cloud9
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"winter mod" season for Drew!ArizonaGT said:
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cloud9 said:
Pretty much, lol!
Dealer is replacing my ring & pinion now for an obnoxious whine at highway speeds. Gonna take her out to California to crew for 24H LeMons @ Buttonwillow on the 30th, then when we get back, on goes the suspension, splitter and hood. Then I just gotta get hooked up w/ a body shop to get the hood painted, and LS wing installed/painted.
Laguna Seca is only about 200 miles from Buttonwillow.
IArizonaGT said:
You want to come out and watch some LeMons idiocy? Set of Hoosiers isn't in my budget until August, so no tracking until then for me 
cloud9
Gary
I've heard that's good times. I'll have to make one of those sometime.ArizonaGT said:You want to come out and watch some LeMons idiocy? Set of Hoosiers isn't in my budget until August, so no tracking until then for me
Not at Buttonwillow. Have you ever been there before? It's the garden spot of the central valley.ArizonaGT said:
Nope, never been there...I will be camping at the track, so the local scenery will be irrelevant
@ Gary--this will be my first venture to one as well. I was asked to drive but didn't want to fork out the cash for the seat, at least not right now. From the youtube vids I've seen, it's a real shitshow
@ Gary--this will be my first venture to one as well. I was asked to drive but didn't want to fork out the cash for the seat, at least not right now. From the youtube vids I've seen, it's a real shitshow
cloud9
Gary
Funny. I'd probably be willing to write the check to drive, on the other hand I don't want to spend countless nights and weekends getting the car ready lol.ArizonaGT said:Nope, never been there...I will be camping at the track, so the local scenery will be irrelevant
@ Gary--this will be my first venture to one as well. I was asked to drive but didn't want to fork out the cash for the seat, at least not right now. From the youtube vids I've seen, it's a real shitshow
I'm just showing up to wrench/chuck tires at the event itself, no prep
Some beers may be consumed as well...
Some beers may be consumed as well...
cloud9 said:I've heard that's good times. I'll have to make one of those sometime.ArizonaGT said:You want to come out and watch some LeMons idiocy? Set of Hoosiers isn't in my budget until August, so no tracking until then for me
depends on your idea of 'fun' ;-)
after weeks of readying our 1985 acura integra sedan in our driveways (bought it for $450 - 260k miles), and having a friend paint it, we hauled that piece of crap up to thunderhill in the pouring rain in an open trailer, passed tech, and joined 185 or so other cars as we gridded up on the approx 2.5 mile track. talk about density. I didn't know what was more dense...that many cars on one track, or me for agreeing to participate.
the funniest bits came at the driver's meeting - the first was when the race organizer asked for a show of hands of folks who'd never driven any car on any track...and I swear at least half the hands went up. that's when I knew the sh#$ was going to be going down. Then they start going through the flags..."here's the flag for debris on the track" he says..."well, hey, let's face it" he continues..."it's a LeMons race, there's always debris on the track"
then I recognized a face from the past - Tommy Kendall - his younger brother was my roommate all through college...and Tommy went to the same school as we did, so we saw a lot of him as his racing career was in it's formative phase. we talked for a bit...I was surprised that he'd be driving in such an event...and his attitude was 'why not'...that, at least, gave me a little comfort.
anyway, we had a ball. but I determined after that race that it just wasn't for me...too much hassle for not enough unencumbered time on track...and the jeopardy level was WAY too high. for me, one of the big indicators of the level of safety involved was that nearly everyone was looking at me as if I were an alien when they saw me throw on the HANS...I swear, most of the folks there thought that a foam neck ring was the pinnacle of safety.
that is changing of course...due to necessity...the race right after that t-hill race was at Sears Point and there was a really nasty wreck at that race...after years of people fighting the HANS thing, it looks like they're now gong to mandate it.
even if you don't drive, the races are a huge spectacle...something worth going to see, for sure...not for the racing, just walk the paddocks and you'll be amazed at the costumes / themes / decorated cars.
Man, I would love to meet TK in person. I have heard that more pro drivers are invading LeMons lately just to get cheap seat time.
5 DOT 0 said:
yea, they have a different answer everytime i call them. maybe Mr.Wilson can chime in on this matter.
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