Just a post here commenting for others to reference and compare...

Just hit my 1500+ mile break in period and had track prep performed before designating the car as track only.

I went over board and had the transmission fluid / canister filter changed anyway, even though I know it needs to be changed at 7500 miles, but also needs to be done every 24 hours of track time, so it will be performed multiple times before the 7500 mile mark.

All in with taxes / labor, etc... $2130. Labor was about $780, but they didn't break down the hours. The major expense was the 17 quarts of transmission fluid at $47.56 each!

This was for brake fluid flush, with my own purchased Castrol SRF Racing, coolant flush fill, alignment and transmission service.

 

24 hours of track time is at least 72 20 min sessions, which is about 15 track days getting full 5 sessions a day, just fyi. Unless trailering or short distances to the track and little street driving, it’s probably unlikely you do 15 days prior to hitting the additional 6,000 miles to get to 7500 after break in.

 

Yes, I only trailer the car, no street driving at all.

With my Stingray last year, I was over cautious given stories on the transmissions, and counted 24 hours after 4-5 track days instead.

 

Are you also getting track insurance? I looked into it here in NorCal and it will be costing me about $1100/day for coverage.

 

Yes, of course, have been tracking for nearly 8 years now.

 

If you're tracking a lot it make sense to get an unlimited track ins policy. Mine costs $4800 a yr with unlimited track days--no racing including time trials. It works for me as I'm older and I don't do heads up anymore.

 

The costs of $1100 a day track insurance and $700-$1500 a day average tires costs and $500 a day average to carbon brakes / fluid and $400 a day entry fee and $300 a day gas sure is making those 20 min sessions a costly endeavor. Hopefully no rain! And that’s presuming you have warranty for repairs and ignoring other maintenance like transmission flush which as posted is not cheap.

I’ve never bought track insurance, 100+ days in no issues in advanced, never touched the grass, but I suppose it’s a matter of time before someone’s brakes go out or wheel flys off next to me. Guess I’m around the breakeven point savings already so some peace of mind on that.

 

Which company?

 

I use OpenTrack.

https://www.opentrack.com

 

Those costs are grossly over estimated.

Lots of 200TW tires that will last multiple events. I have no idea how you are figuring $500/day for CCBs. On my last CCB track car I only had to replace pads at the end of the season. That’s only about $700 for CCBs.

By far the biggest expense (other than the car), is insurance. That certainly drives the average cost up, but there are ways to mitigate.

 

Thanks!

 

For reference, the best price I could get for a full set of C8 Z06 pads was ~$1500 from Summit, about 4 months ago. Some people on this forum have reported having to replace the front pads a few times per season with heavy use, rears less often.

 

$1500, ouch, that's more than MSRP! They're 1/2 that now: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ado-86824349

My bad, you were talking about a full set, not just fronts... So yeah, $1500 about right, but rears maybe get changed once a season depending on the driver / track days.

 

if you run ps4 tires then I agree. Cup2R and its $1500+ mounting costs a day given a $3k set lasts 2 full track days. I’m trying Vitour and hope $3k in tires lasts 5-6 days like I get on base cup2 in another track car.

$500 a day for brakes is including average carbon rotor wear as well. Yes front pads diy can be around $800 with tax, but figure 30-35 track days and the front rotors might be due at closer to $5,000 for the pair diy. Rear rotors might last a very very long time but maybe 15 or so days on rear pads. i diy all my stuff but OP was posting shop prices so you can double these costs and I don’t think my numbers are off at all for average costs to the average person

 

I get mine from Open Track......costs me about $800 for 2 days. I own a 2025 Z06.

 

I haven't seen anyone post yet about actually having to replace the front (or rear) CCB rotors. I see that you need to weigh them to see if they are under their service minimum weight., anyone want to chime in on replacements, costs, etc.?

 

I tracked a c8 zo6 non zo7 steel brake car for 180 hours in 1 1/2years the trans fluid needs to be changed every 24 hours it gets dark and burned but if you do it yourself it's $400,changed oil after every track weekend,I went thru steel brake front pads every weekend $700 cobalt xr1 I liked best for my driving and I tried them all,rears every other weekend,I bled the calipers after every weekend about a pint just to get the burned fluid out of the calipers and it was burned Castrol srf, changed rotors every 4th weekend,found the stock rotors lasted better than the girodisc,for tires I wound up using vitours not the fastest but will not drop off till cording and can take the summer heat lap after lap had good noise at the limit and I could hear abs activating because you can't feel it,I would get 20 sessions out of the rears and 35 out of the fronts in dead summer heat at sebring which is very hard on tires, the car was very reliable I do all my own work and that saves alot of money I sold the car because I realized I needed a full on race car#1 for safety,cage firesystem ect. and 2 the car was getting worn out,bushings,concentrics on subrame.my racecar uses 1/3 of the consumables i had a zr1 on order but canceled for the same reasons even heavier and faster I new it would be even worse on my wallet and the zo6 could barely make it thru a 1/2 hour session without running out of gas,I figuired the zr1 would make it 15 minutes with all that power.

 

They screwed you big time on the DCT fluid change. The Z06 holds 11.5-12 L of fluid and a drain and fill takes less than 10L. The fluid comes in 1 L bottles. The price seems ok for a 1L bottle, but they charged you for too many, 5 extra L. Hopefully they did not put in 17 quarts (15L). The Z06 never needed extra DCT fluid, only the 2020-2023 Z61s that were tracked.