The Green Flag has dropped!

Our annual 12 Days of Driving are officially underway!

Look for at least one new deal every day between now and Christmas!

Tomorrow may just see some of the largest discounts of the year for Open Track, Track Rentals, and Rally Classes

What's better than 12 months of unlimited track days? How about 13!? Purchase a new Drivers Club Membership this week and get an extra month added for free! Offer also valid for any membership expiring in December or January!

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Christmas is just 6 days away!

We have gift cards for any value - call to purchase!

Give the gift of racing this year and take advantage of our awesome discounts! Save up to 20% on our Rally and HPDE classes. Purchase a gift card now and redeem whenever you are ready.

Now sure what woudl be best? Give us a call and one of our experts will walk you through the options! 352-473-2999

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5% off 1 Day - SAVE5
10% off 2 Days - SAVE10
15% off 3 Days - SAVE15
20% off 4 or 5 days - SAVE20
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Do you want more than 5 track days? Step up to a Drivers Club Membership where your only limitation is time!

Purchase a new Drivers Club Membership this week and get an extra month added for free! Offer also valid for any membership expiring in December or January!

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Can't Decide What to Get? Gift Cards to the Rescue!

Car people can be impossible to buy a gift for, so why not take the guesswork out and let them choose exactly what they want! You choose the value and they can redeem it for anything at The FIRM. From Rally classes to Open Track Days, to a T-shirt!

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Last-Minute Deals and Gift Cards

Save on all Rally & HPDE Classes

• 5% off 1 Day - SAVE5
• 10% off 2 Days - SAVE10
• 15% off 3 Days - SAVE15
• 20% off 4 or 5 days - SAVE20

Buy a 5-day class and redeem any time over the course of a year, mix and match HPDE and Rally, take one day one month, two another...

All classes are available as a gift card. Gift cards of any value can be also be purchased.

Get a Free Month added to a Drivers Club Membership OR a free track day for a friend that is a first-timer to HPDE

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$200 Open Track Day Next Wednesday, December 29th

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Save 10% on any Corporate Events. Call us next week to plan and book!

From everyone at The FIRM:
We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

LAST CHANCE
for our Holiday Deals before they disappear when the clock strikes midnight!

Save on all Rally & HPDE Classes

• 5% off 1 Day - SAVE5
• 10% off 2 Days - SAVE10
• 15% off 3 Days - SAVE15
• 20% off 4 or 5 days - SAVE20

Buy a 5-day class and redeem any time over the course of a year, mix and match HPDE and Rally, take one day one month, two another...

All classes are available as a gift card. Gift cards of any value can be also be purchased.

Get a Free Month added to a Drivers Club Membership OR a free track day for a friend that is a first-timer to HPDE

• Gold Membership
• Platinum Membership

Save 10% on any Corporate Events. Call us next week to plan and book!




Friday, 31st December
Come celebrate New Years Eve with us
and join us for an Open Track Day!
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NOTE: We will be closed on New Years Day (Saturday)

We wish you are very safe and Happy New Year
and look forward to what lies ahead in 2022!
-From everyone at The FIRM-

 

Time Trials are Back!

Time Trials are back this year! Join us for an Open Track Day and take advantage of our Time Trials and see how you stack up against other drivers. This event is open to Intermediate and Advanced drivers only. There are no Novice sessions available.

Come out and see if someone finally breaks into the 1:09s! Can John manage a 1:16 in his Miata (probably not)?!

Remember, Time Trials are not about who has the faster car, it's classed based on the power, weight, and tires your car is using! A stock Mazda 3 Wagon won TT6 last year! It truly is fun -and competitive- for all types of cars. Are you still unsure and want more details? Check out this blog post for more information.

2022 TIME TRIAL EVENT SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
Event 1: Saturday 22nd January
Event 2: Sunday 27th February
Event 3: Saturday 30th April
Event 4: Saturday 9th July
Event 5: Saturday 1st October

Event Cost: $250. Time Trials are discounted for our Drivers Club Members at $150.

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Rally-X Course Upgrades

This year, our Rally-X course will be utilizing elements from the Nitro Rallycross course that was hosted here at The FIRM in December 2021. Come out and experience the rally-x of a lifetime, running on the same course that professional drivers like Travis Pastrana, Scott Speed, Steve Arpin, Tanner Foust and NASCAR champion Chase Elliot ripped through! Challenge yourself with multiple surface changes, hairpins, a trip through the woods, around our road course and through the air with new jumps (excluding the infamous gap jump).


