Heck, we would spend nearly 48 hours of round-trip travel time just getting to and from our destination in Brazil. All of THAT time doesn’t even include the TRAVEL time required to make this trip a success. As you’ll see below, every other planning aspect of this trip took a good deal of time and effort to complete. As I think back on it, I don’t think I could have done it in less time. I truly did spend seven hours (or more) getting a Brazilian visa. I’ve seen folks “say” that this isn’t a competition and then do their level best to “beat the other guy” by traveling long distances and spending huge sums of money just to “pad their totals”. Some of those fellas in the trackchasing group can be a bit on the sneaky side. What if Roland’s objective was to simply confuse me? What if he feared losing the international trackchasing lead to me? Would he try to through me off my routine of the six “Ps” (Proper planning prevents piss poor performance)? Had I been wasting my time all these years by being so inefficient in the planning process? All this time should I have just counted on “luck” to get me through? I didn’t know what to think. I didn’t consider myself “lucky” to have to pay that much money or spend that much time just to get a visa. On top of that I had to pay $260 for Carol and me so we could even get a visa. Oh, my! What had I been missing? I have been busting my butt, using every piece of technology that my meager budget can afford and all along the real secret to success was….luck? How could I have missed that?Īt this point, I am almost ashamed to admit that just getting a “travel visa” to Brazil for this trip took me a minimum of SEVEN hours. According to Roland, “no track I have ever visited cost me more than an hour of preparation”. Wow! You can imagine how surprised I was to get this advice on international track planning! These “secrets” were coming from the man who has seen racing in more countries (so far) than anyone else. Successful trackchasing really depends on luck (discovering it in schedules and it being active when one is able to attend), and luck alone.” No track I ever visited has cost me more than an hour of preparation, those in Belgium and the Netherlands probably a mere five minutes. But again, that can also be done in a matter of minutes. And that’s all there is, except for races for which one needs to buy an airline ticket and hire a car.
Using a travel aid, such as Rand McNally or Viamichelin, can get one the location of a track and the road to take in order to get there within minutes. “With the internet, anyone who can read and write a bit can draw up a through international race programme in less than two hours, merely by opening all the links Will (Will White, unofficial trackchasing commissioner) has included in his websites. However, I went out of my way to insure the comments I did use were not taken out of context. Due to space limitations I didn’t use Roland’s entire message. Below is an excerpt from Roland’s travel planning theory. I had never looked at it from Roland’s point of view. He also explained the real “secret” to success when planning trips. However, Roland recently shared some new information in our trackchasing forum regarding trackchasing preparation. Up to know I have always found the more time I put into a trip, the better results I get. I put in tons of planning time on these trips using the latest technological advances and equipment. I have seen racing in “only” 41 countries including this trip to Brazil. Roland has seen racing in 44 countries, 33 of which are in his native Europe. You may know that I am in an “uphill struggle” with fellow trackchasing international competitor Roland Vanden Eynde (above left). However, listening to others does not mean their advice is good or that it should be acted upon. That’s one of the best ways to get new ideas. Who would have thought it would be this time-consuming and expensive to get a Brazilian visa? ………….details in “The Visa”.
Why would swimming in the hotel pool be better than swimming in the ocean?……………….more in “Overnight Accommodations”. We are international trackchasers!Īdvice from the world’s #1 international trackchaser………….details in “Advance Preparation”.
State Department offered a good share of “warnings”. I have tried to condense this section so you can get a good “feel” for this South American country. That planning takes place at the world headquarters of RLR – Randy Lewis Racing in San Clemente, California.Īlso, please don’t miss some “background” information on Brazil, the country. In order for a trip like this to be successful a good deal of work must be done. Everything written in this Trackchaser Report was reported before we ever landed in Brazil.
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