got 6 or 7 sessions on the day. Plus, lunch was included, and they had some nice giveaways (I won a $50 Shell gas card, nice!).

Check them out, I'm sure after doing just one day with them, you will understand what I'm talking about - Their first event this year is coming up in a few weeks at Watkins Glen.

http://www.hookedondriving.com/home.cfm