2022 RALLY-X SCHEDULE (subject to change)
Event 1: Sunday 23rd January – Registration Opens 12/06
Event 2: Sunday 1st May – Registration Opens 02/01
Event 3: Sunday 10th July – Registration Opens 04/05
Event 4: Sunday 2nd October – Registration Opens 07/05

Event Cost: $250. *REGISTER EARLY -The first 10 registrations will receive $25 off (Event Cost with discount $225)

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ALL HELMETS MUST NOW BE SA2015 OR SA2020

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Loeb beats Vettel to be crowned ROC Champion of Champions on Sweden’s snow

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emailBy RACER Staff | February 6, 2022 11:57 AM ET

France’s world rally legend Sebastien Loeb put in a stunning performance to eclipse 17 fellow superstars of motorsport and win the 2022 Race Of Champions on a day of non-stop action on the frozen Baltic Sea at Sweden’s Pite Havsbad, just 60 miles from the Arctic Circle.

Following Team Norway’s triumph in yesterday’s ROC Nations Cup, all cooperation went out of the window today. The individual Race Of Champions pitted some of the world’s greatest drivers head-to-head on ROC’s iconic parallel track, purpose built on ice for the first time. After an unprecedented tidal surge saw yesterday’s racing take place on just the inner half of the track, today the drivers could let rip on the full circuit featuring ROC’s famous crossover bridge.

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On an afternoon of heavy snow at Pite Havsbad, the Race Of Champions saw greats of global motorsport battling it out for glory in a mix of identical machinery, including the FIA RX2e electric rallycross car, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, off-road Polaris RZR PRO XP and the 100% fossil-free biofuel powered SuperCar Lites.

In front of crowds of Swedish fans braving the cold, the best-of-five Grand Final boiled down to a duel between a pair of true legends: nine-time World Rally champion Loeb and four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel.

After a thrilling finale as both drivers pushed to the limit in the blizzard, Loeb saw off his German rival by three heats to one to be crowned ROC Champion of Champions for the fourth time. He thus equals the all-time record set by Didier Auriol, his partner for Team France in yesterday’s ROC Nations Cup.
It's @SebastienLoeb who becomes the 2022 ROC Champion of Champions!

Loeb equals Didier Auriol with a record four wins after holding off a hard-charging Sebastian Vettel at #ROCSweden. 🔥🔥🔥

Hats off to both legends! 👏 pic.twitter.com/hXvQ5zrx3F

— #ROCSweden (@RaceOfChampions)

“It’s been a long time since I was last at the Race Of Champions, so I’m happy to find out that at 47 years of age I still have the pace!” Loeb said. “This adds to my good start to the season: second in the Dakar Rally, first in Monte Carlo and now a victory here at ROC.

“It wasn’t easy for us to go up against all the Swedish and Norwegian guys because they are more used to these conditions. I also knew it would be tough adapting between the Porsche, buggy and rallycross cars. But after I made it through against Petter Solberg I got more confidence with each run. It was a nice fight with Seb in the final and I had a good feeling — except for when I completely lost control of the car in the third heat! Now here we are, and it’s great to equal Didier’s record of four ROC Champion of Champions titles.

“We also need to congratulate the ROC organizers who have done a great job all week in difficult circumstances. They had to deal with a practice track that sailed off towards Finland, a snowstorm during practice and a rising sea. But everyone kept up a great mood and a positive attitude, with no stress, always finding solutions. And they found it.”

Vettel added: “Sebastien was just too fast today. The conditions were tricky out there and it was getting more and more slippery, which I guess is normal for snow and ice! I don’t have that much experience so it was a struggle to adapt; in my day job getting sideways is what we try to avoid. But I felt I was improving every time I drove. That’s a good sign, but also a sign that I still have a lot to learn. Yesterday was a short day because I let Team Germany down and we went out very quickly, but today I could get more into the groove. I knew the final was a big stretch and I maybe pushed too hard, but I knew I had to go for it to be close to Seb. l made mistakes here and there, so in these conditions I have a bit of catching up to do…

