NEW DETAILS ADDED - Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

[mmcguirk]

Please join us for an epic three day event at historic Sears Point(nee Sonoma) Raceway.

The Team Shelby Nationals will be held in conjunction with the Norcal Shelby Club's 30th annual Mini Nats.

This event will pay tribute top the 50th anniversaries of the 1965 Shelby GT350, the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 and the 50th Anniversary of the Shelby FIA World Sports Car Championship.

Things are really shaping up to make this an epic event. Here are some highlights of what we will have in store -

* Open track Friday, Saturday and Sunday

* Drag racing and BBQ at the track Friday afternoon

* Car show in the paddock Friday morning

* Sonoma + Napa Valley cruise/tour Saturday afternoon

* Displays from Shelby American, Ford Motor Company, Denbeste Motorsports, The Cobra Experience,

* Vintage Exhibition race Sunday

* The "Original Venice Crew" and the 50th Anniversary GT350s they created - Ted Sutton, Allen Grant, Peter Brock, Jim Marietta, Jerry Schwartz, Bernie Kretchmar, Chuck Cantwell will be on hand throughout the weekend, including a very special presentation at Saturday's banquet.

* Shelby American will be in attendance with the Shelby GT and two new cars - one to be revealed in Tulsa at Mid America and the other to be revealed at this event.

* Denbeste Motorsports will have a their superb display of Cobras and race cars

* Ford Motor Company is sending their latest Shelby product for display

* Aaron Shelby, Carroll's grandson and friend of the club, will be with us all weekend

PHEW....seeing it all listed together is amazing.

Plus, through all this, you get to hang with your new friends

To Register - http://www.norcal-saac.org/mininats/

Registration is ala carte. Please PM or email me if you need additional info, [email protected]

The host hotel, Embassy Suites San Rafael, info is embedded in the reg link and it is filling up rapidly

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Sonoma!

 

[mmcguirk]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

Hi,

Yes, Andy P. and I bought the GHIG Boss 302S clone from Dean Martin at Rehagen. Our 350s were getting too much race track rash and we decided to partner on a dedicated track car.

The green monster is an interesting build, it's based of a 1900 mile 2013 Boss street car with a body in white and a lot of challenge car parts. It's on it's way to us now, can't wait till it arrives.

Mini Nats should be really great this year. We are running the Nascar config on Friday, switching over to drag racing mid-afternoon for some fun and then the traditional road course Sat/Sun.

We don't limit track participation to Ford or Shelby, we invite Corvettes, Ferraris, etc. It is a lot of fun to pass those guys!

Hope to see a lot of Bosses there.

Michael

 

[Wingrider]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

Mini Nats should be really great this year. We are running the Nascar config on Friday, switching over to drag racing mid-afternoon for some fun and then the traditional road course Sat/Sun.

We don't limit track participation to Ford or Shelby, we invite Corvettes, Ferraris, etc. It is a lot of fun to pass those guys!

Hope to see a lot of Bosses there.

Michael

Oh I'm *so* there.

 

[mmcguirk]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

Thanks Doug!

i will take you up on a little coaching in the new car

 

[mmcguirk]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

event details here -

http://www.norcal-saac.org/index.htm

 

[Wingrider]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

Thanks Doug!

i will take you up on a little coaching in the new car

Absolutely. Happy to- or anyone else that asks. From Lead/Follow to in-car to ride along.

I'm scheduled to be up there late July for the weekend doing private coaching both days and aways look forward to helping out at MiniNats.

 

[mmcguirk]

Anybody besides Doug coming to this event

 

[Fat Boss]

Anybody besides Doug coming to this event

With any luck I'll be riding shotgun in Marty's 700 RWHP beast!

For those of you west of the Atlantic, this is a MUST GO TO event.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

I'll be there on Sunday tracking my car and probably hanging out on Saturday. And I'll be in Monterey for the Historic races the following weekend as well.

Don't forget me. I'm going to change to Sat instead of Sunday.

 

[mmcguirk]

Re: Norcal Shelby Club Mini Nats 30 / Team Shelby Nationals August 7,8,9 2015

Don't forget me. I'm going to change to Sat instead of Sunday.

Great. looking forward to spending some time hanging out with you.

 

[mmcguirk]

I just received a phone call confirming that we will have the entire Venice Crew in attendance.

These are the guys - Chuck Cantwell, Peter Brock, Jerry Schwarz, Ted Sutton, Jim Marietta, Bernie Kretchmar, Dwayne Carling, Allen Grant - were all employed at Shelby and instrumental in the construction of the original GT350R back in 1965.

This is a very unique opportunity to meet and hang out with the guy who greatly influenced the hobby we live today

 

[Wingrider]

Great shake down day for several BOSS 302s, GT500s and other awesome Mustangs @ Sonoma on 7/2 with Hooked on Driving.

The track is ready!

Let the countdown begin.

 

[VoodooBoss]

I'm registered for the advanced green group. Anyone else going?

@SDS
@Fiddler49
@BOSS #2968

 

[Fiddler49]

I'm registered for the advanced green group. Anyone else going?

@SDS
@Fiddler49
@BOSS #2968

I'm thinking real hard about it...just been spending a lot of money on non-Boss stuff...where are my priorities... :

 

[Wingrider]

I'm thinking real hard about it...just been spending a lot of money on non-Boss stuff...where are my priorities... :

Do it- quite a group of cars there. Worth attending. You could do 1 day, or more. Hang out with BMO'ers.

 

[576]

In for Saturday, Green group. I went 2 years ago... lots of cars!

 

[Wingrider]

I know it sounds counter to what you'd think, but so far of all groups YELLOW (novice) had the least amount of cars. I'd almost consider running Yellow depending on how they are managing the passing zones. So few cars it's almost to yourself-

Yellow group Friday- 4 cars
Yellow group Saturday - 9 cars
Yellow group Sunday- 6 cars.

 

[Surfergeek]

I'll be there for the whole event, but only tracking on Saturday in the intermediate group. I'll be hanging out Friday for the activities, but won't be on track.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Michael what's the max registration for each run group? There are now 40 cars in green for Saturday.

http://www.norcal-saac.org/reg/mn/rungroup.php

 

[cobrakidz]

We have been going for over 20 years now - fun event. Even though it's the 50th for the GT350 we may bring the Boss, you know, a/c and all. haha