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It costs $100 Canadian, and the benefits are discounts on the tickets (and a special grandstand that is available only to members on a first-come, first-served basis), an entry list book listing every driver with all his vital statistics including his astrological sign and whether he's married (I am not making that up), a program, and after the race is over you get a frameable photo of the winning team on the podium and a bound version of the hourly updates that are given out to the press which detail what happens to each team and is fascinating reading. You usually get a poster of some kind too.
If you are actually at the race, you get these goodies on site; if not they are mailed to you.
Also available to ACO members on site are two welcome stations -- one right next to the track where you can sit and watch the race or have breakfast (my personal favourite) on the patio while the cars go by, the other a large covered patio type area with a wide screen TV, food, drink, and patio type tables. (The food and drink are expensive and the loos are just as bad as they are everywhere else, but at least there aren't such crowds to use them). A benefit that is not publicized is that each member can voucher in two guests who can pay the Euro equivalent of 30 francs for the weekend membership.
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