“We’ve missed two years of the Race Of Champions so it’s great to be back and to have a sense of normality. I’ve really enjoyed coming here on a different surface too. It’s great to have the fans back too and I’m impressed to see so many people in the crowds. I don’t know how they can stand the cold and the wind in their face, but they seemed happy and up for it! Now I hope we can come back to Sweden again.”
Oh Seb…! 😂😂😂#ROCSweden pic.twitter.com/MPF8EoZqJe

— #ROCSweden (@RaceOfChampions)

To reach the Grand Final Loeb and Vettel had to see off a field featuring 18 of the world’s greatest drivers. Because the track conditions on snow and ice can change quickly depending on the weather, ROC’s traditional group stage did not take place. Instead this year’s Race Of Champions used a straight knockout system with the field split into two halves: one featured the international racing drivers while the other had the rally experts and those with more experience of off-road driving.

At the best-of-three semi-final stage Vettel beat nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen 2-0 to take bragging rights in the racing drivers’ half of the draw, though the Dane was hampered by a mechanical problem in the first heat.

On the rally side, Loeb finished on top of the pile having brought an end to a spirited run by double DTM Champion and FIA World Rallycross champion Mattias Ekstrom, who was the last Swedish driver standing in front of his home fans. The match went to a deciding third heat, won by the Frenchman.

The quarter-finals, which were decided over two heats, saw many big names bite the dust – not least seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who lost to Kristensen. IndyCar’s youngest ever race winner Colton Herta was the other racing driver who went out, beaten by Vettel on countback of fastest times after a 1-1 tie.
Sebastian Vettel is a semi-finalist! He beats IndyCar star @ColtonHerta on aggregate times and takes revenge for Saturday's Nations Cup loss against the @FollowAndretti driver.#ROCSweden pic.twitter.com/MJFwO4zjmM

— #ROCSweden (@RaceOfChampions)

On the rally side Loeb saw off rising WRC star Oliver Solberg after a match in which one of their races finished in a dead heat, to the nearest thousandth of a second. The other driver exiting at this stage was four-time FIA World Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson, who lost to Ekstrom despite winning their first race heat by just one hundredth of a second.

The Round of 16 was another graveyard for motorsport’s superstars. In the racing half of the draw, double F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen went out at the hands of Johnson while his long-time McLaren F1 teammate David Coulthard was defeated by Kristensen. Double W Series champion Jamie Chadwick and this year’s W Series runner-up Emma Kimilainen also left the competition at this stage, beaten by Herta and Vettel respectively.

The rally side of the draw was just as brutal. FIA World Rally and World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg couldn’t find a way past Loeb so there was to be no repeat of yesterday’s ROC Nations Cup glory. His fellow World Rallycross champion Timmy Hansen had to accept defeat by Kristoffersson after crashing out, while four-time ROC Champion of Champions Didier Auriol fell to Ekstrom. Mexico’s reigning ROC Champion of Champions Benito Guerra was another of the early casualties after being beaten by Oliver Solberg.

Kicking off the afternoon’s action, four of the racing drivers were matched up in pairs for two Round 1 play-offs. Germany’s FIA F2 and F3 champion Mick Schumacher was defeated by Chadwick while four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves also had to bid an early goodbye after falling to Herta. The Brazilian ace was later seen relaxing in style in the ROC Drivers’ Lounge after declaring he and snow “don’t mix.”

 

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Valentine's Day is around the corner and love is in the air at The FIRM! Come celebrate with us! Weddings (yes, weddings!), bachelor/ette parties, anniversaries, birthdays, or any group event! Rest assured, it will be a memory you will never forget!

If your fiancé would sooner crash your car than agree to a wedding at The FIRM, you can still come out and have great fun with your friends. We can create an event that will exceed even the highest expectations. From a whole day of Rally to a mixture of Rally and Track, and maybe even some time at our gun ranges!

The FIRM is the best location to accommodate your large event effortlessly with scenic open spaces for multiple tents and activities, and plenty of parking for hundreds of cars! We can organize the most unique and memorable experience for you and all your guests!

Not to mention we are located within the Keystone Heights Airport, making it easy to fly guests directly on site! We can also limo in guests, host the event, manage the theater of activities, cater in food, provide a full suite of videography, drone, and still footage, and help create the perfect outdoor theme for your extreme adventure experience at The FIRM.

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Sunday 13th February
Friday 18th February
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Th/Fri/Sat 10-12 February Little Gator Motorsports Legend Car Racing
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Saturday 26 February SCCA Rallycross
Sunday 27th February The FIRM Time Trials Round 2
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