Did you watch or follow the 24 Hours of Daytona?  Are you familiar with: FLYING LIZARDS MOTORSPORTS, GMG RACING, PAUL MILLER RACING, and FALL LINE MOTORSPORTS ????   Would you like to meet and cheer for these AUDI  R8 LMS team drivers at Laguna Seca Raceway this coming May 3rd & 4th during the TUDOR UNITED SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES?     If you can answer yes to even one of these questions - then get ready to join your fellow motorsports enthusiasts for a very exciting weekend at Laguna Seca.  Enjoy the hospitality of the AUDI CLUB GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER and it's membership, and be a part of the famous AUDI CAR CORRAL and HOSPITALITY PAVILION at TURN 5.

As has been our hospitality practice in past years, we will continue to serve morning coffee & snacks, with deliciously hot & tasty, and freshly prepared meals on both afternoons, plus free soft drinks & water, an excellent draft beer, and high quality local wines.  All of this from within and around the full-sized pavilion situated immediately at the inside corner of the best of trackside locations:  TURN 5.   In addition, several of our AUDI CLUB SPONSORS will be present with their teams and booths ready to help you learn about all the latest accessories to enhance the performance of your chariot.

We have negotiated an excellent value for our friends and members with discounted event entry tickets for a two-day (Saturday and Sunday, the 3rd & 4th of May) race ticket.  This ticket gets you into the raceway and the Event.  Every ticket holder coming to Laguna Seca that wants to enjoy entrance into the AUDI CLUB Hospitality Pavillion at TURN 5 must purchase a Hospitality Pass. Teenagers and children are welcome and each will have separate, lower pricing.  A separate AUDI CLUB CORRAL PASS is to be purchased for every car that is to be parked in the Preferred Parking BLUE ZONE adjacent to the tent.  We have made it easier this year from past events, you'll be able to purchase each of these tickets at one time, right here on Motorsportreg! 

Here's how it works:

For those who want the discount two-day race ticket, entry into the hospitality pavillion, and the Audi Car Corral, please purchase one Tudor Race Event Entry Ticket per person, one Hospitality Tent Ticket per person, and one Audi Car Corral Pass per vehicle. When you go to register on Motorsportreg, select as many tickets as you need per person, and if you are all coming in one car - you'll only need one car corral pass.

Hospitality Pavillion Access, Pricing and Hospitality Rules

Purchasing hospitality access provides you with the following:

• Snacks, soft drinks, and bottled water, all complimentary, over the course of the 2-day event
• SWAG, provided to you at the check-in station, located at the Hospitality tent
• Special access to technical sessions describing the workings of the GTD Class, R8 LMS car, given only to the Audi Club
• A full, catered BBQ lunch on Saturday & Sunday, including locally brewed draft beer, served from an iced keg, plus excellent quality local wines (Beer & Wine at a minimal charge.)
• Closed circuit TV access to over 25 video channels, including all corners, and multiple in-car cameras
• Protection from the wind, cold, and/or rain in a large tent, with 3 walls of protection from the elements, including a wrap-around window wall for additional live-action viewing.
• Tables and chairs allow you to relax between practice, qualifying and race segments.
• Exclusive trackside viewing area, now extended 160' between turn 4 & 5 and 100' between turn 5 & 6.
• Exclusive Turn-5 viewing area, renowned for being the best viewing area at the track

Hospitality Pricing Per Person:

Adult: $65 (earlybird special until midnight April 7th), $95 regular price  (April 8th until April 27th)  (Thank you Sponsor's !!! )

Teens: $25 (12-16 years of age)

Child (under 12): Free, please select the appropriate number of childrens passes during registration.

AUDI Corral Parking Pass: $25

Audi Club members are encouraged to invite and bring friends. These guests do not have to enjoy Audi Club Membership, or be an Audi car owner to enjoy the hospitality of the Audi Club for this event.  Just the same, please be prepared to cheer for the Audis, as flags from other marques will be absent within this hospitality tent area.  Special access badges or wristbands will be used to designate that you have access to the Hospitality area.  These badges will be given out to you when you visit the Club's trailer to check in for the event.  It will be located immediately outside of the Hospitality tent, onsite at TURN 5, Laguna Seca Raceway.  Look for the banners and flags !!! 

Obtaining Audi Car Corral Passes and Parking rules

You may only purchase this option up to April 27, 2014 on Motorsportreg.com.  On April 28th, passes will be mailed to all recipients, to the address that is listed by you in Motorsport.reg. Please check your receipt and, as needed, your MotorSportReg profile for accuracy.  If you have any special requirements for the mailing of the pass, please send them directly to Larry Whitney at larry@audiclubgoldengate.org.  In the event that you do not receive your pass in time for the race, please contact Larry.  You must have an Audi and Car Corral Pass in order to park in the Audi Car Corral.  If you don't have an Audi, you will be directed to park in an area near the hospitality tent, located immediately adjacent to our Car Corral.

Preliminary list of special events (subject to change)

FLYING LIZARDS Racing Team has offered to provide Audi Club members with a "tech talk".  The theme of the talk is the R8 LMS car, raced by Flying Lizards in the GTD class, alongside the Daytona Prototype sportscars.  Much of exactly what happens during the race weekend will be finalized between now and the day of the race, but other things we're working on with Flying Lizards and the other Audi Teams can include the following.

• Autograph session with the drivers at the Audi Club Hospitality area
• Receive a briefing from Flying Lizards or Audi Sport Customer Racing about the technology that has been developed for the R8 LMS racecar
• Hear first hand, from the Driver's perspective and experience, what it's like to share the track with this multiple-class group of high-performance cars.

For a preview of the events scheduled by Laguna Seca for this three-day event of practice and racing please visit:  http://www.mazdaraceway.com/continental-tire-monterey-grand-prix

Lodging

Make note that this year, the events surrounding Turn-5 will be very popular, so please be mindful that hotels can be at a premium, and you should book early.