Yesterday 10 of the members of my new group headed out to Allsports Grand Prix for a team building event. We raced a Mini Grand-Prix, which consisted of a 20 lap qualifier and a 40 lap race. I managed to qualify in third position with a top lap time of around 25.7 seconds. The person who qualified for the pole position had been to the track before and seemed to know what he was doing so I has hoping for a shot at 2nd place. The race started in a grid layout, in the third lap I was able to pass the person starting in 2nd position when he went a little wide around a turn. I was stuck about 1/4 lap behind the leader on the 9th lap when his engine stalled, and I took the lead for the rest of the race. I put up a respectable best lap time of 24.436. The person who had started in the pole position had an amazing best lap of 24.o4 (enought that he should qualify for a spot in the all time top 50 6.5hp laps), and ended up finishing just 12 seconds (1/2 lap) behind me.
This place is a blast, if you have the time and the money it is a lot of fun. Although part of the fun is going there and racing with friends, I don’t think being matched up with strangers or going around the track by your self would be as much fun.
I know that the website claims that they are located in Dulles, VA. However, a quick look at a map of the location shows they are squarely in the middle of Sterling.