Ladies! We have a date! We will be a part of Ducati Bellevue’s 2nd track day on Monday, June 10, 2013 taught by 2 Fast and WMST. The curriculum will be classroom time followed by track time at the :40 of every hour, it will consist of 7 track sessions (20 minutes), trust me gals this is plenty and you will be tired (physically and mentally) by the end of the day. The cost will be $250 for the day and transportation for your bike will be provided for the first 15 ladies who sign up by Ducati Bellevue (you just have to drop off your bike on Saturday, June 8 at Ducati Bellevue). Bikes will be transported back to Ducati Bellevue for pickup on Wednesday, June 12,2013.
Event Schedule is as follows:
7am-Tech Inspection and registration
7:40am-Track Ride around in trucks
8:15am-Mandatory Riders’ meeting & Explanation of Rules
9am-Classroom (every :40-Women’s session rides, i.e. 9:40am, 10:40am, 11:40, 12:40, etc.)
12pm-Complimentary Lunch
Riding sessions continue throughout the day
4or 5pm-End of day
Some of us may want to spend the night in lovely Shelton so you don’t need to make the early morning Monday drive, in fact I highly recommend it from someone who has done that early drive, rode the track and had to drive home. Go to www.ducatibellevue.com for a list of hotels in the area to stay. If this track day proves to be successful and we get a fair amount of women who sign up, a future “women’s only” track day will be discussed. Seeing however, this will be Ducati’s first foray into this, they would like to see how well received this event will be before committing to a full day. So let’s show them that women really are serious about this and want to learn these techniques to become better riders. Signups can start anytime, you just need to either call (425)882-4300 and ask for MJ or email him directly to register (michael.jordan@ducatibellevue.com).
Also, if you are interested in taking that “more cornering” class with WMST, please let me know. I am asking Chris if women do want to sign up for this before they go to the track, what dates they would be and the price. I will keep you posted. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
I don’t quite follow. Is this a Women-Only trackday or not? The title indicates that it is, but the content says otherwise.
It is not an exclusive women’s only track day, in order to do so it would require 35-50 women to sign up. This is a great deal of pressure for any event organizer, even one as big as 2 Fast and Ducati combined. That is why we are getting exclusive sessions where only the women will be allowed on the track.
At the last event, ladies are able to ride in the “Ladies Only session” as well as the other Intermediate or Advanced sessions. There will also be classroom sessions during the advanced sessions where ladies can learn techniques, proper form and ask questions. There will also be female instructors helping on track! It’s a fantastic event!
So I’ve never been to shelton…..how long of a drive is it from Bothell area? I’m pretty sure I would go up night before..but just like some idea what to expect 🙂 ?
Depends on when you go, early in the morning you can get there in a couple of hours. If you hit traffic, it could be anywhere from 3-4 hours. Since the track day is Monday at 7am, you’d be leaving around 3:30-4am (which I’ve done and really do not recommend unless someone else drives who is not riding) to be safe.