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Old 10-20-2014, 04:33 PM
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I was glad you came down Dan! Nice to meet Dad as well.


Charely isn't much to look at..... so you didn't miss anything there.


It was a very fun event!
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Old 10-20-2014, 06:42 PM
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Great event. Weather was basically perfect, the corner stations were almost fully manned, the run groups were small enough to have plenty of room on the 5 mile course (at least mine was). The first day, some folks were pretty slow on the new section, even in our Green/Blue advanced group. But the pace picked up a lot the second day.

I really like the 5 mile course now. Compared to the Northwest tracks I'm used to, it has something for everyone. The old section is fast and mildly technical, but much more entertaining than, say, Portland International. The new section, as Gaetano says, is tighter, slower, and a lot more technical - like Oregon Raceway Park. The thing I like about the new section is, there really is no "school line" for much of it. I was chasing down a couple of Miatas early the second day, and then just sat back for a couple of laps watching their lines. The "momentum" line was clearly quite different than the "horsepower" line through a lot of the back section.

And I got to meet Greg, Charlie, Gaetano, and Run Sutton. Four members of the Lat-g All Star team I saw Charlie in the registration line, and said, "you must be Charlie Lillard". His response was, "That depends. Do I owe you money?" When I told him who I was, and what I was driving, he said (presumably tongue in cheek) "I hate Camaros". Which explains why he only has like 10 of them
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Old 10-20-2014, 07:35 PM
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PT, every time I made the trip down to your end of the paddocks, either the car or you were gone....maybe you saw me coming and realized I was just too much ballast!
Really nice car you have, looks like a lot of fun.

I'm home and already looking through the parts and pieces I picked up from uncle Weld...looking forward to driving instead of riding!

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I'm home and already looking through the parts and pieces I picked up from uncle Weld...looking forward to driving instead of riding!

Time to get that build thread going soon dude.
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Time to get that build thread going soon dude.
Never! I've seen what build threads do to cars....I wanna drive this one!
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Great event. Weather was basically perfect, the corner stations were almost fully manned, the run groups were small enough to have plenty of room on the 5 mile course (at least mine was). The first day, some folks were pretty slow on the new section, even in our Green/Blue advanced group. But the pace picked up a lot the second day.

I really like the 5 mile course now. Compared to the Northwest tracks I'm used to, it has something for everyone. The old section is fast and mildly technical, but much more entertaining than, say, Portland International. The new section, as Gaetano says, is tighter, slower, and a lot more technical - like Oregon Raceway Park. The thing I like about the new section is, there really is no "school line" for much of it. I was chasing down a couple of Miatas early the second day, and then just sat back for a couple of laps watching their lines. The "momentum" line was clearly quite different than the "horsepower" line through a lot of the back section.

And I got to meet Greg, Charlie, Gaetano, and Run Sutton. Four members of the Lat-g All Star team I saw Charlie in the registration line, and said, "you must be Charlie Lillard". His response was, "That depends. Do I owe you money?" When I told him who I was, and what I was driving, he said (presumably tongue in cheek) "I hate Camaros". Which explains why he only has like 10 of them
If I had owed you money I was going to have Greg pay you.
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If I had owed you money I was going to have Greg pay you.
I should have recognized that opportunity immediately. At very least I might have wangled a ride home in Greg's rig, aka the Queen Mary.
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I should have recognized that opportunity immediately. At very least I might have wangled a ride home in Greg's rig, aka the Queen Mary.
The road noise inside that thing makes it tough to talk........

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PT, every time I made the trip down to your end of the paddocks, either the car or you were gone....maybe you saw me coming and realized I was just too much ballast!
Really nice car you have, looks like a lot of fun.

I'm home and already looking through the parts and pieces I picked up from uncle Weld...looking forward to driving instead of riding!

Sorry we didn't meet up, I was usually right next aisle with some new friends from Oregon. Next time!
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Old 10-21-2014, 12:51 AM
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Never! I've seen what build threads do to cars....I wanna drive this one!
It's not the build thread... it's the idiots owning the cars.
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